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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, December 20th, 2013
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Friday criticised the life sentence given to the mastermind of the 2011 Christmas day bombing of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Umar, saying that he should have been sentenced to death. CAN spoke through its General Secretary, Rev Musa Asake. File: Boko Haram: Kabiru Sokoto […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Report reaching us says thirty-seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representative have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said they are joining the APC due to division and factionalisation within the PDP. They claimed that their defection to APC is in obedience to section 68 subsection 1G of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, December 16th, 2013
-via Guardian In the light of the strongly worded letter which found its way into public domain last week, KUNLE ODEREMI and DARE ADEKANMBI look at the penchant of former president Olusegun Obasanjo for writing heads of government to express his anger over issues that either touch him or those close to him. IN the […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Monday, December 16th, 2013
Chief Bode George THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as “unfortunate” that the Supreme Court set aside the court judgment that jailed former chairman of the board of Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Olabode George and five former members. The five directors of the NPA whose sentensing was also quashed are Aminu Dabo, Captain […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, December 13th, 2013
•Voids sections 104, 203 of criminal code From GODWIN TSA, Abuja Former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority [NPA], Chief Ola-bode George and others were yesterday discharged and acquitted by the Supreme Court which quashed their conviction after holding that it was a complete mistrial by the lower courts.Others cleared with the chieftain of the Peoples […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
раскрутка сайтов Former President, General Olusegun Obasanjo, has attacked President Goodluck Jonathan over the state of the nation and the political landscape of the country in an 18-page letter entitled ‘Before it is too late.’ The letter, dated December 2, 2013, which found its way into public domain on Wednesday, raised many issues and tackled […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, December 9th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has said past Nigerian leaders cannot be compared to the late former South African leader, Nelson Mandela, saying it was on record that they ruled repressively during their regimes. He also described Nigerian politicians who threaten, boast and play little gods by virtue of their position as tiny men, a character trait […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The Excess Crude Account, which has dropped to $3.3bn in recent times, may deplete further to $2.5bn as soon as certain payments are made to the oil sector, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Monday. While speaking on the performance of the economy at a breakfast meeting organised by the Nigerian Economic […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
• Fears plot to pass no confidence vote in him Following the envisaged mass defection by federal lawmakers to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as a fallout of last week’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by four governors, the battle for the control of the House of Representatives may have begun.Daily […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and riot policemen on Thursday stopped the leaders of the All Progressives Congress from gaining entrance to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja. The leaders were on a peaceful protest march against the commission’s handling of the November 16 Anambra State governorship […]
