Alhaji Rochas Okorocha governor of Imo states is busy bring in APC from the back door into Biafraland
The newly constituted Interim Executive Committees of the All Progressive Congress
The newly constituted Interim Executive Committees of the All Progressive Congress
NATIONAL MIRROR – Afenifere Renewal Group yesterday rejected the recommendations of the Senator Femi Okurounmu’s Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, saying it cannot engender the type of confab that Nigeria needs. described the proposed conference as a make or mar issue for President Jonathan that initiated it and for Nigeria, saying it would be …
Barring any last-minute change in plan, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will, at its National Executive Committee meeting on Monday (today), ratify a former governor of Bauchi state, Adamu Muazu, as its new national chairman, party and presidency sources have said.The usually reliable sources told PREMIUM TIMES early Monday morning that Mr. Muazu emerged…
Maiduguri (Nigeria): Villagers and police say that more than 15 people have died in attacks by militants in northeast Nigerian villages and hundreds have fled their homes for safety.Borno state police spokesman Gideon Jibrin said at least seven people were shot dead and three others drowned while fleeing Thursday when gunmen believed to be Boko…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, on Monday said that he felt more secure in Sokoto than in any other part of the country.Kukah made the assertion in Sokoto during a media round table.“Sokoto is the most peaceful state where Christians and Muslims stay with one another peacefully”, he said.He said that…
Guns boomed. Smoke filled the air. People were running and screaming. Vehicles were vandalised. That was the scene yesterday as militants disrupted a Save Rivers Movement (SRM) rally in Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoni and the seat of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG) George Feyii,…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to begin a consultative visit to notable Igbo leaders in the five states in the Southeast, to boost its membership drive ahead of next year’s elections. Speaking at the weekend in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the National Vice Chairman of the party in the…
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday, called for the arrest and prosecution of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that he started active corruption in Nigeria’s political circle. Speaking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Dr. Kalu pointed out that he wonders why former President Obasanjo was still walking the streets free,…
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Indications emerged on Friday that President’s choice of General Kenneth Minimah, as the new Chief of Army Staff may have been informed by the need to intensify the campaign against the insurgency in the north-eastern part of the country.Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH showed that Minimah belonged to fighting corp of the army as an infantry…