Labaran Maku The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said all the 11 power plants being constructed by the Federal Government will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2014. Maku stated this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists after the Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa […]
The former Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir (Source: www.latestnaija.com) | credits: www.latestnaija.com The frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and five northern governors on Monday claimed its victim as the President ordered the sack of the Minister of Youth Affairs, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir. Our correspondents learnt that the minister was sacked, among […]
Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi BARRING any last change of mind, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to him will be stopped from attending the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party slated for August 31, 2013. The Minister of State for […]
Col. Tony Nyiam In this interview, Col. Tony Nyiam, who was part of the failed attempt to oust the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s military government in 1990, tells WAHEED BAKARE and ALLWELL OKPI, how the Orkar coup originated and its relevance to Nigerian politics You said what has come to be known as the Orkar […]
Establishes new formation in Adamawa From DAVID MOLOMO, Yola The battle to liberate communities in parts of the North-East from the hands of insurgents that have terrorised the people for years is being won by the security forces, so says the Nigerian Army. In Adamawa State, the army is establishing a new formation in an […]
Barely three weeks after climbing to the $47bn mark, the nation’s external reserves have dropped to the $46bn threshold again, according to the latest data on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s website. The foreign reserves had dropped by $1.8bn within the space of three months, from the peak of $48.85bn on May 2 to $46.98bn […]
Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has insisted that the National Assembly gulped approximately N1tn in the last eight years. She has, therfore, challenged the lawmakers to a public hearing to defend her claims. In a statement on Wednesday, she defended her submissions at the Civil Society Roundtable hosted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy […]
MAJOR-General Lawrence Onoja is a former military governor of Plateau and Katsina States and was Principal Staff Officer to Gen. Sanni Abacha. He is presently president of the Alumni Association of the National Institute and chairman, Strategic Mobilization Committee of the Arewa Consultative Forum(ACF). In this interview, he speaks on issues concerning the 2015 presidential […]
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 15/08/2013 United States President, Barack Obama, and his Nigerian counterpart, Goodluck Jonathan, are expected to meet soon to discuss matters of mutual interest to both countries. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, who met with Jonathan at the State House yesterday, disclosed the likelihood of […]
There is confusion in high security circles over the reported killing of the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, by operatives of the Joint Task Force in Borno State. The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, said in a statement on Monday that the Boko Haram leader died of gunshot […]
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