Disturbed by the do-or-die attitude of politicians towards the 2015 general elections and stunted socio-economic and political development, which they attributed to the 1999 Constitution, South-East and South-South Professionals, SESSP, have called for a new constitution before the next general polls. Arguing that the country will continue to witness little or no development with the…
The Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, has rejected the report on the proposed National Conference, recently submitted by the Presidential Advisory Committee
Nigerians have been warned against any action, inaction or comment that could incite the military to again take over the governance in the country. National Coordinator, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, who gave the advice in Lagos, said everyone must support the national conference recently sought by President Goodluck Jonathan. “We in OPC…
Minister of Finance and Supervising Minister of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, said Nigeria’s economy is under threat, following the continuous decline in its Excess Crude Account. Speaking in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Okonjo-Iweala said the depletion of the Excess Crude Account to about $2.5 billion, has made…
THE proposed plan by Professor Ango Abdullahi’s Northern Elders Forum to drag former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, to the International
May 30, 2014: Worldwide demonstration by the Indigenous People of Biafra to commemorate the genocide against Biafrans during Nigeria-Biafra war and the current state-sponsored genocide against Biafrans in the illegal Nigeria The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cordially invite all Biafrans, friends of Biafra and sympathisers to her maiden worldwide demonstration in commemoration of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital sent shivers to the public when it alerted Nigerians of the infiltration of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect into the State. The party, linking the infiltration of the Islamic fundamentalists to the state government, claimed that three truck loads of over 300…
Hundreds of protesters from the four-Ikwerre speaking council areas of Rivers State, on Tuesday, took over the busy Port Harcourt-Aba Road in Port Harcourt, expressing solidarity for the state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu.ADVERTISEMENT They disrupted traffic flow on the road and caused panic in surrounding areas. Following the protest, the Rivers State government…
A former Governor of Kano State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Shekarau,
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, sent two letters to the Senate, seeking its confirmation of 12 ministerial nominees, as well as the consideration and approval of the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and three other service chiefs.ADVERTISEMENT Senate President, David Mark, read out the list of the ministerial nominees, as contained in a letter…