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Our lives are in danger-Nigerians in I/Coast

Posted by admin National Politics, Presidency Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

AS the political standstill lingers in Ivory Coast, a group of Nigerians living in the country have enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan to exercise caution on his level of interference so as not to jeopardise their lives and property in the country. The group, in statement in Abuja and signed by its spokesperson and legal adviser, […]

PDP Disagrees with Jonathan over Govs Automatic Tickets

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Less than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan in Enugu made statements to the effect that all PDP governors who are eligible to seek re-election will automatically fly the flag of the party in the 2011 polls, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja yesterday issued a rebuttal and advised other governorship aspirants “to disregard […]

75 Senators Endorse Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Barely 48 hours after 20 governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) endorsed the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan for the January 13, 2011 presidential primaries of the party, about 75 of the party’s 85 senators are believed to have also indicated their readiness to support the president’s aspiration. Senate sources told […]

IBB Flays Presidency over Treason Accusation

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Former Military Presi-dent, Ibrahim Babangida, has chided the presidency for describing the statement he made in a political forum recently in Abuja as treasonable and said that whatever he said was within the context of the events in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Fielding questions from newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday, […]

Pro-Jonathan group launches South East chapters

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Sunday, December 19th, 2010

A Pro-Goodluck Jonathan group, Grand Rainbow Initiative (GRI), yesterday established its presence in the South East zone, when it launched a zonal office in Enugu. The group, which started as a University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association seven years ago, is poised to promote merit above sentimental agitation through support for credible, dynamic and visionary […]

Don’t set Nigeria on fire –Arewa youth warns

Posted by admin National Politics, Presidency Sunday, December 19th, 2010

The Arewa Youths Forum, AYF has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to call both President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to order before they both set the country on fire. In a statement signed by the National President, Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, the group noted with dismay the recent “counter and counteracting […]

Jonathan Confident About Primaries

Posted by admin Presidency, Top Stories, Uncategorized Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Feelers from the inner caucus of the President Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation indicate that he is confident of picking the sole presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A confidant of the number one citizen, who spoke to Sunday Sun yesterday in a telephone interview, expressed confidence that regardless of the permutations being read […]

Jonathan in endorsement spree

Posted by admin Presidency Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Of the 94 PDP senators in the upper chambre of the National Assembly, Sunday Vanguard learnt that no fewer than 75 had pledged to support the president in his bid to clinch the presidential ticket of their party. By the constitution of the PDP, senators, members of the House of Representatives as well as governors […]