President Jonathan to Gov Kwankwaso you’re a failure and desperate
In what appears as President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso’s
Sultan advises govt to swap Chibok girls with detainees
Fears of a plan to Islamise Nigeria are unfounded, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III said yesterday.Sultan Abubakar, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to reconsider dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents. His Eminence spoke in Abuja while opening the 7th…
President Jonathan anti-democratic forces working against 2015 polls
President Goodluck Jonathan has said there are some anti-democratic forces working to truncate the 2015 elections. The President spoke yesterday at the All-Political Parties Summit at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The summit was organised by the Office of the Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi. Jonathan urged Nigerians to ensure that such…
National Conference Delegates remove immunity clause for President, govs, other elected officers
IF the decision taken yesterday by delegates at the on-going National Conference sails through, the President of the country, the governors and all elected officers will no longer enjoy immunity, as it was unanimously agreed that the immunity clause be removed from the constitution.Adopting the report of the Hajiya Bola Shagaya-led Committee on Economy, Trade…
No major positions for Ndigbo as APC holds National Convention today
Speculations that the mega opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Police Ordered To Arrest Sanusi, New Emir Of Kano, For “Fraud”
The Nigerian police have been ordered to arrest the newly-crowned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on fraud-related charges stemming from his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to reliable sources at the Presidency in Abuja, the team of policemen at the Emir’s palace in Kano received the order from…
Gov Kwankwaso of Kano my life under threat over Sanusi
Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso said yesterday that his life is under threat. President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible, if anything happens to him and his family, he told reporters in Abuja. He also said the President would be accountable for any breakdown of law and order in Kano State over the choice of…
Kerry leads U.S. delegation to London summit on Boko Haram terrorists
United States (U.S.) Secretary of State John Kerry is leading a U.S. official delegation to the London Ministerial Summit on Boko Haram. The U.S. Department of State said in a statement that the delegation would also attend the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict also to hold in London. The statement said t…
Diezani Alison-Madueke bid for OPEC Sec-Gen suffers setback
Moves by Nigeria to clinch the coveted position of the Secretary General of the Organisation
Jonathan Nominates Alison-Madueke As Secretary-General Of OPEC
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan to become Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), when the tenure of incumbent Abdullah al-Badri of Iraq expires in December 2014. If the move sails through, Alison-Madueke will become the first female Secretary-General of OPEC. Seventy-four-year-old al-Badri…