By Daniel Gumm WARRI—THE National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has warned that it “will be more disastrous to postpone the February 2015 polls,” than to go ahead with same, calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to redouble its efforts in the distribution of permanent voter cards, PVCs, especially in the coastal communities. […]
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said he would take practical steps to strengthen Nigeria’s economy if elected. Buhari made the pledge during a meeting with members of the Organised Private Sector at the Lagos State Government House, Marina, in Lagos. Reports showed that the […]
I read some of the responses to my article, “Buhari vs Jonathan: Beyond the Election”, and I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. I am glad that the debate has finally taken off. I have decided, for the record, to re-enter the debate if only to set some records straight and […]
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, took his campaigns to Lagos on Friday amid pomp. Buhari, as part of his campaigns, paid a courtesy call on the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, and also addressed a mammoth crowd of supporters at a rally held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, […]
Czech arms dealer Excalibur Group will sell weapons to Nigeria’s government forces for fighting with the militant group Boko Haram, local media reported on Friday. Excalibur Group’s spokesman Andrej Cirtek confirmed the weapons include modernised Soviet-made tanks T-72 M1 and 16 other vehicles, armoured infantry fighting vehicles BVP and rocket launchers and the destination for […]
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the stalled trial of a former Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borishade and others for alleged forgery and corrupt enrichment. The trial had been stalled before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, by an interlocutory appeal which had been fought up to the apex […]
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole | credits: File copy The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of duping Nigerians by selling kerosene N150 per litre instead of N50. Oshiomhole, who said this while receiving defectors from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress in Benin, the […]
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that the state would give him 1.1 million votes in the February 14 poll. Imoke made the promise on Friday during the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally in Calabar. Imoke, who is the South-South Coordinator of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, said the state […]
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro The Federal Government officially reacted on Thursday to the war threat by ex- Niger Delta militants, saying it was reprehensible. The condemnation came barely a day after a former Minister of Defence, Lt.Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, called for their arrest and seven days after the ex-militants made the threat at […]
Chadian soldiers have smoked out the Boko Haram insurgents out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a top security source said. One of our correspondents gathered on Thursday that the recapture of the town, which lies near the borders of Chad and Niger, followed two days of fighting between the insurgents and the soldiers. Both […]
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