A former Minister of Finance and Agriculture, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, said in Kaduna on Saturday said he lost interest in Nigerian politics because of the insincerity of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on rotational Presidency. He said rather than abiding by the agreement on rotational presidency, the party leadership scuttled it soon as…
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, a political group in Abia state, Abia Forward Movement has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan and Gov. Theodore Orji as its candidates for the presidency and the Abia Central senatorial seat, respectively. The group, which has its membership spread across the 17 council areas of Abia state also adopted Barr.…
YOUTHS of Ijaw have expressed desire for rebirth of fallen heroes of the Niger Delta struggle,
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and a delegate to the National Conference, Chief Victor Umeh, has said that Ndigbo would resist attempts by any section of the country to scuttle the gains made by the National Conference. He spoke against the backdrop of threats by some radical elements from the northern…
Special Forces have been deployed in Gwoza, a Borno State town, where Boko Haram killed scores of residents.
Against the backdrop of concerns being expressed over the alleged capturing of territories in the North East by the Boko Haram terrorists group and the hoisting of their flags in many ‘conquered’ communities, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday vowed that the country will not compromise its sovereignty forgo any inch of its land in the face…
Dr. Junaid Muhammed in a recent interview said the northerners fought and died to create South-South states. Do you agree? I believe that Junaid Muhammed must have been misquoted. If he said northerners fought and died to create South-South states, the statement is not clear. The issue here is that without the South-South, Nigeria would…
Only recently over 200 members of Boko Haram sect were alleged to have moved to one of the nation’s neighbouring countries, Cameroon and kidnapped the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister, Amadou Ali. Few days after the abduction, the Cameroonian Army in a successful operation, rescued the abducted deputy Prime Minister’s wife. The quick rescue…
The days in office by the Accountant-General of Imo State, Mrs Udogu is said to be numbered, following accusation from high quarters in the Governor Rochas Okoroch administration alleging that the woman is not protecting the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on expenditures of the administration, attached to non existing projects and contracts.According to sources…
The trade volume between Nigeria and the United States of America has risen to $36 billion annually, President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed. He made the disclosure in Washington DC late Wednesday at a dinner held in his honour by the United States Chambers of Commerce and the Corporate Council on Africa. President Jonathan, who called…