THE poor turnout of supporters at the Northwest launching of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential campaign may have earned Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo a verbal query from President Goodluck Jonathan. Besides, the rally, which saw several delegates from the zone, mostly those from Kaduna State, staging a walk-out from the stadium, has precipitated […]
FOUR persons have been confirmed dead as a result of a pre-dawn attack in Shekan village of Bassa Local Government Council of Plateau State. It was gathered early yesterday morning that an aged woman and her husband were beheaded and two of their grandchildren battered to death by unknown assailants, who stormed the village at […]
AS at Thursday, February 10, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was still talking down on angry Egyptian protesters who for weeks had been telling him they were fed up with his leadership and would rather embrace change. Even his Vice President, Omar Suleiman addressed the people as if they did not quite matter. Both men were mistaken. […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed shock and sadness over the death of some enthusiasts who thronged the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium during the Flagoff of the South South Presidential campaign. The President said he is “heavily weighed down” by the incident. He has also directed a fullscale investigation into the cause of the stampede that […]
inna – President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday announced that the Federal Government would soon award the contract for Zungeru power project, as part of efforts to boost power generation in the country. Jonathan, who made this known in Minna during the launch of the re-election campaign of Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger, said that the […]
The Federal Government has rejected the $30 million offered by major oil and gas companies towards the training of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, saying the money was too small, compared to the N3 trillion it has lost to the crisis in the region. According to the government, Shell, Chevron, Agip, amongst others, cannot be […]
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel took a dramatic turn when Obasanjo, reportedly, rejected the ‘compromise list’ of candidates for the party in the state for the April polls. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo The chief of staff to President […]
Several people were feared to have been killed on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil city of Port Harcourt, witnesses said. Thousands of ruling party supporters crowded into a sports stadium to hear Jonathan speak and hundreds more gathered around the gates. There was […]
The police in Lagos said they have arrested seven suspected armed robbers, including a woman, in two robbery incidents in the Lagos metropolis. Samuel Jinadu, spokesman of the Lagos Police Command, disclosed this on yesterday to newsmen. Jinadu said that three of the suspects, who had earlier robbed a victim of a Toyota Highlander vehicle […]
The Nupe people of Niger State have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to seize the opportunity of his visit to the state today to address some of their problems. The Nupe Foundation, an umbrella cultural organisation of all Nupe living in Niger, Kwara, Kogi, FCT, Nasarawa states and other parts of the world, in a […]
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