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Impeachment: Despite My Loyalty To Jonathan, Adamawa PDP Stakeholders...
With the axe of impeachment dangling over his head and that of his boss, Governor Murtala Nyako, Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Barrister Bala James Ngillari, yesterday expressed surprise at the stand...
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Okorocha Denies Registration Of Northerners In Imo, Blames Desperate...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has denied reports of plans to issue identity cards to northerners resident in the state. The governor spoke through his Senior Special Assistant, SSA, Media, Sam...
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Jonathan Mourns Dikko
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he received with sadness, news of the death of a prominent politician and elder statesman, Alhaji Umaru Dikko. The northern politician died in a London...
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Boko Haram Comments: Hell Will Freeze Over Before I Apologize To APC, Says...
A former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has issued a strongly-worded response to demands by his former party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, that he retract his recent comments about...
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Jonathan Signs 2014 Pension Act… Violators To Bag 10-Yrs Jail Term
The 2004 Pension Reform Act was on Tuesday effectively repealed following President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to the 2014 Pension Reform Bill. The new pension law prescribes among others, upward...
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Civil Society Groups Condemn Terror Allegation Against Aregbesola
A coalition of civil society organisations, CSOs, in Abuja have flayed the allegations of terrorism leveled against Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, saying the governor is a man with respect for...
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We’re Doing Everything Possible To Ensure Osun Poll Is Better Than Ekiti – Jega
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is not allowing itself to be carried away by the recent success it recorded in Ekiti State, as it has promised to make next month’s governorship...
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Senate Moves To Halt Registration Of Hausas In Imo
The Senate will today debate a motion seeking to stop the Imo State Government from going ahead with its planned registration of all northerners residing in the state. There have been media reports...
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We’re Not Surprised By Senator Annie Okonkwo’s Defection To PDP – S/East APC
The South-East zonal chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it received the news of decamping of Senator Annie Okonkwo to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, without any iota of surprise....
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Abia Governorship: Rotation Fair To Both God And Man – Orji
Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has said there is no going back on rotation of the governorship seat of the state come 2015, which is based on senatorial districts, irrespective of pockets of...
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We’re Not Running A Secret Cult In The House Of Reps, Says Tambuwal
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, said on Tuesday that the House did not run a secret cult. He explained that the House was opened to anybody seeking information on any...
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Senate Clears Shekarau, 3 Others As Ministers
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of a former Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti), Dr. Stephen Orhu (Delta), and Dr. Abdul Bulama (Yobe) as ministers....
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Edo Assembly Crisis: Lawmakers Impeach Deputy Speaker
Uyi Igbe, Speaker Edo House The crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly took a new dimension on Wednesday with the impeachment of the Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea, for alleged misconduct and...
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APC Moves To Reconcile With Ikimi, Sheriff, Others
The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said it had started making progress in its bid to reconcile aggrieved members of the party, including ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi, who...
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Boko Haram: Fani-Kayode Calls APC’s Bluff, Says I’ll Expose The Evil You...
The war of words between the All Progressives Congress, APC, and a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode continued on Wednesday with the latter daring the party to go ahead and institute a court...
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Confab Full Of Election Riggers – Delegate
A delegate to the ongoing conference in Abuja, Aliyu Abdulkarreem, has said that the Conference is full of active election riggers. The delegate, who made this known in his contribution to the debate...
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State Of The Nation: Jonathan Will Lose 2015 Elections Woefully – Balarabe Musa
Prominent northern politician, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has taken President Goodluck Jonathan to the cleaners over his performance, saying his incompetence is taking its toll on the country. Musa, who was...
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Senate Clears Way For e-Voting, Rejects Presidential Debates Before Elections
Nigeria’s Senate yesterday kicked against the move to make presidential debates mandatory before an election on the grounds that such debates should remain outside the purview of the law. Similarly,...
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Nat’l Conference Approves Rotation Of Presidency Between North And South,...
The ongoing National Conference in Abuja has adopted the recommendation of its Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government, which proposed that the presidency should be rotated between...
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Accept Obanikoro’s Political Superiority Over You – Lagos PDP Tells Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has vowed to repel any direct or decoy action aimed at blackmailing or attacking any of its members ahead of the 2015 general elections. The Party was...
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