Debo Adejugbe: The politics and promises of the National Health Bill (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe The speed and conviction with which they passed the anti-gay law could have fooled anyone into believing that the National Assembly is proactive… but such vigour is channeled into frivolous causes while the politics is reserved for bills that has the actual promise of benefitting Nigerians… There are irrefutable indications that the light at... Read More

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July 6, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Isa Yuguda’s U-Turn and the total lack of shame (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai It is only a matter of time, two years to be precise, that Mr Yuguda will vacate that seat and become an EX like those before him. He will then become a nonentity, seeking relevance here and there. The Hausa people have a saying, “Ka yi amai ka lashe” which means... Read More

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July 2, 2013

Opinion: Tambuwal’s tortuous path to the Presidency

by Azuka Onwuka It is an open secret that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has his eyes on the Presidency for 2015. It is also not a secret that he is not in good terms with President Goodluck Jonathan, who seemingly is interested in re-election in 2015. But the... Read More

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June 30, 2013

“Stop raising ethno-religious sentiments” – ACN condemns campaign of calumny against APC

by Isi Esene The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned the persistent campaign of calumny against the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the attempt to use ethno-religious sentiments to destroy the budding party as a cheap shot that has fallen flat on the faces of the purveyors of falsehood. In a statement issued... Read More

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June 30, 2013

Northern governors may form new party ahead of 2015

by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that governors from the north and other senior politicians in the region, may form a new political party, new reports suggests. On Friday, a source speaking to the Punch said the creation of a new political party was part of the three options considered by northern political leaders as... Read More

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June 29, 2013

Dele Momodu: If I were President Jonathan

by Dele Momodu The first and most important was that I expected a man who comes from my kind of humble background to run a simple and less expensive government. Fellow Nigerians, I had planned, and hoped, to escape from President Goodluck Jonathan’s unending brouhaha this week but that seems impossible for as long as... Read More

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June 28, 2013

Presidential dinner: Why Jonathan did not meet Amaechi – Presidency explains

by Isi Esene The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak has warned opposition parties not to politicise the prevention of Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state from exchanging pleasantries with President Goodluck Jonathan during the presidential dinner which took place in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Gulak, the incident was... Read More

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June 28, 2013

Chido Onumah: Still on Jonathan, opposition and 2015

by Chido Onumah The point being made here which was the gist of my article is that Nigerian voters are not as “sophisticated” as Igbokwe assumes, notwithstanding the grinding poverty… I would be deluding myself if I imagined that my article last week, “2015: Who will defeat Jonathan?” would not elicit the kind of “violent”... Read More

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June 23, 2013

Atiku Abubakar: The PDP needs to stop the culture of imposition and impunity

by Atiku Abubakar The selective suspension and restoration of party membership, the preoccupation with all sorts of designs for 2015 and the escalation of sectarian and tribal threats over the up-coming election is embarrassing for the image of our Party… Newspapers nationwide recently reported that President Goodluck Jonathan had succumbed to pressure from aides to... Read More

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June 22, 2013

Dele Momodu: PDP and the rest of us

by Dele Momodu The cries of Nigerians were heard apparently by God when PDP suffered a volcanic eruption from within. Nothing is worse than the rebellion of a child against his own parents, that moment when he looks at his dad and mum with that straight poker-face and says: “To hell with you both.” Fellow... Read More

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June 18, 2013

Olusegun Dada: A revised version of the Devil’s dictionary (Y! Politico)

by Olusegun Dada Name given to everyone opposed to any evil agenda of the GEJ administration, every other thing from bombings, rape and miscarriage is also blamed on them. Nigeria and Nigerians operate by separate kind of rules. What may be weird in other climes is almost always in a norm in our nation. Which birthed... Read More

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June 17, 2013

SEE Swag: President Jonathan celebrates Father’s Day in style (PHOTOS)

by Lucas Togan On Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan joined a congregation of fellow worshipers to celebrate Fathers’ Day at the Aso Villa Chapel. See photos below: The President and other fathers rendering a special number Yet another number. President Jonathan With The PDP BoT Chairman, Chief Tony Anehih The President recieving a special gift. Who... Read More

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June 14, 2013

Not yet Uhuru: APC faces fresh challenges over chosen acronym

The All Progressives Congress may yet have to cross another hurdle in its bid to get the Independent National Electoral Commission to register it as a bonafide political party in Nigeria. On approaching the INEC for approval, another political party All Progressive Congress of Nigeria has sued over the use of the APC acronym. According... Read More

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June 13, 2013

Enough is enough: Jonathan moves to resolve PDP crises

by Akan Ido Reports say the Presidency has set up a committee to look into the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party and come up with concrete solutions to them. President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have been advised by his close aides to look closely into the biting issues because his political career and the... Read More

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June 12, 2013

Opinion: June 12 – Synopsis of an eternal wound

by Wale Odunsi Continue to rest in peace, the President we never had they never allowed us have. The day was Saturday June 12, week 23 of the year 1993, the event was the much-awaited presidential election. Social Democratic Party’s Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola on one hand; National Republican Convention’s Bashir Othman Tofa on the other. A massive turn out... Read More

