Clay Richie

While inaugurating the civilian Anti-Thief Squad, we are pressed to immediately proceed with the urgent recommendations for Nigeria and plans of our operation. The Anti-Thief Squad invites all Nigerians who are likewise

This morning, members of the Boko Haram movement attacked a DSS detention facility close to the seat of power in Abuja. Who is Boko Haram, and how did they come to be?

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that he estranged former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, while he served as the president.

Governors of the South East geo-political zone yesterday held a secret meeting at the Enugu State Government House.

Meet Adamu Buba, the commandant in charge of the brave Civilian JTF, Sector 5 in Maiduguri. Adamu, a father of five has been involved in and coordinated many pursuits and arrests of members of the dreadful Boko Haram terrorist sect.

Different accounts have continued to trailvSunday’s gun battle between members of the Boko Haram sect and operatives of the Department of State Security Service (SSS).

If you want to scare me about Nigeria, throw religion into politics. Nothing frightens me more than that. I find it hard to live with ethnically coloured politics, but I am even more frightened when religion is added to the equation. I shiver. Religion, in my experience, whips up the highest emotion in most Nigerians.

By Vanguard Armed men, believed to be soldiers, Friday evening, raided one of the residences of Major Hamza Al Mustapha (rtd), former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha,  located at Durbin Katsina, Kano metropolis, leaving in its wake sordid tales of rights violation and molestation.

The headquarters of the Department of State Services (SSS), was turned into a battle field on Sunday, as some suspected members of the Boko Haram sect who are being held in detention facility in the premises stage a daring escape.

The minister of state and supervising minister of education, Nyesom Wike has reportedly submitted his letter of resignation to President Goodluck Jonathan.

An increase in attacks by Boko Haram and uncontrolled reprisals by Nigeria’s security forces has seen the death toll in North East Nigeria rise to at least 1,500 people, more than half of whom are civilians, in the first three months of 2014, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today.

Fellow Nigerians, let me start by thanking you for understanding and accepting the reason for my interlude last week. It was due to circumstances beyond my control. As I was saying two weeks ago before we were crudely jolted out of our thoughts by the unfortunate calamity that claimed some of our young job applicants,

By Punch President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor in this interview with Ozioma Ubabukoh , bares his mind on controversies surrounding churches, the Boko Haram insurgency and sundry issues

By Punch The Presidency has said that it will not probe the allegations of misappropriation of  public funds levelled against the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

The insurgency currently ravaging some parts of the north-east may soon rear its ugly head in plateau state as the Boko Haram sect has threatened to attack some institutions in Plateau State with explosive devices.

Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, went down memory lane in a rare interview with The Sun newspapers, where he gave more insight into his personality spanning his childhood, his entry into the Nigerian army and his relationship with some former generals.

I was going to title this piece, “Why is Abba Moro Still a Minister?” but changed my mind. In the context of Nigeria, the answer to the question seemed rather obvious. Nigeria is ravaged by human-made poverty.

Three deafening bangs, three shots in quick succession and main gate is officially in panic msood. Everyone is doing his best Usain Bolt-Mo Farah impersonation, the ‘Mo Bolt’, a sprint marathon. The only uniformed cop (feels wrong calling Nigerian Policemen cops) joins in the great race of UNIBEN.

Question: Who is the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria? Options: (A) Sarah Alade; (B) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; (C) Godwin Emefiele (D) Jim Osayande Obazee; (E) None of the above. Please shade the correct answer.

In what appears a daring move, Olusegun Osoba, one time Governor of Ogun State, is said to be the brain behind the recent gang up to challenge the Buhari-Tinubu team for the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Embattled Minister of the Interior,  Mr Abba Moro, on Thursday, apologised to Nigerians over the circumstances that led to the death of 16 people during the ill-fated recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service  held on Saturday,  March 15, in eight centres across the country.

