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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Abuja explosion: Security agencies on red alert in FCT Mba 4 By on April 14, 2014 · Breaking News (ABUJA) Security agencies have been placed on red alert throughout the Federal Capital Territory following the explosion that occurred in Nyanya bus stop on Monday morning. CSP Frank Mba, Police Force spokesman, told newsmen in […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
ABUJA) President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to be conscious and observant of possible security threat around them, to reduce incidences of terror attacks. The President gave the advice when he visited the scene of the early morning bomb attack at Nyanya motor park in Abuja. Jonathan, who was accompanied by the Senate President, […]
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Niger Delta, Presidency
Monday, April 14th, 2014
ormer Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State, Elder Godsday Orubebe, in this interview spoke on the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, his governorship bid and other issues. Excerpts: What do you think informed President Goodluck Jonathan’s reluctance to seek re-election? […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Lamido of Adamawa, Lamido Mustapha THE Ijaw National Congress has slammed the Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, over his position on the demand for resource control by the South-South geo-political zone. Mustapha had during a plenary at the National Conference proposed a stringent condition for the demand for a 100 per cent resource […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, April 14th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan, who cancelled his planned trip to Ibadan, Oyo State, visited the scene of the explosion amidst tight security. Jonathan was initially billed to attend the centenary birthday service of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Odulana Odugade. He arrived the scene at 12.20am with the President of the Senate, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, April 14th, 2014

Security men at the scene of explosion | credits: PUNCH Photos Security agencies have confirmed that 71 persons have so far lost their lives in the bomb explosion that occurred at a motor park in Nyanya, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday. Police spokesman, Frank Mba, disclosed this to […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Abuja motor park blast | credits: ‘Lekan Adetayo Scores of people were killed and maimed as an early morning bomb explosion rocked a motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday. Nyanya is a satellite town bordering the FCT and Nasarawa State. The explosion reportedly occurred in a section of […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, April 14th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The moves by the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic to seek the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 have reached a dead end. The PUNCH’s investigations in Abuja on Sunday showed that Jonathan and the PDP had been reaching out to Obasanjo since last December […]
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House, Legislature, Oil Politics
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal The Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the House will not be distracted in its resolve to probe the alleged N10bn chartered jets scandal levelled against the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. It also noted that […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
A delegate to the National Conference and the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Mustapha, has said that the North can survive economically without proceeds from petroleum resources. The controversial monarch noted that but for the laziness on the part of the people of the region, the proceeds from agricultural produce would have made the region […]