Month: October 2013

AND just like that, President Goodluck Jonathan took the wind out of his own sails! With his Independence Day announcement, and subsequent empanelling of a National Conference Advisory Committee, his...

ONITSHA—Two persons yesterday died on top of the Niger Bridge, Onitsha in Anambra State following a heavy traffic jam on the bridge. The victims, a middle-aged man and a little...

PORT HARCOURT— COUNCEL to Odi Community of Bayelsa State in its case against the Federal Government over 1999 army invasion of the community, has threatened to press criminal charges against...

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."  - Thomas Jefferson   Does the government fear us? Or do we fear...

ABUJA — MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed, yesterday, vowed that there was no going back on planned demolition of the secretariat of the Alhaji...

ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President and Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, gave insight on why the proposed National Conference cannot be sovereign as being...

ABUJA — Opposition governors, yesterday, accused the Federal Government of deliberately manipulating the Federation Account to give the impression that there were inadequate funds to share despite steady oil prices...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday declared President Goodluck Jonathan’s planned National Dialogue as diversionary. This was disclosed yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Alhaji Lai Mohammed...