The Peoples Club of Nigeria yesterday said it has concluded plans to hire a Professor of Medicine to be at its headquarters in Onitsha to attend to people at no cost within six months. The medical doctor will be rendering free health services to the indigent persons in the society from 8 am to 4…
The former senator who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district at the National Assembly and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),in Kaduna state, Senator Mohammed Mukhtar Aruwa has declared that he would have staged a coup ahead of 2015 elections tension if still in the military. Speaking with journalists in his farm along Abuja- Express Way,…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has appointed Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State as its national leader and Chairman, Board of Trustees.
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday vowed to sue the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika and six others to the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) in the Hague over their alleged role in last year’s violence in Bama, and Giwa Barracks all in Borno State while battling members of…
The hope of better life for Nigerians after long era of terrible military rule, which culminated eventually into democracy in 1999, seemed dashed with emergence of profligate politicians and flamboyant public office holders who have only succeeded in pauperising the citizenry and deepening poverty in the country amidst stupendous national wealth.With the coming of democratic…
Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought led by eminent constitutional lawyer, Prof Ben Nwabueze, rose from a meeting in Enugu yesterday re-affirming their position that representation to the proposed national conference be based on ethnic nationalities. The leaders expressed happiness that their position, which is contrary to the recommendations of the Senator Femi Okurounmu-led Presidential Advisory…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Chief Victor Umeh of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to stop
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in the early hours of Wednesday attacked Borno state town of Banki, killing a policemen and injured others. They also invaded private houses killing unspecified number of people before escaping. Borno State Commissioner of Police Lawal Tanko confirmed the attack. “I confirm there was an attack on Banki…
Six names are on the cards as the battle to succeed Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who quit as Peoples democratic Party (PDP) chairman yesterday , hots up. The President’s men, it was gathered last night, are tinkering with the list, to pick the most ‘politically’ eligible of the lot. They are the Minister of Transport, Senator…
Indications emerged, yesterday, why President Goodluck Jonathan sacked the service chiefs and appointed new ones.