Just when President Goodluck Jonathan was basking in the euphoria of giving his daughter out in marriage in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, on Saturday, death cut short his happiness by taking away his sister on Sunday. The President lost his younger sister to death in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, after a brief illness. The woman, Mrs…
According to BBC, some members of the outlawed terrorist group called Boko Haram, have taken control over a military base in Baga town of Borno State. The seizure was reported to have taken place on Saturday, which has led to residents of the town abandoning their homes. A Senator from Borno State was quoted by…
A federal lawmaker from Edo State, Abubakar Momoh, is set to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, for the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Momoh, currently a member of the House of Representatives representing Etsako Federal Constituency of Edo State, had lost his bid to grab the party’s ticket for Edo North Senatorial District at the…
An interest group, few days ago, threw its full weight behind the governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje. The group, Jimi Agbaje Independent Campaign group, JAICG, which has no particular affiliation to the PDP, has members drawn across key players in the organized private sector, OPS, Youths and…
Ahead of the February 14, 2015 presidential poll, President Goodluck Jonathan has confirmed the appointments of some chieftains of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, into key positions of his campaign organisation. Jonathan appointed former National Chairman of the PDP, Ahmadu Ali, as his campaign organisation’s Director-General, while the Chairman of the Board of trustees of…
Following his extraordinary leadership style and his ability to make Delta State not rely on oil alone, the Silverbird Group has named the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan as its Man of the Year. The governor beat other prominent and hardworking Nigerians to emerge winner of the prestigious award through a public voting system. The organisers…
fashola The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has said that it would be a disaster if the state is handed over to the opposition. Fashola, speaking on Tuesday in Ikeja at a Town Hall meeting with artisans and tradesmen in Lagos, urged them (artisans) to vote for the candidate of the All…
No fewer than six persons suspected to be insurgents were feared dead in an explosion that rocked a major town in Yobe State called Fika on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred when a bomb-laden vehicle went off near a security checkpoint mounted in the town. It was gathered that the human casualties were occupants of…
A group, New Foundation of National Understanding, NFNM, has called upon President Goodluck Jonathan to shift the 2015 Presidential elections and prepare for war against terrorism in the country. The group alleged that there is a plot by some disgruntled politician and religious extremists of northern extraction to extend the reign of terror of Boko…
No fewer than 4000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto State left the party to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defecting members were received in Isa local government area of the state on Sunday by the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko, who was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Arzika Tureta.…