APC, A “Time Bomb” That Will Explode Soon —PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday described the All Progressives Congress, APC, the mega party formed by some opposition parties in the country, as a “time bomb’’ that would soon explode. The...
View ArticleAliyu To Presidency: You Can’t Tame Govs
‘Anybody who thinks, whether at the party or presidential level, can clip the wings of the governors is wasting his time’ Behind the scenes tensions between some governors and President Jonathan blew...
View ArticleTransformation Agenda Not About Me – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday told his critics and the opposition that the present ongoing implementation of the transformation agenda he was embarking on was not about him, but about the...
View ArticleOBJ, Yar’Adua, GEJ Misused N1.2trn – Senate Report
A Report of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, presented to the Senate, yesterday, revealed how the Federal Government under three successive administrations from 2002 to 2012, grossly abused...
View ArticleLeadership Newspaper Journalists Plead not Guilty, Get bail
The trial of two journalists with Leadership Newspapers kicked off before a federal high court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday. They pleaded not guilty to the amended six counts charge slammed against them...
View ArticleHouse Wades Into Jonathan, Amaechi’s Rift
The House of Representatives, Tuesday, waded into the lingering crisis between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, and mandated its Committees on Justice and...
View ArticlePresidency: First Lady is Hail and Hearty, Dismisses Report of Dame...
Presidency has described an online media report insinuating that that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is ill as untrue. Dismissing the report in a statement issued on Tuesday, a Special...
View ArticleHouse Seeks Reform of Security, Judiciary System
The House of Representatives, Tuesday, called for the reform of the country’s security and justice sectors. Chairman, House Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, made the call at the National Human...
View ArticleEFCC Questions Capital Oil’s Ifeanyi Ubah
The controversial Chairman of Capital Oil, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, was Tuesday questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and allowed to go home. Mr. Ubah was interrogated for hours at...
View ArticleCorruption: Justice Auta Seeks Removal of Option of Fine
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, Tuesday, called for the removal of the option of fine in corruption-related offences in the dispensation of justice in the country as a...
View ArticleOshiomhole To Jonathan: Edo PDP is a Political Liability
Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Tuesday, told President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had become a political liability in the state. Oshiomhole, who...
View ArticleSuspended Rivers Lawmakers seek Court’s Shield
The 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, including the Speaker Otelemaba Amachree, who were yesterday suspended by the disputed faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State have...
View Article“Aregbesola and the emerging new ‘state’ of Osun”
Osun State, known formerly as the state of the living spring, now state of the virtuous, was primarily a civil service community where there were few industries with most of the working population...
View Article36 persons died in Baga not 185 – Military, NEMA
The Military High Command and the National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday presented a preliminary report of the investigation conducted into the recent massacre in Baga, Borno State, to...
View ArticleOkorocha returns after medical trip to UK over Car Crash
Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has returned to the state after a week of medical trip to United Kingdom hale and hearty. Briefing newsmen at the Government House Owerri, Okorocha said he...
View ArticleHow Oshiomhole Begged President Jonathan To Run On PDP’s Ticket – Metuh
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday berated Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole for allegedly calling its members “rogues,” saying that the PDP has no room for his likes. Reacting to...
View ArticleNigerians Misinformed On Jonathan’s Performance By Opposition – FG
The Federal Government has accused opposition parties of deliberately peddling falsehood on the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius...
View ArticleRivers State Assembly Speaker Raises The Alarm On Plot To Sack Amaechi From...
The political crisis in Rivers State took a turn for the worse yesterday, after the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree revealed plans by five members of the House to begin...
View ArticleNigerians Are Determined To Remove Cluelessness – CPC
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has described the claim by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim that opposition parties were deliberately misinforming Nigerians...
View ArticleCouncil Polls: We’ll Make Kogi Ungovernable If… – Abubakar Audu
As Kogi State prepares to hold its council polls on Saturday May 4, the state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has threatened fire and brimstone if the state Independent Electoral Commission...
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