President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has submitted, to the Senate, the names of seven people he hopes to make ministers if given the go ahead by the lawmaker as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution. A controversial former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who lost the Lagos State governorship slot of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Story by Peregrino Brimah I had a very verbal phone conversation with Niger Delta militant terror leader, Asari Dokubo today. In the heated conversation that lasted over 20 minutes, the pro-Jonathan militant was non repentant and aggressively supported his campaign for the continued reign of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. I told him that at a time…
A top Nigerian television station, African Independent Television, AIT, owned by DAAR Communications, has been accused of lying about its online presidential poll it pulled down after it alleged that supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, compromised the integrity of the system. The station, in a press statement on Thursday, alleged that the opinion…
The campaign organisation of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has decried the removal of campaign posters of Isiaka on major streets of the state capaital, Abeokuta, allegedly by supporters of the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun. This call was contained in a press statement issued…
It has been confirmed that the men of the Nigerian Army and members of Boko Haram are battling each other over the control of two major towns in Borno State; Maiduguri and Monguni. The Islamic sect has been trying in recent times to totally take charge of Maiduguri, the state capital, after chasing the military…
An All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial candidate from Lagos State in the forthcoming election, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, has expressed worry over the use of violence by politicians as one of their campaign strategies. Adeola, who is presently a member of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, pointed out…
FOLLOWING speculations in some quarters that President Goodluck Jonathan did not complete his doctorate degree programme at the University of Port Harcourt, the institution has come out in his defence. But the Uniport Deputy Registrar (Information), Dr. William Wodi, explained that apart from acquiring his first degree in the institution, Jonathan also got his Masters…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has closed the SMS platform launched by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to raise funds for its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, for the February 2015 polls. Director of the Buhari-Osinbajo Fund Raising Campaign, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that…
National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to shift the February 2015 general elections in Nigeria to enable the Commission prepare well for the polls. Dasuki gave this advice on Thursday while speaking as a guest at the London think-tank Chatham House. He said the…
Prominent businessman turned politician in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has revealed his running mate in the Rivers State governorship election on February 28, 2015. Princewill is the gubernatorial candidate for the Labour Party in the February poll. In a statement issued by the Princewill Campaign Organization, it was disclosed that “after months of rigorous…