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Godwin Daboh Adzuana controversial politician, dead
The death of controversial politician, Godwin Daboh Adzuana has been described as a lose to the nation.The Senate President, Senator David Mark, Thursday made this ... Full story
Time to Mend Broken Fences
Oyo State People’s Democratic Party takes steps to put its house in order to checkmate the influence of the ruling party in the state The political ...
Murder or Suicide?
The circumstances surrounding the death of Apagun Olumide, an architect and tourism expert, in Ogun State are still dark and foggy The circumstances surrounding the death ...
Where Is Our Money
Three South Eastern States-Imo, Abia and Ebonyi say money due to them from Oil wells in their territory’s locked up in a secret account and ...
Why Local Governments Are Not Working
Shehu Abubakar, president of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Kaduna State chapter, speaks to Chimezie Enyiocha, reporter researcher, on the poor state ...
Undeterred by Emergency Rule
Boko Haram’s very successful outings in recent times are a proof that its activities cannot be curtailed by the emergency rule imposed on 15 local ...
Gowon Centre Is Most Guilty
Fatai Bello, executive secretary, Country Co-ordinating Mechanism, CCM, Nigeria, The Global Fund, speaks to Newswatch on the activities of the Fund in Nigeria. Excerpts: Newswatch: What ...
Our NGOs Have a Case to Answer
Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health, speaks to Tobs Agbaegbu, senior associate editor, and Sule Elaigwu, reporter/researcher, on the indictment of Yakubu Gowon Centre and other ...
Multimillion-Dollar Mess in NGOs
Three major Nigerian Non-Governmental Organisations indicted for misappropriating donor funds General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former military head of state, is bound to be shocked at the ...
Mystery “Baby Esther”
Medical tests show that she has no blood relationship with her “parents” and workers at a hospital in Abia State, where she was delivered say ...
The Race for PDP’s Big Chair
It is likely that the next national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, will emerge through a consensus arrangement despite the opposition of some ...
Daniel’s Hands Are Clean
Sina Kawonise, former commissioner for information under the Gbenga Daniel administration in Ogun State, speaks to Demola Abimboye, principal associate editor, on the indictment of ...
Battle of Political Titans
A government White Paper just released indicts Gbenga Daniel of illegal land deals but his aide says the former governor’s hands are clean For nine months ...
How the LGs Are Robbed of Funds
Most local governments in the country are on their death beds, no thanks to their state governors who rob them of funds allocated to them In ...
Editorial Suite
Gbenga Daniel is having sleepless nights over questions being raised concerning the way he ran the affairs of Ogun State for eight years Otunba Gbenga ...
Editorial Suite
Frauds have become a part of our political culture and acts of fraud do not surprise people anymore These days, stories on fraud do not ...
The Celebration of Ojukwu
Thousands of people receive the remains of the late Biafra warlord in major Nigerian towns and cities If the dead could see, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, popularly known ...
Yes, He’s a Thief
James Ibori, former Delta State governor, admits before a London court that he, indeed, stole public funds The long arms of the law have caught up ...
Another “Operation Fool The People” of Kwara
A N70 billion agricultural project packaged after the controversial Zimbabwe farmers initiative of the Saraki administration which became a drain on public funds is in ...
Oil Is Not for Niger Delta Alone
Tanko Yakasai, elder statesman and a leading political voice in the North, speaks to Chimezie Enyiocha, reporter/researcher, on the demand by the Northern Governors’ Forum ...
The 13 Percent War
Northern elites and their counterparts in the South-South engage in rancorous arguments on existing revenue allocation formula under which oil producing states get 13 percent ...
An Elder’s Words of Wisdom for Leaders
Jerry Gana, professor and former minister of information, advises Nigerian leaders to make the poor and the needy the centre of all their plans for ...
The Battle to Stop Oshiomhole
The line-up is formidable and the mission is to wrestle Edo State from the firm grips of Adams Oshiomhole, governor of the state. Can they ...
Jimoh Ibrahim Is 45
Jimoh Ibrahim, lawyer. group managing director of Global Fleet and publisher of Newswatch magazine, turns 45 He is a businessman who has carved a niche for ...
I’m New Leader of the Igbo
Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, speaks to Chris Ajaero, deputy general editor, on his ...
Ndigbo after Ojukwu
With Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu dead, who is the next leader of the Igbo? His death on November 26, 2011, even at the age of 78, came ...