Allison-Madueke missing, as Jonathan presides over his last FEC meeting

By Ikenna Asomba

Alison-Madueke missing at the last FEC meeting under Jonathan

Nigeria's Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, was missing, as President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, presided over the Valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council, FEC under his leadership.

Ahead of 30 govs-elect, El-Rufai appoints SSG, others

By Ikenna Asomba

El-Rufai

In what looks like a formula to hit the ground-running immediately after his inauguration on May 29, the Kaduna State governor-elect, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Wednesday, announced the appointments of key officials in his incoming government, ahead of 30 other governors-elect.

Moghalu: Ndigbo 'll never suffer under Buhari's administration

By Ikenna Asomba

Ndigbo

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. George Moghalu has dispelled insinuations that the South-East geopolitical zone may be marginalised under the incoming administration of Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari for giving him a paltry 0.013 percent of the total votes cast in the last Presidential election.

Shocking reasons why Nigeria is under-developed after 55 years

By Ikenna Asomba

Buhari

After 55 years of Nigeria's independence, concerned local and international stakeholders have continued to express dissatisfaction that the nation is still grappling with the teething problem of leadership.

Why Jonathan ordered Bayelsa CJ to swear in Wike as Rivers Gov May 29

* How 14 months face-off between Amaechi, NJC caused it

By Ikenna Asomba

Following the protracted impasse that has left Rivers State without a substantive Chief Judge, the Federal Government, Tuesday, directed the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to swear-in the Governor-elect of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, on May 29.

Nigeria can't move forward without leaders of integrity—Anya

By Ikenna Asomba 

Prof. Anya

 The President of Ndigbo Lagos and a member of the 2014 National Conference, Prof. Anya O. Anya, has expressed worry that there is a huge deficit of integrity in the country, pointing that the nation at this critical point needs leaders of integrity to move forward. 

Agbakoba to 8th Assembly: I'll meet you in court over your 'bogus' emolument

By Ikenna Asomba 

Dr. Olisa Agbakoba

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has threatened to sue the 8th National Assembly to court, if it fails to maximally slash what he described as the 'bogus' salaries and allowances its members at both the Senate and House of Representatives earn, which takes up 25 percent of the Nigeria's national budget. 

Ojukwu never believed I'd go to war over Biafra, says Gowon

By Ikenna Asomba

Gowon/Ojukwu

Nigeria's Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Thursday, said that his colleague Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu never believed that he (Gowon) would call out Nigeria's fighting forces to fight against the Biafran side in the 1967-1970 Civil War, in order to keep Nigeria one.

2015: PDP has all it takes to wrest power from APC in Lagos---- Dosunmu

By Ikenna Asomba

Dr. Ade Dosunmu

Lagos State Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 election and former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Ade Dosunmu, in this interview says that his party has all it takes to wrest power from the ruling APC in the 2015 Lagos State gubernatorial election.

2015: Eze Ndigbo begs Ndigbo to support Jonathan if...

* Cautions Igbo travellers against reckless driving

By Ikenna Asomba

Amidst calls from some quarters that it's the turn of the South-Eastern region to produce Nigeria's President by 2015, Eze Hyacinth Nwabueze Ohazulike (OON), the Eze Ndi Igbo of Lagos State has opined that the region should exercise patience and allow President Goodluck Jonathan to make his intention public. 

@ 2012 NNAMDI AZIKWE DAY: Eminent Nigerians hail Zik

* Task politicians to extol virtues of nationalism

 By Ikenna Asomba

Eminent Nigerians on Friday, November 16, 2012 gathered at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos, to celebrate the 16th Post-humous Birthday of Nigeria’s great nationalist, Dr. Nnamdi Benjamin Azikwe in an elaborate ceremony tagged: “ZikDay 2012.”