President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday affirmed that only the Peoples Democratic Party was capable of rescuing Nigeria from its many troubles. Jonathan stated this in Sokoto State during a grand rally and reception organised for a former governor of the state, Attahiru Bafarawa, who defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress, APC, alongside his…
Northern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, has said that the military campaign in the North-East cannot end the Boko Haram campaign. The group said the military campaign can only reclaim territories occupied by the Boko Haram Sect. The National Publicity Secretary, ACF, Anthony Sani, noted that the effort of the military had helped region greatly, as…
‘It is one thing for the President to give a directive, it is another thing for the directive to be communicated down to the various agencies of government’ The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it never received any presidential order to stop subsidy payment on kerosene during the late President Umaru Yar’Adua administration.The acting…
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) yesterday challenged security agencies to put an immediate stop to the spate of killings of innocent Nigerians in the North.Reacting to last Thursday’s killing of 22 persons in Mavo, Wase Local Government of Plateau State, the NSGF said that the present level of insecurity in the North is unacceptable.The…
Worried by the spate of kidnapping in the Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, the youths of the communities are planning a rally to register their displeasure over the development and also sensitise the people of the need to be security conscious. President of the Port Harcourt, Rivers State branch of the Ogwashi- Uku…
Another round of intra party crisis is brewing in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) between supporters of the late Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca and those supporting Governor Peter Obi over the leadership of the party.It would be recalled that at a function in Enugu, a faction of APGA led by Maxi Okwu…
Yesterday was another day of tragedy in Adamawa State as unknown gunmen reportedly killed six persons and razed 39 houses in Masu village in Toungo Local Government Area. An impeccable source from Toungo disclosed that the attackers were suspected mercenaries hired by Fulani herdsmen who had problems with the villagers who are predominantly farmers.“The attackers…
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the state would hold a mini conference before the National Conference, planned by the Federal Government. Okorocha made the announcement in a statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. He said that the mini-confab would enable…
President Goodluck Jonathan said that he prays every day not to hand over Boko Haram insurgency to any future president of Nigeria.Jonathan who stated this yesterday at the commissioning of Wuye Ultra Modern Market in Abuja, humorously said that he had been identified as the luckiest president to have supervised the celebration of the Golden …
A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called for a proper auditing of the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation following allegations by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, that the corporation has failed to account for $20bn oil proceeds.In an interview with one of our correspondents in…