Dr. Doyin Okupe The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has rejected criticisms saying that he committed an act of blasphemy by comparing his principal with Jesus Christ. Okupe, who visited the Corporate Headquarters of PUNCH Nigeria Limited on Thursday, said that Christ Himself advised His […]
Speaker, LAHA, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji | credits: File copy The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has said the choice of Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as representatives of the All Progressives Congress in the coming 2015 Presidential Election will change the country for the better if elected. In a […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday cautioned labour unions against punishing Nigerians with “unnecessary industrial actions.” Specifically, the President wondered why the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers would embark on a nationwide strike over issues involving an oil worker and his employer. […]
After more than 48 hours of consultations, the All Progressives Congress appears to have reached a decision on the choice of the running mate for the party’s presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd). However, the party’s leadership is keeping the identity of the preferred candidate under wraps. But the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, […]
BY KAYODE OJO Whatever the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been doing in the past ten years, let those who know the woman encourage her to keep doing them. Or how else can anybody explain her meteoric rise in the political waters like ours where dangerous male sharks swim […]
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh The face-off between Nigeria and the United States over the commitment and sincerity of the US military in assisting Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency worsened within the week. This followed an allegation by a top Nigerian intelligence source that US trainers incited Nigerian soldiers […]
Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Barely a day after the emergence of former head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Governor, Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi, has described him as the change that Nigeria urgently needs in order to move forward. Amaechi, who took to his […]
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) | credits: nairaland.com The All Progressives Congress is considering the list of three nominees by its presidential candidate for the 2015 elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The party is to select one of the three names as the running mate of the general. A high ranking member of the party, […]
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: File copy Experts have expressed worry about mounting challenges in the oil and gas sector now being aggravated by the falling global oil prices. They stressed the need to address issues such as poor state of the refineries, dwindling oil and gas reserves, rising cases of […]
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar The two main political parties in Nigeria on Wednesday ended the race to pick their presidential candidates for the February 2015 election. For the Peoples Democratic Party, its special convention and primary at the Eagle Square in Abuja were considered as a mere formality […]
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