Flawed Primaries, Aggrieved Aspirants Set To Dump PDP En masse
A major crisis is brewing within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following fallout from party primaries. Across the country, many aggrieved aspirants who were short-changed in the process...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills 30, destroy houses in oil-rich Gajiganna
Members of the Boko Haram sect attacked Oil Rich, Gajiganna in Monguno local government area of Borno State on Thursday, killing no fewer than 30 residents. Some of the residents, who escaped from the...
View ArticleNurse’s Strike Takes The Life Of Young Mother’s Child At Garki Hospital, Abuja
The night of Saturday December 13, 2014 at the Garki Hospital saw a young nursing mother in agony and in tears wailing in extreme exhaustion – in her arms her newborn infant battling for life. Two...
View ArticlePlan ‘B’ of aggrieved PDP and APC aspirants
As the parties try to calm frayed nerves after party primaries to elect candidates for 2015 elections, KUNLE ODEREMI writes on the unfolding drama in the various camps. Like any major political...
View ArticleNo time limit for returning Chibok girls alive – Presidency
The Nigerian presidency has dismissed concerns over the prolonged abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State, saying the government has no time limit to return the long-suffering...
View ArticleBuhari’s emergence as APC flag-bearer “a fatal error” – Presidency
The emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as the flag-bearer of the All Progressive Congress, APC, is a fatal error, the Nigerian presidency has said. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on...
View ArticleYou can’t criticise OBJ for Ekiti people, APC tells Fayose
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said that the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and his aides cannot criticise former President Olusegun Obasanjo on behalf of Ekiti people. A...
View Article2015: Court reserves ruling on Jonathan’s eligibility
Abuja – An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday reserved ruling until Jan. 12 in a suit filed by Olatoye Wahab and Adejumo Ajegbe, seeking to disqualify President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking...
View ArticleObasanjo’s book lacks credibility – Kashamu
By Dapo Akinrefon CHAIRMAN, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South west, Prince Buruji Kashamu yesterday berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s...
View ArticleWill APC Take Over Senate In 2015?
The outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries for the National Assembly held across the country came with surprises. It also portends serious threats to party majority in both chambers....
View ArticleWhy Jonathan will win in 2015
By Reno Omokri My dear brothers and sisters, a number of you have asked me, particularly on Social Media, why I think President Goodluck Jonathan deserves your vote. I will use this space to answer...
View ArticleBREAKING: Imo APGA Senatorial Candidate, Eudora Igwe Is Dead
The senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, for Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State, Barr. Mrs. Eudora Igwe is dead. She died Monday afternoon. According to information...
View ArticleBREAKING: Five Reps members dump PDP for APC
Reports just reaching our news desk have it that five members of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday morning announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All...
View ArticlePolice considers Junior Officers with degrees for elevation to senior cadre
In line with his resolve to further boost the morale of Police workforce, the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba CFR, has given approval for the consideration of Inspectors with university and...
View ArticleGovernor Chime budgets N96.7billion for 2015
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has presented a budget estimate of ninety six billion, seven hundred and thirty five million, three hundred thousand naira for the year 2015 to the State House of...
View Article2015 Elections: “Nigeria Will Not Break Up” – Minister Of Information
Supervising Minister of Information Dr. Nurudeen Muhammad has allayed fears being expressed in some quarters that the 2015 general elections may lead to the break-up of Nigeria. He made the remarks in...
View ArticleBREAKING: DSS Nabs Seven In Botched Negotiation With Boko Haram
The Department of State Services (DSS), has vowed that it will serve justice to all those who sponsor or partake in the publication of subversive reports against the country…as the agency paraded seven...
View ArticleJonathan Congratulates Buhari On 72nd Birthday- Talk About Qualities Of A...
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to congratulate General Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 72nd birthday which comes up on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. In a congratulatory letter...
View ArticleEntire South West will vote for Jonathan in 2015 – Mimiko
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo said on Tuesday that the South West zone would cast their votes massively for the Jonathan/Sambo ticket in the 2015 Presidential election. Mimiko, who was fielding...
View ArticleNwobodo’s Son Finally Buried As Former Governor shuns burial
Former Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, on Tuesday lived up to his threat as he boycotted the burial of his first son, Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo jnr. He earlier issued the threat after...
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