LEADERSHIP – Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cleared the air on allegation that the Presidency may have forced him to commence pre-retirement leave from April 1, 2014, two months before his tenure is expected to expire.Sanusi who spoke during a meeting with staff of the apex bank…
Jonathan chronically incompetent to lead Nigeria – KwankwasoTHE PUNCH – Kano State Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso has said President Goodluck Jonathan is leading Nigeria towards disaster because he lacks courage and the competence to properly manage Nigeria’s affairs.The governor said this during a meeting with the leadership of the Northern Elders Forum, at the Government House…
Bayelsa State Government has accused the Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi of being economical with the truth about the ownership of Soku oil wells.Amaechi had at several fora claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan used his position to secure the oil wells for his home state, Bayelsa State.But Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State faulted Amaechi,…
In this interview granted Sahara TV and uploaded to YouTube, writer, poet and social critic, Odia Ofeimun, speaks about the late Nelson Mandela’s criticism of Nigeria and why he believes the late Premier of the old Western Region, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was greater than the anti-apartheid leader. Here are excerpts of the interview…
Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation who is embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United States school which supposedly awarded it.Her resume, which she presented to the Senate as a ministerial nominee in 2011, indicated she obtained a…
THE political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Monday as two High Court Divisions in Ahoada East and Okehi in Etche Local Government Areas were hit by bomb explosion and fire respectively.The two incidents are coming on the heels of a similar explosion that occurred at the premises of the Ahoada High…
APC’s spokesman has said that APC , which has its members across the country, cannot afford to imagine any singular religious affiliation.Speaking in a telephone yesterday, Moh ammed explained that of the 25 Interim National Executive Committee membership, 18 are Muslims; 17 are Christians.He warned religious bigots and their official sponsors against setting the country…
Former Nigerian footballer and Mohammedan SC coach Emeka Ezeugo announced that he has embraced Islam after being inspired by the life of Prophet Mohammad.Emeka went to a Muslim cleric last week along with Mohammedan manager Amirul Islam, his former team-mate Kaiser Hamid, Zaker party leader Amir Faisal and club official Abu Hasan Prince to convert…
Nigerian poet/writer Odia Ofeimun has made a startling statement that Nigerians are buzzing about. It involves late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and late South African human rights activist Nelson Mandela.In an interview with Sahara TV which was recently uploaded on Youtube, the Edo-state born social critic rated that the late Nigerian politician above the South African…
By Obinna AkukweThe fight between the Association of Igbo Youths (AIYO) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had taken a new twist with the Igbo Youths giving ultimatum to Uwazurike to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain MASSOB members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013.In a petition…