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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012

Igbo must produce President—Kalu, Ezeife, others Power must come back to North— Lawal Kaita Is it a time bomb waiting to explode? Will it strengthen the nation or mar it? Obviously whichever way it is viewed, 2015 is a year with so, much uncertainties just as it is very critical to the future of Nigeria. […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

The members of staff of a firm, Chinese Group of Companies, Ikeja, Lagos, were thrown into confusion on September 9, 2012 after the corpses of two of their colleagues, Odion Imhonbhio and Richard Dada, were found at the bottom of the swimming pool on the premises. PUNCH Metro learnt that Odion and Dada went swimming […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, South-South, Top Stories
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd) | credits: Barely three months after President Goodluck Jonathan fired Gen. Owoye Azazi (retd) as the National Security Adviser, leaders of the South-South geopolitical zone have X-rayed the performance of his successor, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), with some giving a damning verdict, noting that Boko Haram […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Patience Jonathan, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By Soni Daniel, Abuja and Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Perturbed by the continued absence of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, from the country as a result of ill-heath, the Presidency has resorted to prayers to quicken her recovery and return to the country. Dame Jonathan, a serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, her home state, was […]
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American Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, September 9th, 2012

Fresh facts have emerged that Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, paid $5000 to obtain the generic invitation from the Democratic Party campaign office, but claimed he was personally invited to attend by President Barack Obama as leader of Nigeria opposition. Obama, it has been revealed, did not personally extend what has […]
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First Ladies, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
By Clifford Ndujihe, Soni Daniel & Uduma Kalu, with Agency Reports abuja—TO quicken the recovery of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, officials of Horst Schmidt Klinik, the German Hospital where she is receiving medication, yesterday, barred visitors and some top Nigerian officials, who went to see her from, doing so. An official of the […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, SONI DANIEL & HENRY UMORU …We agree with S-West on six regions — Ohanaeze scribe LAGOS—NORTHERN leaders, Sunday, spurned Yoruba leaders’ agitation for regional autonomy and a return to the parliamentary system of government, describing the clamour as a recipe for Nigeria’s disintegration. Yoruba elders under the banner of Yoruba National Assembly, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Thursday, August 30th, 2012

“Appointing a man who forged his academic certificates as Chancellor of a university will further debase the academic integrity of the country’s universities.” This is how the PDP South-West reacted to the appointment of former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chancellor of the Ladoke […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

United States President Barack Obama has declared Nigeria as the world’s next economic success story, stressing that this was one of the major reasons why his government was committed to helping the country build strong democratic institutions and remove constraints to trade and investment through the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Making this declaration at […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

By Clara Nwchukwu & Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS— Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji was, yesterday, relieved of his job following the acceptance of his resignation, with immediate effect, by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. In a two-paragraph statement from Presidential media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, the president thanked “Prof. Nnaji for his services to the nation […]