Gbenga Olorunpomi: Kayode Opeifa – The thin line between activism and anarchism

by Gbenga Olorunpomi Opeifa hasn’t been found guilty of any crime and for the activists to treat him like they did is shameful and criminal. They give activism a bad name and displayed a terrible example of how decent people should behave. I have never understood activism as practiced in Nigeria. I understand and support... Read More

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September 10, 2013

Drama as court refuses to order re-opening of ‘new PDP’ secretariat

Another major blow hit the Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday. It failed in its attempt to get its national secretariat re-opened as a Lagos High Court in Ikeja declined its prayer. The office was sealed off at the weekend on “order from above”. Mr. Justice Ganiyu Safari declined to order... Read More

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September 9, 2013

Funmi Egbemode: The PDP’s death wish

by Funmi Egbemode A colleague confident that PDP would bounce back said the party would do what it had always done and close ranks and shut all of us out. That is one confidence dance I won’t be part of. As far as I can see, PDP’ll never be the same, at least for a... Read More

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September 9, 2013

How Delta commissioner was stabbed by protesting PDP youth

by Isi Esene The commissioner for Secondary and Basic Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare was on Saturday stabbed by youth protesting over the list of the party executives in Uwheru and Agbarho wards. The youth who are members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) went on rampage after accusing the commissioner of manipulating the list of ward... Read More

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September 7, 2013

PDP crisis: Only reasonable terms will be accepted by Jonathan – Presidency

by Adeola Balogun As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party rages on, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will only negotiate with the aggrieved parties if they present reasonable terms. A statement to this effect was released by the Presidency through the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak,... Read More

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September 6, 2013

PDP crisis: Why we want Tukur out – Kwankwaso, Aliyu reveal

Two of the ‘rebel’ governors in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano and Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, opened up on the crisis in the party, saying their agitation is ultimately aimed at purifying the party and saving it from self-destruction. Speaking to stakeholders in Kano, Kwankwaso accused the Bamanga Tukur-led leadership of... Read More

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September 3, 2013

PDP crisis: The tearing umbrella and the intriguing story so far

by Isi Esene The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party does not seem to be abating as dissenting characters in the party continue to stick to their guns against the party leadership. After several weeks of internal wrangling with back and forth negotiation among power brokers, a group of six governors with the former... Read More

September 2, 2013

Osione Abokhai: The suit and tie syndrome (30 Days 30 Voices)

by Osione Abokhai “I thought of how my hope ebbed away when I saw what the man was wearing.” I was in a bus once, travelling a long way from a remote village in the east of Nigeria when I looked outside the window and saw the picture of a man. He was the Councillor of... Read More

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September 1, 2013

Orji Uzor Kalu: PDP and why our party primaries are so chaotic

by Orji Uzor Kalu I advise the leaderships of other political parties to do away with all kinds of bitterness and rancor that currently characterize their primaries. They should be purveyors of justice, equity and good judgment, especially in the choice of candidates to fly their flags in elections. Staging of primaries by political parties... Read More

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August 31, 2013

PDP crisis: Why we staged a walk out of the convention – Atiku

by Isi Esene Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has given the rationale behind the forming of a new Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee. Abubakar stated that the party is being run aground by those who know little or nothing about party politics saying, “I have said it before and I am saying it again, that we... Read More

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August 30, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Oby Ezekwesili, National Assembly and the corruption bear hug (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Even though the report had failed to mention the several mushroom allowances written into their pay packets, they failed to dispute it with facts but gunned for Oby. To be frank, I didn’t know where to start this piece from, after I had written down the title for several days. To spice... Read More

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August 30, 2013

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Taraba – An appalling sense of déjà vu (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir This decision to advice the governor to return the United States for further medical examination and treatment should be supported by all men and women of goodwill and not be judged on the altar of primordial political and ethno-religious sentiments. These are certainly not happy times for Mrs. Hauwa Danbaba Suntai the first... Read More

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August 28, 2013

Panic as President Jonathan invites ministers, queries NPC chairman, Odimegwu

by Akan Ido There was an uneasy calm among ministers as President Goodluck Jonathan sent an invitation to some of their colleagues for consultation. Reports say the ministers, who were not in the FCT, Abuja, were recalled for consultations with the president on Monday. There has been fear among ministers since the president wielded the... Read More

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August 25, 2013

Rivers crisis: Wike appears before PDP committee, gives condition for peace with Amaechi

by Akan Ido The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike who is seen to be at the forefront of political opposition to Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has given specific conditions for peace to reign in the state. The minister who was speaking yesterday before the Performance Assessment Committee set up by the Felix Obuah... Read More

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August 25, 2013

Tonnie Iredia: 2015 – Who says Nigeria cannot break?