‘I see arrogance. I see harrasement. I see it’s either our way or no way by the same group who felt the country belongs to them only- the people who are holding this country by the jugular at this conference.

AS the crème de la crème  of the Nigerian intelligentsia are currently gathered in Abuja to craft a new roadmap for the country’s political future, there is a very popular option for solving the country’s problem that you can be sure they will not be discussing because many of them are politicians.  That option regularly comes up in discussions about how to address the malaise of corruption in Nigeria.

It is the fundamental obligation of a State to provide social security for its citizens and in fact all persons within its territory. Any government that is incapable of meeting up that basic responsibility should consider itself a huge failure; and rather than attempting to trade blames, should pack up and leave or brace up for the indignity of a colossal electoral defeat. This is in regard of Mr. Olisa Metuh’s recent vain effort to link Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (RTD) to the terrorist’s activities in northern Nigeria.

I was recently mentioned in a tweet by a follower, @naigerian, who was asking about alleged mismanagement of PTDF funds. For the benefit of @naigerian and other citizens of Nigeria, I will explain how the PTDF was designed to work, and what happened during my time in office.

The presidency has reacted to media report stating that President Goodluck Jonathan accepted publicly that Nigeria’s state owned oil company, NNPC, withheld $10 billion from the Federation Account.

Culled From  The ELITES Unknown to most Nigerians, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has another wife, aside from the First Lady, Dame Patience Ibifaka (née Oba). The existence of his second wife, Mrs. Lott Jonathan, popularly called Mrs. Lott J, is one major aspect of GEJ’s family life, which is consciously being kept out of the awareness of most Nigerians. Lott J is not just President Jonathan’s second wife, she is also the mother of his children-two boys.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Sunday at The Hague that the Federal Government has earmarked one billion U.S Dollars for the implementation of a comprehensive programme to check crude oil theft, the vandalism of oil and gas infrastructure, and the apprehension and prosecution of crude oil thieves.

Barely two months after she was axed as the head of the aviation ministry, following allegations among which is the purchase of two bullet proof BMW cars with the funds of the ministry, former minister of aviation, Stella Oduah will soon bounce back into the saddle of the Jonathan administration ahead of the 2015 election.

I was recently called to approve of a very handsome advertising offer from the D. Group in a magazine I edit. It was really good money. I told the online magazine to politely reject the offer. It will be better we stay broke and poor than partake in his filthy wealth and lose our principles and dignity, I told them. On one condition can we accept to run his ads—if he promises to reduce the extortive price of cement for all Nigerians by just 20%, we will run his ads for free for him for one whole year.

Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, accused Nigeria’s President and key government officials of possibly supporting state terrorism during a speech on security challenges in Northern Nigeria at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, DC.

Well over 500 people were killed in Nigeria last week when security forces responded to what the military portrayed as a jailbreak attempt by the Islamist group Boko Haram, making it one of the bloodiest episodes yet in the military’s five-year counterinsurgency campaign, according to officials in the northern town of Maiduguri.

One of the best compliments I’ve ever received came from Mr. Peter Obi two weeks ago. He was rounding off his eight-year stewardship as governor of Anambra State. At a dinner for some media executives, he recalled

A top leader of the dreaded Boko Haram sect has been captured by operatives of the Special Force in the ongoing campaign against insurgents in the North-Eastern parts of the country.

Fellow Nigerians, let me apologise most sincerely that I have had to change our topic today. We were supposed to continue from where we stopped last week. The sad events of last weekend have forced me to suspend The Anatomy of APC and PDP (PART 2). We owe it to the victims to take a pause from politics and unite to mourn their departure and give a solemn promise that Never Again. I don’t know how many people out there saw the

The convoy of Senate President David Mark was friday attacked in Orlu area of Imo State on his way to the burial ceremony of a late business mogul, Sir John Richard Anyaehie, in Nkwerre Community.

By Thisday The Nigerian military in yet another evidence of growing foreign influence within the ranks of the terrorist Boko Haram sect have arrested a Cameroonian who is suspected to be a big arms supplier to the group.

