On NSC: Open Letter to President Jonathan (Part 3)
“You reflect my sentiment exactly… I share your views though… May I also say that you make sense most of the time…” Bolaji Abdullahi, HM, Chairman NSC Introduction This is…
Dangote Cement Q1’s earnings rise by 79.5%
Dangote Cement Plc has released its first quarter results for 2013 indicating a 79.5 per cent rise in its earnings per share over the corresponding period last year. The company’s…
Editorial: The Turai Yar’Adua-Patience Jonathan Land Matter
For President Goodluck Jonathan, these indeed are the times that try men’s souls. After the international opprobrium that greeted the controversial pardon he granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha;…
Fashola Has No Case, Says Lagos Assembly
The Lagos State House of Assembly has strongly condemned the call for the probe of Governor of the state, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) allegedly made to the Economic and Financial…
Rivers Crisis: Cool it, President Goodluck Jonathan – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday advised President Goodluck Jonathan to halt the ongoing executive impunity in Rivers State, and as well prevent similar recurrences in other parts of…
Baga Massacre: Civil Group Invites ICC to Nigeria
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda to use her good office and position to facilitate the visit of the…
Presidency, ACN in War of Words
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Presidency on Sunday slugged it out over who is more despotic between President Goodluck Jonathan and leaders of the opposition party in…
Periscoping Seriake Dickson Restoration Agenda & The BDIC Initiative.
When Bayelsa State was created 16 years ago, carved out of the previous Rivers State, it became obvious from inception that the fledgling state will face great challenges on the…
Of Rashid Balogun and the jobless sports ‘stakeholder’
Sports is one sector where everyone can claim to be a stakeholder. That’s because the passion we all have for the game. But even that does not give us the…
Fayemi Picks Prof. Adelabu As New Deputy Governor
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has forwarded the name of Professor Modupe Adelabu to the State House of Assembly as a possible replacement for the late Deputy Governor of…