OHAKIM WRITES TO GOV. OKOROCHA ON 10 KEY AREAS OF GOVERNANCE, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS. A MUST READ.

His Excellency Governor of Imo State Government House Owerri, Imo State 22nd August, 2016 Attn.: Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha CURRENT TREND OF EVENTS IN OUR STATE I bring you warm greetings from my family, and may the Almighty God continue to keep you and your family in the light of His grace. Let me go […]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff impeached by the Senate.

The Brazilian first female president Dilma Rousseff has been removed from office by the country’s senate after a grueling impeachment trial that ends 13 years of Workers’ party rule. The upper house voted by a majority of 61 to 20 to remove Rousseff from office on the grounds that she illegally manipulated the national budget, […]

Presidency Reacts To NBS Report, Insists Economy Performing Better.

Wednesday, 31 August 2016 Despite the economic recession that the country is presently facing, the Presidency on Wednesday declared that the Nigerian economy is performing better than the predictions of the International Monetary Fund, IMF. It, however, admitted that the inflation and unemployment rates in the country had remained high despite efforts by the current […]

Buhari’s obsession with military adventurism in the Niger Delta- By Ebi B Asain.

By now, there’s a preponderance of evidence the Arewa Consultative Forum is made up of war mongers who have come to the tragic conclusion that the Nigerian military is their trump card to be used against the south. In line with their military calculations, president Buhari too has decided that the only way the #Avengers […]

40 British territories to return Nigeria’s stolen wealth – UK.

The United Kingdom on Tuesday said 40 jurisdictions including British territories were fully committed to sharing information that would facilitate the return of all the funds stolen from Nigeria and kept in their lands. A Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Immigration of the United Kingdom, Mr. Robert Goodwill, said this in Abuja […]

International Report Indicts Buhari’s Minister in $550 Million Loot.

Nigeria stands the risk of forfeiting a hefty N218.3 billion ($550 million), already recovered from the late military dictator, Sani Abacha’s estate, if a suit filed by an American-based Nigerian Lawyer, against the Nigerian government in a United States federal court, is not quickly resolved. Texas-based Attorney, Godson Nnaka, who was contracted by the Nigerian […]

Why Will a Clinton Presidency Be a Disaster for America.

For all the die-hard clueless Clinton morons out there who still think that crooked Hillary will have a positive influence on America if ever elected, let me share with you the reality of what will happen if the now confirmed Parkinson’s disease stricken candidate ever gets to power. On the foreign policy front – In […]

THE TIME TO RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA IS NOW – By Fidel Albert.

California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It’s economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that […]

NIGERIAS FUTURE HINGES ON ITS STATES – By John Campbell.

Nigerians are looking to newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari to chart a new trajectory for Africa’s largest economy and most populous country. Yet a large cast of subnational politicians will play an equally important role in shaping the country’s future. Nigeria is a federation of thirty-six states, each with populations, economic profiles, and budgets comparable […]

CIVIL WAR WITHIN NIGERIAN ISLAM – By John Campbell.

There is a leadership struggle underway within Boko Haram, the violent, extremist movement that has claimed more than 20,000 lives since 2011 and destabilized the secular Nigerian state and its neighbors. The personal struggle between Abubakar Shekau and Abu Musab al-Barnawi reflects in part the rivalry between Boko Haram and a splinter group, “Ansaru,” and […]

How the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is misleading the world about Nigeria – By Anthony Obi Ogbo

Is John Kerry actually representing the United States or is he serving some incomprehensible interests? With Nigeria’s current governance predicament; the first major question would be, when has the Sultan become the country’s spokesperson on matters of corruption, security, the state of the economy? If the Sultan was a force in coordinating fights against terrorism […]

President Muhammadu Buhari approves Governing Boards for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by Bolaji Adebiyi, Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. The statement also named Emmanuel Olajide Adeoye as Chairman of the NPA Governing Board and Major General Jonathan India Garba for NIMASA. Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of NIMASA […]

FULL TEXT OF MAJOR-GENERAL BABANGIDA’S COUP SPEECH ON 27TH AUG 1985.

Fellow Nigerians, When in December 1983, the former military leadership, headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, assumed the reins of government, its accession was heralded in the history of this country. With the nation at the mercy of political misdirection and on the brink of economic collapse, a new sense of hope was created in the […]

The Igbo as a Blessing to Nigeria By Reno Omokri ( very interesting).

On the 15th of August 1945, the axis nations fighting in the Pacific theater defeated imperial Japan and two weeks later, Japan formally surrendered to allied forces led by the U.S. General, Douglas McArthur, who formally accepted the signed articles of surrender. But though the U.S. defeated Japan, they never decimated Japan’s great technological and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Saraki, Mark, others in trouble as Presidency orders probe of Nigerians named in #PanamaPapers.

Adenuga, Niger Governor, late Ooni of Ife, Andy Uba, 106 others named in #PanamaPapers. #PanamaPapers: African Union panel wants Nigeria, other countries to take ‘firm’ action #PanamaPapers: ActionAid demands probe of Saraki, David Mark, others. #PanamaPapers: Nigerian govt’s silence ‘worrisome, repugnant’ — CACOL #PanamaPapers: Iceland prime minister resigns after he was linked to offshore company […]

EXCLUSIVE: State Department sought land deal with Nigerian firm tied to Clinton Foundation.

Shortly after Hillary Clinton left the Obama administration, the State Department quietly took steps to purchase real estate in Nigeria from a firm whose parent company is owned by a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, records obtained by Fox News show. On March 20, 2013, William P. Franklin, an “international realty specialist” at the […]

U.K. Announces Visa-Free Entry For Citizens Of Commonwealth Countries.

As Theresa May takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a new visa regulations have been written and this ruled out visa requirements for citizens of Commonwealth member countries. As per this revision of the visa regulations, all citizens of Commonwealth nations of which Nigeria is among no longer require visas when traveling […]

Who is Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin?

Since his reported resignation or sacked as Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives, Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin has been a household name in the Nigerian politics for blowing out everything that has to do with the padding and over padding of the 2016 budget of change of President Muhammadu Buhari. Powerful, vibrant […]

Buhari Vs IBB: Finally the defining moment. By Louis Odion.

“…I found out that some officers were spending money. I asked, ‘Where did they get the money from?’ They said it was from the Military Intelligence fund… Later, I learnt that General Aliyu Gusau who was in charge of intelligence took import licence from the Ministry of Commerce, which was in charge of supplies, and […]

THIS PUSH FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL FAIL. REP. LINUS OKORIE, FCA.

I have followed the drama and intrigues being played out by the sacked Chairman of the House Appropriation Committee, Hon Jibrin Abdulmumin with restrained but keen interest. I have also looked at the gamut of documents and records (that actually are injurious to collective privilege of the house under the law) and found nothing […]