MORE issues are being thrown up over the proposed national conference by administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. KUNLE ODEREMI and DARE ADEKANMBI write on a number of them. AT the formative stage of its existence, The Patriots, comprising a number of eminent senior citizens proposed a bill for an Act of Parliament to facilitate the […]
Augusta Douglas-Ayam The family of Senior Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas, has intensified negotiations with kidnappers of their sister, Augusta Douglas-Ayam. Sources close to the family told PUNCH Metro that Augusta’s husband, Mr. Azibayam Apaga, had pleaded with the kidnappers to reduce the N10m ransom placed on […]
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have killed 19 people in Borno State on Sunday. AFP reported that the insurgents who were dressed in military uniforms and wielding AK 47 assault rifles killed the 19 motorists by blocking the highway near Logumani which is 19 kilometres from the nation’s border with Cameroun. It […]
-Punch The Presidency on Thursday hailed the latest rating of the Nigerian economy by the global rating agency, Fitch, which acknowledged the reforms being undertaken by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in the power and agricultural sectors as well as growing investors’ confidence in the economy. The agency had on Wednesday assigned a stable […]
-Punch President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered all government agencies requiring identity verification or involved in data capturing activities by switching over to the National Identity Management Commission infrastructure by December 31, 2014. He also gave the NIMC till the same date to ensure that all eligible persons as provided for in Section 16 […]
-Punch The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it would not compel any of its members to remain within its fold. It said while it would prefer to dialogue with the aggrieved members to resolve any outstanding issues, it recognised that there was no compulsion in political party membership. The party was reacting […]
Most Nigerians in the United States have lived here for an average of 25 years and are at an average age of 56. Those individuals who have been here for 25 years or more are now eager to go back to Nigeria to spend their final years. But the dream of going back to live […]
From AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja Today, Nigeria will be slugging it out with countries from other regional bodies in the much-awaited election into the Non-Permanent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat. Other regional blocks that are also contesting are: the Asia-Pacific Group, with 53 countries; Eastern European Group, with 23 countries; Latin America and Caribbean Group, […]
Requests probe of amnesty office A few days after former militants revolted in Niger Delta by barricading the East-West Road, an ex-freedom fighter and Niger Delta activist, Sobomabo Jackrich, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to investigate the activities of the amnesty office. Also, he called for the removal of the head of the amnesty office. While […]
Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: news.naij.com The All Progressives Congress has said the decision of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to receive a honorary doctorate degree from a South Korean university while Nigerian universities have been shut for months was the height of insensitivity. This was contained in a statement signed by […]
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