Despite our challenges, Nigeria will get to promise land – Jonathan assures
In spite of the challenges confronting Nigeria at the moment, the nation will get to the Promised Land, President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians ...
View ArticleUS oil falls below $50 a barrel
The price of US oil has fallen as a result of increased production due to fracking, boosting the US economy The US oil price fell below the symbolic threshold of $50 a barrel for the first time since...
View ArticleWali: I still remain Sokoto PDP Guber candidate
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Senator Abdallah Wali, on Monday said he had no plan whatsoever to work against the interest of the Sultan of Sokoto,...
View ArticleMark, APC condole with Jonathan on sister’s death
Senate President, Senator David Mark and the All Progressives Congress (APC), have extended their condolences to President Goodluck Jonathan and his family over the demise of his younger sister, Mrs....
View ArticleKatsina 2015: APC rejects call to substitute Masari
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected a petition from human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, calling for the party to substitute ex-speaker of the h House of Representatives, Aminu Bello...
View ArticleInauguration of Jonathan’s campaign team postponed over sister’s death
The inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation was postponed yesterday following the death of his younger sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Olei. The Special Adviser to the...
View ArticleAbia guber: PPA candidate denies stepping down for Otti
Progressives Peoples Alliance, (PPA) gubernatorial candidate in Abia State, Sir Chikwe Udensi, has denied reports that he has withdrawn from the race. Love FM, an Umuahia-based radio station, had on...
View ArticleLagos gets doctors’ deadline over unpaid salaries, as Govt insists on...
Doctors in Lagos State government-owned hospitals yesterday gave the state government a 21-day ultimatum to pay their four months outstanding salaries or have their services withdrawn from the...
View ArticleFashola swears in 57 council chiefs, says elections may hold in March …PDP...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Monday swore in 57 Executive Secretaries to take charge of the administration of the 20 Local Councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas...
View ArticlePolitics is all about lying, nothing more, says Niger governor
The Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has declared that politics is all about lying and if one cannot lie, then he or she has no place in the game, adding that there is no morality in...
View ArticleCatholic secretariat asks Enugu bishop to caution Mbaka
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria on Monday expressed concern over the “excesses” of a Roman Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, whose recent comments on the 2015 general elections have continued...
View ArticleEnugu: APC guber candidate unveils running mate, manifesto
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Barr. Okey Eze, on Tuesday presented Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku, a female lawyer, as his running mate. The APC guber candidate...
View ArticleDepleted foreign account not Jonathan’s fault- Group tackles Obasanjo
The Society for One Nigeria, an Abuja-based group, yesterday rose in defence of the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration, over the allegation levelled against it by former President Olusegun...
View ArticleLagos Assembly passes N489.7b budget for 2015
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday evening passed the state 2015 Appropriation Bill of N489, 689, 869, 621 with the House urging the executive arm of government to judiciously implement the...
View ArticleRally: Police confirm attack on APC supporters in Rivers
The Rivers Police Command has confirmed that unidentified gunmen attacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters travelling to Port Harcourt to attend the party’s presidential campaign. The...
View ArticleElectricity: NERC confirms tariff increase for residential consumers in June
The Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, has said that the commission will not increase energy tariff for residential buildings until June. NERC on December 23,...
View ArticleJonathan: Mbaka turned opposition after failed bid to secure oil blocks –...
The ongoing controversy sparked off by the call by Enugu-based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka that the electorate should vote out President Goodluck Jonathan in the February 14, 2015...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Shekau is a lunatic, media blackout‘ll weaken insurgents, says...
The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has urged the media to stop giving terrorist sect, Boko Haram and its leader Abubakar Shekau ...
View ArticleOur party full of injustice – PDP Chairman, Mu’azu declares
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, came hard on the political party on Tuesday ...
View ArticleAPC: I’ll send corrupt Nigerians to Kirikiri – Buhari
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has assured Nigerians that all corrupt politicians will end up in jail ...
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