Will Nigeria disintegrate?
Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, will on Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurate the 492-member National Conference whose task is to redefine “the way forward for our nation”. The initial antipathy to…
You Can’t Take Part in National Confab, JAF Warns Labour
The Joint Action Front (JAF), a labour and civil rights group affiliated to the organised labour, has warned the parent labour bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
Q&A with Forte Oil’s Femi Otedola
To his admirers and detractors, he is certainly an intriguing personality. His calm mien makes it easy to underestimate him, but that will be at your peril. Mr Femi Otedola,…
Gunmen Kidnap Wazobia FM’s Akas Baba
On-air personality with Wazobia FM, Anthony Akatakpo, popularly known as Akas Baba, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. His abductors attacked him in his house…
$20bn: Rights Group Hails Jonathan’s Approval of Forensic Audit, Calls for Alison-Madueke’s Suspension
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) on Thursday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the approval of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Accounts (NNPC) over the missing…
Ebere Wabara: Merchant of OUK, The Expired Drugs
He describes himself as a Language Expert. Yes, that is not contestable. However, somebody should remind Ebere Wabara what Moliere said about education, intelligence, foolishness and wisdom; that a learned…
Kalu and Obasanjo unending wrangle
Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.…
Presidency Tweaks Delegates List for National Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan has made “updates, changes and adjustments” to the full list of participants for the national conference he earlier released last week. Confirming the modifications in a statement…
In Nigeria Everything Is upside Down.
The alleged rift in the Nigerian security team follows the “normal Nigerian situation”: insubordination, ignorance, lack of integrity, lack of protocol, unpatriotic action, bloated egos leading to confrontation, and lack…
A Response to Fulani Aggression in Tiv Land
My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL…