Last week delivered drama aplenty in the country. There were very interesting and, occasionally, distressing news items. We had the appointment of a young and dishy-looking woman, Mrs Zainab Ahmad as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the almighty feud between Dr Ibe Kachiukwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and Maikanti…
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze Preamble: The main aim of this treatise is to unearth, among (Jonathan, Amaechi and Wike) three key sons of Niger Delta region of Nigeria who is or are the detractor(s) and betrayer(s) of the region. For avoidance of doubt, Niger Delta region comprises nine states, namely: Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Ondo,…
Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday night had a closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, but details of it were not disclosed at anxious State House Correspondents. However, there are speculations that both men discussed the renewed attacks in the Niger Delta region by the Niger Delta…
There are strong indications that former President Goodluck Jonathan may have gone into temporary self exile in Cote d’Ivoire, following reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, may arrest him on his arrival in Nigeria from his overseas tour on allegations of corruption and misappropriation of billions of dollars in the five years…
**Calls Critics “Stupid” **Jonathan Abused, Misused His Opportunity Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has slammed those criticising him for not accounting for the recovered loot of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, describing them as stupid. Speaking in an interview over the weekend, OBJ, as he is fondly called, explained that it was not his…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has highlighted about 25 sins allegedly committed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and two of its members. The members of the party alleged to have committed the 25 offences are former president Goodluck Jonathan and governor Nyesom Wike of River State. APC, in a statement…
Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named among the ‘100 most influential Africans of 2015.’ The list published by pan African magazine ‘New African’ presents Africa’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: Politics (22); Public Office (4); Arts and…
Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, visited the Awolowo family house in Ikenne, Ogun State. Jonathan arrived the sleepy town alongside his wife, Dame Patience, to pay his condolence to the family over the loss of HID Awolowo, wife of the late Obafemi Awolowo, who died earlier this week. The former…
A top Nigerian television station, African Independent Television, AIT, owned by DAAR Communications, has been accused of lying about its online presidential poll it pulled down after it alleged that supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, compromised the integrity of the system. The station, in a press statement on Thursday, alleged that the opinion…
Following the drop in the price of crude oil in the global market, the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol in Nigeria. The product has been sold for N97 since 2012 when President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of subsidy from petrol. The announcement…