From Ganiyu Nasirudeen – About 48 hours after dropping his resignation letter, former House Speaker, Rt. Hon. Umaru Ghali Na’Abba visited All Progressives Congress (APC) head office, in Abuja and declared for the opposition party. Speculations are rife since Sunday that the former Speaker might opt for the APC most especially that his supporters in […]
From Abdul Gafar Bello – Election violence raged Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as the wife of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajia Aisha Buhari and her convoy were attacked by the suspected political thugs. General Buhari’s wife and her team who were in the North Central State for a two – […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Residents of Enugu were Monday night thrown into fear following the news of a heavy explosion, at Amokwe, in Udi council Area of the State. Initially, it was difficult to establish the possible cause of the explosion and the exact location, a development that threw residents of Enugu and their […]
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu, popularly called “Game Changer” and his Deputy, Chief Uche Secondus are currently at loggerhead over $200 Million (Two Hundred Million Dollars) bribe from several aspirants seeking the party’s ticket. Mu’azu, the former Governor of Bauchi State, who took over the helms of affairs of […]
By Obinna Akukwe – Prof Attahiru Jega has proven to be the hero of democratic innovations through the insistence on using card reader as means of authenticating voters in the upcoming 2015 elections, in a nation where satanic madness is raging over the transparent conduct of elections. 1n 1999, Prof Eme Awa was in charge […]
By Ayo Balogun (Lagos), Ignatius Okpara (Enugu) – The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the syndicated demonstration the PDP is sponsoring all over the country to disrupt the forth-coming general election. The party said that the syndicated protests by the Movement for the Emancipation of Soverign State of Biafra, […]
By Ayo Balogun – Lagos – The monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Lagos, Monday suffered a setback as a Federal High Court in the State, ruled that the restriction of movement that goes with the exercise is an infringement on the right of the residents. While delivering his judgment, Justice Mohammed Idris, held that the […]
The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) has condemned in strong terms the barbaric, crude and uncivilized assault on the fundamental and democratic rights of Lagosians by a group named Coalition of Concerned Nigerians (CCN) on Monday in Lagos. The protest was embarked upon by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and […]
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Ibrahim Babatunde Olorogun –Etti has called on the people of South- West to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election. “President Goodluck Jonathan is the best man for the job. He knows the needs of the people and he […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja – Defence headquarters Spokesperson, Gen. Chris Olukolade has confirmed another North Eastern State, Yobe is free of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents. In some tweets Monday, Gen Olukolade confirms: “Adamawa is Free Yobe is Free Borno, is soon to be Freed By our able Military” #NeverAgain Gen. Chris Olukolade @GENOlukolade Another […]
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has told members of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Diobu District, Port Harcourt that no man or woman with cult affiliation will govern Rivers State. He said that Rivers is a state under God’s banner, adding that it will be absolutely impossible […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The High Court of Lagos State presided over by Honourable Justice Akinkugbe I.O. has granted an injunction restraining DAAR COMMUNICATIONS (The owner of AIT) from broadcasting, transmitting or airing a documentary titled “The Lion of Bourdillon” pending the determination of “The Motion on Notice” The application was moved by Chief Wole […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The South east zonal office of the Civil Liberties Organisation CLO, has raised an alarm over what it described as alleged selected justice by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s led federal government, as it concerns the advancement of Biafra activism in the Nigeria. The group noted that while some members of […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – As the clock for the Nigeria’s rescheduled general polls ticks, a non governmental organization,NGO Women Aid Collective, (WACOL), has stressed the need for a peaceful, credible and non violence election across the country, especially in the South east zone. To this end, the NGO weekend, staged a one-day voter Education […]
By Ayo Balogun – Lagos – Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) created scene Monday morning at the 7 – Up end of Lagos – Ibadan Expressway, in Oregun/Alausa area, as they gathered in preparation for anti-Jega protest and pro – rally for the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. OPC members who were believed to […]
*To Boycott Activities Of Political Parties Professional journalists who have taken to online publishing in Nigeria have resolved to boycott the activities of political parties in Nigeria with immediate effect. The online publishers who met in Lagos State on Saturday to review the activities of political parties in relation to advert patronage rose to a […]
A major socio-political group in Delta State, the Delta Integrity Group, has warned against campaign of calumny, which is beginning to surface in the media, on the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. The group, which did not mention any specific story, said in a statement on Monday that it was aware that some persons within […]
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a U.S. diplomat along with pro-democracy activists, journalists and musicians on Sunday following a news conference in the capital Kinshasa, a government spokesman and witnesses said. The event was held by activists from Congo, Senegal and Burkina Faso at a cultural center and was attended by around […]
Women and children are among dozens of people killed in a dawn raid on a village in central Nigeria. Police say 45 people died in the attack by unidentified gunman on Egba village in in Benue state. But local politician Audu Sule told the BBC 81 villagers had been killed by the attackers, who were […]
Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has described mothers as God’s special gift to humanity. He said mothers, by their nature and responsibilities, guide society’s direction either for good or otherwise. He stated this in Port Harcourt as the Anglican World marked Mothering Sunday. Peterside who spoke […]
