Boko Haram Must Never Test The Will Of The Nigerian Armed Forces, Mark Warns
Senate President David Mark has advocated the use of full military action against insurgents in the country, saying their actions in recent times was a declaration of war and the Federal Government...
View ArticleSylva’s Defection To APC Unfortunate But… – Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has warned former loyalists of his predecessor in office, Chief Timipre Sylva against “jumping the gun and being in a hurry to pursue their ambitions”. The...
View ArticlePatience Jonathan Orders Arrest Of #BringBackOurGirls Abuja Protest Leaders,...
First lady Patience Jonathan fueled anger Monday when a leader of a protest march said she ordered the arrests of two protest leaders, expressed doubts there was any kidnapping and accused the protest...
View ArticleEkiti: Ex-Gov And Obasanjo Loyalist, Oni Defects To APC
Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oni of the Peoples Democratic Party was removed as governor of Ekiti...
View ArticleFayemi Slams Okonjo-Iweala Over ‘Voodoo’ NOI Polls
The campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, has slammed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi...
View ArticleOsun Guber Poll: Confronting Omisore Is Like Confronting A Violent...
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, inaugurated the campaign committee for the re-election bid of its candidate, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of the August 9,...
View ArticleWEF: Abuja Shutdown Violates Public Holidays Act – Gbajabiamila
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday faulted the directive by the Federal Government that all government offices and institutions in the nation’s...
View ArticleWe Can Summon Diezani, Others 1,000 Times If The Need Arises – Reps
The House of Representatives on Monday locked horns with the Presidency, saying there was no limit to the number of times the legislature could summon any minister of the Federation to appear before it...
View ArticleSaraki Denounces Presidential Campaign Posters
The member representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki on Monday disowned the campaign posters pasted in Abuja, indicating his...
View ArticleMemorial Lecture: Late Yar’Adua Was A Practical Leader, Lover Of Peace, Says...
Former First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, yesterday said that her husband, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was passionate about the peace, unity and corporate existence of the Nigerian nation....
View ArticleJonathan Will Return To Aso Rock In 2015 – Jang
Factional Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, has expressed confidence that President Goodluck Jonathan would return to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in...
View ArticlePermanent Voter Cards To Be Used For Ekiti, Osun Guber Polls, Says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will use Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the Ekiti and Osun States governorship elections. This is contained in statement signed Mr Kayode Idowu,...
View ArticleMore Trouble For Oshiomhole As 14 SSAs, Three Directors Resign Appointments,...
Fourteen Senior Special Assistants (SSA) to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, three directors and one board chairman in the state, have resigned their appointment and membership of the All Progressives...
View ArticleOsun PDP To Appease Aggrieved Members Before Guber Polls – PDP BoT Member
Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, on Monday expressed optimism that all aggrieved members of the party would be appeased before the August 9...
View ArticleOmisore Threatens Aregbesola With Legal Action Over ‘Ex-Convict’ Comment
The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearer in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday threatened to drag his arch-political rival, Governor Rauf...
View ArticleEx-Speaker, Na’abba, Faults Elevation Of Senate Over House Of Reps
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Umar Na’abba, on Monday in Abuja, faulted the elevation of Senate above House of Representatives. According to him, the development is a...
View ArticleInsecurity: Nigeria Becoming World’s Laughing Stock, Says Ogbeh
A former Minister of Communications and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has pointed out that Nigeria is fast becoming a laughing stock among other nations in the world...
View Article2015: Group Says Taraba Ag. Gov Doesn’t Deserve To Contest Under PDP
A group known as Association for Good Governance (AGG) said on Tuesday that the acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, does not merit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket to contest...
View ArticleJonathan Accepts U.S. Offer To Deploy ‘Personnel And Assets’ To Assist In...
Global efforts to assist Nigeria in rescuing over 200 school girls, who were abducted from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, received a major boost yesterday as the United States Government...
View ArticleAbducted Girls: Stop Your Distracting, Absurd and Overbearing Show – APC...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the melodramatic intervention of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in the abduction of over 200 school girls as distracting, counter-productive...
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