The Presidency on Tuesday responded to criticisms of the list of 2012 national honours awards, saying none of the 149 honourees had been found wanting in any aspect of their lives. The list which has Globacom Chairman, Chief Mike Adenuga, as recipient of the highest honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, was […]
AMIDST clamour for the return of presidency to the North in 2015, there are strong indications that the three zones of the North have split into nine presidential camps, with reports indicating that there is a growing gang-up against the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. Confidential checks across the northern region in the last […]
ABUJA—THE Federal Government has disclosed that construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan road will commence within the next four to six weeks, just as it said Nigerians would begin to experience uninterrupted light by December, 2012 with plans to generate 5,400 mega watts from the current 4,400 mega watts. Speaking with newsmen weekend, the Senior Special […]
Yenagoa – The current administration is determined to secure a brighter future for the Nigerian youths through massive investment in the education sector, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday in Yenagoa. Jonathan, while addressing 550 beneficiaries of the Bayelsa government scholarship, said the federal government would discharge its responsibility of empowering the youths. Jonathan had […]
Three responses from the Presidency in the last one month have painted a picture of irritation, fear and desperation. The first was the response to the demand of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, on President Goodluck Jonathan to convert to Islam or resign as a precondition for their cessation of a reign of terror. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will forward to the Senate the names of two ministerial nominees immediately after the lawmakers resume from their vacation later in the month. There are currently two vacancies in the cabinet following the sacking of Dr. Haliru Bello as the Minister of Defence in June and last Tuesday’s resignation of Prof. Barth […]
Former Petroleum Minister, Prof. Tam David-West, on Wednesday slammed former Military President Ibrahim Babangida for accusing his predecessor, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of corruption, ionigeria.com reports. David-West, alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, also accused Goodluck Jonathan of deceiving Nigerians to justify his “anti-people” policies. They were the guest speakers at the 3rd Year […]
By SONI DANIEL ABUJA— As the controversy over the planned introduction of N5000 note deepens, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmaker, Senator Ita Enang, has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of plotting the fall of President Goodluck Jonathan with the ignoble plan. Many Nigerians have kicked against the move by […]
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Sept. 3, 2012 – Regardless of all the reservations or enthusiasm that a voter might have for his government, we are all bound as citizens to observe that the news that President Goodluck Jonathan has signed a performance contract with his ministers is good news. We are […]
By Henry Umoru ABUJA— Federal Government, yesterday, assured Nigerians and investors that the progress made in the power sector remains irreversible, even with the resignation of Prof. Barth Nnaji as the Minister of Power. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, in Abuja, President […]
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