President Jonathan Expected In Minna Saturday -Gov Aliyu
Gov Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger has said on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to visit the state on Saturday. Aliyu disclosed this in Minna while receiving the North Korean...
View ArticleJonathan sacks heads of Aviation agencies
BY OKEY NDIRIBE In what appears like a move to cleanse the aviation sector, President Goodluck Jonathan , Tuesday sacked the heads of four aviation parastatals in the country. Those affected include Mr...
View ArticleAfter Jonathan’s second term, it would be Igbo man’s turn – Group
2015: Igbo group endorse Jonathan for re-election BY GABRIEL EWEPU ABUJA- AS 2015 general elections draw closer, an Igbo social group, Supreme Igbo Security Council, SISC, under the auspices of Ohaneze...
View ArticleWomen join men to sit on train roof as fuel scarcity bites harder
Lagos – The Nigerian Railway Corporation’s (NRC) Taskforce for arresting passengers who sit on the roof of train coaches were on Wednesday stunned to see women among such passengers. The defiant women...
View ArticleI’m Bound to Deliver, Says Amaechi
Rivers State Governor and Chairman, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday desclosed that it was his constitutional obligation to the people of the state to deliver on infrastructure and spend public funds...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Rights group petitions ICC
A human rights group, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has urged the International Criminal Court, ICC to intervene on the ongoing killing of innocent Nigerians and destruction of...
View ArticleObasanjo won’t disclose his actual birth date – Oba Dosunmu
The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, knows his correct birth date but won’t disclose it to anybody. Dosunmu who described...
View ArticleLawmakers Loyal To Gov. Amaechi’s Position On Nigeria Centenary Is Illegal – PDP
PDP in a statement by Jerry Needam, Special Adviser, Media to the State Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah strongly maintained that all sittings, resolutions and decisions of members of the Rivers State House...
View ArticleJonathan’s begins 2015 permutations against APC states as 11 new Ministers...
President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday wielded the big stick against widely admired Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. The event comes as surprise to many, despite several accusations of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Petroleum Ministry Unable to Account for N500m PIB Publicity Funds
DPR: Why fuel scarcity persists, accuses NNPC of non-payment of royalty Omololu Ogunmade Revelations emerged Tuesday on how the Ministry of Petroleum Resources misappropriated N500 million allocated...
View ArticleLetter From Nigerian Dictator Son To Wole Soyinka — Ayo Sogunro Replies Sadiq...
By Ayo Sogunro Dear Sadiq Abacha: I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery—however misguided— in defending your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a...
View ArticleNigeria Government Votes N300 Million To Fight Foreign Media ‘Propaganda’
Nigerian authorities are signing off a N300 million war chest to contest what an official called “negative publicity” on Nigeria in foreign media, as the government faces increasing criticism over its...
View ArticleJudge threatens to discharge suspected killers of Boko Haram leader
Justice Evoh Chukwu of an Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday threatened to discharge five police officers charged with killing Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf, for want of diligent prosecution....
View ArticleUpdate: Benue State Water resources Commissioner Dies In India – The Nation
Benue State Commissioner for Water Resources, Conrad Wergba is dead. He died Wednesday in an Indian Hospital. Secretary to the State Government, Dr David Salisu confirmed the death of Wergba who first...
View ArticleBOKO HARAM MAY BREAK UP NIGERIA – CAN
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Wednesday, said the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the country could affect the corporate existence of Nigeria if not stopped immediately. This came as...
View ArticleOpposition can’t deny Amosun’s good work, says Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the manifestation of the good works of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s administration in Ogun State are such that even the opposition and critics in...
View ArticleUpdate: President Jonathan’s uncle to be released soon – IYC
Yenagoa -The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) says the committee set up by the council to work with security agencies to fish out kidnappers of President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncle are making progress. Chief...
View Article“Pay us N2.4trillion as reparation” – Ndigbo tells FG
Ohaneze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has demanded the payment of N2.4 trillion as reparation and restitution from the federal government over what it termed “the killings, violations,...
View ArticleI don’t have accounts or property abroad — Jonathan
By Abiodun Alade President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he does not own any bank account or property outside the shores of Nigeria. He made the remark during the swearing-in of the 11 new...
View Article2014 Budget: President Jonathan Declares War On Rivers State….APC Commends...
We have learnt with shock and disbelief, of the zero allocation to Rivers State in the 2014 Budget of the Federal Ministry of Works. What this means is that Rivers State will not receive any Federal...
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