by Tonnie Iredia Although President Jonathan has said several times that it is premature and distractive to get involved in electioneering until next year, the nation is already broken into 2 irreconcilable groupings concerning his role in 2015 elections… A few years back, the Americans were reported to have predicted that Nigeria may not survive... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Okorocha weeps at APC rally, presents Ngige as gov’norship consensus candidate

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, wept openly on Friday during a rally in Awka where the All Progressives Congress presented Senator Chris Ngige as the consensus candidate of the party for the November 16 2013 governorship election in Anambra State. Okorocha, who could not hold back tears, said he was crying over the death of... Read More

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August 22, 2013

Kayode Komolafe: The political issues and non-issues

by Kayode Komolafe There are enough issues to occupy the attention of any party or politician interested in discussing them with the aim of finding solutions to problems confronting the people. That is why the political parties should embrace politics of ideas. The recent exchange of tirades between the presidency and the newly registered, political... Read More

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August 20, 2013

Opinion: Now that the APC has been registered…

Ahmed Razaq Oluwasanjo It is also important that APC should understand that the ultimate is not just dislodging the ruling party from power, but, crumbling their sophisticated system characterized by corruption… I will like to congratulate members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and All Nigeria Peoples Party, who collectively felt... Read More

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August 17, 2013

DISQUALIFIED! Meet the woman considered TOO BEAUTIFUL for politics in Iran (LOOK)

Nina Siakhali Moradi was disqualified after winning a post on the Qazvincity council — just because she was too pretty. This is the face that launched a thousand protests. A democratically-elected city council official in Iran has reportedly been barred from taking up office — just because men in power thought she was too beautiful... Read More

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August 16, 2013

Opinion: This deportation ‘imbroglio’ must end

by Donu Kogbara Last year, Abia State Government ruthlessly purged its civil service of non-Abians. And I can’t even describe this nastiness as ethnic cleansing because, bizarrely, some of the victims of it were Igbos from neighbouring states! Journalists are supposed to be formidably well-informed and are expected to know more than most about what is... Read More

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August 15, 2013

Opinion: Politics, neglect, and the heaviest penalty

by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu No momentous improvement is certain for Nigeria until we all are ready to succumb to a logical, hard-nosed decision, to reverse the institutional challenges that confront us on a daily life, which obviously are all attributable to a miscarried, mercilessly corrupt leadership. The Classical Greek philosopher, Plato, in his famous ‘Republic’,... Read More

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August 11, 2013

War of words: Respect your age and don’t be rude – Jonathan fires back at Bisi Akande, APC

by Isi Esene The Presidency has taken exception to statements made by leaders of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) describing it as not only rude, but also false. In a statement released today and signed by the president’s special adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati saying Bisi Akande, the APC Interim Chairman “has... Read More

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August 8, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: The bitter truth about the Igbo

by Femi Fani-Kayode It is the igbo people more than any other that have complained about marginalisation in Nigeria, forgetting that there is no other country in the world in which there was a major civil war and yet only 10 years after that war ended the losing side produced the Vice President… Permit me... Read More

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August 7, 2013

2015 elections: I will run if APC approves – Buhari

by Isi Esene Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday said he will run on the platform of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) if fielded. Buhari commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deeming it fit to register the party praising it for its impartiality. The retired army general who... Read More

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August 5, 2013

Bola Tinubu goes for knee surgery

by Isi Esene Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the leaders of the newly registered All Progressives Congress is scheduled to have a knee surgery in the United State of America according to aa statement by his media office. Tinubu who has been out of the country for some weeks has stayed away from official... Read More

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August 4, 2013

“I can feel the rage, make una no fall my hand,” says Charly Boy in letter to the Nigerian youth

by Isi Esene Days after the media personality, Charly Boy penned an open letter to Pope Francis expressing his fear over the Catholic Pontiff’s safety and taking readers into his world of spirituality, the Area Father has written another piece calling on the Nigerian youth to stand up and make a difference. Charly Boy, also... Read More

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August 2, 2013

Opinion: Transformation Agenda – We have so far failed in politics and economics

by Adisa Adeleye A glaring weakness of the economic transformation programme is its stubborn reliance on paper growth based on the mortal fear of rising prices. Of what is the worth of a rise in the rate of GDP and mass unemployment or as President Jonathan noted on the statistical figures that don‘t translate into... Read More

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August 2, 2013

Game on: APC leaders visit IBB, hold closed-door meeting

by Isi Esene Members of the newly formed All for Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday visited the former president, General Ibrahim Babangida at his Hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger state. This is coming barely two days after its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a protracted battle to be recognised as a political... Read More

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August 1, 2013

“I was abused in the relationship”: Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele gives details of her crashed marriage

by Akan Ido The marriage split between popular actress, Funke Akindele and partner, Kehinde Oloyede now has a new twist to it as the Jenifa star opens up on the rocky relationship. The marriage which lasted just about one year was called off with Oloyede posted online that they have “agreed to go their separate... Read More

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