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The Ogoni Youth Movement and Federation of Ogoni Youth Leaders Associatioon Wednesday condemned the “deceit and distortion of facts” in the portrayal of Sunday’s disruption of a rally by the Rivers State Police Command under Commissioner Mbu, during which Senator Magnus Abe was alleged to have been shot by the Police. Some 10,000 of the […]

Despite a string of last-ditch efforts to save his job, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur may have to vacate his office if the party must stand any chance of a decent performance in the 2015 general elections. Tukur has lost the confidence of various sections of the party, most […]

Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged religious leaders to pray for good fortune for the country ahead of the 2015 general elections. Speaking at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun while receiving National President of the Pentecostal Federation of Nigeria (PFN), Rev. Felix Omobude, Obasanjo said that as God’s project, only God can appoint the […]

Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang has relieved two commissioners of their duties while three others have new designations in a minor cabinet reshuffle announced on Monday. Lohfa Bako who was Commissioner for Youth Development and Abdulhamid Gamzaki, who was Commissioner for Transport, are the two sacked state officers. Former Commissioner for Information and Communication, […]

Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday absented themselves from an emergency meeting convened by Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. Only three members — National Secretary, Professor Adewale Oladipo; National Auditor, Adewole Adeyanju; and National Treasurer, Alhaji Bala Buhari — were in attendance. Those absent at the […]

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to inhibit the Federal House of Representatives from altering the composition of its leadership. In the suit filed on 7th January 2014, the party is asking the court to restrain House of Speaker of the House Aminu Tambuwal […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships that has been the subject of international condemnation. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati confirming the development, saying, “I can confirm that the president has signed the bill into law”. Although […]

…We Are Vindicated on Fictitious Shooting of Senator Abe — PDP The Nigerian Senate has criticised the alleged shooting of Senator Magnus Abe by the Police in Rivers State, in a bid to foil a rally organised by the Save Rivers Movement at the College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt on Sunday. According to […]

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos High Court, Igbosere on Monday slammed the defence counsels of the four suspects in the death of Miss Cynthia Osokogu, the daughter of a military officer who was allegedly killed by her Facebook friends in the FESTAC area of Lagos State in 2012. Four of the suspects in the […]

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has denied reports that he plans to sell his newspaper, The Compass, to controversial businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, the publisher of Daily Newswatch and National Mirror, had been touted to have concluded plans to buy over The Compass, which has nearly gone bankrupt. But in an interaction […]

…Amaechi Was the Target The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock at Sunday morning’s shooting of Senator Magnus Abe — the senator representing Rivers South East in the National Assembly and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) — and Chief Tony Okocha, the chief of staff to […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has urged ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo to reconsider plans of dumping the party, saying PDP still needs his fatherly aura and political experience. Obasanjo had written Tukur and President Goodluck Jonathan on 7th January 2014, threatening to withdraw his involvement with the party over the appointment […]