The Canadian government has vehemently denied cancelling a planned visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the country. This was made known by the Canadian Counsellor in Abuja, Ms Alexandra Mackenzie, in an interview with Punch. Mackenzie revealed that there was never a scheduled visit of Jonathan to the country in the first place. She however…
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Azubuike Ihejirika, has described calls by the Northern Elders for his prosecution at the International Criminal Court, ICC, in Hague as ‘ill conceived’. He divulged further that the calls were made out of ignorance. The military officer made this known in Abuja on Sunday at the Presidential Villa…
A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to leave the controversial oil wells in Rivers State. There has been a controversy between the Rivers State and Bayelsa State governments over who owns Soku oil wells. Lending his voice on the matter, Tam, an activist, noted that the Soku…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged Nigerians to remain calm ahead of the next general elections taking place in the country in 2015. The President gave this charge at an annual cocktail organised for members of the diplomatic corps at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Jonathan admitted that he was aware of the tension in…
The governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has stressed that he will not return to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, despite the resignation of Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the party on Thursday. He said rather, he will remain in the All Progressives Congress, APC, he defected to some weeks ago. Nyako, addressing…
The governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been appointed as the new National Leader and Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Obi’s appointment was approved by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. The governor replaces the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who formed the party some…
Few days after Boko Haram killed several persons in Borno in a suicide bomb attack, the group has again struck, killing scores. Below is Punch’s account. Again the outlawed Boko Haram sect attacked Banki, a border town in Bama Local Government Area of Bornu State killing people at will, moment after they sacked the only…
Members of the House of Representatives, particularly those of the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus are bent on changing the leadership of the House as lawmakers resume sitting on Tuesday next week. The APC gained a slim numerical advantage over the Peoples Democratic Party before the lawmakers proceeded on the Christmas/New Year break on December…
Story by Fidel Njamanze A socio-political group in Ekpeye kingdom comprising Ahoada East and West local government areas of Rivers State, Amaechi’s Teeming Supporters, ATS, has described as a show of shame, the role played by the police in the Rivers State trounce on all political outfits floated by the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, and…
The younger sister to the Senate President, David Mark, Mrs Mary Onma-Adakole, has died. The sibling of the retired military officer turned politician died at the age of 35 at an Abuja hospital during child birth. A statement released on Thursday by the Special Adviser to Mark on Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the…