We Doubt Boko Haram Leader, Shekau’s Existence – Presidency
Acclaimed leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Ibn Abubakar Shekau is a virtual personality whose real existence remains a doubt, the presidency has declared. This was even as it claimed that the...
View Article2015: Buhari’s Ambition Unsettles Merger Plan
THE insistence of the inner core of General Muhammadu Buhari’s political organisation that the General must contest the 2015 election on the platform of the merging political parties is unsettling the...
View ArticleUgbo Assures To Support Tukur On Reconciliation Move
Executive Secretary of the National Planning Commission, Abuja, Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo has thrown his weight behind the ongoing reconciliation drive by the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic...
View ArticleTawo Scores Tukur High After One Year As PDP Executive Chairman
Just one year in office as the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has been described as a man with great vision for the ruling party and the country....
View ArticleImoke Promises To Work With Investors in Cross River
The Governor Senator, Liyel Imoke, has said his administration will continue to work with investors in the State to ensure farm produce are processed into finished goods for the benefits of Cross...
View ArticleMrs. Liyel Imoke Wins Life-Time Achievement Award in U.S
The Founder/Board Chair of Partnership Opportunities for Women Empowerment Realization, POWER, Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke has won the Life Time Achievement Award in the United States of America. The...
View ArticleWomen Affairs Commissioner Laments Low Level Of Project Implementation For...
The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Edak Iwuchukwu has expressed dissatisfaction with the low level of project implementation for women and children in Local Government Areas across the State....
View ArticleNo Plan To Probe Obasanjo – Presidency
The Goodluck Jonathan administration has no plan to probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe....
View ArticleStop Harassing My Former Ministers And Probe Me Instead, Obasanjo Dares Jonathan
Ex-President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday berated President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for harassing cabinet members under his administration insisting that if anyone was to be blamed for...
View ArticlePrivate Jet Saga: Amaechi Is Not Above The Law – Presidency
The Presidency has distanced President Goodluck Jonathan from the troubles being faced by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi just as it added that no governor is not above the law. Briefing...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan Cannot Clip Governors’ Wings, Says Defiant Gov Aliyu
The war-of-words between some state Governors and President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday deepened with the assertion by the Niger State governor that any attempts at the “presidential level” to “clip...
View ArticleINEC Denies Rejecting APC’s Registration Bid
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied some news reports that it has rejected a bid by some political parties to merge and be registered as the All Progressives Congress (APC)....
View ArticleAtiku Decries Militarization of Democracy
After almost fourteen years into democratic governance, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar Monday said that the culture of political intolerance and impunity still pervades the country. He also...
View ArticleGovt should address “Boko Haram” as “Boko Halal”-Soyinka
Nobel laureate; Prof Wole Soyinka has advised the Federal Government and government at all levels to use quality education to address the nation’s growing illiteracy, noting that it is lack of...
View ArticleNigeria in ‘trying moment’: President Jonathan
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is currently going through “a trying moment”, President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday while launching seven new police helicopters. “This is quite a trying...
View ArticleNigeria Baptist Convention Describes Aregbesola as a Gift To Humanity
The Nigeria Baptist Convention (NBC) has described Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola as a gift to humanity. The Convention President of the Nigeria Baptist Mission, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle spoke...
View ArticleMan Jailed 45 Years for Stealing Aregbesola’s Phone
For stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, a 31-year-old Kelvin Ighodalo has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court. Ighodalo stole the...
View ArticleOyo, Chinese Firm Partner on Vehicle Assembly Plant
The Oyo State Government has concluded arrangement with a vehicle assembly plant from China to commence assembling cars and commercial buses in the state. The state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi...
View ArticleAmaechi and Controversies over Grounded Plane
The PDP chairman of the Rivers state chapter gave Gov. Amaechi 48 hours to explain the controversy surrounding the state owned jet that was allegedly registered under a private name. On Friday,...
View ArticleRivers PDP Suspends 27 Pro-Amaechi Lawmakers
The Rivers State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended 27 lawmakers in the state assembly over the assembly’s refusal to recall the suspended Obio/Akpor Local Government...
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