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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
ABUJA—Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government panel on the 2011 Elections Violence and Civil Disturbances submitted its report and a section of the media alleged that former head of state and Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was indicted for making provocative utterances that instigated the violence, Chairman […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
In what appears to be subtle indictment of the Congress for Political Change (CPC), presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), for the post 2011 elections that erupted in some parts of the country, the Federal Government investigation panel on the 2011 Election Violence and Civil Disturbances, during it’s presentation of final report to President Goodluck […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, United Nations
Monday, October 10th, 2011
By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, October 10, 2011 – President Jonathan optimistic address to the United Nations Assembly can be a powerful message of positive re-branding and assurance to the world community. This is not the first time that President Jonathan has addressed United Nations General Assembly. But his recent outing at the at the 66th […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday denied claims that his administration marked the nation’s 51st independence anniversary inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, quoted the president as making the clarification in Kigali, Rwanda, during a joint press conference with his Rwandan host, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has denied writing President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the executive secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and four other directors of the agency. Obasanjo, who drove into the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday morning to board a private jet to an undisclosed destination, also […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
WE have seen all of this before: an election, followed by a challenge of the result in the court of law. We have seen all of this before: a legal process that runs all the way up to the Supreme Court, ending in a predictable result. We have seen all of this before: that legal […]
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Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83)
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
SECOND Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, yesterday, said Nigeria has reason to celebrate her 51st Independence anniversary. Shagari said that having overcome several challenges in the past, Nigeria has the capacity to tackle current and future challenges. He told journalists, shortly after attending the special presidential change of guard at the Presidential Villa, that he […]
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Headlines, Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Presidency
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
LAGOS—MIRRED in socio-economic and development cesspool and engulfed by recurring ethno-religious crisis and insecurity, some eminent Nigerians and groups, yesterday, said the country was yet to realise the visions of her founding fathers, 51 years after independence. Professor Uche Azikiwe, former dean, Faculty of Education,University of Nigeria, Nsukka and widow of the late first President […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to open his defence today at the presidential election tribunal in the petition brought by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), which challenged his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the April 16 presidential election. This is after the electoral body had closed its […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to fix public institutions, adding that strengthening the frameworks was the solution to the long years of rot and corruption that had characterised the Nigerian state. He assured that his administration would begin the process of restructuring and building institutions that would create the enabling environment for the nation’s diversification […]
