The Presidency today explained why Nigerian troops have not crushed Boko Haram, the terrorist Islamic sect that has made life a nightmare in Nigeria’s North-East. Dr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, made the explanation while addressing the media in Abuja on concerns over the resurgence of Boko Haram’s activities. Below is the text ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday named Brig. Gen Jones Arogbofa (retd.) as his new Chief of Staff. Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, disclosed this on his Twitter handle. Abati said the appointment takes immediate effect. Arogbofa replaces Chief Mike Oghiadomhe who was asked to resign last week. He is currently inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja where the President’s Principal Secretary, Hassan ... Read More »
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the names of 11 out of 12 nominees for ministerial positions as forwarded by President Goodluck Jonathan. The confirmed nominees include Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from Lagos state, former House leader Mohammed Wakil from Borno, Ambassdor Aminu Wali from Kano, Akon Etim Eyakenyi from Akwa Ibom, Lawrencia Labaran Mallam from Kaduna, General Mohammed Aliyu Gusau (rtd) ... Read More »
A group of sons and daughters of Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District, Ikot-Ekpene Patriots in the United Kingdom, has endorsed the Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, to vie for the senatorial seat of the zone after the expiration of his tenure in 2015 so as to bring his wealth of experience to bear for the benefit of Nigerians. The group, ... Read More »
While Tuface Idibia and his wife Annie are trying hard to deny the story that he has put his account officer in the family way, the lady has finally broken her silence, revealing all that happened between she and Tuface. Her name is Teniola and she is a big girl in one of the top banks in Lagos. She said ... Read More »
It is like the biblical story of Rachael crying for her dead children and refusing to be comforted. The family members of Mr. John Ndubuaku, who died on Saturday from a gunshot from a policeman attached to the son of Abia State governor, Mr. Chinedu Orji, are still weeping. At the one-storey family house of the Ndubuakus on St Finbar’s, ... Read More »
Press Statement – My attention has been drawn to a premeditated misinformation spewn by the Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun during her appearance before the State House of Assembly on Wednesday 12th of February, 2014, to defend yet another loan that the state government wants to obtain which is to the tune of N19b (Nineteen billion naira). I ... Read More »
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on Monday called on the ministers, who were dropped on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan from the federal cabinet, to declare their assets. A statement by Mrs Iyabo Akinwale, Head, Press and Protocol Unit of CCB in Abuja, said the directive was in accordance with “Paragraph 11 of the 5th Schedule, Part One of ... Read More »
#TravelAfrica: Book It! How Online Travel Portals Are Helping to Re-Brand Africa & Grow Tourism Venue:#SMWexperience Hub @ Four Points Oniru Chieftaincy Estate Plot 9/10, Block 2 Lekki,Lagos Time: 10:30AM-11:30AM Twitter Conversation Hashtag: #SmwTravelAfrica TravelAfrica Day will look at the impact social and digital media has on the travel, tourism and hospitality industry in Africa. We are now a new ... Read More »
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he has no regrets declaring that Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, was unfit to be governor in 2007. He said he accepts full responsibility for his decision but added that with Amaechi’s victory at the Supreme Court, his (Amaechi’s) K-leg had been straightened. Obasanjo spoke yesterday at the Ambassador Nne Kurubo Model Secondary School, ... Read More »
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