THE Presidency, yesterday denied allegations by Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) that President Jonathan blamed the North for the spate of bombings across the country. The ACF had on Friday accused the President of linking the North with the series of bomb blasts across the country. Presidential Spokesman, Ima Niboro, said in Abuja that President […]
Reuben Abati, Lagos,Nigeria – Jan 8. 2011 – THE various forces that had resisted Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s emergence as Acting President showed their hands fully with the return of President Umaru Yar’Adua. This included to start with, the protest by the Northern political establishment, prompted obviously by the Yar’Adua cabal, that allowing a Jonathan Acting Presidency […]
It is 120 hours to the PDP presidential primaries and the heat is already descending on Abuja, the venue of the all-important contest. The three contenders that would be on the ballot are President Jonathan Goodluck, former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar and Mrs. Sarah Jibril. This is first time either man will be on […]
Justice Isha Bello of an Abuja High Court yesterday set aside Monday to rule on a suit brought before him to bar President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the presidential election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, Hon. Dubem Onyia and Alhaji Lawal Kaita, all card-carrying members of the PDP who […]
Worried by the spate of violence and killings in the country, the Governor of Niger state, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has tasked Nigerians over their personal security, saying “there is need for everybody to be security conscious.” He also disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan called him on the phone, demanding explanations for the circumstances that led […]
The euphoria of the successful conclusion of the national convention of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has hardly died down when the former publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Dennis Aghanya, went to court seeking to annul the process leading to the election of new national officers of the party. After two days of […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 6, 2011 – The refrain of one of John Lennon’s songs goes: imagine there is no country; and no religion too; nothing to kill for or die for; you may say, I am a dreamer; etc. Yes, of course, he was a dreamer. We can all imagine that […]
AFTER several months of absence from the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday stormed the place with a mission, asking the leadership of the party to either urgently resolve the crisis rocking the South West zone or be prepared to witness exodus of members including himself. Meanwhile, former Vice President, […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has told an Abuja High Court that any attempt to stop him from contesting the 2011 presidential election on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would amount to an infringement on his fundamental rights under the constitution. He made the submission as the court has fixed Monday January 10 […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and some notable leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party were at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday over the crises trailing the ongoing primaries of the party. The other PDP leaders that were at the party’s headquarters in Abuja included governors Sullivan Chime (Enugu) and Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo) as well […]
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