Governance & Politics
At Democracy Day church service, Jonathan, ministers, decline to say “amen” to prayer against corruption
President Goodluck Jonathan, governors, ministers and top government officials on Sunday failed to demonstrate a public commitment to the fight against corruption. At the interdenominational church service held at the Ecumenical Centre, Abuja, to commemorate the 2012 National Democracy Day, the guest preacher and immediate past Prelate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Most Reverend [...]
GREAT OGBORU: His take on the State of Delta and the Nation
The alleged winner of 2011 governorship candidate in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru has confirmed Urhobo Times earlier reports that he may join the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) contrary to denial by some members of the Democratic Peoples Party(DPP) His words, “True, we were talking with the ACN. The plan we had was to [...]
Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal: Remarks on the fuel subsidy probe report deliberations
My fellow colleagues, You will recall that on Sunday January 8 we had to cut short our recess in response to a national crisis as a result of the sudden removal of fuel subsidy by the Executive Arm of Government. The commitment and patriotism shown by members during that period of emergency finally led to [...]
Ibori and the Value Question!
After so many hullabaloos, the hour of reckoning finally came for Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. Some of our people in Delta state never believed this day will come. He seemed something of a phoenix, always finding a way back; his own way. It is shameful to see my fellow statesmen floating advertorials [...]
Are these really Almajiri?
“It has been all over the news that President Goodluck Jonathan today commissioned the first of a series of schools aimed at giving the northern Nigerian kids popularly known as “Almajiris” a chance of proper education. The federal government plans to build 400 “Almajiri” schools across the 19 northern state of the Nigerian federation. 100 [...]
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