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Abuja—Leading western countries piled pressure on the Federal government, yesterday, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The latest country is the United States of America, whose Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle threatened that the United States will scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in response to the Federal Government’s position on ... Read More »

ENUGU — The Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, yesterday, expressed dismay over the threat by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to drag the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika before the International Criminal Court, ICC, in Hague for alleged extra-judicial killings of some northerners. He warned that the move could lead to a ... Read More »

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Canadian government has denied cancelling President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the country. Canada through its embassy in Abuja debunked media reports that it cancelled a scheduled visit of the president because he signed the anti-gay law. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the Canadian Counselor in Abuja, Ms. Alexandra Mackenzie said there was no scheduled visit of Jonathan to ... Read More »

The Labour Party in Ekiti State, yesterday advised the ruling All Progressive Congress against wasting the State’s resources on frivolities , alleging that Governor Kayode Fayemi has been employing divisive methods to rip the state apart in efforts to perpetuate himself in office. The National Chairman of the party, Barr. Dan Inwanyanwu , who made the allegation during official inauguration ... Read More »

Contractors in Lagos State have cried out against moves to adopt the current Lagos Commissioner for Finance, Ayo Gbeleyi, as the gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC), in the next 2015 election. The contractors who craved anonymity decried the spate at which agents of the commissioner demand and collect bribe on awarded contracts and commissioned projects around the ... Read More »

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in Dublin, Ireland, likened gay marriage to pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder, in which an adult has sexual interest in children and hence a taboo. Governor Uduaghan in Ireland to receive the International Leadership Award stoutly defended the law forbidding gay marriage in Nigeria signed into law by President Jonathan. Dr. Uduaghan during the award ceremony given by ... Read More »

Senator Olugbenga Obadara Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization Senate New Wing, Suite 2.24 National Assembly Abuja. PULLING DOWN THE HOUSE TO PROTECT A CORNER: A NOTE OF CAUTION It is with considerable hesitation that I write this letter to you, especially a few minutes after I called and spoke with you on the phone over the crisis arising from your ... Read More »

Ekiti Central citizens in Ekiti State woke up this morning to another attempt by the outgoing APC government to malign the character of the Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) and set confusion among LP teaming supporters by littering the streets with SDP posters bearing MOB’s Pictures. This again underscores our suspicions that the JKF administration ... Read More »

Heavy shooting as Rivers police storm pro-Amaechi rally.For the second time in eight days, men of the Rivers State Police Command stormed a rally by the Save Rivers Movement and allegedly opened fire on the members of the movement, who gathered in Bori, Khana Local Government of the state on Sunday. It was learnt that though the rally was billed ... Read More »