Adjust ? or lose Nyako must adjust his policies if he wants to win next year's election. One of his greatest undoings is his refusal to pay NECO (National Examinations Council) and WAEC (West Africa Examination Council) fees, which the government hitherto was paying. In this state, the majority of the people are peasant farmers. So, what his predecessors did…

A High Court in Benin City has ordered the publisher of Midwest Herald, Omo-Ojo Orobosa and one of his reporters to pay a lawmaker ?10 million. Friday Itulah, representing Esan North East/Esan South East in the House of Representatives, had filed a suit accusing Mr Orobosa of libel. The presiding judge, A.N Ehigiamusoe, over the weekend found Mr Orobosa, who…

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, filed a petition at the presidential election tribunal to challenge the result of the April 19 presidential election, alleging irregularities and noncompliance with the 2010 electoral act. The party is contesting the result of the election in about 20 states of the federation, cutting across the six geopolitical zones. Though a copy of…

The Kaduna chapter chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in this interview, alleges that the governorship election in the state was rigged. Before the election on April 28, some opposition parties called for the postponement of the election because of the curfew. Was the ACN part of them? Whether postponement or not, what we said was that the…

Thirty-five-year old Patience (not her real name) was a trader at Uselu Market, Benin City, Edo State, before it caught fire last December. With a huge debt of almost N1 million, she ran away to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, in an attempt to escape from her creditor ? only to end up in Honeymoon Hotel, where she makes between…

Gele Agbai had lofty dreams. As a young reporter based in Owerri, he wanted to work with a big newspaper. He had thought that having his by-lines in a national newspaper would make him famous and with a little luck, he might also strike gold. So when he was employed by a weekly news magazine in Lagos, it was a…

After an amazing experience I had recently, I now realise how much we need to keep Jonathan in our prayers.

The former executive governor of Kwara State is the newly elected senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kwara North senatorial district. In this interview, he speaks on how he emerged victorious in the contest, his vision for agricultural development in Nigeria and his views on the new senate, among others. How would you describe your emergence as a…

The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says it has suspended its state chairman and other members for anti-party activities. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that, three days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the chairman, Uche Okwukwu, announced that he had quit the party. Mr Okwukwu said his reason for quitting was…

At least 108 INEC staff from Enugu State have been deployed for the conduct of the Imo governorship supplementary election today. Josiah Uwazuruonye, INEC resident electoral commissioner in Enugu State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu that the directive came from INEC headquarters in Abuja. Mr Uwazuroye said: “As a result of what happened in…

For their alleged roles in the subversion of the will of the people of the Oguta and Ohaji Egbema council areas, through armed thuggery, brigandage and snatching of ballot materials, the All Progressive Grand Alliance governorship candidate, Rochas Okorocha, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Joan Nzeribe, the wife of former senator Arthur Nzeribe, and Goodluck Opiah,…