Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has commended journalists in Imo for being objective in the reportage of events and issues since the inception of the current administration in the state.Governor Okorocha gave the pass mark at the 2013 NUJ Press Week held at the NUJ Press Centre Owerri.He described journalists as vehicles of information…
Sharing formula divides members An alleged cash gift during a recent visit by leaders of the pan-Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to Aso Rock for a parley with President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly sparked off a controversy.Members of the high-powered delegation of the group who met with the President behind closed doors for about five…
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike IhejirikaChief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has said that it is a compulsory task for the Nigerian Army to keep the country united.Ihejirika charged the personnel of the Nigerian Army to be focused in the fight against elements bent on destabilising the country.The Army Chief spoke at…
The All Progressives Congress caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday said that it had “enough grounds” to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan but that was not in a hurry to do so.The APC caucus said the time was not yet ripe to initiate impeachment against the President.Minority Leader of the House,…
“President Jonathan is running a people’s government,” the statement said. “He does not need any snipers. His legitimacy comes from the people. Those who are alleging the existence of snipers should step forward and provide the evidence or shut up forever and go down in history as spineless cowards, driven by sheer greed and indecency.”Towards…
Nelson Mandela’s coffin has arrived in his childhood home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, the final leg of its journey. Large numbers of people lined the roads in the rural region to pay their respects as the cortege passed by.
The former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has no moral right under the sun to criticize President Goodluck Jonathan . Speaking after receiving an award for Exemplary Leadership and Selfless Service by Greenfield Estate Community Development Area, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos last Thursday, Ezeife said…
Senator Chris Ngige, who was the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 16 Anambra State governorship election, has alleged that the federal government gave Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) N8billion to prosecute the election won by the APGA candidate Chief Willie Obiano .Ngige claimed that the money…
The National Assembly has said President Goodluck Jonathan must “comprehensively” address issues raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter to him (the President).The two chambers said this on Friday in their separate reactions to the controversial letter written by Obasanjo to Jonathan.But while there are indications that the House of Representatives would, this…
In the buck passing in regard to the public concern about the growing spate of corruption in the country and failure of the dispensation to battle the scourge, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, blame the Jonathan administration for the irredeemable turn corruption has taken. He thinks that the fight against official…