From Ayo Balogun, Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has again reassured Nigerians and the international community that the Nigerian ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) parade members capable of delivering free, fair and credible and violence – free elections as well as sent pleas to the aggrieved members, asking them not to dump the party. The […]
African Examiner – Abia State Governor, Chief Thoedore Orji, has presented a budget estimate of N102.4 to the state House of Assembly for the 2015 fiscal year. The figure represents a 12% decrease from the 2014 budget outlay of N115.3 billion. Delivering the budget he termed “Valedictory Budget” on the floor of the House, Governor […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has endorsed and fully support the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress ( APC ), General Mohammadu Buhari. MEND in a statement signed by its spokesperson Jomo Gbomo on Tuesday said its decision stems from the pathetic state in which […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Barely five weeks to the 2015 general elections, traditional and Political leaders in Plateau State have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over non-issuance of the Permanent Voters Card to the electorates. The Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Buba Gyang ; Ponzhi Taroh, General Domkat Bali (rtd); Speaker of Plateau State […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt – The Rivers state police command has confirmed Tuesday’s attack on travelling supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC.) The victims were on their way to Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, to attend the flag-off of the party’s presidential campaign. Police public Relations officer, PPRO in the state, Muhammad […]
The Bayelsa State Government has described as a deliberate propagation of falsehood and the handiwork of mischief-makers, reports in some sections of the Nigerian media attributing the recent minor cabinet shake up in the State to rifts between Governor Seriake Dickson, President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan. Contrary to the reports, a […]
Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is wearing a new look for today’s commencement of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign. The event is scheduled for the 40,000-capacity Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near the Port Harcourt International Airport. The rally, fixed for 9 a.m., will be transmitted live on major […]
By Colins Amadi, Yenagoa – Bayelsa state governor Seriake Dickson has fired the commissioner for Local Government Administration, Mrs. Marie Ebikake and redeployed her counterpart in the Ministry of Information and Orientation, Deacon Markson Fefegha. Also relieved of her position is the Governor’s Special Adviser on Federal Projects, Chief (Mrs.) Remi Kuku. A statement issued […]
A US based Diaspora group, Nigeria Moral Democratic Awareness Council (NMDAC) has appealed to the Federal Government not to throw the report of last year’s Nigeria National Conference into the dustbin like other previous reports. The group at its end of year meeting held at Marriot Hotel in Washington D.C suburb on December 30, 2014 […]
By LAOLU AKANDE, Empowered Newswire, New York – Our dear nation is not going to get a Messiah who will come and make all things perfect. The one and only Messiah there is has come already and is coming again. (Now that is another line of my profession.) What we can get however are dedicated mortals […]
Ayo Balogun, Abuja – A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one time Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana has defended that the sum of N21.8 Billion generated at President Goodluck Jonathan campaign fund raising was meant for that purpose as well as to execute some capital projects belonging to the party. Prof. […]
From Funmilayo Omidiji – Abeokuta – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again blasted President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of wasteful spending and mismanagement of the country’s economy in the last six years. While receiving the South West Women Leaders Monday in his home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Obasanjo explained that he left in […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has issued a 21-day ultimatum as deadline to the state government to pay doctors, under its employment the August and September 2014 salaries. The ultimatum was given in a statement issued by the State’s NMA Chairman, Dr Tope Ojo. He […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja – The Nigerian political office holders have been warned not to deploy public property in their electioneering campaigns as well as make a clear demarcation between the their political parties and government activities. Similarly, politicians have been cautioned to desist from using inflammatory statements while the ongoing campaigns last. The Chief […]
Audu Limun, Bauchi – Tragedy has occurred in Bauchi state as 13 passengers killed in an auto crash while 4 others injured along Bauchi-Jos road, Narbodo village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. It was gathered that the accident occurred as a result of carelessness on the part of a motorcycle rider who […]
From Collins Amadi – Port Harcourt Some traditional rulers in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, have pledged their support for the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside. The monarchs under the umbrella of Ikwerre Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers in Isiokpo, declared that Dr. Peterside was the sole governorship candidate of […]
The Federal Ministry of Power has repeatedly moved to reconnect Maiduguri to national grid but insurgency and sabotage have so far delayed the realisation of that goal,the Minister of State Power,Hon Mohammed Wakil has disclosed. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Olawale Rasheed, the minister said “the last seven months when the power […]
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari says religion must never be used as an excuse to divide Nigerians, oppress others or gain unfair advantage. Buhari spoke at the New Year Thanksgiving Service organised by the Lagos State Government on Sunday at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, saying he […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – For the second time, the apex Igbo socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Saturday rejected a motion to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan, as the consensus candidate of southeast for the February presidential election. Even when the endorsement of Jonathan was not part of the agenda for the meeting, a chieftain […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau An academia and human right activist, Professor Ishaq Lakin Akintola, has attributed persistent social, economic and political misfortunes of Nigeria to unbridled love for materialism and widespread corruption. The Director of a non Governmental organization (NGO) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), made the lamentation Sunday at […]
