President Goodluck Jonathan has described the activities of the Jama’atu Ahlus Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram as the biggest headache of his government.“In terms of security, Boko Haram is the biggest challenge we have at the moment,” the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati had quoted the President.Jonathan spoke…
The honeymoon between the Governor Peter Obi the Governor-elect of Anambra State, Mr. Willie Obiano have may have come to an end as the later has began to grumble over the recklessness of his political god father, 247ureports is reporting.According to the report, the relationship between the two men began to soil during the later…
It is obvious the Nigerian economy is in a precarious situation. Is it anything new? Even oil theft, and the unclear accounts of oil receipts, coupled with corruption that are speedily draining resources available to governments, are not new. Nigerians do not need a warning from outsiders to know that an economy founded on one product,…
The House of Representatives yesterday issued a two-week ultimatum to President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Inspector- General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar, and the controversial Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Matthew Mbu. The House took the decision during a session after unanimously adopting a motion by Hon. Aliyu Madaki (APC-Kano). Madaki, who raised …
VANGUARD – Senator Smart Adeyemi, was a former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ before his entry into the political arena. Senator Adeyemi who represents Kogi West Senatorial District is also the vice-chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF.In this interview on the fringes of an empowerment programme for constituents, he talks about…
Second Republic federal lawmaker Dr. Junaid Mohammed on Monday dispelled the fears that Nigeria would break up if President Goodluck Jonathan was not allowed to have a second term in office in 2015. “It is unfortunate that Ezeife, who witness the Biafran war orchestrated by his kinsmen, which claimed over one million of Igbo people,…
THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER – President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed the belief that with the measures put in place by his administration, especially the new National Automotive Industry Policy; the country would soon be exporting cars to other countries. Jonathan spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while granting audience to a delegation of the business community…
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to stop making policy pronouncements in churches. He urged politicians to go and meet the people in the villages where they are living in abject poverty. Archbishop Kaigama offered the advice while talking to SaharaTV over the weekend. He chided Nigerian politicians for…
No fewer than twelve persons, including five soldiers attached to the 72 Army Battalion in Makurdi, Benue State on Sunday lost their lives as suspected herdsmen attacked Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The incident made some residents to flee their homes in large number when heavy shooting erupted in the early hours of the…
NATIONAL MIRROR – Afenifere Renewal Group yesterday rejected the recommendations of the Senator Femi Okurounmu’s Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, saying it cannot engender the type of confab that Nigeria needs. described the proposed conference as a make or mar issue for President Jonathan that initiated it and for Nigeria, saying it would be …