APC Knocks PDP Over State of Enugu International Trade Fair
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has chided the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led federal government over its failure to construct the permanent site of Enugu International Trade Fair complex six years on, Daily Post reports. Spokesperson of APC in the South-East…
INEC Petitioned Over Alleged Non-distribution of PVCs in 24 Lagos Wards
â– Alimosho, Ifako, Ikeja, Mainland LGAs affected The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been petitioned over alleged deliberate mismanÂagement of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, distribution in five Local Government Areas of LaÂgos State. The development is said to have…
Prof Nwabueze, Agbakoba, others Initiate Intervention Commission On 2015 Elections
Icon of the Civil Society Movement and Former President of Nigerian Bar Association, Barr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has been named as the arrow head of the intervention of coalition of leaders of thought and political activists in the torrential build…
Promise Fulfilled As Jonathan Gives Employment Letters, Cheques To Families of Diseased Job Seekers
In keeping his promise, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Friday in Abuja presented letters of employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service to members of the 15 families who lost sons and daughters during the Service’s recruitment exercise last year. At…
War Against Boko Haram: South Africans Providing Technical Support, Training, Says Report
Nigeria’s senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of mercenaries against Boko Haram terrorists as a joke taken too far. The officers insisted the foreigners, who…
Nigerian Forces Clear Adamawa, Others of Boko Haram Insurgents
Nigerian troops on Thursday successfully cleared terrorists out of Madagali, the last major town held by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, even as troops of the 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, had earlier concluded the dislodgement and clearing…
Obanikoro Confirmed Minister By Senate
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as a minister. He was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, but his confirmation was stalled due to yet to be substantiated allegations that Obanikoro played a…
Jonathan Appoints Akau New SURE-P Chairman
In furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as the new Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme…
Abducted American Woman Missionary Rescued By Nigerian Security Forces
An American woman Missionary, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, who was kidnapped has been rescued by a combined team of police, military and State Security Service officials, Premuim Times reports. Ms. Sortor, 87, was rescued at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday at…
Nigeria Decides: South West CNPP Endorses Jonathan
A coalition of political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), South West, has thrown its weight behind the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in this…
Senatorial Candidate Alleges Threat To His Life
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Senatorial Candidate for Enugu North, Chief Willy Ezugwu has raised the alarm over threats to his life and those of members of his campaign organization, saying that what he once regarded as attempt to…
