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First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan
Friday, March 20th, 2015
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 […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
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 […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
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 […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
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 […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
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, […]
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Election 2015, Elections, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
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 […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, National Politics, South-West, Top Stories
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
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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Latest Politics
Friday, March 13th, 2015
-Punch A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government. Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that having refused […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd.) | credits: www.informationng.com President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd.) as the Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, five days after the former Chief of Army Staff delivered the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 78th birthday lecture. The President has named Mr. […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
L-R: Governors Sule Lamido, Jigawa State; Babangida Aliyu, Niger; Godswill Akpabio, Akwa Ibom/Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum; Jonah Jang, Plateau; and Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, during the PDP Governors’ Forum interactive session with the media and Civil Society Organisations, in Lagos…on Tuesday. | credits: Saheed Olugbon The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use […]
