Jonathan Hails N1.1bn Bounty On Shekau As Positive Development
The presidency yesterday hailed the decision by the United States of America to place a $7 million bounty on the head of Boko Haram sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, saying it is a welcome development....
View ArticleNGF: There’s Nothing Anybody Can Do To Me, Says Gov Aliyu
The Niger State governor Babangida Aliyu has lamented the absence of internal democracy in political parties in Nigeria, even as he stated that negotiation rather than threat should be used in solving...
View Article2015: Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Posters Spotted In Abuja
The face of former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is all over the Federal Capital Territory with posters announcing him as the consensus presidential candidate of the yet-to-be...
View ArticleWamakko To Appear Before PDP For Publicly Denouncing Akpabio As PDP Govs...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has summoned Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko for publicly declaring that he won’t recognise Governor Godswill Akpabio as the chairman of...
View ArticleBuhari Campaign Posters: CPC Blames Mischief Makers
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has reacted to the sudden appearance of 2015 Presidential campaign posters of its national leader, General Muhammadu Buhari, ascribing the development to the...
View ArticleOyedokun Trying To Create Rift Between Jonathan And Obasanjo – Oyinlola
Former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has accused a Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees’ member, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun of attempting to frustrate moves to reconcile aggrieved members...
View ArticleIndiscipline: PDP’ll Continue To Wield The Big Stick Against Saboteurs – Tukur
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur Monday said the party would continue to wield the ‘big stick’ against saboteurs and agents of destabilisation in its fold. Tukur...
View ArticleAutomatic Ticket Saga: Jonathan Not Afraid Of Primaries – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed insinuations that the recent proposal of an automatic ticket for President Goodluck Jonathan should he choose to contest the 2015 elections is because he is afraid of...
View ArticleJonathan Finally Proscribes Boko Haram, Ansaru
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday officially declared the Boko Haram sect a terrorist organisation and banned its activities. The order, which has been gazetted as the ‘Terrorism (Prevention)...
View ArticleImpeachment: Amaechi Sues Rivers State House Of Assembly
A Port Harcourt High Court on Tuesday fixed June 18 to hear a suit filed by Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers to restrain the state House of Assembly from impeaching him. The court, presided over by...
View ArticlePSC: Senate Rejects Ogbuzor, Confirms Okiro, 5 Others
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro, as Chairman, Police Service Commission. The Senate, however, rejected the nomination of civil...
View ArticleConstitution Review: Committee Proposes 21 Days Handover By President To VP
The Constitution Review Committee has proposed that a sitting president or governor proceeding on leave or indisposed should handover to the vice president or deputy governor within 21 days. Deputy...
View ArticleBreaking News: Nigerians Take To Downing Street Over Jonathan’s ‘Dictatorial...
Hundreds of Nigerians, today,protested in London over what they described as “President Goodluck Jonathan’s dictatorial tendencies.” The protesters marched to 10 Downing street where they presented a...
View Article2015: Igbo‘ll Deliver S-East Votes To Jonathan – Orji
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has said people of the South East would remain unshaken in their support for President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that they were poised to deliver the region to...
View ArticleDelta Council PDP Suspends N’Delta Affairs Minister, Orubebe, 9 Others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday, wielded the big stick on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe and nine others as it...
View Article2015: Okorocha’ll Contest Presidential Election, Says Imo Deputy Gov
As the political permutations towards the 2015 presidential election continue to gather momentum, the Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere has revealed that Governor Rochas Okorocha will join...
View ArticlePDP Wields The Big Stick Again, Suspends Sokoto Governor, Wamakko
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rising from its 338th meeting, has suspended Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State from the party for alleged...
View ArticleUPDATE: Okorocha’ll Run For 2015 Presidency Under APC – Imo Deputy Gov
Yesterday, we reported that the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, may contest the 2015 presidential election, according to his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere. In a more comprehensive report,...
View ArticleOrubebe Says Delta Council PDP Don’t Have Powers To Suspend Him
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has downplayed his purported suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State saying those who...
View ArticleCourt Restrains PDP C’ttee From Acting On Suntai
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its fact finding committee headed by Senator Hope Uzodinma, yesterday, were restrained by a High Court in Jalingo from interfering in any matter bordering on the...
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