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June 12, 2013

Epetedo Declaration: “Today, I join you in saying, ‘Enough is Enough!'” – MKO Abiola [Read Full Text]

by Moshood Kashimawo Abiola No one can give you power. It is yours. Take it! From this day, show to the world that anyone who takes the people of Nigeria for fools is deceiving himself and will have the people to answer to. – Full text of the proclamation speech by the late M.K.O. Abiola... Read More

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June 11, 2013

6-year single term: Presidency disagrees, gives ONLY condition for support (READ, WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu The Presidency has said it could support the six-year single term for President and governors on one condition, the amendment must take effect from 2019. On Monday, the federal government addressed the recommendation made by the Senate Committee on Constitution amendment through the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, who was speaking... Read More

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June 10, 2013

It’s crunch time: Disagreements in APC over sharing of party offices

There is tension in the yet-to-be registered main merger opposition party, All Progressive Congress, over distribution of offices. The APC is a product of a merger between the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change, All Nigeria Peoples Party and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and it has an avowed mission... Read More

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June 10, 2013

Desperate measures: PDP forces its workers to take oath of secrecy

by Rachel Ogbu In a recent move by the Peoples Democratic Party to control the flow of information in and outside the party, an oath of secrecy has been administered to its members of staff. On Thursday, many workers were reported shocked by the move which was supervised by the Acting National Secretary of the party,... Read More

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June 9, 2013

Single tenure: The proposal will fail – Presidency dares Senate

The Presidency is not taking likely the plans to declare a single six-year tenure for the President and governors. On Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said the proposed constitution amendment, which seeks to exclude President Goodluck Jonathan and some governors from participating in the 2015 elections would... Read More

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June 9, 2013

NGF crisis: “Amaechi presided over a voodoo voting process” – Mimiko opens up (again)

by Rachel Ogbu In this interview with Punch Newspaper’s SUNDAY ABORISADE, the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko addresses the recent controversial Nigerian Governors’ Forum election and the roles he played. About rejecting the video clips of the election that showed how voting was conducted and counted, Mimiko said that “What was released to the public was... Read More

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June 2, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Fellow Nigerians, the Governors Forum distraction is all politics

by Simon Kolawole So our politicians are now symbols of credible elections and role models of integrity? Seriously? Since when? Many Nigerians are selling and buying that line. Have we been so bewitched to forget that this fight is but a mere disagreement between soul mates? This story often summons a smile to my face.... Read More

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June 1, 2013

Learning new tricks: Meet the 78-year-old woman who just gained admission into primary school (PHOTOS)

A 78-year-old widowed grandmother has started primary school so she can begin to make the most of her passion for politics. Mariana Ong’ango Ololo turned up unannounced for class at Obambo Primary School in Yenga village, south-west Kenya last month, wearing full uniform and accompanied by her 56-year-old son George. A week later, once staff... Read More

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May 28, 2013

Okey Ndibe: A case for canceling the 2015 elections

by Okay Ndibe Nigerians may not be able to bear – should not bear – the burden of yet another clash of naked ambitions. Once again, Nigeria has entered an awful, familiar season. The country’s air is rent with talk of power. Not electric power, no; we’re talking raw political power! And the general elections... Read More

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May 27, 2013

Reno Omokri: President Jonathan is a study in under-promising and over-delivering

by Reno Omokri These successes have not been accidental. The Federal Government has taken a number of initiatives to get Nigerians working. As we approach the midterm period of the Jonathan administration, many young Nigerians have asked me through various fora but especially on Social Media why I support and project this administration’s Transformation Agenda... Read More

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May 26, 2013

Atom Lim: Jonathan, a PhD holder lacking street wisdom (Y! Politico)

by Atom Lim For all you know, Jonathan might be a First Class brain who just lacks the street wisdom of Donald Duke or Rotimi Amaechi and therefore appears clueless. During the 2007 Presidential campaign, a popular selling point of the PDP candidate, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, was his university degree. Political jobbers were quick to... Read More

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May 22, 2013

Opinion: The Uniport 4 (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike & Princewill) and way out of the Rivers macabre dance

by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze I plead with Mr President as the elder to Amaechi and leader of PDP not only to summon but call his younger brother, Amaechi considering all the past positive deeds done by him and get this issue resolved once and for all Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of... Read More

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May 21, 2013

Opinion: Why the Ijaws still love Alamieyeseigha

by Steve Azaki As Governor of Bayelsa, Alamieyeseigha interceded on numerous occasions to secure the release of expatriate oil workers who had been kidnapped. He braved rough seas on occasion to negotiate with the kidnappers to secure the freedom of the victims. Before 1999, the Ijaw nation had no one whom they affectionately called the... Read More

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May 20, 2013

SNAPSHOT: What is musician, Justin Timberlake showing Obama on his phone?

by Isi Esene Unlike us mere mortals, President Barack Obama gets to meet and greet celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Jay Z, Beyonce and a host of others we all are dying to meet whenever he likes. This meeting is one of those where Obama invites Timberlake to the White House for a soul-themed... Read More

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