Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, recently picked the All Progressives Grant Alliance (APGA) ticket for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone. In this interview with Uchenna Awom, she reveals her burning desire to give unrivalled representation to her people if they give her their mandate We will like to find out why you […]
Late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s younger brother, Colonel Abdul’aziz (rtd), on Tuesday, formally joined the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in katsina. Abdul’aziz in company with his elder sister, Hajia Mairo Tafida, and other supporters picked up his party membership card at the Kangiwa ward office of the CPC beside the emir’s palace in the state […]
The National Political Adviser, Support Dr Goodluck/Sambo Project 2011, Mr. Sunday Olaifa, has said that no candidate can stop President Goodluck Jonathan from winning the April election. Not only that, he said Jonathan would defeat the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and his Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) counterpart, Muhammadu […]
Controversial whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, has claimed that aides of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua stuffed his clothes to hide his weight loss during the peak of illness. WikiLeaks, in some United States diplomatic cables it released on Saturday night, also disclosed that makeup was used to cover the signs and symptoms of illness on his […]
THE five South East governors rose from a meeting in Awka yesterday and resolved to give unflinching support to President Goodluck Jonathan in his presidential bid. Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State who is the chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum, Chief Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chief Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, Mr. […]
Some prominent Nigerians have expressed concern over what they described as the overbearing influence of the Nigerian Governors Forum on the Presidency and have advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be wary of them. The Nigerians comprising politicians, lawyers, activists reacted to reports that governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party were […]
NO fewer than 400 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Badagry, Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria. A former PDP chieftain in the council, Mr. Kamarudeen Ajape, who led the defectors, said the internal unity in the ACN attracted many of them. Ajape said, […]
As consultations by politicians of the progressive bent continue across the country ahead of the April general election, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)’s presidential candidate in the poll, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with his Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) counterpart, Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) The meeting, which took place […]
Northern leaders, operating under the auspices of Northern Leaders Political Forum, have given former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the nod to institute legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s presidential ticket. Also, the group has resolved to adopt former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive […]
IF Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has a magic wand, now is the time to press it into service. Reason: Six days into the on-going voters’ registration exercise, some of the problems identified in the process remained unsolved yesterday as prospective voters trooped out en masse nationwide to obtain the voters […]
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