The headquarters of Chisco Transport Limited in Lagos was gutted by fire yesterday. The fire was said to have started after some hoodlums took advantage of a political campaign rally to throw substances suspected to be explosives into the premises of the transport company in apparent protest against President Goodluck Jonathan’s poster on a building beside Chisco’s head office. According ... Read More »
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Thursday commenced the showcase of a harvest of projects across the state as a way of drawing support for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming polls. Speaking as he commissioned the projects, Governor Uduaghan said it was necessary for the people to vote PDP in the coming elections so that ... Read More »
It has come to the attention of the Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organization the wicked, baseless and cowardly lies being circulated about our candidate for the Lagos State Governorship Position, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The jittery opposition will stop at nothing in its smear campaign having failed to contain the soaring popularity of the APC Governorship candidate. But we are neither bothered ... Read More »
My attention has been drawn to a report in This Day newspaper that quoted me to have said that the Senate President Senator David Mark called Senators to request for their support for the extention of the regime’s tenure. I never said that. What I said was that when we came back from last year’s summer break the president gave ... Read More »
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has said that Nigeria’s constitution has no provision for interim national government. Adoke, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, said his clarification became necessary in view of calls by some Nigerians for interim national government. He stated, “For avoidance of doubt, it is pertinent ... Read More »
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says contrary to reports, he has not yet endorsed any presidential candidate. Obasanjo had said during an interview with the Financial Times at a book launch on Monday that he would support the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). He had said, “The circumstances he (Buhari) will be working under if ... Read More »
The 11th National Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress was on Thursday abruptly disrupted as aggrieved parties hijack, and smash ballot boxes being used to elect incoming leaders of the organisation, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting. The International Conference Centre’s venue of the conference was thrown into confusion as delegates ran for dear lives after some aggrieved ... Read More »
This is perhaps the best guarded secret in the Nigerian political circuit. It is so closely and conscientiously guarded because if leaked, it is potent enough to rupture all calculations in the run up to the general election and ruin many political dynasties. However, as guarded as it is, a number of persons, especially influential and disgruntled politicians in the ... Read More »
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The Nigerian military has commenced an operation in the dreaded Sambisa Forest to flush out members of the Boko Haram insurgents. The Sambisa forest is widely speculated to be host to some of the training camps and facilities of the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. It was learnt that the military high command decided to carry out intensified ... Read More »
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