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Boko Haram, Headlines, Raw Politics
Monday, April 7th, 2014
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Monday in Kaduna raised the alarm that the Nigerian Army was out to wipe out the entire Muslims in the name of fighting terrorism in the land. The JNI insisted that the Nigerian Muslims, especially […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Oil Politics, Presidency, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan The Presidency on Tuesday denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed in Amsterdam that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation wrongly withheld $10bn from the Federation Account. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement, described the reports as “completely false and a total […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi Shareholders of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc have asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, to pay them N10bn as damages over what they described as the fraudulent banking and investment practices […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
GMD, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has put the amount of crude oil stolen in the country in 2013 at 109.5 million barrels. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, in a special keynote address at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said the country […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, January 10th, 2014
Jonathan and Sanusi The controversy surrounding the planned exit of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, deepened on Thursday with the governor insisting that he would not quit the post until his term expired on June 2, 2014. In keeping with his vow, which analysts see as a direct confrontation […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, January 5th, 2014
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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Headlines, Kaduna, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, January 5th, 2014
Six people suspected to be Fulani herds men were reported killed today and an unspecified number of cows stolen in Bungel village, Kajim District in Marwa Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. The Secretary Mobgal Fulbe Development Association, Kaduna State, Ahmad Mairiga Yandeh, said the incident, which also resulted in […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Friday, December 20th, 2013
By Levinus Nwabughiogu Bimbo Daramola is a vocal member of the House of Representatives on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). He represents Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1 in Ekiti State. In this interview with Vanguard, says that former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter raised salient issues that shouldn’t be ignored. Excerpts: Nigerians […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Report reaching us says thirty-seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representative have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said they are joining the APC due to division and factionalisation within the PDP. They claimed that their defection to APC is in obedience to section 68 subsection 1G of […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics
Monday, December 16th, 2013
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has said that those calling for his removal are plotting to make President Goodluck Jonathan vulnerable. He said this based on the increased clamour by the PDP governors for his removal from office. The party […]
