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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), | credits: File copy A former Head of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Thursday, gave the Peoples Democratic a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to him or face legal action for linking him with Boko Haram. Buhari, in a statement, demanded that the party retracts its […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, April 6th, 2014
Prominent Christians in the country’s biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, are threatening to quit the party over an alleged plan to field a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket. There has been speculation in recent times that power brokers in the party have concluded plans to present a Muslim/Muslim ticket for the 2015 presidential election. But Sunday […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 30th, 2014
Jacob Oyewale, Abuja 18 suspected Boko haram memebrs were killed earlier today in jail break attempt at the State Security Service headquarter in Abuja. African Examiner gathered that one suspected terrorist in custody of SSS over powered the operative who was in the cell to feed him this morning. Source within SSS who pleaded anonymity […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Friday, March 28th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has called for the prosecution of the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro over the circumstances that led to the death of 16 people during the March 15 ill-fated recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Immigration Service. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 28th, 2014
Unknown to most Nigerians, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has another wife, aside from the First Lady, Dame Patience Ibifaka (née Oba). The existence of his second wife, Mrs. Lott Jonathan, popularly called Mrs. Lott J, is one major aspect of GEJ’s family life, which is consciously being kept out of the awareness of most Nigerians. […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, National Politics, Senate
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Senate President David Mark yesterday reiterated the resolve of the Federal Government towards ending insurgency in the country and insisted that capital punishment is the antidote to the menace. Addressing the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN), who besieged his office to register their protest against the insurgency […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, March 24th, 2014
The House of Representatives gave indications on Sunday that it would engage the services of an aviation expert to assist in the investigation into the alleged N10bn expenditure on a private jet by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The chartered aircraft is said to be maintained on a bill of 500,000 Euros […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy THE United States government’s recent report on the role of the government in the proliferation of corruption in Nigeria offers a fresh and undeniable insight into why graft is so deeply entrenched in the Nigerian system. If the government that should stamp out corruption is now actively protecting […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
The Presidency and the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday denied a report by an online news portal, Saharareporter, that the new Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau, had resigned his appointment. The online journal had reported that Gusau was miffed by what a Presidency source described as “insurbordination” by some military chiefs on his person […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
ABUJA (AFP) – Nigeria on Thursday protested the “merciless beating” of one its nationals by South African police and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. Amateur video footage of two armed uniformed policemen and private guards punching and kicking a man on a Cape Town street went viral last week. The alleged victim has been […]
