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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, Tuesday opened what may become a subject of legal fireworks, declaring that President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally barred from seeking another term in office by 2015 if he wins the forthcoming presidential election. In a statement denying reports that he had struck a deal with Jonathan ahead of the […]
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General Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Indubitably, Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, is on a hot seat, particularly so because of the unending crisis that had become the lot of the state in recent times. He even admits that the state has a lot of challenges but does not agree that things were as bad as they are being painted. In […]
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General Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

IT was a meal he loved dearly but did not live to prepare and savour its rich taste yesterday. When he left his house in Jos metropolis for shopping in a nearby market, the victim, a policeman, never knew that it would be his last outing. And yesterday, this Anti-Bomb Squad Mobile policeman deployed in […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Nigeria’s corruption profile is the worst ever, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Malam Nuhu Ribadu has declared. Speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the families of those who lost their loved ones during a protest in Lafia, Ribadu described mismanagement, insecurity and the corruption going on in the […]
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General Politics
Sunday, February 13th, 2011

PORT HARCOURT —The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has condoled with President Goodluck Jonathan, over the unfortunate stampede that led to the death of some Nigerians in Port Harcourt, during the South-South Presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend. his came as the First Ladies of Rivers and Bayelsa States, […]
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Elections 2011, General Politics, INEC Politics
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega said yesterday in Abuja that the commission had so far registered 63, 981,460 Nigerians for the April general elections. “With most of the data now reported by the states, we have by this morning registered 63,981,460 Nigerians for the coming elections,’’ he said. Jega made […]
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General Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The police corporal, Mr. Hope Adeleke, who recently lost his six children to kerosene explosion that occurred in Oghara, Delta State, has lost his wife as a result of the same explosion. The wife, Edna, died on Monday night at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) where she had been receiving treatment for injuries […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, General Politics, Party Politics
Saturday, February 5th, 2011

As we approach the April timeline of the national election, the frenzy is palpable. As national elections go, this is one election in which most Nigerians repose a lot of hope: hope that the rottenness characterising past elections will be a thing of the past at least in scale if not in totality; hope for […]
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General Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

A presidential aspirant during the January 13 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary, Mrs. Sarah Jubril, has said the “one vote” she recorded during the party’s presidential primary will continue to haunt Nigerian women. Speaking with journalists at the Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday, Jubril denied filing any case against the emergence of President […]
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General Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Efforts by the Federal Government to boost domestic refining of crude oil and ensure increased availability of petroleum products across the country may be yielding fruits as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that operations at Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries resumed on Friday and Monday respectively. This is coming as the corporation […]