The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wilson Imongan, has commended members of the National Association of Seadogs (aka Pyrates Confraternity) Edo State Chapter for voluntarily donating blood to save lives....
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Fiscal indiscipline is Nigeria’s problem, says IMF boss
Nigeria and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday charted the path for economic growth and good governance for the country. While the IMF identified the absence of fiscal responsibility among the three tiers...
Tribunal’s verdict vindicates us – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has vindicated the body on its stand that the 2007 general election was free and fair. The...
Yar’Adua in triumph song, Atiku, Buhari fume
The eight months old legal battle over the validity of the April 21, 2007 presidential polls, which saw the emergence of Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as President and Vice President, was...
Danjuma: How Obasanjo Solicited Me For Third Term
Contrary to his public posturing, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted and actually worked for the elongation of tenure of office in 2006/2007. Former Defence Minister and Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus...
Tribunal annuls David Mark’s election
The Benue State Election Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Saturday annulled the election of the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. The Chairman of the five-member Tribunal, Justice C.I. Uriri, who read out the...
ICPC quizzes Duke, wife
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, quizzed the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, and his wife, Onari, over their disbursement of a...
Uncovering the battle for power in Imo State
Governor Ohakim Begins Moves to Decamp to PDPBy Roy ChikwemThe Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has emerged as a powerful political party since they won the gubernatorial elections in 2007. The PPA was formed by the...
2007 polls: Judiciary on rescue mission
The failure that was the hallmark of the 2007 elections has come to the judiciary for salvation going by the judgments, which culminated yesterday with the removal of the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris by...
A troubled education sector
By Godson OgheneochukoJust when one thinks he or she has heard the worst that could happen in this country of ours, some other news seemingly crops out from nowhere to knock one off his saddle. I'm sorry to...
Obasanjo spent $16bn not $10bn on energy sector
Fresh fact has emerged that the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo spent $16bn on Nigeria’s epileptic power sector and not $10bn earlier reported by the media. The Speaker of the House of...
Using false identity to travel abroad
The craze to travel abroad by all means arguably became a noticeable fad in Nigeria about 20 years ago, when unemployed graduates, prostitutes and school drop-outs began to explore every crooked method of finding their...