By Festus Ahon OLOROGUN John Oguma, JP, is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State. In this interview with select journalists, he spoke on the 2015 elections and other issues of national interests.Excerpts: What is your reaction to the outcome of the 2015 general election? We in PDP abandoned ‘we’ and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari May 29, 2015, was a remarkable day for Nigeria; the day most commentators agree we moved from a fledgling to a fully functioning democracy. The peaceful transition was a script we all prayed for but feared it might not happen. In front of the world media, two men of rival political parties […]
Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday urged African leaders to place the interests of their countries above narrow personal interests. He gave the charge while chairing the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting at the on-going AU summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The President noted that as the meeting of PSC focused […]
There are strong indications that two power blocs within the All Progressives Congress are now engaged in a fierce battle for the soul of the party. Saturday PUNCH’s investigations on Friday revealed that the battle between the two power blocs to control the party: one led by Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and the other led by […]
President Muhammadu Buhari There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari may carry out a major shake-up in the top echelons of the military. It was learnt that service chiefs and other senior officers across the various arms of the military might be relieved of their posts to pave way for new hands. Findings showed that […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday requested leaders of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic to allow Nigeria to command the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which will fight Boko Haram He also promised to pay up the $100 million pledged by Nigeria to fund the Force. The President spoke during the […]
The crisis sparked by the election of National Assembly officials was still smouldering yesterday. President Muhammadu Buhari has invited Senator Ahmed Lawan’s Unity Forum, which is contesting the election of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President , for a meeting today. “It is all to save the party from being factionalised,” an All Progressives Congress […]
ABUJA — The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says it has commenced processes to review salaries and allowances for political, public and judicial office holders. This is contained in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja by the Head of Public Relations, RMAFC, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed. According to the statement, the Chairman of the commission, […]
By Kingsley Omonobi & Ben Agande ABUJA — As part of the strategy to fight the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari will today host a meeting of Heads of State and Presidents of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Abuja. In a bid to perfect Nigerian position for today’s meeting, President Buhari yesterday held […]
Saraki and Dogora The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday kicked against the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. Saraki, a former Kwara State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, emerged unopposed shortly after the Clerk of the […]
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