President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday visited Maiduguri – the beleaguered Borno State capital that has been troubled by Boko Haram insurgents. This is the President’s first trip to the Northeat since the government declared a state of emergency in three states – Borno, Yobe and Adamawa – in May 2013. His unannounced visit is believed to…
The founder and presiding pastor of Household of God Church International Ministries, Pastor Chris Okotie has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration for the 2015 presidential election on November 11, 2014 has occult significance. Okotie, who wrote on his Facebook page on Friday, emphasised that the exact date the President made his declaration had a…
Nigeria’s Rivers State government has described the allegation made by governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP Chief Nyesom Wike, accusing Governor Chibuike Amaechi of spending N30 billion on General Muhammadu Buhari campaign as baseless and unintelligent. Mrs Ibim Semenitari, the Commissioner for Information and Communications while denying the allegation regretted that a man who…
There are indications that the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, may be reappointed as a minister by President Goodluck Jonathan. Sources who craved anonymity said Obanikoro’s likely return into the Federal cabinet is to compensate him for conceding defeat to Mr. Jimi Agbaje, who was declared as the winner of…
By Tobi Soniyi A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out the suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to remove four governors who defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a ruling that lasted about two hours, held that the suit’s originating processes were…
By Dele Ogbod The Minister of Aviation, Mr. Osita Chidoka has hinted that passengers’ air fare charges may be reviewed downward, following the recommendation of a committee on aeronautical fare disparities, which submitted its report yesterday. Chidoka spoke in Abuja, while receiving the report from the committee set up a month ago to review all…
The electoral panel for the Imo guber primaries and stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State have insisted that the emergence of Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as the PDP governorship candidate for Imo State was not only transparent but also peaceful. Affirming the result of the primaries, chairman of the electoral panel, Hon.…
Governorship candidate of PDP in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike • Wike: Rivers will play key role in Jonathan’s re-election Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has said the emergence of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the presidential candidate of the party was a spur for the overall…
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political EditorAll Progressives Cong-ress, APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is in a dilemma over the choice of a running mate for the forthcoming presidential contest. Buhari’s dilemma was said to have been accentuated by the rise in his ratings after the largely successful convention which has raised the prospects of a…
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, blamed saboteurs and other external forces over the Federal Government’s inability to crush Boko Haram insurgents in the North East geopolitical zone of the country. Over 5,000 Nigerians have been killed since the insurgents began their campaign to make the country an Islamic state over…