THE Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, has declared that it is erroneous to trace the roots of the Boko Haram insurgency to Borno State, insisting that insurgency was “imported into this state” from one of the four neighbouring states in the North-East sub-region of the country. El-Kanemi, who spoke on Thursday when […]
Truck-loads of rice of different sizes, branded with pictures of the President Goodluck Jonathan, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the March 28 election, have flooded Benue State. It was learnt that the branded bags of rice will be used as a strategy by PDP handlers in the state to woo the electorate to […]
Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has raised the alarm that “illegal, sinister and power-grabbers” are bent on scuttling the country’s current democratic process. The power-grabbers, according to him, are the ones pushing for the imposition of interim government on the country. He said during an interview with SaharaTV, a United States-based […]
Patience Jonathan; Aishat Buhari AISHAT Buhari, wife of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, not to have the fear of going to jail if Buhari emerged winner in the forthcoming March 28 presidential poll. The APC presidential candidate’s wife, who […]
Defeating Boko Haram with mercenaries March 19, 2015 By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu LET me first start, that like all Nigerian patriots, I feel happy that in a few weeks, the Nigerian Army and allies from Chad and Niger, inflicted backbreaking blows on the Boko Haram insurgency. As a result, many communities hitherto occupied by the […]
Aisha Buhari opens up on how Tinubu helped her husband By Gbenga Oke Hajia Aisha Buhari, yesterday, opened up on the sacrificial support of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on her husband’s presidential aspiration, affirming that Tinubu’s support has brought Muhammadu Buhari’s ten-year presidential quest to near actualisation. Aisha spoke as Tinubu declared that President Goodluck Jonathan’s […]
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and seven others who were recently confirmed by the Senate as minister were, Wednesday, assinged portfolios by President Goodluck Jonathan. The President assigned to Mr. Kenneth Kobani (State, Industry, Trade and Investment); Senator Patricia Akwashiki (Information); Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (State, Foreign Affairs II); Prof. Nicholas Ada (State, Foreign Affairs I); Col. Augustine […]
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) The All Progressives Congress has called on the Peoples Democratic Party and the Federal Government to shun any plan to assassinate Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The APC also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by ruling party to discredit Buhari. But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, […]
The Northern Traditional Rulers Council has expressed confidence in the ability of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to lead the electoral body in conducting free, fair and transparent elections ahead of the March 28 and April 11 polls. The northern rulers also said it would neither endorse the Peoples […]
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy The March 28 presidential election has made some traditional rulers in the South-West geopolitical zone millions of naira richer, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Findings show that this change of fortunes was brought about by President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest for the support of the traditional rulers and their subjects […]
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