President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed regrets over Prof Chinua Achebe’s decision to reject, once again, the conferment on him of the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR). He has, however, said despite the rejection which might have been borne out of misinformation as to the true state of affairs in Nigeria and […]
Former Head of State and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, in last April elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, has declared that he’s not in support of fuel subsidy removal. President Goodluck Jonathan had, on Thursday, while speaking at the 17th Nigerian Economic Summit, in Abuja, commended Buhari for supporting the proposed removal of fuel […]
A former military president, General Ibrahim Baban-gida, is ill and on admission at a German hospital. Babangida, who left the country a few weeks ago for what was reported to be a routine medical check-up, was said to have been indisposed for quite some time now. A source close to the hospital in Germany said the former […]
Obasanjo Share Former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja has attributed the present dilemma of the Peoples Democratic Party to the overbearing influence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He alleged that Obasanjo killed the dreams of the founding fathers of the party as a result of his personal agenda. Ladoja spoke with journalists at […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has extended his felicitations to all Nigerians, especially the Islamic faithful on the occasion of this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebrations. He has also appealed for the continued support and understanding of Nigerians, saying that his administration’s efforts to transform the country may require that they make more sacrifices to build a better nation […]
The Supreme Court yesterday struck out the twin interlocutory appeals filed by President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the decision of the Presidential Election Tribunal, which allowed the filing of the petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Sunday May 8, 2011. […]
MEMBERS of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some members of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation are currently battling the presidency, over the choice of the new special adviser (political) to President Goodluck Jonathan, whose appointment would be announced any moment from now. It was gathered that the initial moves to […]
THE Supreme Court will today decide whether to strike out the appeals filed by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a ruling delivered by the presidential election petitions tribunal on July 14, which held that the petition filed on a Sunday by the Congress for […]
Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro is not new in politics. He was chairman, Lagos Island Local Government, a former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and currently the nation’s High Commissioner to Ghana. In this interview, he speaks on the recent local government election in Lagos, describing the results as shocking. His son, Jide Obanikoro, contested […]
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has dragged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to court over the asset declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan. In a suit (No FHC/ABJ/CS/877/2011) filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on behalf of AFRICMIL by Ashimole Felix of Che Oyintumba Associates, AFRICMIL is seeking an order […]
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