Jonathan Commissions N8bn New Katsina Govt House
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday inaugurated the N8 billion Katsina Government House with a promise to keep supporting the state government to deliver democracy dividends. The inauguration...
View ArticleWe Acted Right, Says Oduah In Valedictory Speech
Immediate past Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah on Friday looked back on her stormy tenure in office and came to the conclusion that despite the odds, she acted with dignity. Giving a...
View ArticleGovernors Flamboyant Lifestyles Encouraging Corruption – Ribadu
Pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu on Friday advised governors and other political office holders to avoid extravagant lifestyles capable of...
View ArticleTransformation Agenda: Yar’Adua Would’ve Been Impressed, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has paid glowing tributes to his late boss, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, saying that if not for the good role played by Yar’Adua in his political career, he might have...
View ArticleNiger Govt. Uncovers Plot To Flood Abuja With Aliyu’s Vice Presidential...
The Niger State Government said that it has discovered a plot by some “political jobbers” to flood the nation’s capital, Abuja, with presidential campaign posters bearing his image as running mate to...
View Article2015: Nigerians Should Prepare Their Minds For An Igbo Presidential...
Immediate past governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has received knocks from Chief Chekwas Okorie over his recent comment that the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex socio-cultural...
View ArticleSeveral Times I Wanted To Throw In The Towel – Sacked Minister Of Sports
Erstwhile minister of sports, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi on Saturday recalled his tenure as a member of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet before he was fired about a fortnight ago. Abdullahi said...
View ArticleConfab: N4m Monthly Allowance For Delegates Too Much – CACOL
PHOTO CREDIT: LEADERSHIP NEWSPAPER The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has reacted to reports that the Federal Government plans to pay each of the 492 delegates to the national conference...
View ArticleS/West Delegates To Confab Better Stick To Yoruba Agenda Or Risk Not Coming...
LEFT: LAGOS REPRESENTATIVES AT THE NATIONAL CONFAB; PROF. TUNDE SAMUEL; PRINCE RABIU OLUWA; CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI FEMI OKUNNU; GOV. BABATUNDE FASHOLA OF LAGOS; MR SUPO SASORE (SAN), MR WAHEED AYENI AND MRS...
View ArticleOsun Guber: Voter Registration Marred By Violence In Ila Orangun
The violent attacks, which greeted the commencement of the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise in Osun State, has spread to Ila Orangun on Saturday. Pockets of violence were reported in some...
View ArticleAPC Boycott Of Confab Unreasonable, Childish – Sagay
PROFESSOR ITSE SAGAY (SAN) Professor of Law and human rights activist, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has described the decision of the All Progressives Congress to boycott the national conference, billed to...
View ArticleDeaths At Immigration Recruitment Centres: PDP Mourns Victims, Calls For More...
Following reports of the death of scores of Nigerian youths as a result of stampede during the recruitment exercise at the National Stadium Abuja on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has...
View ArticleI’ve Started The Process Of Replacing Old Politicians With Younger Ones In...
FROM LEFT: SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID MARK; VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO AND GOV. JONAH JANG OF PLATEAU, AT THE SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE THANKSGIVING TO MARK GOV. JANG’S 70TH BIRTHDAY IN JOS ON SATURDAY...
View ArticleLeadership Tussle: APGA Protests Exclusion Of Members From National Confab
Factional chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Maxi Okwu, has kicked against the exclusion of members of the party from the list of delegates to attend the National Conference...
View Article33 Aspirants Eye PDP Governorship Ticket In Benue
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue has said that 33 aspirants had indicated interest to contest the governorship election on the platform of the party in 2015. The Benue Chairman of PDP, Dr....
View ArticleMinisterial Slot Divides Kwara PDP
Major stakeholders in the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently embroiled in an underground battle over, who among them, would pick the state ministerial slot. The...
View ArticleFormer Governor Adeleke Joins Osun Guber Race
Strong indications emerged last night that the first executive governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke may have formally joined the governorship race in the forthcoming August 9 governorship...
View Article2015: Kumuyi Urges Nigerians To Vote For Credible Candidates
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor W.F Kumuyi, has tasked Nigerians on the need to vote for credible candidates in the 2015 general elections. Kumuyi made the...
View ArticlePDP Owing Me Debt Of Gratitude, Says Atiku
Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday, took his took his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the cleaners, saying it was owing him a great debt of gratitude. He also charged the...
View ArticleImmigration Recruitment Deaths: PDP-Led FG Has Failed Nigerian Youths – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday called for investigation into what it termed “needless deaths” of some job seekers at some venues of job test conducted by Nigeria Immigration Service...
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