Twenty-six years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, which was won by Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, his first son and present head of the extended  Abiola family, Kola Abiola, has opened up on his father’s ...

By Pepe Escobar – with permission and cross-posted with Consortium News  Something extraordinary began with a short walk in St. Petersburg last Friday. After a stroll, they took a boat on the Neva River, visited the legendary Aurora cruiser, and dropped in to ...

Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The National Broadcasting Commission on Thursday announced the suspension of the licences of the African Independent Television and Ray Power FM belonging to the Daar Communications Limited. The NBC Director-General, Dr Modibbo Kawu, stated this at a ...

This is the story of the first oil war, which was fought in the 19th century, in the area that became Nigeria. All through the 19th century, palm oil was highly sought-after by the British, for use as an industrial ...

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa – Fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their third class citizen status of Nigeria. In their perpetual attempts to a play the  victim card, ...

The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has raised the alarm that over 70 percent of the communities in the state have been submerged by the raging flood in the country. The Governor spoke to journalists during ...

Beauty may maintain the attention of the beholder but you will find generally acclaimed standards of beauty. Those who fall in this category look very appealing to everyone. It’s thought that they were created on a monday (Aje). The Yoruba ...

I am amused. My Naija pipo na wah. We too get comedians. So, the ‘uproar’ is ‘oh the defections is not in our interests’! ‘oh defections are a slap on our democratic rights’! ‘oh, the PDP is the genesis of ...

It was gathered that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is still in full control of the Senate as it outnumbers the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party with two Senators. Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan revealed this at a press conference on Tuesday ...

Chief Williams Ibori, the former Unugbrogo of Oghara kingdom in Delta state is dead. The deceased who’s the elder brother of a former governor of Delta state, James Ibori – reportedly died very early today (while some say he died ...