By Osilama Okuofu Sixteen unbroken years into our present democratic experience and Nigerians are none better than what transpired under the military regimes where the likes of WalterOfonagoro, the late Senator Uche Chukwumerije and Wada Nas held sway as information managers dishing out half-truths and bare-faced blatant lies to a nonplussed populace who watched, mouth agape, at the turning of truth on its head. The reality on ground Question a government policy, action or pl

by Everest Amaefule President Goodluck Jonathan About 100 million Nigerians live in destitution, the World Bank has said. The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, said this at the bank’s Country Programme Portfolio Review in Enugu on Tuesday. She said that the bank’s ongoing commitment to Nigeria stood at $5.34bn. According to the World Bank boss, the number of Nigerians living in destitution makes up 8.33 per cent of the total number of peopl

By Rommy Mom, esq In 2009, when Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Madueke, stated before the Human Rights Council, HRC, of the United Nations during the country periodic review that there were no gays in Nigeria, even Nigerians back home were amused. The statement was inaccurate at best.  At the 2013 review, Nigeria took a slightly different position. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bello Adoke, stated that Nigeria’s Government would not accede 

Scheduled for 10am at the premises of the National Assembly in Abuja, participating organizations in the rally include Enough is Enough Nigeria, the United Action for Democracy, Say No Campaign, Reclaim Naija, the Freedom of Information Coalition, and other organizations. Groups and individuals that are unable to join the rally at the National Assembly in Abuja are expected to organize protests and rallies on the same day at their various State Houses of Assembly. The groups