President Goodluck Jonathan By Ahamefula Ogbu, Seriki Adinoyi and Charles Ajunwa Following the unending bloodletting in Jos, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin, to take over full charge of security matters in Plateau State. With this directive, the military will effectively take control of security in […]
ABUJA— Following the incessant blood letting in Jos, Plateau State which has claimed several lives, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin “to take full charge of the security situation in Plateau State”. This is just as no fewer than eight people, including six policemen were yesterday killed […]
IBADAN – DISSATISFIED with its unchallenged bombing activities in the North, Boko Haram has threatened to extend the reign of terror to southern parts of the country. Leaders of the sect said yesterday that their radar was now on University of Ibadan (UI), University of Benin (UNIBEN) and 18 other universities, which they said they […]
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described the allegations contained in the posting by the whistleblower, WikiLeaks, as “fairy tales and lies.” Specifically, el-Rufai said he neither had a joint ownership of any oil block with Senator Andy Uba nor had seven upscale property in Abuja as alleged by […]
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday described as false and fairy tales, reports by Wikileaks that he influenced the award of contracts worth $50m to the brother of Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. El-Rufai also denied seeking loans to import a taxi, adding that there was no […]
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, has denied reports that she steered contracts worth $50m to her brother in 2004. An online news portal had published a Wikileaks report that ‘Okonjo-Iweala ferried $50m jobs to brother.’ Okonjo-Iweala has however, described the story as a “tales by moonlight” account. […]
Even before the suicide bombing of the United Nations office in Abuja on August 26 that left 23 people dead, the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect, the al-Qaeda and the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat had planned a similar attack on the United States Consulate in Lagos. The plan to attack the US consulate […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has expressed worry over what he described as lack of discipline among federal civil servants. He hinted at the possibility of initiating surprise visits to ministries, as a way of whipping the workers back to line for the smooth operation of government business. The president spoke, on Friday, in Abuja, while swearing in two […]
Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, is still keen on contesting the 2015 presidential election, sources have said. General Babangida lost out to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2011 race when he joined the search for a common Northern candidate under the aegis of the Northern Political Leaders Forum(NPLF) headed by former Minister of Finance, Alhaji […]
Revelation of held secrets have continued to astound Nigerians as whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks.com, has quoted a United States diplomatic cable as saying that former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa (and not the justices), in fact, drafted the judgment which upheld the 2007 presidential election at the Presidential Election […]
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