Nigeria’s armed forces have been tasked on redoubling efforts to put an end to the problems posed by Islamist sect group Boko Haram and reduce insecurity in the country to the barest minimum.Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Army, George Sekibo made the call while inaugurating the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, quarters in Karu.“I urge…
Rochas Okorocha has debunked the insinuation that APC is a tribal Party. Governor Okorocha who made this assertion during a reception organized for Senator Osita Izunaso by the Orlu Zone at the Orlu Township Stadium, stated that the Action Peoples Congress (APC) is neither a Hausa nor Yoruba party but a party that sprang up…
The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Timiprey Silva, on Monday in Yola, Adamawa State capital, tendered an unreserved apology to all Nigerians for giving them a wrong leader from the Niger Delta.Ex-Governor Sylva recalled that in 2011 he was in Adamawa State with elders of Niger Delta to plead with the North to vote…
ABUJA- FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday lampooned erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying he is political ambitious wanderer.According to Chief Clark, there were a number of reasons why Atiku left PDP, but was quick…
Leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujaheeden Asari-Dokubo, yesterday reaffirmed his position over 2015 ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan , warning that if Jonathan fails to return in 2015, Nigeria would witness a heavy bloodshed.Asari-Dokubo in an interview with the National Mirror said the people of the Niger Delta would…
ABUJA—FOLLOWING last Thursday’s release of modalities for the proposed National Conference, an intense lobby by politicians and other people, who want to be nominated as delegates has ensued.To be part of the 492 wise men and women to be saddled with the task of reshaping Nigeria, some serving commissioners are currently pressuring their state governors…
The Federal Government on Sunday urged Nigerians to pray for the security agents partaking in the ongoing military action to end the reign of terror in parts of the country.The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, gave the charge at a special thanksgiving service in honour of Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Defence spokesman, in Abuja.The…
After weeks of speculation, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr. Abubakar said he is now a member of the opposition coalition, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that he will hand in his resignation letter to the PDP on Monday.Coming amid the turbulence that…
Worries about Nigeria breaking up may not be unfounded after all. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, during an interactive session with some journalists in Lagos, said his country, contrary to misconception, was not preparing for Nigeria’s breakup.He said: “I don’t see any sign of a breakup. There is no sign that …
Some legal experts have said President Goodluck Jonathan cannot commence the implementation of the 2014 budget if the All Progressives Congress lawmakers insist on blocking it.Speaking with SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday, legal experts explained that only the National Assembly had the veto power, where bills and laws were concerned, even if the President refuses to…