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I Don’t Need Jonathan’s Money–Azeezat
Since the announcement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s $200 million Entertainment Intervention Fund in 2010, many entertainers have lamented the hardship involved in accessing the money. While many...
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Former First Lady Of Lagos State, Foluke Mudashiru Is Dead
The wife of late military Governor of Lagos State, Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru, died yesterday, May 27th in Atlanta Georgia after battling an undisclosed illness for a while. She was 67. Air Commodore...
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Taraba Acting Governor To Succeed Danbaba Suntai
Apparently acting on Section 189 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have finally bowed to pressure and begun a move to make the...
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Jang’s faction to open secretariat
The faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum being led by the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, is on the verge of opening its secretariat. The secretariat, which is going to be at Maitama...
View ArticleAjimobi asks judges to shun corruption
Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has urged judges in the state to shun corruption and uphold the independence of the judiciary. Ajimobi said this in Ibadan on Monday at the swearing-in of six...
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NDLEA drags student to court for smoking Indian hemp
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dragged one Jude Ugwu, a post graduate student of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), to the Federal High Court sitting in...
View ArticleEx-judge condemns corruption in judiciary
Chairman, National Law Reform Commission, Justice Umar Kalgo, has decried the alleged corrupt practices in the nation’s judicial system. Kalgo, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, however, said the...
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Boko Haram Claims Victories Over Military, Seeks Help From Afghanistan
The leader of Nigeria‘s Boko Haram Islamists said his group has scored several victories against the military during an ongoing offensive while themselves sustaining little damage, in a video seen by...
View ArticleScorecard: Three years after, Jonathan yet to fulfil promises in power, oil...
In August 2010, barely four months after he succeeded his late boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan launched the Road Map for Power Sector Reform in which he outlined his plans to...
View ArticleEx-LG chairman remanded in prison over alleged N22m fraud
A former Chairman, Orolu Local Government Council, Chief Rufus Woleola, has been remanded in prison custody over an allegation that he diverted N22m meant for the construction of nine public classroom...
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Nigeria has been stagnant for so long, it is time to change – Obasanjo
Dutse – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday tasked political leaders to adopt practical measures to accelerate effective utilisation of human and natural resources for sustainable...
View ArticleGroup faults celebration of Democracy Day on May 29
A group, Coalition of Yoruba Autonomy, COYA, has faulted the celebration of Democracy day on May 29, advising that October 1, be adopted as Nigeria’s democracy day. He also lauded President Jonathan...
View ArticlePDP S-South youth leaders back Jonathan for 2nd term
Yenagoa—The youth leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South zone, Wednesday, threw its weight behind the resolution of the South-South leaders to back President Goodluck Jonathan for a...
View ArticleEFCC opposes Sylva’s bid to accompany wife to UK
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday opposed former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipreye Sylva’s bid to accompany his wife to the United Kingdom, where she is scheduled to undergo surgery...
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Why PDP Can’t Probe Amaechi – Investigation
President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Chibuike Amaechi Why did the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fail to adhere to the provisions of its constitution...
View ArticleLagos workers get N89.6m housing loan
The Lagos State Government said on Tuesday that it had given N89.6m as housing loans to workers in the last one year. Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe, said this during a press briefing to...
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Troops uncover armoury in Kano, arrest Lebanese
KANO — SPECIAL forces drafted from the Nigerian Military, Tuesday night, raided a residential building-cum-warehouse packed with sophisticated military hardware at Bompai, a highbrow area located...
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Jonathan can’t win re-election in 2015 —Senator
The Senator representing Ife-Ijesa Senatorial District of Osun State, Senator Jide Omoworare, has said President Goodluck Jonathan will not win re-election in 2015. Speaking during an interview with...
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Fashola commissions Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge
Lagos—As part of activities marking the nation’s Democracy Day and the commemoration of his sixth year administration in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola, Wednesday, commissioned the newly completed...
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Governors’ forum crisis tearing Nigeria apart–APGA
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, on Tuesday condemned the crisis currently rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, saying the impasse was gradually tearing...
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