I do not know whether Senator Solomon Ita Enang was being Machiavellian or  he simply intended to tell a “noble lie” when he claimed on the floor of the Senate last Wednesday in the course of his contribution to the debate on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, that Northerners controlled 83% of the oil wells in the Niger Delta. Whatever his purpose, his claim, I am sure, would be hard to beat as the ...

The President’s long-promised visit to the Boko Haram – ravaged North-East at last took place in the penultimate week. As expected by many, the President went to both Yobe and Borno States and thank God, came out safely. What many did not envisage however, was the political storm that he stirred, ravaging the landscape ever since. Beyond its symbolism, it is difficult to pin-point any success achieved by th ...

Human Rights Activist ,Festus Keyamo has condemned the presidential pardon reportedly granted to convicted Ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreiye Alamieyeseigha and convicted Ex-Banker Shettima Bulama. Keyamo said “The reports of State pardon granted today by President Goodluck Jonathan to convicted Ex-Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreiye Alamieyeseigha and convicted Ex-Banker Shettima Bulama, purportedly ...

                             Gov Chibuike Amaechi reading a reflection at the Commonwealth Observance Governor Chibuike Amaechi arrived Abuja this morning after speaking at the Commonwealth Observance Day which held at the Westminister Abbey in London. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari said that contrary to rumours and speculations in some quarter ...

It is in the nature of life that an individual, a city, an institution, a country or a state can be hit by a tragedy. It could be a plague, an epidemic, outbreak of civil war or war from outside, natural disasters like earthquake, flood, Tsunami, etc. These things happen and they must be terrible realities for every society that experienced it. But because the penalty for being alive is to continue to solve ...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of engaging in bare-faced lies and manipulation of facts by claiming that the phantom African Peoples Congress has applied to the commission for registration. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the INEC claim, as articulated by ...

The pesky ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek a second term in office was given the green light by an Abuja High Court ruling. Though he has remained coy – a loud silence to me – on his ambition to seek re-election, his body language, actions and inactions have suggested he is set to run for a second term. He seems to be fully persuaded for 2015 by the trappings of Aso Rock, the lure of power, f ...

By Olayemisi Abdul  Abu Zinnira, the new  spokesman of Boko Haram has said  in a statement Monday  that Nigerian military authority lied to the world about the alleged killing of 52 of their members on Friday. Zinnira, had also picked  holes in  last week’s claims of the JTF spokesman, Lt Col Sagir Musa who said 20 Boko Haram members died when the sect attacked a barracks  in Monguno village of Borno state. ...

Former Governor Uzor Kalu with British  Labour Leader, Ed  Miliband Kalu at British  Labour  function ...

Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was one of three high profile speakers at this year’s Commonwealth Observance day held at the Westminister Abbey in London. Since 1973, Commonwealth day has been marked on the second Monday in March by a unique multi faith Observance at the Westminister Abbey in London. Globally recognized persons who are embodiments of the year’s theme spirit are i ...