Year: 2012
Labour hails House of Reps, strike goes on
The Labour Movement and its allies have hailed the Federal House of Representatives motion adopted at the emergency sitting of…
Achebe, Nigerian writers abroad back Nigerian people
The Full text of the Statement of Solidarity with the Nigerian People “We are troubled by the turn of events…
Soyinka, Achebe, Clark: Boko Haram Threatens Nigeria’s Existence
Nigeria’s literary giants and gadflies of half a century, Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, Chinua Achebe, the renowned author of…
Boko Haram Members In Government, says Jonathan
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan chillingly revealed at a church service organised to mark the Armed Forces on Sunday that…
Subsidy Insight:How Okonjo-Iweala Misled Jonathan with Figures
Okonjo Iweala’s Anti-subsidy movie Bayo Onanuga On the eve of Nigeria’s general strike to protest the removal of petrol subsidy…
FA Cup 3rd Round Derby: Man United Beat City 3-2
Manchester United held on to quell a spirited second-half comeback by Manchester City as they knocked the holders out of…
Wole Soyinka: Back To The Trenches, Predictably!
Rarely has government alienation from the people it is meant to serve been so pronounced as demonstrated in the…
ACN Tasks Jonathan Over Speech
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said President Goodluck Jonathan’s televised speech defending his government’s decision to withdraw fuel subsidy…
Attacks In North East Dangerous For Nigeria’s Unity —Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned in the strongest terms the latest round of ethnic and religious terrorist attacks…
LET NOT THIS FIRE SPREAD!!! An Appeal By Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and JP Clark
The fears we have all secretly nursed are coming to realisation. The nightmare we have hugged to our individual breasts,…
Analysis: President Jonathan Cuts a Pathetic Figure
Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan’s handlers did him a disservice Saturday night when he delivered another address to Nigerians on his…
Labour Derides Jonathan’s Broadcast
Organised labour has responded to President Goodluck Jonathan’s nationwide broadcast Saturday, describing it as a mere rhetoric. Labour said…
ACN Govs Declare Position On Subsidy
The governors elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) met on Saturday, 7 January, 2012 at…
Subsidy protest: Jonathan makes concessions in National broadcast
The Full Text of the broadcast by President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerians on Saturday 7 January Dear Compatriots, 1.…
Cameroon FA Appoints Song As Lions’ Team Manager
Rigobert Song, the legendary and emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon makes an unexpected return in the Lions’…