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I’ll not let you down, says Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories Sunday, May 29th, 2011

WITH more than 40 world leaders and five former Nigerian presidents and heads of state to witness his inauguration for a four year term as Nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, yesterday, sealed a pact with Nigerians promising to turn their dreams into reality while declaring that the years of locust and cankerworm are […]

I Will Work For Common Good – Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, May 29th, 2011

AS he steps into office today for a fresh four year term, Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to ensure good governance as an obligation he owes Nigerians. This he said would atone for the loss of lives and property in the post-election crisis, which followed his overwhelming victory in the April presidential election. The president made […]

Four Imo Born Writers that Okorocha Should Not Ignore – By Obinna Emeka

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, Obinna Emeka, Obinna Emeka, State News Sunday, May 29th, 2011

By Obinna Emeka, Indianapolis. Indiana – May 29, 2011 – It is no more news that the APGA, governorship candidate, Rochas Okorocha, won the Imo state gubernatorial election and will be in charge of Douglass House for four years beginning from May 29th 2011.Okorocha defeated Ikedi Ohakim the incumbent governor . The APGA candidate (Okorocha) […]

Bomb scare in Akwa Ibom as police deploy 7000 for Akpabio’s inauguration

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Sunday, May 29th, 2011

The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Felix Uyanna, says his command has received an intelligence report on a planned bomb threat ahead of the inauguration of Governor Godswill Akpabio for a second term in office and has since taken appropriate measures to foil such possible plans. CP Uyanna, who briefed the media on […]

30 killed in Ilorin stampede

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Sunday, May 29th, 2011

TRAGEDY struck on Friday night in Ilorin, Kwara State, as about 30 people, mostly women, lost their lives in a stampede during the valedictory party held for the outgoing governor, Dr Bukola Saraki. Dr Saraki met his political supporters, about 5, 000 of them at the Mandate House around 6 pm on Friday, where he […]

MAY 29 INAUGURATION: I owe Nigerians good governance –Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, May 29th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan at a pre-inauguration thanksgiving service yesterday vowed to provide good governance, stressing it is what he owes Nigerians to atone for the loss of lives and property in the post-election crisis that followed his overwhelming victory in the April presidential election. Jonathan, before the clergy at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, made […]

Gov. Gbenga Daniel Flees Nigeria Before Handover

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Sunday, May 29th, 2011

The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last elections in Ogun State, Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye, has described the escape of the out-going governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel to United Kingdom as a vindication that he had skeleton in his cupboard. The PDP deputy governorship candidate whose council was […]

The Speech Jonathan Shouldn’t Have Made – By Reuben Abati

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati Sunday, May 29th, 2011

By Reuben Abati – Lagos, Nigeria – May 28, 2011 -PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan almost ruined his inauguration day address by speaking too much at the May 26 pre-inauguration lecture on the theme: “A Transformational Agenda for Accelerated National Development.” The elections are over, on inauguration day, the President assumes office, a new administration begins and […]

Nigeria’s new N7bn presidential jet banned worldwide

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The new Falcon 7x presidential aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Almost 70 days after the new N7.65bn presidential jet, Falcon 7X, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from the manufacturer’s factory in France, Dassault Aviation, France European authorities have banned the jet from flying in Europe and other parts […]

Imo: Ohakim hands over to Okorocha

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The outgoing Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, on Friday officially handed over to his successor and governor-elect, Chief Rochas Okorocha, two days ahead of schedule. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Ohakim lost to Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the general elections in April. In his remark at […]