Politics

  • Senate to remove immunity for president, governors, deputies

    by - Jan 1, 2017
    The Senate has commenced the process of amending section 308 of the 1999 Constitution which gives immunity to president, vice president, governors and deputy governors in the country. A bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (LP,...
  • Nigeria: Is there anyone in charge?

    by - Sep 19, 2014
    Someone once described Nigeria as “a work in progress”. A work in progress that has lasted more than 53 years since independence is a waste of everybody’s time. That description fittingly captures the confusion, chaos, and...
  • Who wants General Buhari Dead?

    by - Jul 31, 2014
    By Joe Igbokwe The latest attempt to bomb a prominent leader of APC, General Buhari out of existence portents grave danger for the survival of democracy, as well as Nigeria’s as a political entity. Whoever muted...
  • NFF President Maigari Arrested by SSS

    by - Jul 5, 2014
    Latest reports coming in from Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, indicate that the President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Aminu Maigari, who was arrested in Abuja early hours of Friday, 4 July, 2014, by the Nigeria State...
  • Jonathan appoints Bode George’s wife, Roli, as new NDLEA boss

    by - Jun 20, 2014
    President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Roli Bode-George as the new Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The appointee is the wife of a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,...
  • Jonathan: Playing with Boko Haram fire

    by - Mar 27, 2014
    The admission by President Goodluck Jonathan last week that he had treated Boko Haram insurgents light-heartedly even as the violent sectarian group continued to slaughter Nigerian citizens must have come as a surprise to many people....
  • Helloooo, National Conference Delegates

    by - Mar 24, 2014
    Almost everybody in Nigeria and even elsewhere knows that this is not the best of time for the most populous black nation on earth. From allegations and counter allegations of corruption and sleaze hovering around nearly...