The Oodua Peoples Congress on Friday said it would oppose the influx of members of Boko Haram into the South-West even as it lauded the arrest of the sect’s 42 suspected members in Lagos and Ogun states by the Nigerian Army. The group, while declaring the South-West zone as a no-go area to the sect,…
The newly registered All Progressives Congress has launched a charm offensive to woo the South-East and South-South zones, which are considered to be the strongholds of President Goodluck Jonathan. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered on Friday that the party, having realised its weakness and President Jonathan’s strength in the two zones, has decided to revisit the zoning…
The All Progressive Gand Alliance (APGA) yesterday announced the suspension of Imo state Governor , Rochas Okoroacha accusing him of engaging in gross anti-party activities. Rising from an emergency National Executive Committee(NEC) meeting yesterday in Abuja, the party also announced the dissolution of the imo state executive of APGA. It said that a 21-man Committee…
The North’s apex socio-political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said northerners will vote for presidential candidates from other zones, despite its interest in the return of power to the region in 2015.
Professor Ango Abdullahi is the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum. In this interview with PAUL ORUDE, conducted in Bauchi, Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and one time minister of Agriculture spoke on some national issues. He did not mince words that the north wants the president to come from…
The newly registered All Progressives Congress has begun moves to draft a former Minister of Defence (retd.), General Theophilus Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the North had foreclosed the possibility of getting the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with President Goodluck Jonathan’s grip on the…
Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has reportedly been shot and deposed by members of his own sect, Boko Haram. A new leader, Abu Zamira Mohammed, who is the sect’s leader negotiating with the federal government has been appointed new leader by the group’s Shura Council. The group also said…
WHEN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola was sworn in as the Governor of Lagos State, to take over from his mentor, I was one of those who vouched for him,
RIVERS State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to the ongoing controversy between him and the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, saying the perceived misunder-standing arose out of his desire to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of Okrika, home town of the First Lady.…
The police have said they will disarm vigilante groups in Anambra State ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa, stated this on Thursday in Awka while inaugurating the Anambra Vigilance Group Code of Conduct and Identity card at a seminar organised for…