Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gave its presidential ticket to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the 1998 general election to compensate the Yoruba, who were angry about the annulment of the June 12 election by former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida. He spoke yesterday at the Government House…
But Ozekhome reasoned that achieving three quarters would be problematic. He noted that controversial, emotive and sensitive issues were bound to come up. In such a situation, he noted, it would be difficult to get 75 per cent or three quarters to support an issue. The lawyer suggested that the conference should go for simple…
…Reps probe aviation company. THE probe instituted by the House of Representatives into allegations that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke spent N10 billion on a chartered plane appeared to have taken another dimension at the weekend with indications emerging that the probe has now extended to the owner of the Challenger 850…
By Wale Odunsi Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha is contemplating leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a bid to retain his seat in 2015 or actualize his never hidden desire to occupy a presidential or vice-presidential seat in Aso Rock. DailyPost gathered that the development is due to the poor acceptance of the party…
An 32-year-old Islamic cleric, Kazeem Jimoh, on Monday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, charged with the alleged defilement of a 12-year-old girl. Jimoh, whose address was not given, is facing a one-count charge of rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Peter Molokwu, told the court that the cleric committed the offence on March…
The National Conference has proposed to revoke accreditation granted any media house that publishes what it considers as, “unfair and offensive” report. This is stated under Order 14-Miscellaneous of the National Conference Procedure Rules 2014 released to delegates on Thursday. The rules says, “The Conference may withdraw approval to the representative of any media to…
With top U.S. government officials, including President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, Ms. Susan Rice, who was presiding, the issue of Boko Haram, 2015 elections and corruption among the Nigerian political elite became a hot debate at the White House earlier last week. A meeting of 12 northern state governors (and a deputy governor) and…
No fewer than 90 persons were killed, weekend, in separate incidents in Benue and Borno States.In Benue, 55 persons were killed, yesterday, afternoon in one of the bloodiest clashes between Tiv youths and suspected Fulani mercenaries at Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of the state, while 35 persons died when Improvised Explosive…
At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in Borno State in an attack blamed on C, a local police chief said on Sunday. The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote village of Nguro-Soye, injuring many more, said police chief Lawan Tanko.News on…
Dr. Fredrick Fasheun is the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and interim national chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). In this interview, Fasheun faults the opposition by some northern political leaders to the bid by President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 elections. He also bares his mind on the on-going…