Agagu And Judgment Of Disenfranchisement Of Voters  
October 24, 2008 | 97 Comments
As law abiding citizens, lovers of progress and advocates of enduring democratic culture in our potentially great country, the people of Ilaje Local Government participated actively in all activities leading to the 2007 General Elections. A sizeable proportion of the 128, 000 registered voters came out dutifully to vote in all the elections including those of the Governor and House of Assembly members, as well as the President and members of the National Assembly.
Let...

Yar'Adua's Seven-Point Agenda (Plus Two Special Issues)  
September 30, 2007 | 89 Comments
1. Power and Energy 2. Food Security and Agriculture 3. Wealth Creation and Employment 4. Mass Transportation 5. Land Reform 6. Security 7. Qualitative and Functional Education

Plus Two Special Interest Issues....1. Niger Delta 2. Disadvantaged Groups

Messy Divorce - OBJ Blames Mama Iyabo, Orji Kalu For His Woes-PM News  
January 17, 2008 | 7 Comments
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed his former wife, Oluremi Akinlawon a.k.a. Mama Iyabo for his current woes regarding the messy divorce between his son Gbenga and his wife, Moji.
Oluremi is the mother of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo and Gbenga, Obasanjo’s first son.

Triumph Of Olusegun Mimiko - Independent Editorial  
July 27, 2008 | 6 Comments
The declaration of Olusegun Mimiko as the winner of the April 14, 2007 governorship election in Ondo State by the Garba Naburuma-led election petition tribunal may stand as a vindication of the judiciary as the last bastion of hope for the powerless. The verdict has also set the stage for a lap of honour in Mimiko's camp, whose route to victory was strewn with thorns and thistles. The former minister had alleged harassment and intimidation from his opponents but like the proverbial Iroko...

Disturbing Signals From Education Ministry  
September 28, 2007 | 6 Comments
DISTURBING signals are beginning to emerge from the Federal Ministry of Education. Since the appointment of the trio of Dr. Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu (Minister), Dr Jerry Anthony Agada (Minister of State) and Mrs Aishat Jibril Dukku (Minster of State 2), no one is sure in which direction the education sector is turning.

Alake, Egba Chiefs Wade In •Gbenga Says It’s Fight To Finish  
January 20, 2008 | 5 Comments
Worried about the likely consequence of the current feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his first son Gbenga, traditional rulers from Ogun State have reportedly stepped in, with a view to resolving the face-off. Gbenga, had in an affidavit he deposed to at a Lagos High Court where he is seeking to annul his marriage, accused his father of having sexual relationship with his wife, Moji.

Anxiety In Abuja Over Fresh Presidential Poll; PDP Jittery As Tribunal Nullifies Assembly Poll In Anambra  
January 20, 2008 | 5 Comments
Although the Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has not concluded its work, it was not clear at the weekend why there has been some inscrutable anxiety over the possible outcome of the petition of some opposition parties.

New Speaker Dimeji Bankole As Bachelor  
November 11, 2007 | 5 Comments
Have you heard the news? Nigerian girls, ladies and even married women, are on the loose! Everyone of them, I hear, wants a piece of the gap-toothed bachelor in the House of Representatives and the heat is being turned on in ways that scare the star actor so much so that mere days after newspaper headlines screamed of his bachelorhood, he started appearing publicly in the company of a particular lady ostensibly to ward off sexual harassment. Ha!

Destiny Beckons On Iroko  
August 6, 2008 | 4 Comments
But the biggest congratulations after the Court of Appeal would have put its official seal on Mimiko’s victory would not go to Governor Rahman Olusegun Mimiko. The people of Ondo State are the biggest winners in this long-drawn-out battle. They voted. They were brutalised. They were cheated. They stood by their preferred candidate. They protested. They filled the tribunal premises in huge numbers throughout the sitting. They shed tears of joy and sang praises to God when the tribunal...

FCT Probe - El-Rufai Demolishes Allegations  
May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments
At last, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir el-Rufai had his day before the Senate Committee on FCT and Housing probing the sale of Federal Government houses and other related matters. Clad in a French suit, el-Rufai, who arrived at the National Assembly Complex at 1.15 p.m., took his seat before the Committee at 1.50 p.m. and was engaged by the Committee for the next four hours.