Yesterday was another day of tragedy in Adamawa State as unknown gunmen reportedly killed six persons and razed 39 houses in Masu village in Toungo Local Government Area. An impeccable source from Toungo disclosed that the attackers were suspected mercenaries hired by Fulani herdsmen who had problems with the villagers who are predominantly farmers.“The attackers…
THE Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Imo State, Mr Mashal Okaforanyawu, said the party had set a target for one million members in the ongoing party registration in the state. Okofoanyawur, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Owerri, urged party loyalists to make sure they participate…
Nduese Essien, former Minister of Lands and Housing, was also a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007 during which he served as the Chairman of the South-South Parliamentary Caucus in the NASS. He also served as a member of the Federal Government’s Technical Committee on Niger Delta and Chairman of the…
The South West geopolitical zone, has reiterated its support for the proposed national conference, but resolved to
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the state would hold a mini conference before the National Conference, planned by the Federal Government. Okorocha made the announcement in a statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. He said that the mini-confab would enable…
President Goodluck Jonathan said that he prays every day not to hand over Boko Haram insurgency to any future president of Nigeria.Jonathan who stated this yesterday at the commissioning of Wuye Ultra Modern Market in Abuja, humorously said that he had been identified as the luckiest president to have supervised the celebration of the Golden …
A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called for a proper auditing of the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation following allegations by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, that the corporation has failed to account for $20bn oil proceeds.In an interview with one of our correspondents in…
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged ambassadors serving in Nigeria to do their best to convey the positive realities of the country to the world.Speaking at an audience with the outgoing Italian Ambassador, Mr. Roberto Colamine, President Jonathan said that by doing so, the envoys will help immensely in correcting current misconceptions and adverse…
NORTHERN opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition was yesterday fragmented with the emergence of a new group of elders supportive of the president and his policies towards the region.The Northern Elders Council, NEC led by elder-statesman and Second Republic Presidential Adviser, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, which was inaugurated in Kaduna by Governor Mukthar Yero…
Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, dismissed as non-existent northern groups parading themselves as the major political platforms whose support President Goodluck Jonathan needed to win the 2015 election.Mohammed, who was reacting to the inauguration of the Northern Elders Council, NEC, in Kaduna on Thursday, described the group as alien to the political history…