There will be no official role for uniformed soldiers at polling stations across the land when next month’s elections get underway,according to indications from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) . Only unarmed policemen will be allowed at the 120,000 polling units created for the elections,Saturday Nation gathered yesterday. The commission is also said to…
BARELY six days after the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State was bombed, another secretariat of the ruling party was yesterday bombed in Ngo, the headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the APC’s secretariat, a bungalow, was bombed by…
A barrage of criticisms from across the nation yesterday greeted Thursday’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Maiduguri, Borno State, with many Nigerians dismissing the trip as belated and politically motivated. The President had used the visit – his first to the state since March 2013 when he held a town hall meeting with Borno…
Spokesman of the Chibok Community Nationwide, Dr. Allen Mannaseh, has described as empty the promise made by President Goodluck Jonathan in April last year on the release of their abducted daughters in April 2014. Dr. Mannaseh also said the entire Chibok community was shocked over the silence of Mr. President on the true situation of…
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has applauded President Jonathan and General Buhari for their signing of a non-violence pledge, the “Abuja Accord,” by which they have publicly committed to refraining from advocating, fomenting, or condoning electoral violence. All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, and President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday signed a non-violence accord…
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 Emma Ujah Abuja Bureau Chief Agitators who expect the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to reduce the prices of petroleum products may be disappointed, as investigations have shown that it is not currently being considered. It was learnt that the considerations of the federal government is that what should have been a direct…