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Edo, Latest Politics, Presidency, State News, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
-Sun The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole yesterday disclosed to the shock of the crowd gathered for the launch of the ‘Power, Politics and Death’, by the former Special Adviser on Media and Communications to Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, that the late president generously supported his guber race with financial donations. […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Supreme Court, yesterday, fixed December 28 to deliver its judgment on an appeal lodged before it by the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, seeking to sack President Goodluck Jonathan from office. Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who led six other justices of the apex court that presided […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Dec. 12, 2011 – Something is happening imperceptibly to our President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ). Shortly after he assembled a new cabinet following the April 2011 general elections, it seems there has been a gradual but deliberate abandonment of the public persona which GEJ used to good effect […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Vice-President Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday paid a visit to former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, at his Uphill mansion in Minna, Niger State. The number two citizen who arrived IBB’s place at exactly 12:30pm was received by his host after which the duo and a few other confidants entered into a closed-door discussion. Sources […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
By DANIEL IDONOR THE lingering feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice president for eight years, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, reverberated as Atiku chose the occasion of the 1st Shehu Musa Yar’Adua memorial lecture to display his contempt for his former boss as he skipped him (Obasanjo) in his protocol list. The former […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07)
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
A 36-year-old man, who claimed to be a serving “Major” in the Nigerian Army, Mr Jeremiah Garba, has been arraigned before a High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, for stealing letterhead of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The accused was brought before Magistrate K.M Peters of Magistrate Court I, Isabo, Abeokuta, for stealing letterhead from the ex-president’s […]
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General Politics, Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Senate
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
OPPOSITION lawmakers in the Senate on Wednesday asked for sanction to imposed on ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for lapses in the Federal Government’s privatisation exercise in the past 12 years. The Senators argued that sanctions recommended by the senate ad hoc committee that probed the exercise for the former heads of the Bureau […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Niger Delta, Presidency
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the root problem of the former board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) was that of working at cross purposes and not corruption. He made this disclosure at the inauguration of the new board with a charge to the members to steer clear of politics. The President expressed disappointment […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday disclosed that he discussed the possibility of an expression of remorse from the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu “on the Nigerian civil war which in itself was a culmination of actions and reactions.” Obasanjo said this while paying tributes to the late Ikemba Nnewi. He said: “It is with deep sadness […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo lobbied former United States President George Bush to back his third term bid. He also said Obasanjo deliberately imposed a sick President on the country in 2007 in order to punish Nigerians. The former VP said the “imposition” of the late Umaru Yar’Adua was Obasanjo’s […]
