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Catholic Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan comprising of Ibadan, Ondo, Ekiti, Ilorin, Osogbo and Oyo dioceses in South West Nigeria have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to scrap the office of the 1st lady at all levels, saying it is un constitutional and an avenue for siphoning public funds.

The text of the Catholics statement is reproduced below: (more…)

Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has challenged the leadership of Bayelsa Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative, BEITI, to furnish Bayelsans with the financial position of the state and local governments as per income and expenditure.

A Human Rights Watch Study has revealed that Nigerian police corruption has led officers to regularly detain innocent people to extort cash, with some tortured or allegedly killed in the process

The report describes a deeply corrupt police force in Africa’s most populous nation, where extortion and bribery have become institutionalised and junior officers are forced to pay up the chain of command to their superiors. (more…)

The issue of ineffective governance in the country and its implications account for incredible elections which results in leadership tussles in our society.

The 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections  are now history, but it is left to observers to judge whether or not any of those  elections  were blatantly rigged. The issue is, how much difference will Professor Attahiru Jega make in the 2011 election? (more…)

The Afenifere joins others to congratulate the progressive Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on his recent public declaration of his presidential aspiration.

We have always admired and will continue to admire the Kano State Governor for his progressive political tendencies and do in fact believe that he and his political team will be invaluable assets to the emerging broad-based alternative political platform, which is now emerging in the Nation.

We wish to emphasise, however, that the prominence of Chief Olu Falae, one of the leaders of Afenifere, at Shekarau’s recent declaration must not be seen as evidence that Afenifere has already adopted him as its Presidential Candidate.

Chief Falae attended the ceremony purely in his individual capacity and not as a representative or a leader of Afenifere. At the appropriate time, Afenifere will make its position known on the various presidential aspirants canvassing for prominence in the forthcoming elections.

CHIEF REUBEN FASORANTI, Afenifere Leader.

Democratic Peoples’ Alliance (DPA) has asked the Lagos State Government to institute an independent panel of enquiry, and ensure the Commissioner of Police respects the rights of 24 people arrested over the disturbance that broke out in the Egbeda area of Lagos after police shot dead a commercial bus driver.

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The National Orientation Agency (NOA),  said it would need the support of international donor agencies in the efficient discharge of its assignment. NOA’s Lagos State director, Nasir Kaka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that there was the need for international donor organisations to support the agency in the area of logistics. (more…)