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…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the “Nyesome Wike, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has set up a three-man committee to study and clone the well-researched Four-Point Agenda of our governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside.” The party, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and made…
Following the drop in the price of crude oil in the global market, the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol in Nigeria. The product has been sold for N97 since 2012 when President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of subsidy from petrol. The announcement…
Following his displeasure over the lackadaisical attitudes of some contractors to the execution of projects in Delta State, the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has threatened to blacklist them if they fail to sit up within the next three months. Uduaghan made this known on Thursday when he summoned them to the board room of the…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on relevant security agencies in Nigeria to investigate the introduction of violence into the politics of Rivers State by alleged prominent Ogboni member and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike. The party in a statement signed…