Nigeria: South South Youths Fault Call for Petroleum Minister’s Sack

Open letter to NGF: Do not betray your own

Open letter to NGF: Do not betray your own By Igwe Douglas It is allegedly the highest height of desperation if what is being reported in an online news website -http://abusidiqu.com about how the President of Nigeria, Mr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan wants to compel the Nigerian Governors’ forum to hold its election in the Presidential village [...]

In Africa’s Great Lakes region, peace dividend must follow peace deal

In Africa’s Great Lakes region, peace dividend must follow peace deal   By Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong Kim   Africa’s Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades. It can silence the guns, boost trust and trade between neighbours, educate millions of out-of-school [...]

The Big Uniport Four (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike & Princewill) And Way Out Of The Rivers Macabre Dance

The Big Uniport Four (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike Princewill) And Way Out Of The Rivers Macabre Dance By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze. ezemediaconcept08@rocketmail.com, 08038199163 PREAMBLE Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of [...]

Divide Nigeria Peacefully OR by Civil War

The fact that Boko Haram has succeeded in waging  war against Nigeria in total violation of the fundamental principles of society means Nigeria security arrangements have failed, and either the personnel are untrained or ill-equipped to meet the present and future threats to Nigeria territorial integrity The perpetual granting of amnesty to people who commit [...]

Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri

Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]

Amnesty International slams slum evictions

The bulldozers came to the settlement just before midday, when most people were busy at work. Resident Jim Tom George was there to see over 20,000 people forcibly evicted from their homes in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. “They blocked the entry points to our settlement and just started to demolish everything,” he says of the day [...]

Jonathan’s 2015 campaign posters flood Port Harcourt again

Few months after outrage greeted the display of pro-President Goodluck Jonathan 2015 campaign posters in Abuja, a group of campaigners have again flooded the streets of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital with the President’s posters. The posters are canvassing supports for Jonathan to seek a second term in 2015. The posters, which were sponsored [...]

Port Harcourt Boils As 10000 Want Amaechi Out

Port Harcourt Boils As 10,000 Want Amaechi Out CURRENT political crisis rocking Rivers State, one of the major oil and gas states in Southern Nigeria, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with Rivers Peoples Assembly, a mass civil society movement, galvanising 10,000 men, women, and youths to demand fopr the resignation of Governor [...]

Port Harcourt Boils As 10,000 Want Amaechi Out

Port Harcourt Boils As 10,000 Want Amaechi Out CURRENT political crisis rocking Rivers State, one of the major oil and gas states in Southern Nigeria, took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, with Rivers Peoples Assembly, a mass civil society movement, galvanising 10,000 men, women, and youths to demand fopr the resignation of Governor [...]

EFCC Press Release: EFCC Docks Emmanuel Ayoola for N8m Dud Cheque

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday May 21, 2013 arraigned one Emmanuel Ayoola Oserin, before Justice R.I. Ahiakwo of the State High Court, Port Harcourt on 2-count charge bordering on fraudulent issuance of dud cheques. The accused who is the Managing Director of Topsham Nigeria Limited and Mcmalay Integrated Nigeria Limited allegedly issued [...]

Ex-militants recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan Storm Port Harcourt To …

Ex-Niger Delta militants recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan stormed the entrance into the rivers’ state government house today to demand the resignation of Governor Rotimi Amaechi from office. The militants wearing colorful T-shirts, drums and wirlding sticks were largely peaceful even though sources close to the state government said several of them carried concealed weapons [...]