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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Messier! That aptly captures the feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Both leaders went deeper into the trenches in their battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend. While Jonathan moved to consolidate his grip on the party which, on Friday, sacked Obasanjo’s loyalists, from the […]
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First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Raw Politics
Monday, February 18th, 2013
First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Sunday, said she died and woke up during the period of her ailment which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service at the state House chapel in Abuja, the first lady said prayers offered by Nigerians sustained her while some people who had […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, February 18th, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South African police said 13 people were wounded in gun and machete attacks at an Anglo American Platinum mine on Monday, after 1,000 people besieged a union office. “Mine security intervened and fired rubber bullets, and in the process a total of 13 mine workers, inclusive of four security guards (were hurt),” […]
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House, Legislature
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North As the National Assembly tries to wriggle out of the budget padding feud with the Presidency, a fresh round of crisis is looming in the House of Representatives following allegation by some aggrieved members that the leadership has short-changed them in the payment of their salaries and allowances. The aggrieved […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Twenty-seven years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command, Mr. Umar Manko in a statement […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, February 18th, 2013
KANO (AFP) – Islamist group Ansaru on Monday claimed the kidnapping of seven foreigners in a deadly weekend raid on a construction site in restive northern Nigeria. The attack in Bauchi state late Saturday was the one of the worst incidents targeting foreigners in northern Nigeria, a region that has seen waves of violence by […]
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First Ladies, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Monday, February 18th, 2013
By Ben Agande ABUJA—First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, said she died and woke up after seven days during her illness which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service held at the State House chapel in Abuja, the First Lady said the prayers of Nigerians sustained her while […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
By Dr. kunle Ojeleye / Calgary, Alberta / Feb. 16, 2013 –I have decided to write this short, reflective travel blog or article against the background of 3 key Nigerian issues which were highlighted recently by write-ups from Okey Ndibe, Pius Adesanmi and Simon Kolawole. These include: the state of Nigerian airports, the unprofessional and […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo / Ibadan, Oyo / Feb. 16, 2013 – wp_posts
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu / NNP / Feb. 16, 2013 – Nigeria’s present Leadership: The Worst offspring of Lugard’s Predictions Written by Ikechukwu Enyiagu, Ike.enyiagu@gmail.com Although Frederick Lugard’s curse-prediction/definition of the characteristics of the several ethnic groups which Britain eventually compelled into the near-century shame called Nigeria has been the discourse of several analysts for years; […]
