THERE were strong indications yesterday that talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, may have ended in deadlock because some persons were alleged to have hidden the report of the seven-man committee set up after the February 18, 2011 meeting from the President, thereby making it impossible […]
No fewer than 352 candidates will contest the April 16 governorship election in 26 out of the 36 states in the country. A list of the candidates posted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on its websitewww.inecnigeria.org on Sunday, shows Rivers State topping the list with 28 candidates. Delta State came second with 23 […]
Indications that the Peoples Democratic Party is serious to take over Lagos State in the coming elections emerged on Sunday as President Goodluck Jonathan held a crucial meeting with former National Deputy Chairman of the PDP in the South West, Chief Olabode George and some party leaders in the state. Though, details of the […]
THE Police have called on Nigerians to be more vigilant in their daily activities. The warning from the Police followed a threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, asking Nigerians to steer clear of political gatherings in Lagos, Abuja and Niger Delta. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusola Amore, who […]
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday raised fresh alarm over threat to his life, saying he was not afraid to die in the course of achieving democratic freedom for the country, even as Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, assures of more roads in the state. The duo, who spoke at the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, has said that the Jonathan/Sambo ticket has great prospect for integrated youth development. He therefore urged youths to tap into it and make proper use of the opportunity provided. A statement by the speaker’s special adviser (media), Mr. Ebomhiana Musa, quoted him as saying, at the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday adduced reason he did not participate in the presidential debate organised by the NN24, a channel on DSTV. The debate held, in Abuja yesterday. In a statement by the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, signed by Mr. Ide Eguabor, director of media/publicity, the president said that he opted out of the debate because […]
The presidential candidates of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) last night engaged in war of words as they tried to convince Nigerian voters to pick them as the next president […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, at the Northern Economic Summit, lamented that the once rich and glorious Northern Nigeria has fallen far below the Human Development Index, saying something went “grossly wrong.” Also, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, took […]
The age-long mutual suspicion between the northern and southern parts of the country over the nation’s economic resources came to the fore again at the House of Representatives on Thursday, stalling the consideration of the report on the Petroleum Industry Bill. The House boiled as a lawmaker from Zamfara State, Sani Takori, and his […]
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