By Muhammad Bello President Goodluck Jonathan Monday evening departed Abuja for Nairobi where he will join other African leaders Tuesday at the inauguration of Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s fourth President. President Jonathan was accompanied to Mr. Kenyatta’s swearing-in ceremony at the Kasarani Sports Complex in Nairobi by the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji […]
Cracks in Presidency over amnesty for Boko Haram Posted by: Yusuf Alli on April 8, 2013 in Featured, News 13 Comments Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s disposition to amnesty for Boko Haram, not all members of his cabinet believe in the option, it was learnt yesterday. Also, it was learnt that the Attorney-General of the Federation […]
President Goodluck Jonathan had a good dose of the epileptic state of the nation’s power supply as his Easter message during a service at Our Saviour’s Church (Anglican Communion), Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, was punctuated by an outage on Sunday. Power supply to the church auditorium went off about six minutes into the President’s speech […]
*Moves to pacify North, meets traditional rulers *Aso Villa ‘hawks’ want his wings clipped *President launches counter offensive, woos S/West elders *Anenih on fence-mending with govs By Jide Ajani Fresh facts emerged, at the weekend, that former President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo is intensifying his opposition to the 2015 re-election aspiration of incumbent President […]
The Presidency on Monday hit back at the proponents of amnesty for the Boko Haram sect, saying they were politicising the issue. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, made this known in a statement in Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan had, during a visit to Yobe State a few weeks […]
A National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expressed shock at the news of the demise of Prof. Chinua Achebe. He said in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the CPC, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, in Abuja on Friday, that Achebe was a Nigerian writer that effectively […]
By Uche Igwe- A man who has no tincture of philosophy passes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from habitual beliefs of his own age or his nation, from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the cooperation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man, the […]
Multi-Billionaire businessman, Arthur Eze has dismissed the controversy trailing the presidential pardon granted former governor of Bayelsa state, Dipreye Alamieyeseigha and others saying it was God that directed president Jonathan to grant the pardon. Speaking with state House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Chief Eze said criticisms against the pardon was misplaced. “What Jonathan did […]
By TUNDE THOMAS National Coordinator, Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, has declared that nothing will stop President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election for a second term in 2015. Making this declaration amist raging verbal war between those clamouring for President Jonathan’s second term in office and those opposed to it, Adams noted that […]
The Kuwaitis were ured into a shady deal with fraudsters from Nigeria who used Sani Abacha as bait. Three Nigerians, claiming affiliation to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, swindled US$1.375million (N204 million) out of two Kuwaiti businessmen, UK court documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES have shown. The multimillion naira fraud, which occurred between […]
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