Nobody doubts President Goodluck Jonathan’s meek demeanour and amiable exterior, often adorned with an admirable smile. These qualities and his comportment during the power transition crisis of 2010, no doubt, earned him the people’s support when his constitutional right to be the Acting President was being denied by a cabal loyal to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The same qualities attracted many voters, especially the young ones, to him when he ran for President in 2011. What was not expected was that this amiable exterior would mask a divisive leadership style that would tear apart the country, geographical…
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A popular adage in Igbo language has it that the moment a child is crying and pointing at a particular direction, two things are certain – it is either that an adult has snatched his/her beans cake (akara) or that his/her mother is heading in that direction. The above picture is the exact scenario playing itself out in Imo State, South East Nigeria where a man widely regarded as a political maverick holds sway as the Chief executive officer and Governor. Last Friday 21st June 2013, a prominent Imo State born contractor and a…
President Goodluck Jonathan late Sunday in Yaounde assured Nigerians still living in the Bakassi Peninsula of his administration’s continuous care, concern and support for their safety and well-being. Speaking at a meeting with the Nigerian Community in Cameroon, President Jonathan dispelled fears that the Federal Government has abandoned Nigerians who remained in the peninsula after its transfer to Cameroon and will allow them to be victimized or maltreated. The President expressed the belief that improvement in bilateral relations between the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments after the judgment of the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi dispute…
A development friendly Non-Governmental organization-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned the reported killing last week in Benin City, the Edo State capital of 20 persons allegedly by armed members of various secret cults. The group blamed the resurgence of secret cults across Nigeria to weak legal framework and compromised constitutional provisions that failed spectacularly to criminalize membership of secret societies just as the group canvassed promulgation by the National Assembly in the ongoing Constitution amendment, of strong and enforceable provisions to spell out severe judicial sanctions for membership by any Nigerian in any secret society.…
President Jonathan being received Cameroonian Prime Ministers Philemon Yunji Yang on arrival in Yaoundé for Gulf of Guinea Summit on Maritime Piracy- State House.
Britain is planning to ask visitors from Nigeria and five other countries whose nationals are deemed to pose a “high risk” of immigration abuse to provide a 3,000 pounds (about N750,000) bond before they can enter the country. Home Secretary Theresa May said the David Cameron administration is serious about cutting immigration and abuses of the system. The Sunday Times said from November, a pilot scheme would target visitors from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Pakistan and India. Visitors aged 18 and over would be forced to hand over £3,000 ($4,600, 3,500 euros) from November for a six-month…
Former Super Eagles Captain, Sunday Oliseh has blamed Nigeria’s poor outing at the ongoing FIFA Confederation Cup in Brazil on the inexperienced local players featured by Coach Stephen Keshi. While commenting on the performance of the Super Eagles who were defeated 3-0 by Spain on Sunday, Oliseh contended that the league players are not matured enough for such a big tournament. He spoke on the Super Sports programme, saying “the home based players need fine-tuning with many matches to be able to compete favourably with the oversees based ones despite having the potentials to be great players. “During our time…
Matchmakers Consult International, endorsed and encouraged by the Nigeria Football Federation to organise the Nigeria Pitch Awards is set to begin the nomination process for the maiden edition of the football awards billed to take place later this year. The first stage of the process will begin with over a hundred media personalities, ex-Nigeria international players, coaches, football administrators and other key stakeholders who would receive the nomination packages and make their individual decisions based on their experience, knowledge and conviction. Their nominations will be returned directly to an Independent Verifying Body which will collate the results and…
Mr. Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana has debunked ever attacking the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan for failing to bring corrupt politicians to book. He made the clarification in a statement issued through a Director in the Office of former President of Ghana, Navy Captain Afeku-Amenyo (rtd). The former Ghanian President who recently delivered a keynote address at a lecture on ‘Emerging Democracies in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities’ in Abuja, denied making scathing attack on the government of Nigeria. While describing the said online report as malicious and libelous, he also demanded immediate retraction and warned other media…
Newspapers nationwide recently reported that President Goodluck Jonathan had succumbed to pressure from aides to establish a committee that would work to intervene and resolve the crises of confidence rocking the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to these reports, the President’s aides were concerned over the implications of PDP’s internal crises and President Jonathan’s undisclosed future plans. These undisclosed future plans, whatever they may be, need to be separated from the genuine and long overdue reform of the Party to avoid conflict of interest. President Jonathan might harbour personal designs to continue in office beyond 2015 and it…