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Latest Politics
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: igbofocus.co.uk PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the February 14 election, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that campaigns should focus on national issues and not on his state of health and dead Nigerian leaders. Buhari’s advice came a day after some members of the Peoples […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Sultan of Sokoto
Monday, January 19th, 2015

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Monday told President Goodluck Jonathan that he might not vote during the next month’s general elections because he had yet to collect his Permanent Voter Card. Jonathan, who was in the Sokoto State in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential campaign, visited the religious leader […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 15th, 2015

• President Goodluck Jonathan sympathising with some wounded soldiers during his visit to the 7 Division Medical Service and Hospital, Maiduguri… on Thursday. | credits: State House President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid a surprise visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, one of the three North-Eastern states worst hit by Boko Haram insurgency. Jonathan embarked on […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

President wants loser party accommodated in govt …Annan, Anyaoku task FG on polls FROM IKENNA EMEWU AND IHEANACHO NWOSU, ABUJA History was made yesterday in Abuja, as the presidential candidates for next month’s election and their party leaders committed themselves to a treaty to abide by the rule of safe, fair and non-violent election. […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
he Amnesty International on Wednesday released the satellite images of last week’s attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by the Boko Haram sect. Based on its promise to investigate the scale of the attacks, the AI had commissioned and got the satellite data of the area from the commercial provider, DigitalGlobe, following […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said his administration will do everything to free Nigeria from the cycle of corruption, unemployment and insecurity. Buhari said this on Wednesday during the presidential campaign of the APC held at the Osogbo City Stadium. The rally which was billed to […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, January 12th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan took his campaign to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday where he described some former National Democratic Coalition leaders in the South-West as hypocrites. The President, who arrived at the Mapo Hall venue of the campaign at 12.50pm after paying homage to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana, had in […]
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Ekiti, Lagos, Latest Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, State News
Friday, January 9th, 2015
By Clifford Ndujihe & Dapo Akinrefon With states like Ekiti (E), Lagos (L), Ogun (O), Ondo (O), Osun (O) and Oyo (O), the six South-West states can also be described as ELOOOO states. The word elo in Yoruba, the indigenous language of South-westerners, means how much. The issue of elo or how much will play […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Friday, January 9th, 2015
By Emma Amaize & Jimitota Onoyume The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, may have been hit by a crisis, following the purported endorsement of General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the presidential election, as a former leader of the group, ‘Gen’ Reuben Wilson, has called on […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Friday, January 9th, 2015
By Ben AgandeAbuja —President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, dismissed the alleged endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, saying no person who means well for the country should be excited by the endorsement of a terrorist organisation.Buhari and […]