Esogban of Benin: Impeaching Amaechi Doesn’t Guarantee Jonathan Re-Election
Chairman of Benin Forum and the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, yesterday, said that impeaching Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State will not guarantee a second term ticket for...
View Article2015: Presidency Unhappy Over Obasanjo’s Endorsement Of Lamido
The Presidency is reportedly not happy with former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido who has long been rumoured to be nursing a presidencial ambition come...
View ArticleRivers Lawmakers Restate Loyalty To Amaechi, Deny Impeachment Reports
The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Otelemaba Dan Amachree and 26 other lawmakers have debunked reports that some of the lawmakers have defected to the camp of the Minister of State...
View ArticleNGF: Amaechi, Others Govs’ll Soon Join Us – Jang •19 Govs Shun Faction’s...
Factional Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, on Thursday, said other governors opposed to his emergence would soon join him. Jang, who stated...
View ArticleJang Seeks Recogniton, Leads NGF Faction To Jonathan
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau and factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), on Friday led 14 state governors to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa. Addressing...
View ArticleOpposition Criticisms Don’t Bother Me Anymore – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan may have developed thick skin to the barrage of criticisms that trail his administration’s performance a la policies as he recently declared that he is the least bothered by...
View ArticleNGF Chair Crisis: Party Supremacy Must Be Recognised And Enforced – Anenih
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has described as ‘embarrassing’ the current leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) where two...
View ArticleAl-Jazeera’s Report On Emergency Rule And Civilian Casualties Misleading –...
The Presidency has for the umpteenth time stated that the on-going Emergency rule in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states is meant to protect the civilian populace and the territory from the macabre and...
View ArticleState-Of-The-Nation Address: I’ve Not Seen Bill, Says Jonathan
Any hopes of Nigerians seeing President Goodluck Jonathan giving the State-of-the-Nation address anytime soon might have to wait longer as the President says he has yet to see a copy of the Bill...
View ArticleJonathan Endorses Jang As NGF Chairman
Indications emerged Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan may have finally recognised Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, as the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum. In spite of his consistent...
View ArticleMy Husband And His Team Have Done Very Well – Dame Patience
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has attributed the outstanding performance of the Federal Government in various sectors of the economy to the input of women in the cabinet. Jonathan said this...
View ArticleSuspension Order: Court Restrains PDP From Further Action On Amaechi
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State got temporary reprieve Friday when a Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from taking any further action against...
View Article2015: Atiku Kicks Against Automatic Ticket For Jonathan, Govs
As the proposal by the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, that the party should give automatic tickets to President Goodluck Jonathan and state...
View ArticleOshiomhole Denies Receiving N500m Campaign Donation From Amaechi
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed claims that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State’s political travails was connected to the N500 million he allegedly donated towards his...
View ArticlePolitical Reasons Behind Massacre Of Policemen, DSS Operatives In Nasarawa
Plausible reasons why the Ombatse cult killed no fewer than 100 policemen and security operatives in Eggon community of NasarawaState have begun to emerge. Findings by Vanguard revealed that the fear...
View ArticleAutomatic Ticket For Jonathan, Govs, Undemocratic – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) weekend kicked against the proposal by Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Tony Anenih, which sought to give President...
View ArticleYou’ll Fail Trying To Play God, PDP BoT Member Tells Obasanjo
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji Shauib Oyedokun, has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop playing ‘God’ as he does not have the final say in the affairs...
View ArticleNGF Crisis Gets Messier As Yuguda Quits Northern States Governors’ Forum
The crisis tearing apart the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, may have finally crept to the Northern States Governors Forum as Malam Isa Yuguda of Bauchi has declared he will no longer participate in its...
View ArticleWhy We’ll Win 2015 Presidency – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the unfolding political events in the country are a concrete indication that the party will win the presidency in 2015. This is contained in a statement by the...
View ArticleBuhari: Why I Openly Wept For Nigeria
Former military Head of State and Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) national leader, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday opened up on why he shed tears in public during one of his...
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