INEC Report: Uneasy Calm As PDP NWC Members Know Fate Monday
The fate of the 18 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) members, whose election the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said was not properly...
View ArticleAkanu Ibiam Airport To Handle 500,000 Passengers Annually – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday laid the foundation of the new International Terminal and the Remodelled Terminal of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, saying the facility can handle...
View ArticleJonathan To Drop Maku, 3 Others In Cabinet Reshuffle
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, President Goodluck Jonathan may offload four ministers from his cabinet in a reshuffle that is about to take place this month. The four ministers – Elder Godsday...
View ArticleJonathan Thanks Nigerians As He Reveals Military Offensive Is Yielding Results
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed appreciation to Nigerians for their support following last week’s declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Senior Special Assistant...
View ArticleJonathan Fetes F/Eagles, Eaglets Tuesday In Aso Villa
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Tuesday host the country’s U-17 and U-20 teams, officials have disclosed. The Golden Eaglets lost in the final of the African U-17 Championship in Morocco, while the...
View ArticleSenate To Debate State Of Emergency Proclamation On Tuesday
There are strong indications that senators elected under the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and some within Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, may disregard the earlier directives of...
View ArticleAPC Lashes At Jonathan Over Unfulfilled Campaign Promises To S’East
The South East zonal chapter of the opposition alliance party – All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated President Goodluck Jonathan for claiming that his strongest political base lies in the zone,...
View Article2015: Annkio Briggs Spits Fire, Says Presidency Is Not North’s Birth Right
The name Annkio Briggs is one that rings a bell across the nation as she is undoubtedly one of the leading female activists to have emerged from the Niger Delta region. As President of the Agape...
View ArticleStart Gearing Up For Elections, Tukur Tells PDP Members
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, has urged party members nationwide to start gearing up for 2015 general elections. Tukur said he would want the PDP to win, at...
View Article2015: There’s No Vacancy In Aso Rock – Alamieyeseigha
President Goodluck Jonathan’s benefactor and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepriye Alamieyeseigha, has told all who care to listen that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock because his protégé...
View Article2015: No Jupiter Can Stop Jonathan – OPC Founder
Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has declared that no force can stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2015 Presidential election just as he assured the...
View Article2015 Not About Jonathan But N’Delta’s Destiny – Dokubo Asari
Leader of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that the 2015 Presidential election is not about President Goodluck Jonathan but about the ‘destiny’...
View ArticleSenate Approves Jonathan’s Declaration Of Emergency Rule In 3 States
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday finally got the backing of the Senate as it approved the State of Emergency declared in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States. At a session of the whole house, the 100...
View ArticleObama Snubs Nigeria As He Visits Senegal, S’Africa, Tanzania
Nigeria’s Presidency will again be disappointed that for the second time in his administration, President Barack Obama and his wife Michele will be embarking on their second tour of Africa between June...
View ArticleNyako Warns Politicians Against Playing Politics With State Of Emergency
Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Tuesday cautioned politicians in the state against playing politics with the state of emergency imposed on the state. Nyako made the call in a statement signed by his...
View ArticleHouse of Representatives Too Approves Emergency Rule In Adamawa, Borno, Yobe
The House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon followed in the steps of their Senate counterparts to approve the State of Emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe...
View ArticleInsecurity: Resign And Hand Over To A Capable Person – Buhari Tells Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to resign from office over his failure to tackle the security challenges facing the country. Former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) who gave...
View ArticleReps To Consider Bill That Strips President Of Powers On State Pardon
Barring any last minute hurdles, the House of Representatives will begin debate on a proposed law to strip the President of the power to grant state pardon to individuals. The piece of legislation...
View ArticleAPC: PDP, Jonathan, Not Against Merger — Presidential Aide
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Inter-Party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi, has said the merger of political parties under the banner of All Progressives Congress (APC), is in the interest...
View ArticleShettima Hails Jonathan On Directive Setting B’Haram Members Free
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has backed the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to release some detainees suspected of terrorist activities saying the move may bring leaders of the Boko...
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