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Amaechi Betrayed Us By Secretly Recording NGF Elections – Mimiko

The war of words between Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), continued yesterday with Ondo State Governor – Olusegun Mimiko, challenging his Rivers State counterpart, Chibuike...

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2015: South South Not Taking Any Position Below Office Of President, Says Clark

South-South leaders yesterday led by the former Federal Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark, met to discuss the ongoing cold-war between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi...

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Politicians In Sokoto Express Support For Gov. Wamakko After PDP Suspension

Some politicians in Sokoto State on Thursday expressed support for Gov. Aliyu Wamakko after he was suspended by the National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) on Wednesday....

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Northern Governors’ Forum Meeting Witnesses Poor Attendance As Yuguda, Shema,...

The Northern Governors Forum meeting which held in Kaduna Thursday, saw only 5 of the 19 governors in the region in attendance. The other governors are either being represented by their deputies or...

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Wamakko Was Suspended For Being Disrespectful To Tukur – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed insinuations that the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is the reason it suspended Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,...

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Why I Joined Politics – Buhari

Former military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has again revealed why he wept in public saying he was moved to tears because of the hardships Nigerians suffer despite the enormous wealth...

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Suspension Saga: I’m Not Leaving PDP –Amaechi

Embattled Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed speculations that he is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following his suspension from the party. Amaechi,...

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June 12 Is Dead, Only Riffraffs Still Talk About It – Bashir Tofa

In what might not go down well with pro-June 12 agitators and supporters of late business mogul – Chief MKO Abiola, his rival in the critically acclaimed free and fair elections of 1993Alhaji Bashir...

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NGF Crisis: Until Gov. Aliyu Says The Truth, I’ll Never Attend Northern...

Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, on Thursday in Abuja put the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) at the doorstep of the Northern States’ Governors Forum and its leadership....

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Fmr Minister, Abiye Sekibo Quits ACN

A former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, has resigned his membership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The Publicity Secretary of the ACN in Rivers, Mr Jerry Needam, made the...

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No Automatic Ticket For Jonathan, Govs In 2015 – PDP North-West Chairman

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, North-West zone, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure, has asked those canvassing automatic ticket for President Goodluck Jonathan and first time governors to...

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2015: Late MKO Abiola’s Wife Declares Interest In Lagos State Guber Polls

Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of the late Chief MKO Abiola, on Friday declared her intention to contest the 2015 governorship election in Lagos State. Onitiri-Abiola, wife of the...

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Northern Elders Insist, ‘Power Must Return To The North In 2015’

As the North insists on the return of power to the region in 2015, elders under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) have insisted that they will not back down on their agitation just as they...

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Oshiomhole, CPC, Accuse Presidency Of Masterminding Grounding Of Aircraft

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has pointed fingers in the direction of the Presidency following the incidence on Friday involving his chartered helicopter flight to Anambra State which was purportedly...

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Senate President Mark Leads Senators To Czech Republic On Exchange Programme

In an effort to put an end to the security challenge and other problems bedevilling the country, Senate President, David Mark will on Sunday meet and share ideas with the President of Czech Republic,...

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It’s High Time A Christian Governor Ruled Lagos – Cleric

Residents of Lagos have been urged by the Director of Civic and Political Affairs of the Anglican Communion, Diocese of Lagos Mainland, Venerable Folarin Shobo, to vote in a Christian as governor of...

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Single Tenure: Proposal Will Fail, Says Presidency

The Presidency on Friday reacted to the clause in the proposed constitution amendment, which seeks to exclude President Goodluck Jonathan and some governors from participating in the 2015 elections...

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Suspension: Accept Party’s Supremacy, Show Remorse – PDP Tells Amaechi, Wamakko

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it pardon and consider recalling the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu...

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2015: Presidency, Oritesejafor Collaborating To Discredit Buhari, Says CPC

The leadership of opposition party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has accused the Presidency and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), national President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor of...

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Emergency Rule: Crush B’Haram Within Three Months, Jonathan Orders Military

President Goodluck Jonathan has issued a fresh mandate to the military to put an end once and for all to the activities of insurgent Boko Haram sect within the next three months to enable the Federal...

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