President Goodluck Jonathan has boasted that he will “surely” defeat the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates in the March 28 presidential elections. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, President
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An end appears not in sight to the war of words between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as the rescheduled general election draws near. The spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday accused the PDP of plotting to frame up the Chairman of the […]
The outspoken Enugu-based Catholic priest and founder of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka Thursday raised fresh alarm over alleged plans by President Goodluck Jonathan to assassinate him before the March 28 general elections. In a press statement, through the media officer of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, Barr. Ike Maximus Ugwuoke, said that he had […]
Sequel to a series of events put together by the campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in office, an interactive session with members of the showbiz industry was held on Sunday March 15, 2015 at the Eko Hotel and Suites. The event aptly tagged GejWinsIt, had a remarkable turn out of […]
The Presidential Candidate of the NCP, Chief Martin Onovo, says he is “the President in waiting if the 2015 presidential election is free, fair and credible.” Onovo made the assertion in Lagos on Thursday while speaking with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “We are the oldest party in Nigeria and we […]
The wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hajia Aishat Buhari, has replied Dame Patience Jonathan, who has been campaigning that Buhari will jail his political opponents if elected President in the March 28 election. Hajia Buhari replied Patience Jonathan that there is no need to fear as Nigerians only want a […]
… Hails INEC Over PVCs The Vice President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke with President Goodluck Jonathan and the presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the Nigerian presidential election, which is scheduled for March 28. Biden’s call was made available through a statement issued by the United […]
The president of the Oodua people’s congress (OPC), and the convener of the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians, Chief Gani Adams has said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has set the stage for rigging in favour of the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari, in […]
Nigeria has often time been called The Heart of African music because of its role in the development of West African highlife and ‘Palm wine’ music which fuses rhythm with techniques imported from Congo for the development of several popular styles that are unique in Nigeria. No doubt, the Nigeria music industry is gradually taking […]
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega has assured Nigerians that there will not be any further postponement of the rescheduled general election. Jega gave the assurance on Wednesday, at an interactive session with the Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 60 civil society organisations, in Abuja. The INEC
Vice Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Jos, Plateau State, said that no one should urge him to preach the Gospel while poverty ravages the land. Prof. Osinbajo was speaking at a town hall meeting organised to canvass votes for the APC candidates in the forth coming […]
Imo State, heartland of the South East, is on the verge of bankruptcy, according to former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi. The blame for this development should be placed squarely on the doorstep of the incumbent Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi added. In reaction the media adviser of […]
The present configuration of Northern Nigeria is causing some backwardness into the entire region. To this end, Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Yero, has called for the split of the Northern States Governors Forum into three -North-West, North-Central and North-East. Governor Yero, whoc claimed that the current problems plaguing the region, was self-inflicted, maintained
The Nigerian crude oil industry is not only oily but also crude. That was the damning verdict of the Emir of Kano, HRM Muhammadu Sanusi 11, while speaking on the Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday. The emir, the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), identified the unresolved controversy over kerosene […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in former minister of state for defense, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro as the minister of state for foreign affairs II. Obanikoro, it would be recalled faced stiff opposition to his ministerial nomination and eventual clearance by senators of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) who challenged his nomination following his
Following three many years of open deliberation over its stance on homosexuality, Presbyterian members from the Presbyterian Church in U.S.A. voted on Tuesday to alter the meaning of marriage in the congregation’s constitution to incorporate same-sex marriage. The last endorsement by a lion’s share of the congregation’s 171 local bodies, known as
The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka have said that only a united effort by Nigerians can stop terrorism. They spoke at a National Rally Against Terror, organised by the Nigerians Unite Against Terror (NUAT), a group co-coordinated by Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has held a closed-door meeting with the heads of security agencies and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega over preparations for the upcoming general election rescheduled for March 28 and April 11. The whereabouts of the over 200 school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, were also […]
A woman abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along with her grand daughter has returned with tales of horror— and a possible clue to the location of the kidnapped Chibok girls. According to the 67-year-old woman, Maryamu Bala of Madagali, Adamawa State (now in one of the Internally displaced persons camps in the state), she could […]
Switzerland on Tuesday warned that the $380 million siphoned off by the family of Late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, which it agreed to return to Nigeria, will be withdrawn if the funds were re-looted. In sounding the warning, the Swiss authorities said the confiscation order “allows for, among other things, that the funds […]
