Processions are today being held in Lagos and Abuja to further press for the release of the abducted Chibok girls. The activities organised by the Bring Back Our Girls group is part of efforts to sustain agitation for the release of the school girls who were abducted by armed members of Boko Haram, the insurgent…
Fears Over Jonathan’s CSO
There are fears over the state of health of Gordon Obuah, former Chief Security officer to Goodluck Jonathan , former president. Obuah was said to have been taken into custody by the Directorate of State Security shortly after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports had it that the security officer embarked on hunger strike…
President Jonathan Congratulates Cameron
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated David Cameron, United Kingdom Prime Minister and the Conservative Party on their victory in the country’s general elections. In a statement released on Friday, Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity quoted the presidePresidentnt as giving assurance that Cameron and the Conservative Party have the best…
Jonathan Appoints New Scribes
The last has not been heard of President Goodluck Jonathan’s last-minute decision to hire and fire political appointees. The latest are the appointments of Asabe Asmau Ahmed and Denzil Amagbe Kentebe as executive secretaries. While Ahmed is to oversee the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF, as its executive secretary, Kentebe on the other hand is the…
I Remain Loyal To President Jonathan –Fayose
Ayo Fayose, embattled Ekiti State Governor, has reiterated his loyalty to President Goodluck Jonathan, saying he would stand behind the outgoing President, even if all Nigerians desert him. The governor stated this in a press statement issued on Wednesday, in which he commented on the political crisis in Ekiti, where he currently faces impeachment proceedings…
Jonathan Urges World Leaders to Support Buhari’s Administration
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja, urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the administration of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. President Jonathan also called on all Nigerians to do their utmost best to help the incoming President succeed in leading the country to greater heights of accomplishment. At…
Breaking: Jonathan Congratulates Buhari
President Goodluck Jonathan has called to congratulate General Muhammadu Buhari, the APC presidential candidate.
AD Adopts Goodluck Jonathan
The Alliance for Democracy, AD, has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its flag bearer for the March 28 Presidential election. The party also said its National Executive Council, NEC, has suspended Rafiu Salau, its former national secretary, stating that the NEC ratified the report of disciplinary committee that found Salau culpable of anti-party activities. Addressing…
Presidential Candidates Sign Non-Violence Pact
Ahead of the February 14 Presidential election in Nigeria, the fourteen presidential candidates of the various political parties have signed a non-violence document titled: Abuja Accord. Each of the candidates signed the document alongside their party national chairmen on Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotels and Tower, Ladi Kwali Hall, Abuja, the federal capital territory. The…
Update: APC Presidential Primaries
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor has urged delegates to be responsible in the exercise.”It is always hard to make a change,” he said while condemning the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration for failing to keep its long list of promises in the last four years. He expressed confidence that the APC will win the 2015 Presidential…
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