NIGERIA: Agadama extols Achebe’s virtues
London-based Nigerian poet and playwright, Efemena Agadama has described the demise of world literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe as a great loss not only to Africa but to the entire...
NIGERIA: Bamanga Tukur and the burden of reconciliation in the PDP
When the present National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came on board on March 24, 2012, exactly one year ago, the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,...
NIGERIA: Chinua Achebe’s death, a national treasure lost – Tinubu
Tributes continued to pour in for Professor Chinua Achebe yesterday. Former governor of Lagos State, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, said the deceased was a national treasure. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of...
NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS ENDANGERED
Our investigations into activities at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, specifically the Office of the Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega. Though two years away, the 2015 elections may be in...
NIGERIA: Former Nigerian ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Maitama Sule not dead
Alhaji Maitama Sule, eminent politician and former Nigerian ambassador to the United Nations (UN), is not dead, according to Project Nigeria. A statement, last night, by the group which he...
NIGERIA: Yoruba, other Nigerian languages on the verge of extinction
A university don, Prof. Akinwumi Isola, has raised the alarm over the looming extinction of Yoruba and other indigenous languages in Nigeria. According to him, failure of the people to...
NIGERIA: APC Vs PDP, there is big war ahead of 2015 – Tukur
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Bamangar Tukur, yesterday, said the party would face a “heavy” war ahead of the 2015 elections, saying “ there is...
NIGERIA: Oyinlola asks AGF to prosecute mtn directors
Former Governor of Osun State and erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke,...
NIGERIA: Jega opens up on controversy ‘INEC has not registered any APC’
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said that no political party with acronym “APC” has been registered. . Speaking on a live audience...
NIGERIA: UPDATE ON OYERINDE’S MURDER
Why exclusive interviews with suspects can not be published… We are unable to publish the interviews with the suspects in the murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, aide to Governor Adams...