The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday commenced deployment of troops in the three states under emergency rule, viz. Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The PUNCH learnt from security sources in Abuja that at least 3,600 soldiers would be […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking in original thinking, and therefore asked the National […]
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, Tuesday told an Abuja High Court that he collected the sum of N2 million from one of his associates as donation for his […]
At last, Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, dumped his party, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on whose platform he rode to power. The move, no doubt, has effectively put to rest speculations […]
The political crisis rocking Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, took a new dimension when on Thursday the State Police Command ordered the withdrawal of Mobile Policemen guarding the Okrika Local Government boss and the council secretariat.
There was anxiety yesterday in political circles in Rivers State over a meeting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, between some Presidency officials and some Rivers State security chiefs. The agenda was not immediately clear […]
Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday, examined the rift between President Jonathan and governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, and passed a verdict on the matter: Jonathan should concentrate on the enormous […]
Pix in The Guardian shows Senate President David Mark addressing workers of the National Assembly who were on a peaceful protest about allowances not being paid. Among these workers are those that work in the […]
It was Abraham Lincoln that gave the world the simplest and the most concise definition of democracy: “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” It is a definition with a thesis […]
A former President of Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) and leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has warned that there would be no peace in the country if Dr. Goodluck […]
IF the word of the deputy spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Honourable Victor Ogene, is anything to go by, the presidential ambition of the Speaker, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, in 2015 is real. Though speculations […]
Members may be more powerful than their PDP counterparts. In an apparent bid to forestall power struggle among members of its Board of Trustees, if registered, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is limiting the tenure of […]
THE controversies surrounding the grounding of a Bombardier jet belonging to the Rivers State government have taken a fresh turn, as sources within the National Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) revealed that the embattled governor of […]
On Saturday 20th April, 2013, two gentlemen, Prince Segun Seriki and Mr. Richard Odusanya appeared on SaharaTV to reveal some of the antecedents of high profile killings, including those of former Attorney General and Minister […]
The crisis over an aircraft owned by the Rivers State Government deepened on Thursday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission commenced a discreet probe to determine Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s link to the alleged inflation […]
The six-year single term for President, Vice President, governors and their deputies being proposed by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, has been rejected by the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. […]
Lawyers and labour leaders rose up in unison Wednesday to criticise the rising tension in Rivers State occasioned by the plot to oust the governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, and warned against allowing the situation to […]
A Lagos High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government to pay retirement benefits and pension to a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Sinatu Ojikutu. Ojikutu had in her suit prayed the court […]
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the All Progressives Congress, disclosing that its acronym, in its application seeking registration as a political party, clashes with that of the African People’s Congress.
The search in the North for a consensus candidate to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election may soon be over. Although Jonathan has not signified an intention to seek re-election, there is […]
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