Jonathan Appoints SURE-P Chair, New Advisers, DGs NTA, NAN, FRCN
In furtherance of efforts to continually strengthen his administration on all fronts, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the following appointments to fill existing vacancies: 1. Gen. Martin...
View ArticleRivers: Relief to come after the 2015 elections
With the tensed political situation in Rivers State, Bisi Olaniyi in Port Harcourt writes that the people of the Niger Delta state may only heave a sigh of relief after the 2015 elections. In spite of...
View ArticleAmaechi floors Omehia at Supreme Court
Nigeria’s Supreme Court this morning dismissed the case filed by Celestine Omehia against Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in which he sought the assistance of the court to invalidate Amaechi’s...
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800000-year: Oldest human footprints ever found outside Africa
Happisburgh prints, believed to have been left by small group of adults and children, are the oldest discovered outside Africa. The oldest human footprints ever found outside Africa, left in a muddy...
View ArticleYou Lack Political Value, Akande Tells Okupe
Yinka Kolawole The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, Thursday chided the Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, contending...
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Fani-Kayode: Obasanjo Caused Nigeria’s Problems by Anointing Jonathan
Yinka Kolawole Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Thursday berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for anointing President Goodluck Jonathan as the nation’s president despite...
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$20 billion: Sanusi should stop singing — Sen. Anosike
Senator Emma Anosike represented Anambra North in the Senate between 2003 and 2005. Before then, he served in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. He is presently, the chairman of the...
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Speaker’s Resignation: I Can Now Sleep with Eyes Closed, Says Kwankwaso
Shekarau: Kwankwasiya is a cult group Ibrahim Shuaibu and Jaiyeola Andrews Kano State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said he will now sleep with both eyes closed as a result of change in the...
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Maku Wants Politicians to Acknowledge Good Performance
Emmanuel Ugwu Minister of Information and supervising Minister of Defence, Mr. Labaran Maku, Thursday decried the vicious and highly divisive politics in the country, saying it doesn’t encourage...
View ArticleThugs Stop Audu Abubakar, Dino Melaye from APC registration in Kogi
MATTHEW ONAH The duo of former Gov. Abubakar Audu and former member of the House of Representatives, Mr Dino Melaye , were effectively barred by party youths from registering at the state...
View ArticleNigerian youths most affected by govt. policies — APC
Abuja – Young Patriots, the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerian youths to identify with the political process by participating fully in it. Its National Coordinator,...
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PASTOR Thomas Wahome, Is Charging Members N2,850 To Check If Their Name Is In...
A Kenyan Pastor, self styled Bishop Thomas Wahome, who presides over a church known as Helicopter Ministries, has claimed that for Sh 1,200 (One thousand two hundred Kenyan Shilling or about $17.50 or...
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Obama Restates Support for Nigeria on War Against Terrorism
From Nduka Nwosu in New York, Senator Iroegbu and Daji Sani President Barack Obama of the United States Friday restated the resolve of his government to support Nigeria in the ongoing effort to end...
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Tight Security, As Jonathan Visits Sokoto Today
Ankeli Emmanuel Stern-looking security personnel yesterday took over Sokoto metropolis ahead of President Gooluck Jonathan’s visit to the state today. The security operatives were seen in strategic...
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Rivers crisis: CP Mbu departs with curious gift
The immediate past Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr.Joseph Mbu, departed Port Harcourt during the week trailed by a fresh controversy. He is believed to have released from police custody six...
View ArticleWhy I Resigned — Jonathan’s Aide
Abubakar Salihi — February 8, 2014 Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Gas to Power project and member in the technical committee of SURE-P, Engr Muazu Magaji said he resigned his...
View ArticleMbu’s Removal Was Routine, Says IG
ChiemelieEzeobi Allaying speculations surrounding the sudden removal of the former controversial Rivers Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, the police authorities yesterday said the posting was...
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Ige’s family raises alarm over plot to impersonate family
The family of the slain former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Bola Ige, on Friday in Ibadan raised an alarm over alleged plot by a governorship aspirant in Osun State to...
View ArticleMissing $20bn: Sanusi is a liar —NNPC •Says ‘we have documents to proof our...
THE fresh allegation by the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of missing $20 billion crude oil money has continued to generate ripples as the Nigerian National Petroleum...
View ArticleNUJ Advises Journalists To Be Security Conscious
The Chairman, Lagos State Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Deji Olumoye, on Saturday advised journalists to be security conscious as they carry out their duties. Olumoye gave the...
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