Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, were absent from Tuesday’s National Council of State meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although Amaechi, through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said he could not attend the meeting because he was out of the country, […]
BY CHIMA NWAFO This reaction is intended to correct widespread misinformation about the office of the Senate president in the First Republic and malicious distortion of facts on the January 15, 1966 coup that ushered the military into power. First, it is important to state, in unequivocal terms, that Dr. Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor-Orizu was the […]
THE Presidency has warned the All Progressive Congress (APC) against the acts of war it has declared on Nigerians through its anti-people directives to its members in the National Assembly (NASS) who were elected and swore oaths of allegiance to perform their constitutional duties to their constituencies across the country. The warning came against the […]
Views: 1001 Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has made good his words to personally attend today’s rally in Ogoniland despite fears of a breakdown of law and order and advice against doing so. “We are off to Bori for the rally and His Excellency is going with us,” a source close to […]
By DANIEL ETEGHE Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday, called for the arrest and prosecution of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that he started active corruption in Nigeria’s political circle. Speaking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Dr. Kalu pointed out that he wonders why former President Obasanjo was still walking […]
Mohammed Abacha, son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. | credits: http://www.nairaland.com/ The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the retrial of Mohammed Abacha, son of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. He had sought to stop the Federal Government from trying him for allegedly receiving and concealing stolen funds. The […]
Rivers crisis also on the card From GODWIN TSA, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday set up a five-man probe panel headed by its Chairman, Prof Chidi Anselm Odinkalu to investigate allegations of extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses raised against President Goodluck Jonathan by his political godfather, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Other […]
Ministers in the Federal Government have been panic-stricken since the news broke that President Goodluck Jonathan had concluded plans for a major shake-up in his cabinet, investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH have revealed. It was learnt on Friday that while some ministers would be shown the way out, some others will swap positions. The anxiety among […]
The PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Saturday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s fatherly aura and experience in politics were still required by the party. Tukur said this in reaction to a letter written to him and President Goodluck Jonathan, dated Jan. 7, 2014, by Obasanjo. Obasanjo had, in the letter, raised some issues […]
President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Presidency on Sunday said President Goodluck Jonathan was favourably disposed to mending fences with former President Olusegun. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, made this known on Sunday just as The PUNCH gathered that the feud between Jonathan and Obasanjo […]
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