Enugu Assembly Set To Impeach Governor Chime
Days to the expiration of his tenure as a Governor, members of the Enugu State House of Assembly on Monday kick started impeachment proceedings against the state governor, Barrister Sullivan Chime. The governor was accused by the lawmakers of high handedness and corrupt…
Experts Brainstorm On Journalists’ Safety Thursday, As IPC Releases Attacks Report
A meeting of media experts and institutional stakeholders will take place in Abuja onThursday April 30, 2015 to deliberate on the safety of journalists and emerging issues in conflict in Nigeria. The participants will include the leadership of the Nigeria…
Ondo Deputy Governor Impeached
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, has been impeached by the State Assembly. He was removed Monday morning following the submission of the report by the seven-man panel headed by Mr. Olatunji Adeniyan on the allegations leveled against him. Twenty…
Presidential Inauguration: Jonathan, Buhari Nominees Meet
In preparation for the May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration, a joint committee of the outgoing and incoming government met on Thursday to discuss issues that will ensure a smooth transition. The committee is co-chaired by the Secretary to the…
US Vice President Urges Jonathan To Play Global Leadership Role
United States Vice President, Senator Joe Biden has urged outgoing Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to take up international leadership role. Biden who spoke to Jonathan on Monday commended him for his leadership in ensuring Nigeria’s recent elections were peaceful…
Why Jonathan Sacked IG-P Suleiman Abba
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Suleiman Abba, who was a former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to the wife of a former military Head of State, Mrs Maryam Abacha, was sacked on Tuesday by outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, four years before he…
Igbuya Deserves To Emerge Speaker, Okpe Leaders Insist
Political leaders in Okpe, Delta State of Nigeria on Tuesday, in recognition of the contributions of the Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Ovwigho Igbuya to the progress of the kingdom, described him as a distinguished…
Senator Uche Chukumerije Dies At 75
Senator Uche Chukwumerije is dead. Chukwumerije, a former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, died on Sunday in a Turkish Hospital in Abuja at the age of 75. He was a three-time senator that represented Abia North Senatorial District….
I Didn’t Walk Out Customs, NSCDC Bosses – Buhari
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has disociated nhinself from media reports that he walked out some government officials, who had come to lobby him in order to keep their jobs, from his Daura, Katsina State, residence. Buhari refuted the report that went viral on social media via a…
Kids Kidnapped by Nanny in Lagos Found
The three kids kidnapped by their nanny in Lagos have been found. The father of the kids, Lere Orekoya, confirmed the development. In a text message to some journalists at about 1:30am on Wednesday, Orekoya said the kids had been…
Goodnight, Oronto Douglas By Abdul Mahmud
But for a poem or two written during the early years of my writing career, I find elegy a difficult and tedious genre to engage. The pain that goes into writing an elegy, or eulogies generally, often leaves me distraught…
