President Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, had planned to kill him in the October 1, 2010 bombing at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Jonathan made this allegation on Thursday at the flag-off of his re-election campaign held in Lagos at the…
The campaign committee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State has been inaugurated. This took place on Wednesday at the Government House in Asaba, the state capital. Present at the occasion was the governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, who urged members of the PDP to engage in door to door campaign to…
President Goodluck Jonathan will kick off his re-election campaign in Lagos on Thursday, January 8, 2015 (today). The ceremony will hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Onikan. Already, heavyweights in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, are already in Lagos ahead of grand event. Jonathan is expected to tell the electorates what he intends to…
Following claims made by former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, that President Goodluck Jonathan has squandered Nigeria’s foreign reserves, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Finance, has rubbished the claims in defence of the president. The Finance Ministry, via a statement issued to clarify the facts regarding the country’s Excess Crude Account and foreign reserves, explained…
Former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, has stated that the N21 billion raised during the recent fund-raising at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, was not for President Goodluck Jonathan re-election campaign. At the ceremony, business gurus, government officials and other individuals donated to the cause. Shortly after it was learnt that about N21 billion…
The verbal attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan by former President Olusegun Obasanjo may not end anytime soon as long as the latter continues to have the opportunity to speak to a gathering of people on national issues and the former fails to publicly apologise to him. Obasanjo, who, on Monday, hosted some women leaders in…
Following comments made by controversial Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has been plagued with bad luck, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has said that the man of God is on his own. President of CBCN, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigam, in an interview with ThisDay, distanced the…
Reports reaching us indicate that the Managing Director of National Mirror, Kafilat Ogbara, has resigned from her appointment. The newspaper outfit has been in crisis for some months now. A new MD has been appointed to replace Ogbara. He is Sunday Olajide, a former Editor of Saturday Tribune. It was gathered that Ogbara and Publisher…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has commiserated with President Goodluck Jonathan, who lost his younger sister, Mrs Nancy Jonathan-Olei, to death on Sunday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Jonathan’s sister died on Sunday at a hospital in Bayelsa after a brief illness. The death of the President’s sibling came hours after he gave out his daughter…
According to reports, the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Muhammadu Sanusi II, is set to marry a fourth wife. The respected northern monarch, who was a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is reportedly taking the teenage daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, as wife. The…