End ASUU strike now – TUC urges FG

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday called on the Federal Government to take measures to end the four-month-old strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The call is contained in a statement signed by Mr Musa Lawal, the Secretary General of the union, in Abuja. ASUU had embarked on strike to protest against... Read More

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November 2, 2013

I don’t allow criticisms to distract me – Pres. Jonathan

by ‘Jola Sotubo The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed that criticisms levelled against him do nothing to faze him. The President, while speaking during the funeral of his mother-in-law, Madam Charity Oba, said that he does not allow his critics to constitute distractions to him. The Sun reports: The President, said: “No matter the... Read More

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November 2, 2013

Dele Momodu: Welcome back from Jerusalem Mr. President

by Dele Momodu You promised last year to reduce how you used to travel before the fuel subsidy crisis but your trips have actually increased as if with a vengeance. No leader is ever respected when he hardly sits at home to mind the business for which he was elected. It is a sign of... Read More

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October 31, 2013

Opinion: Why Stella Oduah may get her groove back

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed This is a very bad time for the President to lose proven loyalists. Mrs Oduah may quite possibly have crossed a few lines, but there will be many in the inner caucus of the Presidency watching very closely to see where the President will draw his own line. A 1998 movie titled “How... Read More

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October 31, 2013

Hannatu Musawa: The corruption of silence

by Hannatu Musawa One hopes that President Jonathan can find his voice in order to expunge some of the more voracious cretins from his cabinet; because when he remains silent to their corruption, he effectively and automatically creates the corruption of that silence. The most inequitable conduct any leader can exhibit in a country... Read More

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October 30, 2013

Hannatu Musawa: Non accountability as a norm

by Hannatu Musawa And no matter how much the Jonathan administration wants to keep and shield Mrs. Oduah, even they must know that now that the chips are down, there is a need to clean house. Apart from the outrage most felt at the tenacious sit-tight attitude of the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, after our... Read More

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October 30, 2013

Opinion: Pres. Jonathan’s National Confab will do no one any good

by Adewale Maja Pearce Given the ever-present danger of Nigeria’s implosion — brought about by militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, Islamic fundamentalists in the northeast, ethnic cleansing in the north central region and kidnappers everywhere you turn — we fractious Nigerians are unified by one salient truth: We all know that we cannot continue... Read More

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October 30, 2013

Opinion: Between Jonathan’s national dialogue and Gorbachev’s Perestroika

by Olugu O. Orji Gorbachev’s reforms were defined by restructuring and openness: two concepts highly likely to dominate President Jonathan’s proposed National Dialogue. It shouldn’t therefore be far-fetched if it turns out to be our local adaptation of perestroika and glasnost. It is generally agreed that war is undesirable and one is not about to... Read More

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October 30, 2013

Steve Nwosu: Stella Oduah- A minority report

by Steve Nwosu Like the lynch-mob, however, I am also not moved by revelations that the bid for the accursed vehicles was completed long before the present NCAA DG came on board – long long before the penultimate week’s crash of the Associated Airline chartered flight. I am just appalled at the cost, knowing fully... Read More

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October 27, 2013

Opinion: National Dialogue: We must congratulate President Jonathan

by Ralph Egbu Finally we must congratulate President Jonathan for this concession. Some have tried to make a change of mind by our leaders look like a crime. This should not be so. If even change of mind is not a world model yet, there is nothing wrong if we introduce it to the world.... Read More

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October 27, 2013

So true,so false: Stella Oduah is the lady in a white hat standing behind the President (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo It comes as no news that the aviation minister, Princess Stella Oduah is presently in Israel with President Jonathan and his entourage on a pilgrimage amidst the car scandal trailing her. The aviation minister’s presence among the entourage has been on the low as she has not been seen in photos released... Read More

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October 27, 2013

Opinion: Crisis Victims – The weakness of President Jonathan’s declaration

by Daniel Nyam Gwash As a true president of the people and for the people and elected by the people, he must allow fairness, equity and justice to prevail over the case of crisis victims in Jos and other places. Early this year, 2013, a news piece was aired on NTA network and other radio... Read More

