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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has attributed the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West during the last general elections to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ladoja, who was a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, apportioned the blame in a post-election press […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Newly re-elected Governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu yesterday asserted that Nigeria had become so politically sophisticated that sectional leaders and religious bigots would not ascend to the presidency of the country. According to him, any politician aspiring to the position of president of Nigeria must be one who has been able to […]
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Cross River, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ugbe, speaks with MUDIAGA AFFE on the conduct of the April 16 presidential election in the state and the tenure elongation ruling by the Court of Appeal, among other issues. Excerpt: The presidential election witnessed an impressive turnout in Cross River State although critics said it was […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that the 2015 general elections would be improved upon so as to avert a repeat of the crisis that followed the 2011 presidential poll in which lives were lost. Dr. Jonathan in an interview with newsmen shortly after casting his vote at his Otazi play ground polling unit, Otuoke in […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
HE Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said Tuesday that it has no plans to sanction former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, ex- minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma for anti-party activities. In a statement signed Tuesday by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, the party was also not anticipating same for […]
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Articles, Cliff I. Edogun, PhD, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
By Dr. Cliff I Edogun, NNP, April 26, 2011 The Electoral Realignment The first concrete reality coming out of the presidential poll of April 16 is the emergence of a new electoral realignment that may have conclusively dislodged the previous status quo political network for good. For what many have long considered a natural coalition, […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has appealed to the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to toe the path of honour by intervening in the post-election violence in some parts of the North by appealing to rampaging youths in the affected areas to sheathe their swords. […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, April 25th, 2011
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to arrest him if he can. Buhari spoke against the backdrop of the call by the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, that the CPC candidate be arrested over the recent […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
ABUJA- PRESIDENT Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said, weekend, that in the aftermath of the presidential elections, he is now focusing on building the nation, even as he, in his Easter message, urged all Nigerians to renounce violence and unite in the interest of peace and development of the country. President Jonathan who spoke when a delegation […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, P, Presidency
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo – NNP – April 23, 2011 – Clearly, the people have spoken and Dr. Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan has emerged as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This marks the first time a southerner of Ijaw extraction has been voted into the office of the presidency. While this victory is commendable […]
