ELDER statesman and Chairman of The Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has described as gratuitous, comments attributed to leader of the South-South Assembly, Chief Edwin Clark over his (Nwabueze) advice to President Goodluck Jonathan. He referred to Clark as a person “camouflaging political ideas and ambition with intellectualism” and as an “unpatriotic saboteur of the…
Former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congres (APC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has said
The fledgling fortunes of the unregistered All Progressives Congress, APC, suffered a setback weekend in Imo State, following the resignation of the state chairman of All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Chief Vitalis Orikeze Ajmbe, and a host of his colleagues. Disclosing his decision to newsmen, Chief Ajumbe explained that the yet-to-be-registered political party was dead…
Governor’s of the South East and South South States, yesterday, met in Enugu with a pledge to continue to support President Goodluck Jonatham, saying he has done well through his transformation agenda. However, three governors, including Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State were conspicuously absent. The…
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped the Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Power, Mr. Olice Kemenanabo. Kemenanabo was reportedly abducted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the special adviser was about driving into his residence when the hoodlums blocked him. A top security source said the bandits laid…
The Abia State Government has ruled out going to the bond market to raise funds for provision of infrastructure. Addressing members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) in the state capital Umuahia last week, Governor Theodore Orji said he will never go to the bond market to raise funds for infrastructure. Instead, the…
Member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and former Council chairman in Plateau State, Barrister Solomon Dalong, has charged the Middle Belt Forum,
Seven people believed to be Nigerians were shot dead at different times within the last one week in South Africa, media reports have said. South African police spokesman, Tim Masilela, said four Nigerians were killed when a group of men opened fire on them in Benoni on the East Rand. According to reports, the four…
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged security chiefs in the country to wage the war against terrorism to a logical conclusion. Jonathan said the Federal Government and security operatives had a responsibility to protect the citizenry against acts of terror. The President also called on security personnel to ensure a strict adherence to the rules of…
The emergency rule imposed on Yobe State appeared to have suffered a setback after gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists, struck in a Potiskum secondary school, early yesterday, killing 29 students and a teacher. Another report said 42 students were killed in the attack while dozens were missing. Eye witnesses spoke of a gory…