Just In: ‘Bode George was wrongly convicted,’ says Supreme Court

Two days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo accused President Goodluck Jonathan of condoning corruption, a panel of judges at the Supreme Court of Nigeria today quashed the conviction handed Bode George a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain earlier jailed for corruption by a Lagos High Court. The court discharged and acquitted Mr. George claiming that... Read More

December 13, 2013

Terrible: 2 men found dead in a car, foaming in the mouth on Asaba road (Viewer Discretion)

by Adeola Balogun Two men, one said to be a lawyer, were on Wednesday found dead in a car within Asaba town in Delta. The shocking discovery was made around the Inter-Bau Ring-road environs of the state capital. The men were said to have been bleeding and foaming at the mouth when they were found.... Read More

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December 13, 2013

So true, so false: Are actors, Nadia Buari and Jim Iyke engaged? (LOOK)

by Oke Efagene Do we hear wedding bells? Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, and his Ghanaian counterpart and best friend, Nadia Buari, have been keeping tongues wagging for some months now, and there are speculations that the pair are engaged. First, they came up with funny pet names for themselves (Skittles and Space), then they shared... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Chinedu Ekeke: Sorry Gen. Obasanjo, but it’s already too late

by Chinedu Ekeke You claimed God made Jonathan president through you. That’s not true, General. God did not make Jonathan Nigeria’s president. You did. Actually, Nigeria’s president as of today could have been anybody. It was just for you to decide. Whoever you foisted on the nation in 2007 was your choice, not God’s. And... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Tragic news: 2 ‘okada’ men killed while trying to escape armed robbery attack

by ‘Jola Sotubo Two commercial motorcyclists have lost their lives in an accident around Edo while trying to escape armed robbers. The duo were said to have collided with each other while trying to flee from the robbers in opposite directions. The incident was said to have occurred along the Igarra- Ibillo – Akure road,... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Opinion: The NNPC is simply a metaphor for impunity, something has to be done

by Jaye Gaskia What is the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture [Less than N90bn] for example? What is the annual budget of Ekiti, or Osun, or Taraba, or Cross River states for example? Less than N120bn! Yet by some calculations, we lost N5.2tn to corruption and leakages in just 2 years [June... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Ayokunle Odekunle: Mr. President, print that letter and read it before IBB writes his own

by Ayokunle Odekunle President Jonathan has been a massive disappointment. When you fail, you become susceptible to attack from other failures. I have had my fair share of people who are approaching or let me say who were approaching the twilight of their lives; people who know or who knew or who think they know... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Akin Osuntokun: Sam Omatseye’s lies and propaganda against Momiko

by Akin Osuntokun I have for some time now imposed on myself the mission of campaigning against the resort to demonisation as a rough and ready tool of flagellating political opponents, more so, when the attribution beggars belief. “A disappointed Bamidele failed again in a Senate bid. Too impatient, he moved over to the other... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Elnathan John: This is how to be an African writer

by Elnathan John An African writer must love rights. Human rights. Womens rights. Gay rights. Animal rights. In that order. If you do not understand it, Google it. That is what the fast internet in your new first world country is for. To take this advice, first you have to be black. But so as... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Friends again: OBJ meets Jonathan in Kenya, have breakfast together

by ‘Jola Sotubo President Goodluck Jonathan and former president Olusegun Obasanjo have apparently put aside their differences as they were said to have met in Kenya yesterday. The friction between the duo became obvious from a letter sent by the former president to President Jonathan. All signs of their dispute were however absent yesterday as... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Donu Kogbara: What Jonathan should learn from his mentor’s letter

by Donu Kogbara It’s possible that I am indulging in wishful thinking because I’m a Niger Deltan, but I share OBJ’s view that Jonathan has what it takes to save Nigeria….and reckon that if Jonathan gives Nigerians the progress they yearn for, many of those who are bitterly opposing him at the moment will suddenly... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Demola Rewaju: Like Muslims, Christians have killed unbelievers too

by Demola Rewaju Historically, Christianity has its own dark era where wars were fought and people killed simply because they refused to accept the gospel of the Christ. As recently as a century ago, people were burned at stakes simply because they refused to confess Jesus as their saviour. Truth be told, if bombs and... Read More

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