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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 24th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday met behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which lasted about 30minutes started at about 3pm with the arrival of the President-elect and members of his entourage. A few minutes before his arrival, Jonathan walked a distance of about 100 metres […]
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Constitution, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Joseph Erunke, ABUJA—AS the Presidency drags the National Assembly to the Supreme Court seeking an order to nullify all the proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution, majority of senators said yesterday that they were ready to meet the presidency in court. Members of the House of Representatives on their […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
After more than a week of pressure from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders it was announced today that the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, was sacked by President Jonathan. In a curt press release Ruben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President for Media and Publicity, said that “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Solomon Arase replacing Suleiman Abba President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba. Abba, who became IG less than nine months ago, was replaced by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, in acting capacity A statement by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, gave […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
President-elect, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), who was named in the Time Magazine annual 100 influential people in the world list, did not attend the Gala held at Lincoln Center in New York. The gala is put together to celebrate the 100 influential people in the world. The TIME 100 is an annual list of […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Senate
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari The National Executive Committee of the All Peoples Congress will meet this week to ratify the zoning of key posts in the National Assembly. The National Working Committee of the party , which rose from a meeting in the early hours of Saturday, had zoned key offices like the Senate […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, April 17th, 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali | credits: cn.chinagate.cn Nigerians resident in South Africa have been directed by the Federal Government to remain indoors up until the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country are put under control. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said his administration would restore military cooperation with the United States of America. In an article published by the New York Times in its Tuesday edition, Buhari promised to among other things reformed the military. The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had cancelled the training component […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Being an opinion article by President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, as published in yesterday’s edition of New York Times ABUJA— WHEN Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 200 girls, on the night of April 14, 2014, the people of my country were aghast. Across the world, […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
By Ediri Ejoh FORMER Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West, said that Nigerians should expect sharp drop in petrol price from the current N87 to about N40 per litre, saying, “the president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.” In a telephone interview with Vanguard, the former […]
