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Op-ed Editor April 16, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: The Nigerian presidency as a foster parent of crimes

by Pius Adesanmi Those who are confounded or surprised that the stash of cash found in Ikoyi – we have at least, hopefully, gone beyond the point of denying that…

Op-ed Editor February 7, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigeria, a hell hole for Christians

by Femi Fani-Kayode We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism and we will not allow it to take root in our country.......we will wipe it off the face of the earth"-…

Op-ed Editor January 24, 2017

Reno Omokri: As Lai Mohammed manifests the lie in his name

by Reno Omokri Lai Mohammed, in true manifestation of his name, told a lie, when he scolded the advocacy group Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) by saying that their use…

Op-ed Editor November 19, 2016

Reno Omokri: How Nigeria under Buhari became the butt of jokes in Africa

by Reno Omokri Sometimes, I wish President Muhammadu Buhari would have been as proficient in arresting Nigeria’s recession as he is in arresting his critics! How I pray that this…

Op-ed Editor September 7, 2016

Pius Adesanmi: Don’t villify Bayo Onanuga, educate him

Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, made a Facebook update yesterday. Before I express any opinion on the said update, it is better to hear…

Mazi Emeka June 5, 2016

‘I can’t go into exile, I can’t turn my back on Nigeria’ – Jonathan

Former President Jonathan has in the strongest terms rejected the insinuation and published report that he went on exile to Cote d'Ivoire. Jonathan says a report entitled ‘Buhari Holds Secret…

Kolapo Olapoju January 17, 2016

Buhari is ready to meet Jonathan over arms funds diversion – Presidency

The Presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is always ready to host and have talks with former President Goodluck Jonathan regarding the arms procurement scandal which billions of naira was…

Kolapo Olapoju September 8, 2015

PDP governors visit Jonathan in Otuoke (PHOTOS)

Three governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Tuesday, paid a visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his country home at Otuoke, Bayelsa. The PDP governors who went on…

Kolapo Olapoju August 23, 2015

There’s water scarcity in Jonathan’s village, Otuoke

There's water scarcity in Otuoke, Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa state, the town where former President, Goodluck Jonathan, hails from. Sad Irony. Vanguard reports that Elijah Ateki, the Chairman, Community Development…

Kolapo Olapoju August 2, 2015

“We have evidence that Metuh worked against Jonathan’s re-election” – PDP workers

The Peoples Democratic Party Staff Welfare Association has accused Olisa Metuh, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, of working against the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The disgruntled workers claimed…

Kolapo Olapoju July 28, 2015

Buhari to probe N4tr debt incurred under Jonathan’s government

The Federal Government is expected to probe how 28 federal ministries, their departments and agencies under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan incurred an alarming N4 trillion contractual debt. Vanguard reports…

Kolapo Olapoju July 21, 2015

Jonathan’s former CSO is not dead [UPDATE]

Contrary to widespread speculation, Gordon Obua, the chief security officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, is not dead. The former security aide of Jonathan was being held by the…

Kolapo Olapoju July 20, 2015

“Jonathan is no more President, leave him alone” | Fayose comes for OBJ

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has implored former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to stop attacking the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan. Fayose said Jonathan should be left alone and allowed to…

Kolapo Olapoju July 19, 2015

Jonathan’s Chief Security Officer arrested by DSS

Gordon Obua, the Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been arrested and detained by the Department of State Services. Obua was reportedly arrested last Thursday and is…

Kolapo Olapoju June 26, 2015

Don’t impeach Aregbesola because of Jonathan’s recklessness – Asiwaju Foundation

Responding to the growing calls for the impeachment of Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola, a group known as the Asiwaju Grassroots Foundation, has urged the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Najeem…

Kolapo Olapoju June 13, 2015

Soyinka: Nigeria won’t have survived 2 more years under Jonathan

Professor Wole Soyinka, says that the country would have disintegrated if President Goodluck Jonathan, had remained in power for two more years. In an interview with Punch Newspapers, the Nobel…