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October 27, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Is this the Jonathan moment?

by Simon Kolawole Jonathan needs to do something drastic to make Nigerians believe in him again. He needs what I call the Jonathan Moment – that rare and critical chance to stamp his feet and change the direction and perception of his administration. You can call it being “born again”. A starting point is to... Read More

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October 27, 2013

Opinion: ASUU strike – Try ignorance if you think education is expensive

by Clare Ofodile What has our president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan done, as the president of a developing country, about this horrible event in the past years? . The parties involved in this mess should get on their toes and reach a consensus and stop this incredible joke, which ironically, is not funny. Strike! Strike! Strike!... Read More

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October 26, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Stella Oduah and her hatred for Kano (Y! FrontPage)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai She had overseen many plane crashes that led to so many deaths without losing her seat. For Goodness sake, what is she to you Mr President that you cannot take action after so many allegations of misconducts have been labelled against her? Few days after the elegant Aviation Minister’s shady deal... Read More

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October 26, 2013

Levi Obijiofor: The NCAA’s handling of the car purchase scandal was a complete PR disaster

by Levi Obijiofor Jonathan has the constitutional and moral duty to investigate this issue and to stop the officials involved in the scandal. If he is unwilling to deal decisively with the officials involved, he must discard forthwith all his claims to zero tolerance for corruption. Never in the history of this country have Nigerian... Read More

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October 25, 2013

No deal: Jonathan was part of 2009 agreement negotiation team – ASUU responds to David Mark

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following a statement reportedly credited to the Senate President, David Mark, in which he said that those who signed the controversial 2009 agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “didn’t know their left from right”, the striking lecturers have replied and named one party to the said agreement.... Read More

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October 23, 2013

Opinion: President Jonathan and other South-south people

by Donald Ehrihri Unfortunately, the permutation for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015 has been characterized with fragmentation, balkanization and sabotage by his people in the South-South. The proverb which says that the devil you know is better than the Angel you do not know is instructive in this discourse we are about to embark... Read More

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October 23, 2013

Opinion: ASUU, FG stalemate – It’s like the pretender fighting the deceiver

by Fisayo Soyombo More than three years into the Presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, I am still unconvinced that he is the man. At his last media chat, for example, his responses on the state of tertiary education and the whereabouts of wanted terrorist Abubakar Shekau betrayed his underwhelming understanding of a country he ought... Read More

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October 22, 2013

For the record: “Our gov’t is recording successes” – FG takes case to World Media

Highlights of Information Minister, Labaran Maku, at a world press conference on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja. INTRODUCTION: In continuation of the monthly World Press Conference Series, which was introduced recently by the Federal Ministry of Information, we will look at developments in some of the key sectors... Read More

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October 20, 2013

Pres. Jonathan’s convoy rescues accident victims on Lokoja-Abuja highway

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan’s entourage which was returning from Ado-Ekito earlier today took part in the rescue of accident victims on the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Reports say the accident which occurred at Okpu village around Lokoja involved two cars carrying a total of eleven people. One of the cars involved was a Nissan Almera... Read More

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October 17, 2013

Opinion: President Jonathan and the contentious single term pact

by Idowu Babajide Though members of The New PDP have insisted that GEJ signed an Agreement stating that he won’t run in 2015, it is noteworthy that the purported agreement has been put forward for public knowledge. Secondly, such agreement cannot supersede the provisions of the constitution. In the past few weeks, there has been... Read More

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October 16, 2013

Opinion: Jonathan made one wrong statement too many

by Onyibe John Mark Wouldn’t we all prefer a President with few words?? But with her performance speaking, than one with weighty words that only makes us loss hope and trust, that in a few years the Nigeria of our dreams would come to Reality. Prior to the 2011 elections, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was... Read More

