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Chief Buruji Kashamu, the man for whom Obasanjo has threatened to withdraw his involvement with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has replied the accusations against him, describing the former president as a hypocrite bemoaning his loss of relevance in the south-west zone. In a letter dated 7th January 2014 and copied President Goodluck Jonathan, Obasanjo […]

In another letter to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he is considering withdrawing from the activities of the party both at the state and national level. The letter, dated 7th January 2014 and copied President Goodluck Jonathan, portrayed Obasanjo’s frustration at the way the PDP […]

Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have passed a vote of no confidence on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the national chairman of the embattled party. In a report they presented to President Goodluck Jonathan at a late-night meeting on Friday, they warned that the party would lose the 2015 […]

A total of 167 persons being held in detention for suspected terrorist activities in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are to be released in compliance with an order form President Goodluck Jonathan. Confirming the imminent release, Major General Chris Olukolade the director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters revealed that the 167 suspects […]

…Says Spending backed by Law   The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday offered further clarifications on the $10.8bn believed to have been missing. Speaking at a press conference, Group Executive Director, Finance and Accounts of the corporation, Mr. Bernard Otti explained that the sum is not missing, but has rather been expenditures incurred as […]

Former Governor of Oyo state, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has declared that the recent overtures made to him by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are proof that the party is scared of him and his Accord Party. Ladoja stated this on Thursday in reaction to a statement linked to Special Adviser to Governor Abiola […]

The Federal House of Representatives on Thursday allayed fears over rumoured plans to remove its principal officers despite the exodus of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). As at December 2013, 53 PDP members joined APC, which currently displaced PDP to opposition party in the House. While responding to questions […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to force Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign, considering the potential impact of such forced exit on the nation’s economy. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its Interim National […]

Wednesday’s allegation by President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Okey Wali that President Goodluck Jonathan refused to receive a minority report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the proposed national conference has been described as untrue and incorrect. According to a statement from the Presidency on Thursday, President Jonathan is, in fact, unaware of […]

31 marginal fields are on the auction block; but who gets what will depend on the shifting political equation ahead of legislative and presidential elections in 2015. A sinister plot to factionalize and destabilize the opposition ahead of next year’s legislative and presidential elections involving the long-running practice of using oil blocks in shady quid […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly has waded into the controversy surrounding the inhumane treatment of two women in the Ejigbo area of the state, and have staked N1.25m for anyone who can produce information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of the debasement of womanhood. The women, the wife of a […]

Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he has no regret for the sack of 836 teachers in the state. The governor — who was speaking in Auchi during the celebration of Allah at the 17th edition of Auchi Day, with the theme The Holy Qu’ran: Guidance for Mankind — was responding to claims […]