Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen in Orlu, Imo State. The Senate Present who had just retuned from Switzerland where he attended the International Parliamentary Union, IPU, conference, went to Nkwere, Imo state to attend the burial ceremony of late business…
NIGERIANS have continued to be inundated with the ever chilly tales of the deaths of scores of innocent citizens
In the opinion of President Goodluck Jonathan, the issue of corruption in the country has been dramatically exaggerated. Speaking during the meeting with the Nigerian community in Namibia held in Windhoek, the country leader stated that “corruption is everywhere” adding however that it is over-celebrated in the country to the extent that the nation and…
Following threat by a group calling itself Zionist Biafra to storm Owerri the Imo State capital and hoist the Biafran flag at the Government House, security has been beefed up in and around the state capital and the entire state. Reports yesterday said the state government has taken adequate security measures to protect lives and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a strong message to the Boko Haram terror group that the Nigerian government would no longer treat it with kid gloves. Speaking in Windhoek, Namibia during bilateral talks with President Hifikepunye Pohamba at the Conference Hall of the Namibia State House, President Jonathan solicited the support of other countries in…
THE House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts yesterday faulted the claim by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala that N24billion pension fund was not missing and challenged her to a public debate on the matter. At the resumed hearing of the missing money yesterday the Public Account…
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the exaggerated reports on corruption in Nigeria have taken a toll on the image of the country. Speaking at a meeting with the Nigerian community in Namibia, the president noted that the sensationalisation of corruption in the country has stigmatised its people.He said though his administration would not condone…
Traders at the popular Ladipo Market in Lagos are threatening a showdown with their leaders following
(Abuja)The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said on Tuesday that Nigeria oil reserves had dropped from 40 billion to 35 billion barrels.A Director in the department, Mr George Osahon, made this known in an interview with newsmen at the ongoing Oil and Gas Seminar in Abuja.Osahon attributed the development to reduction in oil production in…
A former Minister of Youths Development, Barrister Inuwa Abdulkadir, has called on Nigerians to vote out president Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 presidential election, saying that the president is not capable of leading the nation.According to Abdulkadir, the incessant massacre of well meaning Nigerians, increase in kidnapping cases and other crimes show that Jonathan is…