Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman house of reps committee on appropriations, says “a stand with Dogara is a stand with fraud”. Responding to the invitation letter which the committee on ethics wrote to him, the lawmaker expressed shock that the panel […]
On 24 May 1966, a foundation of what would become a major problem to today’s Nigeria was naively and innocently laid by Major General Thomas Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi through decree 34. Decree 34 was also known as unification decree […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has given a seven day ultimatum to Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him or face legal action. A […]
Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose Saturday said that the Directorate of State Security (DSS) only succeeded in tarnishing its own image by attempting to allegedly coerce members of the state Assembly to act the script of his detractors which […]
The royal diatribe between the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, worsened yesterday with the Alake insisting that the Awujale remained the last in the echelon of major Yoruba traditional rulers. Alake […]
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him […]
My attention was drawn to the above opinion marshaled out by one Okoi Obono Obla in one of the online media platform abusidiqu.com in which my name featured in the said opinion. I would ordinary not be bothered on the […]
As the build up for the local government elections gathers momentum across Niger State, it is pertinent as a current affairs commentator and reporter, I set the discourse for the masses. I have seen a lot of campaigns going on, […]
By Okoi Obono-Obla It is beyond controversy that elections into 32 Governorship seats in the Federation of Nigeria were held on the 11th April, 2015. It is well settled that in Akwa Ibom State, the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples […]
I speak often about culture. It is my favourite topic. I speak often, and passionately about the cultures that define our nation, and how many of those behaviours appear to be at the root of our national decline. By this […]
Rivers state government yesterday ordered former Governor Chibuke Rotimi Amaechi, who was last week nominated as minister-designate, retired Brigadier Anthony Ukpo, former military administrator of the state and some former political office holders to refund over N97 billion allegedly misappropriated […]
As the kogi givernorship election draws nearer, major aspirants jostling for their party tickets have intensified their efforts ahead of the primaries. Although the two main parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have not […]
