Crisis looms between the country’s athletes to the recently concluded London 2012 Paralympic Games and the officials of the National Sports Commission (NSC) over the Federal Government largesse, as the athletes are set to petition the Presidency. President Goodluck Jonathan, had announced monetary awards to the athletes and their officials for making the country proud [...]
By Chido Onumah First, a caveat: I agree with Reuben Abati. President Jonathan “is a grossly misunderstood President”. It is understandable though if the shoeless and homeless mass of our people who voted for him last year expect a lot from him. That is the least they should expect from a man who claimed he [...]
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “If it were left on me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jefferson The foregoing quotation from Thomas Jefferson, a former president of the United States of America, underscores the importance [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his administration is determined to put an end to stealing of crude oil he described as embarrassing to the government as Nigeria is the only country in the world where such theft is taking place. The President said this while delivering his remarks at the presidential maritime security retreat [...]
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the 2012 budget urging President Goodluck Jonathan to improve or face sanctions. It warned the coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to stop forthwith the selective and outright violation of [...]
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja In what he described as an attempt to “further strengthen the ongoing reforms and transformation of Nigeria’s Petroleum sector, and in furtherance of efforts to achieve greater transparency and accountability in government”, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday night sacked the Austin Oniwon led executive management team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). [...]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a motion requesting President Goodluck Jonathan and the nation’s security chiefs, to address it in a closed door session on the current security challenges facing the country. This followed a motion moved by Hon Yakubu Barde (Kaduna state) who had initially demanded that the National Security Adviser, NSA [...]