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October 15, 2013

Opinion: Dancing to Jonathan’s tunes

by Ose Oyamendan I have been waiting for the national conference forever. I didn’t even know that was what I was waiting for when I was waiting for it. I always thought the national conference is like one of those conferences in Las Vegas where you go get wasted and belch your way through some... Read More

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October 14, 2013

Bamidele Aturu: National Dialogue – Jonathan’s masterstroke

by Bamidele Aturu Second, the way and manner the President is going about the Conference would help him deepen and broaden the antagonism and in-fighting among the Yoruba establishment. The decision of President Jonathan to set up a committee to work out modalities for a National Conference shows that he is not quite what his... Read More

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October 14, 2013

Bola Tinubu: Why Jonathan’s imposed National Conference will fail

by Bola Ahmed Tinubu The core questions to ask here is how credible, reliable and capable is the current President to be able to midwife a critical conference such as this? Will this President be sincere enough to let all the issues that are on the agenda be exhaustively discussed at the conference? Will this... Read More

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October 13, 2013

Most of my critics wish to be in government – Reuben Abati opens up, faults #OccupyNigeria protests

by Akan Ido Dr. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity is a man with strong opinions and is not afraid to express them. Abati, who was the former chairman of the editorial board of the Guardian Newspapers has been widely faulted for pitching tent with a government he... Read More

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October 13, 2013

Duro Onabule: Why must Nigerians constantly overheat the polity?

by Duro Onabule All the same, critics of the national conference were the same group all along, pretending to be clamouring for Bashorun MKO Abiola to be honoured and when Jonathan decided to rename University of Lagos after the deceased, the hypocrites were up in arms against the honour done Abiola. Otherwise, agitation for national... Read More

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October 12, 2013

Hauwa Gambo: On the madness of Femi Fani-Kayode (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo His is tainted with malice, with evil, with the basest of human sentiments support of tyrants and dictators, advocacy for wars and genocides, destroyer of marriages and relationships, cauldron of hate and wickedness. Why, in the name of all that is good and decent, do human beings take Femi Fani-Kayode seriously? Why do a succession... Read More

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End ASUU strike now – TUC urges FG

I don’t allow criticisms to distract me – Pres. Jonathan

Dele Momodu: Welcome back from Jerusalem Mr. President

Opinion: Why Stella Oduah may get her groove back

Hannatu Musawa: The corruption of silence

Hannatu Musawa: Non accountability as a norm

Opinion: Pres. Jonathan’s National Confab will do no one any good

Opinion: Between Jonathan’s national dialogue and Gorbachev’s Perestroika

Steve Nwosu: Stella Oduah- A minority report

Opinion: National Dialogue: We must congratulate President Jonathan

So true,so false: Stella Oduah is the lady in a white hat standing behind the President (PHOTOS)

Opinion: Crisis Victims – The weakness of President Jonathan’s declaration

Simon Kolawole: Is this the Jonathan moment?

Opinion: ASUU strike – Try ignorance if you think education is expensive

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Stella Oduah and her hatred for Kano (Y! FrontPage)

Levi Obijiofor: The NCAA’s handling of the car purchase scandal was a complete PR disaster

No deal: Jonathan was part of 2009 agreement negotiation team – ASUU responds to David Mark

Opinion: President Jonathan and other South-south people

Opinion: ASUU, FG stalemate – It’s like the pretender fighting the deceiver

For the record: “Our gov’t is recording successes” – FG takes case to World Media

Pres. Jonathan’s convoy rescues accident victims on Lokoja-Abuja highway

Reno Omokri: Choose this day who you would rather believe

Opinion: President Jonathan and the contentious single term pact

Opinion: Jonathan made one wrong statement too many

Opinion: Dancing to Jonathan’s tunes

Bamidele Aturu: National Dialogue – Jonathan’s masterstroke

Bola Tinubu: Why Jonathan’s imposed National Conference will fail

Most of my critics wish to be in government – Reuben Abati opens up, faults #OccupyNigeria protests

Duro Onabule: Why must Nigerians constantly overheat the polity?

Hauwa Gambo: On the madness of Femi Fani-Kayode (Y! FrontPage)

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