Chuka Umunna was born 17th of October, 1978 to a Nigerian Father and English-Irish Mother, he was educated at Hitherfield Primary School in Streatham, south London, at the voluntary aided Christ Church C of E Primary School (Cotherstone Road) in the Brixton Hill area of Streatham,and at the independent secondary school St. Dunstan’s College in Catford in south-east London. He obtained a 2:1 degree in English and French Law from the University of Manchester... 

  The reality must have dawned on everyone now that Boko Haram is no more a ruse but a threat to national peace and tranquility with the attack on the police Headquarters and the recent bombing of the United Nations building both at broad daylight when all security agencies are supposed to be on red alert. The primary responsibility of any given government is to ensure the enforcement of law and order. This is basic and can only be achieved with provision... 

2011 ELECTIONS FALLOUT: FACES AND VOICES WE WILL MISS It is no more news that Vice-President Namadi Sambo lost at home in all the elections and that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was also roundly thrashed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to bring back the memories of 1999, when Chief Obasanjo, as Presidential Candidate of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), though Chief Obasanjo won the election as a generally acceptable candidate across the country,... 

… AND THE ZONING WAR CONTINUES With the election of Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives against the directive of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, which has the majority members in the parliament, Nigerians are still at sea at which way the zoning war goes, now that the Yorubas in the South-west geopolitical zone lost out entirely in the powerful and important positions in the country. Zoning was on the lips of... 

DR. TUNJI ABAYOMI DISCONNECT WITH REALITIES – Ranti Akerele Ranti Akerele, a former broadcaster and media practitioner, is the present Commissioner for Information in Ondo State. He bares his mind in this chat on issues on ground in the sunshine state and Dr. Olusegun Mimiko’s led administration in the state. Excerpts: On the magic behind the overwhelming victory of Labour Party in Ondo State in the last general elections: - The fact that Labour... 

Ahead of the swearing in ceremony of the President elect, President Goodluck Jonathan. nigerian ministers It also contains the names of PDP aspirant who lost elections, party chieftains or their spouse amongst many others. Note: This is not the final list, candidates will be selected by the president and will still be screened by the house of assembly before they are sworn into office. The ministerial nominees list in logical order. Anambra Barr Clems Ezika Barr... 

The result has been finally announced by the chief returning officer of the Presidential Election who is also the chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega. He announced Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the winner of the presidential election with a total vote of 22,495,187. Though before the announcement of the result, violence has erupted in some parts of the country, this areas affect are Adamawa, Kaduna, and some parts of Katsina. Former president of Nigeria Chief... 

Caxton Bode Olawoye is an extrovert, a Seasoned Security Officer and now the Ondo State Director, Anti-Corruption Awareness Organisation in Nigeria (ACAO). He shares his views: About Anti-Corruption Awareness Organisation: Anti Corruption Awareness Organisation in Nigeria has been around since 1969 working with all registered law enforcement agencies in detecting both minor and major crime and total eradication of corruption in Nigeria. In actual fact,... 

INEC ABORTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION, NOW HOLDS MONDAY, 4TH APRIL Today, the body in charge of elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) aborted the ongoing elections into the National Assembly of the country. The commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega in a Press Conference announced the cancellation and attributed it to delay in arrival of some voting materials at polling centres and announced that the elections will... 

NO AGREEMENT TO CHANGE PARTY, Segun Mimiko WE ARE HAPPY WHERE WE ARE  – MIMIKO Against the accusation that he betrayed the Action Congress of Nigeria by not campaigning for the Party in the forthcoming general elections, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has declared that neither he nor his party had any agreement with anybody or party and also expressing his determination to serve the people more. This assertion was made during the monthly interactive programme,...