Elected Public Officials Who Defect Should Vacate Their Seats – Jega
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said on Thursday that elected political officials, who defect from the political party that brought them to power,...
View ArticlePresidency Punished Niger State Over My Membership Of G7 Governors – Aliyu
Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has revealed that the state was denied approval for the Minna Airport to operate as cargo airport because he belonged to the group of seven governors also...
View ArticleAPC Convention: Oyegun Emerges National Chairman As Lai Mohammed Retains Post
First Executive Governor of Edo State and vice-presidential candidate of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the 2011 presidential elections, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has emerged as the...
View ArticleViolence Erupts At APC Convention
Violence erupted yesterday at the secretariat of the Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abuja. Two APC members were beaten up by some delegates of the party from Abia and...
View ArticleFashola’s Aide On CBD Resigns
The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Central Business District, Mrs. Aderinola Disu, has resigned from the position. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr....
View ArticleChibok girls: You Don’t Need Jonathan’s Approval To Engage Boko Haram – FG...
The co-ordinator of the National Information Centre and DG National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mike Omeri, yesterday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo does not need any clearance from President...
View ArticleImo 2015: I’ve Come For Payback – Ihedioha
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has said it is his turn to take over the mantle of leadership in Imo State, after lending his support to previous governors from Okigwe...
View ArticleKwankwaso’s Recent Outburst Against Jonathan, Indication Of A Failed Governor...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Abduljelili Adesiyan has described as unfortunate and an admission of failure, the allegation by Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State that President...
View ArticleWamakko: APC Convention, Beginning Of Journey To Rescue A Nation In Distress
The Chairman, National Convention Committee of All Progressives Congress, Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, has appealed to politicians to shun religious and tribal sentiments to enhance national...
View ArticleHouse Of Assembly Crisis: Police Warn Against Plot to Create Unnecessary...
EDO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX GUARDED BY SECURITY OPERATIVES The Edo State police command on Friday raised alarm over a plot by politicians to unleash mayhem on the state during resumption of plenary...
View ArticleReports Of Abducted Fulani Women False – Miyetti-Allah
The reported abduction of 30 Fulani women by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect has been debunked by the Borno State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. The Cable...
View ArticleWhy June 12, 1993 Election Was Free, Fair – IBB
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) has stated that the reason the June 12, 1993, presidential election was widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the country’s...
View ArticleNLC Endorses Fayemi For Second Term
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday endorsed Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for a second term in office. Gov Fayemi is the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...
View ArticleAttacks On Kwankwaso, Media Clampdown: Sani Blasts Jonathan
Executive Director of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani believes that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is itching toward tyranny on account of its recent...
View ArticlePDP Hails APC On Successful Convention
The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the newly elected national executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP also hailed the successful conduct...
View ArticleWhy I Stayed Away From APC National Convention – Shettima
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Saturday said he stayed away from the All Progressives Congress National Convention in Abuja as a mark of respect for the abducted schoolgirls. The Special...
View Article‘Why Diezani Must Step Aside For Forensic Audit Of NNPC’
A non-governmental organization, the Gatekeeper Foundation, has insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, must be sacked to ensure that she does not interfere with...
View ArticleObasanjo, A Social Misfit And Poverty-Stricken School Dropout – Kashamu
The N2.1bn libel suit filed by Chairman of the Organization and Mobilization Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, Buruji Kashamu against former President Olusegun...
View ArticleEkiti Election: INEC To Deploy 7,941 Ad-Hoc Staff
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Mr. Halilu Pai, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission has engaged 7,941 people as ad hoc staff for the June 21 governorship election...
View Article2015: My Chances Have Never Been Better, Says Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as “sponsored stories”, reports that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had zoned him out of the presidential contest following a new arrangement. In...
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