Johannesburg – Nigerian Henry Okah was jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. “Effectively, the accused [Okah] is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment,” Judge Neels Claassen said […]
THE twin problems of incessant robbery attacks and traffic congestion have made the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, particularly its international wing, to be less friendly to passengers and other visitors. With Lagos being the nation’s […]
Former Zambian president, Mr. Rupiah Banda, was arrested on Monday by the country’s law enforcement agents over allegations of corruption and abuse of office, following a crude oil import deal with Nigeria. Banda, according to […]
JD:Just couldnt resist this and havent stopped laughing,then crying, since.How did we ever come to this?
The Governor alleged that the attacks on him in the media are politically motivated. Governor Godswill Akpabio has defended his controversial donations to individuals and organisations, saying that they fall within the ambit of law […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over alleged plots by opposition governors to use the media to discredit the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio, and cause disunity among the […]
To say that the public is no longer comfortable with Governor Godswill Akpabio’s somewhat obscene display of tax payers’ money is alluding to the obvious, writes Shola Oyeyipo Amongst the governors that enjoy widespread acceptance […]
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has added to his notoriety by asking the state legislature to pass a bill that seeks to punish so-called malicious rumor mongering and public misinformation. Our correspondent reports that […]
Professor Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead. SaharaReporters learned that Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature […]
JD:This piece by Joel Brinkly of the LOS ANGELES TIMES is a must read for all.read and please leave a comment here so we can discuss the issue to the fullest. “Egypt has lost its […]
The Jonathan presidency got a bloody eye Wednesday in Lagos, when Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, characterized the state pardon granted former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, by President Goodluck Jonathan, as both a corrupt […]
Senators yesterday gave the Executive a wake-up call on the Boko Haram insurgency. The Senate urged the Executive to consider other options and strategies that would be effective in fighting the crisis. Deputy Senate President […]
Nice to see our security boys well turned out and ready for business.
WHEN Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, called for amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect, the response, appropriately, from President Goodluck Jonathan, on a visit to Maiduguri, was that the group remains […]
A group, Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) Wednesday expressed sadness over the recent appointment of the Attorney General (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) into the Peoples Democratic Party […]
Organised labour and two opposition parties on Wednesday warned President Goodluck Jonathan against another petrol price hike. They said in their reactions to Jonathan’s statement on Tuesday that petrol price would go up, that he […]
A Lagos commercial driver, Mr. Kasali Quadri, was today arraigned before Justice Christopher Ayodeji Balogun of the Lagos High Court for the attempted murder of Justice E.A Adebajo, a member of the State judiciary. Quadri, […]
Poor performance in last NECO exams underscores neglect by federal and state governments The results of last year’s November/December Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations recently released by the National Examinations Council (NECO), has once again exposed […]
LAGOS — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, in Lagos, unveiled a platform of economic development for the country that must be predicated on full removal of fuel subsidy. Speaking at the Nigeria Summit 2013 organised by […]
THIS time, not even the fig leaf of hiding behind the National Council of State could morally justify and mollify public opinion about the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to especially pardon his self-described ‘boss […]
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