By Chidi Chima 48 Comments In his inauguration speech as president on May 6, 2010, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan had promised to reform the electoral process, and he went about it by appointing a respected university teacher and activist, Attahiru Jega, a professor of political […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday warned against handing over the reins of government to the military. Obasanjo said the speculation that the government was planning an Interim Government had been substituted by speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan was plotting to hand over to the military. He said that doing so […]
Edo State REC, Mr. Mike Igini Resident Electoral Commissioners have threatened to expose governors and top government officials that offer them gifts, saying their conscience is not for sale. They said their major duty was to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming general elections in the interest of peaceful co-existence of the country. The […]
KEY leaders of Igbo General Assembly resident in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday declared their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in the presidential scheduled to hold next Saturday. President General of the Assembly, Chief Sam Demian Enyama, who led a delegation […]
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy The March 28 presidential election has made some traditional rulers in the South-West geopolitical zone millions of naira richer, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Findings show that this change of fortunes was brought about by President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest for the support of the traditional rulers and their subjects […]
Despite a denial by the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that it did not receive a seven billion Naira bribe from President Goodluck Jonathan, the pastor who broke the story last week insists the association was bribed. President Goodluck Jonathan and Ayo Oritsejafor in Israel in 2013 State House Photo And […]
By Rotimi Fasan JOSEPH MBU is supposedly a trained police officer and goes around with the rank of an Assistant Inspector General, but he behaves like his high office demands. How this man has managed to make it through the police force all these many years without evidence of ever being made to account […]
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: File copy Senators on Tuesday accused the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of destroying the economy by allegedly withholding funds meant for capital projects. The senators, who met behind closed doors for about two hours, were analysing the budget proposals of the various Ministries, Departments and […]
There were indications on Friday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo might have shunned a peace move by the Peoples Democratic Party and President Goodluck Jonathan. Sunday PUNCH reliably gathered that as part of the President’s visit to Ogun State on Friday, Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP had planned to meet with the former […]
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