President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday in Abuja, met with a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), and a former South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The meeting took place at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, behind closed doors. No details were released at the end of it. No official statement was also issued. None of the president’s ... Read More »
Human Right activist and delegate to the 2014 National Conference, Yinka Odumakin, has berated Mr Femi Falana for his recent statement that no request of the Southwest caucus to the Congress sailed through, even as youths in the Southwest endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 Presidential election. The Afenifere chieftain, while speaking at ... Read More »
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed concern over the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to use card readers in the conduct of the forthcoming general elections. The Governor expressed the fear that should the card readers fail and or many people are unable to vote because of inability to collect their permanent voters’ cards, there would be ... Read More »
Abuja, Nigeria, 04 March 2015: The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has called on the South-west to ignore the President on his repeated promises to implement the report of the National Confab because it contains nothing that approximates to their collective interest. Whilst we are not averse to any group supporting any candidate for the forthcoming general election, ... Read More »
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party says every person that attended the one-million-man march of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos received at least N5,000 each. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, said groups that attended the march received between N1m and N10m. The PDP said the APC was deceiving Lagosians ... Read More »
Abuja – Some groups of sportsmen and women on Saturday at the Eagle Square in Abuja rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term in office. The solidarity rally involved a large turnout of retired and serving athletes, as well as sports administrators. It was however preceded by some forms of physical exercise, such as jogging, physical stretches and light ... Read More »
By Lucia Edafioka The Ndigbo Socio Cultural Organisation in Lagos State on Thursday urged the Igbo-speaking people in the state to stay back and vote in Lagos, rather than travel for the Easter holidays. The group made the call at the conferment of a chieftaincy title on Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the ... Read More »
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan extends heartfelt commiserations to the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, Oba Sikiru Adetona and his people on the death yesterday of one of the town’s most illustrious sons, Chief Bayo Kuku. President Jonathan similarly condoles members of the Kuku family as well as the Government and people of Ogun State on the passage of the renowned Ogbeni-Oja of ... Read More »
No fewer than one million people are set to benefit from the ongoing community health insurance scheme in Kwara. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Dr Muyideen Akorede stated this on Friday in Ilorin during an interview with the newsmen. This he said is in line with government’s commitment to the provision of quality, affordable ... Read More »
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has laid the foundation for the rebuilding of the Government Secondary School Chibok, which was destroyed by the Boko Haram sect. The school was destroyed when the terrorist sect abducted over 200 girls in April last year. Over 3,000 students in Chibok have been unable to return ... Read More »
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