President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister over his victory at Israel’s general elections. President Jonathan sent his congratulatory message in a statement issued by Reuben Abati, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. The president said he looks forward to continuing to work with Netanyahu to further strengthen the existing…
My Husband Will Sanitise Nigeria – Aisha Buhari
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Mohammed Buhari, has allayed fears that her husband would be a religious bigot or a ruthless dictator if elected on March 28. While speaking to women and APC supporters at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State, she said her husband was…
Election: Police Minister Support Card Readers
Jelili Adesiyan, the minister of Police Affairs, has given his support for the use of electronic card readers in the coming polls on the condition that the motive is not to rig the elections or disenfranchise some voters. Speaking during a campaign rally in Osogbo on Thursday, the police minister said the introduction of the…
Buhari meets women professionals in Lagos
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has promised that women would be given better consideration in key areas of government if voted into power next week. Buhari, who gave the assurance at a town hall meeting with Nigerian women professionals in Lagos, Thursday, March 19, 2015, mentioned the economy, health, security,…
Elections: IGP Orders Tight Security At Key Points
As part of moves to ensure a successful general elections, Suleiman Abba, the Inspector-General of Police, has ordered “watertight” security around all key and vulnerable points across the country. Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Police Force Public Relations Officer announced this in a statement issued on Thursday saying it becomes imperative in order to ward off any…
Ex-Ekiti Government Officials Accuse Fayose of Witch-hunting
Former members of the Ekiti State executive council have alleged a plot by the Ayo Fayose-led government to clampdown on them and keep them out of circulation. They also claimed that the governor is planning to confiscate their monetized official cars purchased under the immediate past governor Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi’s government had purchased a car…
Pipeline Security: Ilaje Youths Protest Non Inclusion
Ilaje youths in their hundreds, on Wednesday, protested their non inclusion in the pipeline security and protection contract released to the oil producing states of the Niger Delta by the Federal Government. The peaceful protest, which held at ‘Agbala Afin’ in the Kofawe area of Igbokoda, had youths from Ugbo, Aheri, Mahin and Etikan in…
IG Restores Tambuwal’s Escorts
Suleiman Abba, Inspector-General of Police, has restored the security escorts of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal. This follows the restoration of the speaker’s DSS operatives by the Department of State Service. Tambuwal’s escorts had been withdrawn from his residence since October 28, 2014.
Alison-Madueke drags APC, Media To Court Over Missing $20bn
Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, has requested the court to stop the APC, 10 other individuals and organizations from further reporting on the controversial missing $20billion oil money. Alison-Madueke sought and obtained an interim injunction restraining the parties involved from “publishing or causing to be published any further defamatory statements,” stating or suggesting…
Ambode Woos Civil Servants With Welfare Packages
Lagos State Civil Servants have been promised a new deal of salary structure and leave bonus arrangement most suitable to the generality of the workers if the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC retains the coming governorship elections. Akinwunmi Ambode, the APC governorship candidate in the state said this at an interactive session with Permanent Secretaries,…
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