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General Politics, Governors, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Top Stories
Friday, May 18th, 2012
KADUNA – Ahead of the 2015 elections, the 19 Northern Governors, yesterday, expressed determination to sink their differences and unite to produce the president from the region in 2015. This was the outcome of their quarterly meeting held in Kaduna. Speaking the minds of his colleagues at the opening session of the meeting, chairman of […]
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General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Former Head of State and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), said on Monday that unless there was fairness and justice in the conduct of the 2015 presidential elections, there would be violence in the country. Speaking while receiving party supporters from Niger State in his Kaduna office, Buhari […]
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General Politics, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Lagos State government on Monday, made real its threat by sacking all the striking medical doctors in the state. Each doctor was served a dismissal letter dated Friday, May 4, 2012 and signed by the CMD of LASUTH, Professor David Oke. In the letter, the Personnel Management Board, PMB, the disciplinary organ of government which […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Monday, April 30th, 2012
IT was another day of horror and gnashing of teeth in the northern part of Nigeria on Monday, as 11 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed in an early hour bomb explosion that shook the city of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The suicide bombers were said to have attacked the convoy of the state […]
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General Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
President takes on Azazi: He must explain himself *PDP says he committed grave error By Jide Ajani, Henry Umoru and Ben Agande In what is becoming a very messy affair, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, took on his National Security Adviser, NSA, General Patrick Azazi, on his comment that the insurgency in the country could be […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
The Federal Government yesterday told former Head of State, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), that any revolution in the country would consume him and his party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Speaking through Information Minister Labaran Maku, the government said the revolution would wipe out the CPC and its men, not the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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General Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Friday, April 20th, 2012
By Ben Ezeamalu Popular pastor and founder of the Living Faith Christian Church International, David Oyedepo, will face a legal action for slapping a young lady during church service, last year. Robert Igbinedion, a Lagos based lawyer, confirmed to Premium Times Friday that he had filed a suit, on behalf of the young lady, at […]
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General Politics, Osun, State News, Top Stories
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The Federal Government has mobilized virtually all security agencies in the country to put Osun State governor, Engr Rauf Aregbesola on 24-hour surveillance over an intelligence report generated by the Department of State Security (DSS) which accused the governor of creating an army of Islamic jihadists as a prelude to seceding from the Federal Republic […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Almost three years away from the 2015 presidential election, political tempers are already rising across the country over suspected moves by President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the poll. Towards this end, prominent Niger Delta leaders, including First Republic information minister, Chief Edwin Clark have been making comments, warning that nothing will stop their kinsman from […]
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American Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
A Nigerian woman, Doris Chibuko, 40, was among the victims of the fatal shooting at Oikos University, Oakland, California on Monday. Chibuko, a Nigerian-trained lawyer and mother of three, was studying nursing at the Christian college when she was gunned down by an expelled student of the school, One Ogoh, a Korean. Those killed by […]
