By ADEKUNLE YUSUF

It is celebration time, once again. Any moment now, especially by Wednesday this week, government houses at the state and federal levels will be agog with revelry of all kinds. Despite a menacing shadow cast on the horizon by the lingering insecurity challenges, the nation deserves to celebrate with fanfare its 14 unbroken years of democracy, the longest stretch of civil rule since independence in 1960. Besides the fact that the good news is worth going to town with, celebrating what is now looking like a feat also affords operators of the current dispensation an opportunity to mount the rooftops and trumpet their achievements in office.  Continue reading “Democracy: So Far So Poor”

Published on May 27, 2013 by pmnews

Amaechi: suspended

In what is obviously a fallout of last Friday’s election of chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, in which Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi defeated the anointed candidate of his party, Jonah Jang of Plateau State, the National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday suspended Amaechi from the party.

However, PDP said Amaechi was suspended based on a petition by the Rivers State Executive Committee against him. Continue reading “NGF Crisis: PDP Suspends Gov Amaechi print”