Ijaw Votes Only Can’t Make Jonathan President – Tinubu Tells Dokubo-Asari, Kuku
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned loyalists and aides of President Goodluck Jonathan against taking the unity of Nigeria for granted and heating up the polity by their...
View ArticleMerger Taking Shape As CPC Dissolves Into APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, is gradually taking shape as the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has formally been dissolved and incorporated into the merger. The party was dissolved in a...
View ArticleFresh Killings: Jonathan Unhappy With Service Chiefs
Indications emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday gave his service chiefs the knocks over fresh killings, especially of security personnel in Borno, Nasarawa, Yobe and other states and...
View ArticleNigeria Lacks Good Leadership – Bisi Akande
The National Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande, on Saturday said the government of President Goodluck Jonathan had not shown Nigerians good leadership. Speaking at the national...
View ArticleBuhari Wants To Destabilize Nigeria – Presidency
The Presidency has reacted to the claim by former military ruler – Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) that the country is looming towards anarchy saying it was unfortunate that he could make comments that...
View ArticleJonathan To Lead FG Delegation To Achebe’s Funeral
Political leaders from the South East met Saturday in Enugu to fashion out reception plans for President Goodluck Jonathan as he is confirmed to be at the funeral of the late literary icon, Prof....
View ArticleNo Decision Taken Yet On State Of Emergency – Presidency
Contrary to media reports, President Goodluck Jonathan has not decided on declaring a state of emergency in five crisis-ridden states of the north. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati while reacting to...
View ArticleEx-militants Threaten To Resume Violence In 2015 If…
Former leaders of the Niger Delta militants have warned Nigerians that they will go back to the creeks if the 2015 presidential election is manipulated to edge out President Goodluck Jonathan. Issuing...
View ArticleInsecurity: Jonathan’ll Not Resign – PDP
Peoples Democratic Party on Monday emphatically declared that President Goodluck Jonathan would not resign from office as a result of the prevailing security challenges in the country. The party said...
View ArticleAgain, Jonathan Holds Meeting With Service Chiefs Over Insecurity
For the second time in four days, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, met with the National Security Council apparently in continuation of the assessment of the deteriorating security situation in...
View Article2015 War Threats: Dokubo-Asari’s For Sale To The Highest Bidder – Presidency
The Presidency on Monday rose in stout defence of one of its own, Kingsley Kuku, over a recent purported statement he made to the effect that the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 will...
View ArticleInsecurity: Jonathan Summons Borno, Yobe Govs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday invited the governors of Borno and Yobe, Kashim Shettima and Ibrahim Geidam, respectively to Abuja to discuss security challenges in their states. The two states...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: State Of Emergency Declared In Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday evening declared a state of emergency in three northern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno. The president made the declaration during a nationwide braodcast relayed...
View ArticleRead Full Text Of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Declaration Of Emergency Rule
AN ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON THE DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES IN ORDER TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE...
View Article2011 Post-Election Violence: FG Disburses N5.7bn To Eight States
The sum of N5.747bn was released by the Federal Government on Thursday to eight out of the 13 states affected by the post-2011 presidential election violence in Nigeria. Vice President Namadi Sambo who...
View ArticleState Of Emergency Not Declaration Of War On North, Says Presidency
The Presidency, yesterday, denied claims by Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of emergency rule in three troubled states of the region was a declaration of war...
View ArticleFree Trade Zone For South East As President Jonathan Visits Enugu
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the South East to boost economic activities in the area.Jonathan made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony of the...
View ArticleIgbo People Are My strongest Pillar Of Support – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday showered praises on people of the South-East region for their unalloyed support to his administration when he said, “No other zone has equalled the South-East...
View ArticleIf Jonathan’s Not Careful, He’ll Lose 2015 In 2013 – Tam David West
Prof. Tam David-West, a former Petroleum Minister and later Minister for Mines, Power and Steel, speaks on the state of the nation with in this interview culled from PUNCH. The outspoken don was at his...
View ArticleNGF Chairman Elections: South-South Govs May Dump Amaechi For Shema
As Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) get set to elect a new chairman, indications have emerged that governors of South South states are set to dump Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers...
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