President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservative Party of Great Britain on their victory in the country’s general elections. As Prime Minister Cameron and the Conservative Party prepare to form a new British Government backed by the clear majority in Parliament which they won in yesterday’s elections, President Jonathan assured […]
The Debt Management Office, DMO has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that its role in the management of the subsidy regime is purely administrative as “ Physical custody of the funds used for the payment of subsidy claims by oil marketers are, at all material times, kept and domiciled with the Central […]
The chairman of Lee Engineering and Construction Company, Chief Leemon Ikpea, has called on the Nigeria Government to further strengthen the local content law to enable more indigenous companies, especially those in the oil and gas sector, participate in the development of the Nigeria economy. Speaking to a group of senior editors, in Houston, Texas, […]
The killing at the weekend in parts of Plateau state by armed men in military fatigue of over 500 villagers has drawn strong condemnation from a pro-democracy civil society group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA ). Against the backdrop of recent mass killings by suspected armed hoodlums especially in the North Central region […]
The Ijaw professionals in Diaspora, a socio-cultural group dedicated to preservation of Ijaw interest worldwide has cried out against what it calls a conspiracy to destroy the ijaw cause through pulling down it leaders following the loss of the Presidency by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Group rose from an extraordinary congress at Atlanta Georgia last […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Alhaji Sanusi, a lawyer, from Kano State takes over from Mallam Habib Abdullahi who has been relieved of his appointment as Managing Director of the NPA. The appointment of the new NPA […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH MR. FIDELIS NWANKWO, ON THE CASES OF ILLNESS AND SUDDEN DEATHS IN TWO COMMUNITIES IN ONDO STATE MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 News of the occurrence of sudden illness and death of people spread in Nigeria and beyond our shores in the week that just ended. […]
Views expressed recently in a press briefing, by Mrs. Eno Udensi, President of a South African-based Non-Governmental Organisation that elections in Rivers State were free and fair, have been dismissed and described as an afterthought from a biased observer. Mrs. Udensi, who, according to media reports, said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserved commendation […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Senator Uche Chukwumerije. Senator Ekweremadu while reacting to the passing away of the ranking Senator who died in Abuja on Sunday, described him as a fearless politician who fought for the interest of the […]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says is to petition the State Election Tribunal to reclaim its mandate which was stolen by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police during the governorship polls of April 11. Rivers APC Chairman, Dr. Davies […]
Ahead of May 29 handing over, the Speaker of Kwara State Assembly and Member-Elect of House of Representatives, Razak Atunwa has called on the president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari to change history and set a new record by involving high number of young people in his government. Atunwa who made this call in a statement signed […]
Press Statement By Bright Istifanus, Deacon Alfred Yehusha, Others If anyone was in doubt that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is deeply involved in the deadly attempt to rig the Taraba re-run polls slated for the 25th of April for his girlfriend Senator Aisha Jummai, his recent utterances must have cleared such doubts. Suddenly, a […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Tuesday assured Nigerians that the noticeable queues at fuel stations in Abuja and its environs would soon disappear. A statement issued by the group general manager of the corporation Ohi Alegbe disclosed that the Corporation has increased fuel truck-out from the Suleja depot to Abuja to ease distribution challenges. […]
The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has mourned the death of renowned environmental campaigner, social crusader and Special Adviser to the President on Research and Documentation, Mr. Oronto Douglas. Mr. Douglas died early Thursday morning after a courageous battle with cancer for about five years. CD, in a statement signed by its National President, Dr. Joe […]
On Sunday, 15th of March 2015, at exactly 7.08am, Mr. Darlington Nwauju A member of the Greater Together Campaign Organisation, received a distress call from one Mr Geoffrey Nwowu, an uncle of his, informing him that the campaign billboard of Dr. Dakuku Akol Peterside, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship candidate in Rivers State, mounted right in […]
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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 […]
*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 […]
The Federal Government has held closed door discussions with relations and relatives of abducted Chibok girls,briefing them about how far the administration has gone in securing their release from captivity. At a meeting on Thursday morning in Maiduguri centering on FG’s commitment to safe return of the girls,representative of President Goodluck Jonathan at the meeting […]
A political earthquake shook Rivers State on Thursday and Friday, prompting the ruling party in the State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to declare the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dead in the State. With relative ease, the campaign train of APC governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, and his running mate, Hon. Honourable Asita […]