Op-Ed Editor May 25, 2015

Immanuel Ugwu: Dear Diezani, you are running in vain

by Immanuel Ugwu Buhari’s private forgiveness will not save her from her history. Her robbery of the Nigerian people makes her eligible for prosecution. She is running in vain because…

Kolapo Olapoju May 21, 2015

House of Reps making moves to override Presidential veto power

by James Sambo The Federal House of Representatives has moved to amend its rules to pave the way for the override of a presidential veto. The move preceded the adoption of…

Op-Ed Editor May 20, 2015

Opinion: Buhari’s cabinet- Meritocracy or Clientelism?

by Jude Feranmi Fellow countrymen, I still love to think that congratulations on Nigeria’s budding democracy are still in order as regards the last democratic exercise in March and April.…

Kolapo Olapoju May 13, 2015

Niger Delta Militants: What must be done to avoid return to militancy

by Iyobosa Omoregie Urhobo militants, under the aegis of Urhobo Gbagbako, have a couple of grudges with the outgoing government of President Goodluck Jonathan, and have consequently, advised incoming president,…

Kolapo Olapoju May 12, 2015

Jonathan: History will be kind to me

by James Sambo Even if you are not impressed by the performance and antecedents of President Goodluck Jonathan, the ones unborn, he believes will judge him and his administration fairly.…

Kolapo Olapoju May 10, 2015

A farewell service for GEJ and Patience as they walk into the future (PHOTOS)

by James Sambo It's been an interesting six years for President Goodluck Jonathan and Patience Jonathan a.k.a Mama Peace. In the same vein, Mama Peace and GEJ will and won't be…

Kolapo Olapoju May 9, 2015

Keyamo: PDP, Jonathan were all about filling their stomachs

by Kolapo Olapoju Festus Keyamo is pretty disappointed at the remark of President Jonathan about the Peoples Democratic Party members defecting to the All Progressives Congress. The President had said:…

Kolapo Olapoju April 22, 2015

I’m an architect of democracy, you’re a failed demolisher || Tinubu is not impressed, blasts Kashamu

by Kolapo Olapoju National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has taken to the cleaners, the Peoples Democratic Party senator-elect, Prince Buruji Kashamu. The former governor…

Kolapo Olapoju April 2, 2015

Peaceful Patience can stop worrying about prison, Buhari ‘bears no grudges against’ her husband

by Kolapo Olapoju After May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan can sleep easy at night... perhaps. President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), while receiving his Certificate of Return from the Chairman of the Independent…

Kolapo Olapoju March 27, 2015

Full text of Pres. Jonathan’s national broadcast on #Elections2015 (READ)

by Jewel Stephen Below is the full text of President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Broadcast on The 2015 General Elections. The president delivered the address on Friday, March 27. - Dear…

Kolapo Olapoju March 8, 2015

‘Shame! Shame! Shame!,’ says Tinubu’s wife to the PDP

by Kolapo Olapoju Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorned wrath.. believe that. It is official that in this electioneering season, it is a free for all, everyone is involved and…

Kolapo Olapoju January 14, 2015

We hear the peace meeting between OBJ and GEJ was a failure

by Kolapo Olapoju It is believed that the supposed 'peace meeting' between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan ended in a stalemate as both parties reportedly failed to…

Op-Ed Editor December 24, 2014

Opinion: Gov. T.A Orji has shamed his detractors

by Madubiko Hart These bring to unclothe the fact that the PDP has not failed Abia people in this present administration. Accusing Governor Orji that he was the one who…

Kolapo Olapoju December 5, 2014

@APCNigeria can kill Jonathan to take over government – Edwin Clark

by Iyobosa Omoregie An erstwhile Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has expressed apprehension over the safety of President Goodluck Jonathan’s life. The Ijaw leader stated that the opposition politicians of…

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