“In my short life I participated in the writing of five constitutions in Nigeria but constitution cannot solve our problem”-Mr. Paul Unongo The view expressed above is representative of a group of Nigerians. A segment of the group consists of those who are generally opposed to President Goodluck Jonathan and for whom he can do nothing right. Then there are the status-quo bound conservatives who want Nigeria wholly retained warts and all. There are also the intellectual sceptics — for whom scepticism is a philosophical and political virtue. I say that with due respects to the late Professor Billy Dudley.

Late General Sani Abacha’s Chief Security Officer (CSO), Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha on Wednesday described Nigeria as a sick nation that needs institutional revolution to succeed.

One of the President’s few remaining ardent supporters, I think it was Bafarawa, said ‘Jonathan is still learning.’ This was an admission of incapacity for sure but was not a reassuring and actually accurate statement, evidence proves. What is the evidence that the President is learning… what

The Emir spoke about a phenomenon that is threatening not only the peace and security of many states in the northern region today but also the national economy. It is called rustling. Put simply it is the stealing of cows but the menace goes far deeper because the Rustler is not your regular thief who only robs people of their material possessions, he is equally a murderer and a rapist. From Kaduna to Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara, hundreds of lives have been lost to the activities of the Rustlers in recent weeks. Several families have been dislocated with thousands of herds of cow carted away in trailers and most often in broad daylight!

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the PDP that President Goodluck Jonathan is not the first minority to rule Nigeria and will not be the last, hence the frequent resort to his minority ethnicity is nothing but a poorly-veiled attempt to cover up his blatant incompetence, poor leadership and sheer cluelessness.

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to probe an alleged expenditure of N10billion by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on aircraft charter services as well as the maintenance of a jet for her personal use.

By Sahara Reporters The police in Italy have launched an inquiry into Nigeria’s most infamous deep water oil block, OPL 245.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that it is withdrawing from the ongoing National Conference in Abuja. The withdrawal follows the allocation of only one slot to it by the federal government in the conference.

By Vanguard Elder statesman, Senator Nosike Ikpo was one of the leading lights in the Second Republic. Ikpo, in this interview, posits that former Military Head of State, General Muhammudu Buahri cannot rule Nigeria owing to his involvement in scuttling a democratically elected government. He also says the National Conference will succeed if well managed just as he bares his mind on other burning national issues. Excerpts:

By The Nation The United States has opened up on how the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha , his son, Mohammed, a friend of the family, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and others looted about $2.2 billion through security votes fraud.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved three vacancy slot for the family of each of the 19 job seekers that died during last Saturdays’ Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recrruitment exercise nationwide.

The South Africans are here in Nigeria with a plan to take over the economy. Nigerians are so overwhelmed by the inadequacies of Nigeria; we easily ignore its strengths.  I am not talking here about Nigeria’s potentials; I am talking about Nigeria’s current actual status in the world economy.  I am talking about Nigeria as a country with the biggest consumer market in Africa.  Just think about it: the entire economy of Kenya is only equal in size to that of Lagos State in Nigeria.

Whether anyone likes to accept it or not the bitter truth is that 80 per cent of our GRADUATES are unemployed in Nigeria today whilst 51 per cent of our PEOPLE are also unemployed. As a frightful and grave consequence of these shocking statistics, which I happen to believe may well be a world record in terms of unemployment, a terrible tragedy occurred in Abuja and other parts of our country on 16th March 2014.

Saturday 15th of March 2014 will go down in the history book of Nigeria as a BLACK SATURDAY. It was a day that started with much hope, especially for the hundreds of thousand unemployed graduates who trooped out to different locations across the country to write the sham called Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Recruitment Test; a day many would wish they had fallen ill, got drunk, slept off or bedridden to prevent the stress and pain they suffered in the name of writing the assessment test arranged Interior Minister, Abba Moro and co.