Disturbed by the continued incarceration of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer (CSO)to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, youth groups in the North that met under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum(AYF), at the weekend, appealed to former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, to clarify the issues raised by […]
Complete title of this article is – Jonathan, Now That You Have a Shoe, Where are You Going? By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – August 7, 2011 – This is a second instalment of an essay I wrote some weeks back…in that admonishment, I had asked that President Jonathan should start walking with or […]
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, according to an Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, offered money to the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leaders who visited him just immediately after the demise of General Sani Abacha, the maximum dictator, to whom Major al-Mustapha was the chief security officer, CSO. But the offer was politely turned […]
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has condemned the idea of a constitution amendment that would guarantee a six-year single tenure for a president and governors. He said the idea was brought up in bad faith to “heat up the polity for no reason other than somebody is trying to be clever by half.” He […]
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamsat Al-Mustapha, yesterday has stirred the hornet’s nest by mentioning names of two leading Yoruba leaders who are already late as beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s largesse to scuttle the June 12, 1993 presidential poll struggle. He mentioned Senator Abraham Adesanya, the leader […]
Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has slammed state governors for foot-dragging on the payment of the N18,00 national minimum wage despite participating in the processes leading to the agreement. Gen. Buhari said the governors’ action was fraudulent. Speaking through his spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, Buhari said “given […]
Immediate past special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserves commendation and not condemnation over his proposed constitution amendment bill to allow governors and president to serve a single term of six years. Speaking with journalists, in Abuja yesterday, Niboro said the proposal is […]
AT two separate fora yesterday in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said he had no intention to stay in the Presidential Villa beyond May 29, 2015. Jonathan point blank, said insinuations that his single term proposal was to further his grip on power were misplaced. He told Nigerians flying the kite to desist from it. At the […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s warning on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning is sheer hypocrisy, his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar has said. The former vice president was responding to reports credited to Obasanjo in national dailies yesterday, that the party should go back to its zoning arrangement. He suggested that House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. […]
President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to send a bill to the National Assembly for a single six-year term for President and governors was yesterday criticized by opposition parties. In unison, they argued that the plan is deceptive, fraudulent and an attempt at tenure elongation by Jonathan. The President had said that he will not benefit from […]
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