Our attention has been drawn to the mischievous misconstruing of statements made by Mr. Jimi Agbaje, the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate for Lagos State, while interacting with friends and supporters in the UK. At the event, Mr Agbaje analysed different political and regional issues in Nigeria juxtaposing scenarios. A simple political analysis has been turned on its head in a deliberate ... Read More »
Yesterday, the PDP presidential flag off campaign took place in Lagos. Below is the full transcript of President Jonathan’s speech… Your Excellency, the chairman of our great party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, senior members of our party here on this great occasion, we have spent so much time here so I will not bore you with protocols. Today, I am going ... Read More »
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has refuted reports claiming he abused his former Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, contrary to a report presently circulating on numerous online platforms. Obasanjo, while reacting to the said report which went viral on social media today, said the statement credited to him, was figment of someone’s imagination who might be bitter ... Read More »
Against the belief that the federal government has plundered and almost emptied the foreign reserves, data gathered from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) website on Wednesday showed that the foreign reserves have increased slightly to $34.513 billion in the first six days of 2015. The current value of the reserves represents an increase by $44 million, compared with the ... Read More »
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom on Wednesday presented Mr Udom Emmanuel and Jimi Agbaje, PDP governorship candidates in his state and Lagos respectively, to the Akwa Ibom indigenes resident in Lagos. NAN reports that the event, which took place at the National Theatre Iganmu, drew a large number of Akwa Ibom people resident in Lagos. Addressing the gathering, Akpabio ... Read More »
WARRI—EX-MILITANT leaders in the Niger Delta region, Wednesday, denied the endorsement of All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, for next month’s presidential election. Rising from a meeting of select top ex-militant leaders in Warri, Delta State, they said: “MEND does not exist or represent the ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as hogwash the so-called findings of the DSS following its raid on the party’s offices in Lagos, saying the ‘findings’ presented to the media by the agency,Wednesday, is a great disservice to Nigeria and an embarrassment to all intelligence-gathering organizations around the world. In a statement, Wednesday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji ... Read More »
The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, on Wednesday opened up on the relationship between the lawmakers and Governor Ayo Fayose saying “the state is being ruled by a maximum ruler and a dictator who runs his administration on lies and falsehood.” Omirin who also cleared the air on the statement he was reported to have ... Read More »
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party [PDP] to engage in door to door campaign to ensure they garner all the votes in the 2015 general elections. Governor Uduaghan made the call Wednesday in Asaba during the inauguration of the Delta State PDP Campaign Committee. The Chairman of the PDP in the state, ... Read More »
I must applaud myself for successfully avoiding the Rochas Okorocha’s radio interview of 5/1/15. There are several wonderful TV programmes begging for my attention, so I considered it a waste of my time to listen to Okorocha’s talk on radio which judging from his past will be nothing more than unappetizing combo of cassava-market nonsense, careless hawking of plenty lies ... Read More »
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