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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Jonathan Orders Cover-up As Rape Scandal Rocks Aso Rock Villa A massive cover-up is underway in the Presidency amid allegations that a personal assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan raped an expatriate staff.A furious President Goodluck Jonathan called an urgent meeting at his official residence in Aso Villa and imposed a code of silence on all […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, South-West
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
By Rotimi Ajayi, Emeka Mamah & DAUD OLATUNJI LAGOS — Less than 24 hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo resigned his position as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the leadership caucus of the party has started brainstorming on who could suitably fit into the shoes of the ex-President. […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Trial of suspects begins today MORE insight into how the Pension Reform Task Team got to the root of the sharp practices came at the weekend as top officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spoke on how their initial findings were strengthened by the work of the panel. They said […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
April 2, 2012 by Agency Reporter As the race for the World Bank presidency gathers momentum, a former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to engage the services of former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, as a “shuttle diplomat” to promote the cause of Nigeria’s candidate, […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
April 2, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba NNPC Towers, Abuja | credits: File copy The nation’s capital, Abuja, is on the alert over the possibility of an attack by the Boko Haram sect on sensitive installations in the city at Easter. A week to the Easter celebration, the Federal […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Monday, April 02, 2012 • Amadu Bello Photo: Sun News Publishing It was Uthman Dan Fodio, a Fulani and great Islamic scholar who described “Conscience” as “an open wound” that could only be healed by “the truth.” Whatever served as the inspiration for this concept could not be anything other than awesome. The fact that […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
The Federal Government has expressed its displeasure with the oil and gas industry’s inability to train 3,000 ex-militants it pledged to facilitate their training in related industry areas. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Kingsley Kuku who expressed government’s disappointment at the weekend, at an investiture ceremony, where he was honoured as […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, March 30th, 2012
March 30, 2012 by Agency Reporter 230 Comments Nigerian Army has arrested no fewer than 65 suspects in Kaduna between Wednesday and Thursday in a renewed onslaught against the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram. While the soldiers arrested 33 suspected sect’s members on Wednesday at the Barnawa Complex of the city, 32 more suspects were picked […]
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Africa & World Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, March 30th, 2012
The House of Representatives, yesterday ordered its Committees on Public Safety and National Security, Foreign Affairs, Interior and the Police Affairs to probe the migration of Nigeriens into Nigeria. The House also urged the Federal Government to, urgently provide aids to border communities and the migrants. Such aid it said, should be in form of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, March 30th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, received letters of credence from the first ever Macedonia ambassador to the country, while expressing the hope of a rewarding relationship between Nigeria and the South-East European nation. He said in an audience with Ambassador Darko Angelov that government appreciated the effort of the Macedonian government in offering scholarship to some […]
