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ACTING PRESIDO DISSOLVES CABINET |
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Written by Osonaike, Abuja
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 Information and Communications Minister, Dora Akunyili, announced the dissolution of the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) after a lengthy meeting of the EXCOF, chaired by Jonathan, and during which infrastructure contracts countrywide were approved. The action of the Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was the climax of weeks of demand for it by politicians and pressure groups. However, the sack while being expected still took most of the Ministers by surprise and to underscore the Acting President’s apparent resolve to maintain order, all Ministers are expected to immediately hand over to their respective Permanent Secretaries.
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PRESIDENCY STABILIZES AS AG. PRESIDO SETS UP ADVISORY BODY |
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Written by Connectafrica and Osonaike, Abuja
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 Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan set up three new advisory committees on Monday, including one on the Niger Delta, in a further sign he is asserting his authority.
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GOODLUCK JONATHAN: RUMOURS PRESSURE MOUNT FOR CABINET RESHUFFLE |
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Written by Emmanual Oruma, Nyanya
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 Since Goodluck JONATHAN became Acting President, there have been so much agitations for a change of direction in governance, that you would think a complete change of government has taken place.
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FORMER BRITISH PM BLAIR COMMENDS NIGERIA'S POLITICAL LEADERS |
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Written by Agence France Presse, Abuja, Funso Muraina, Abuja and Ojo Sonaike
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 Certain groups within and outside the country often term Nigeria as a failed State. The definition of failed states in the Nigerian case has come to mean the absence of serious internal challenges. Yet, the country continued to overcome challenges, which stronger nations had failed to cope with before disintegration. Now following the political impasse over the President’s absence, Tony Blair, says Nigeria has handled the situation with commendable zeal and skill.
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ANAMBRA ELECTIONS REDEFINES NIGERIA |
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Written by Mike Nnia
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 The whole world had intensely looked forward to the Anambra State Governorship elections. So much tension had preceded it and in the minds of many, February 6, 2010 was sure to be a day of bloodbath and unprecedented election malpractices and inefficiency of INEC and security agencies. However, that day came and Nigeria once again played a surprise one!
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