by Saleh Ashaka One would have expected that if nothing else, the former EFCC chairman’s name would have been among the top three in the category of outstanding bravery and public spiritedness. While the efforts of those in the category cannot be brushed aside, it is also pertinent to state that Ribadu has exuded qualities... Read More

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Bayo Olopohunda: How Jonathan betrayed Nigerians

by Bayo Olopohunda Now, he is aiming to recontest his lack lustre presidency in 2015. Nigerians should reject Jonathan in 2015 as a payback for his betrayal. The election year of 2011 is still fresh in my memory. I remember it just like yesterday. It was in that year that Goodluck Jonathan was elected the... Read More

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March 6, 2014

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Okey Ndibe: A national insult rejected

by Okey Ndibe How did we quickly forget that Abacha’s looting of public funds from the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria was a patriotic act? Or that he gave his cronies licenses to import toxic fuel into Nigeria because he so fiercely loved Nigerians and fervently desired their development? Or that Babangida’s annulment... Read More

March 6, 2014

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US freezes $458 million stolen by centenary award winning dictator, Sani Abacha

by ‘Jola Sotubo In a seemingly unending chase, more public funds embezzled by the former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha, have been recovered by the United States government and frozen. The US is said to have stated yesterday that it had discovered the funds which were stashed away by Abacha and his accomplices in European accounts.... Read More

March 3, 2014

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Opinion: By honouring Abacha and IBB, Jonathan has canonized dictatorship

by Adeolu Ademoyo As a witness to the truth of that deadly period of Nigerian history I will like to know if President Jonathan asked for the Mohammed Gambo Jimeta panel report of the death of Dele Giwa before he Jonathan “canonized” Ibrahim Babangida. President Goodluck Jonathan put ash and dirt in the mouths of... Read More

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March 2, 2014

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Long queues take over as fuel scarcity returns; OBJ, others get Centenary Awards & other important news you need to know today

by Oge Okonkwo Long queues at filling stations as fuel scarcity returns 34 days after there was a warning from the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) of an impending fuel scarcity due to the depletion of their stock, long queues of vehicles have re surfaced in filling stations across the country. Read more…. Obasanjo, Buhari, IBB,... Read More

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March 2, 2014

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Why we honoured Abacha – FG explains

by ‘Jola Sotubo The centenary awards recently doled out by the Nigerian government to celebrate 100 years of amalgamation have been criticized for a number of reasons, most notable of which is the fact that there is not much to celebrate about. The federal government drew further controversy when it decided to honour the late... Read More

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March 2, 2014

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Wole Soyinka: Why I rejected Jonathan’s Centenary Award

by Professor Wole Soyinka What the government of Goodluck Jonathan has done is to scoop up a century’s accumulated degeneracy in one preeminent symbol, then place it on a podium for the nation to admire, emulate and even – worship. The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent... Read More

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