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The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday restated its earlier stance that the suspended members of the group will not appear before the party’s disciplinary committee. Court-reinstated PDP National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; National Chairman of NPDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje; National Deputy Chairman of NPDP, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja; and […]

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke has revealed that the Federal Government is currently articulating a scheme of compensation and rehabilitation for victims of Boko Haram attacks. Speaking at the third plenary of the 12th Session of the Assembly of State Parties, World Forum Theatre, The Hague, Adoke […]

Poised to fight on against the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to outright cancel the recently conducted governorship election in Anambra State despite public condemnation of the exercise, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday formally petitioned INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, seeking the cancellation of the election and the organisation of a fresh […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, who is on a trip to London for Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’ Council meeting, has suffered an illness that prevented him from attending the opening session of the meeting on Thursday. A statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the president is sick, and […]

nPDP, the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, has described the continued refusal of the Presidency to recognise Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) as unfortunate, dangerous, unjustifiable, regrettable and unacceptable. The Presidency had reiterated this position while justifying the absence of President Goodluck […]

The Lagos State Government is searching for an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) who was caught on camera receiving bribe from a car owner alleged to have committed a traffic offence some days ago. The officer, Michael Ekundayo, was caught on camera soliciting the bribe while sitting at the passenger’s side […]

Had President Goodluck Jonathan turned up for the presentation of the 2014 budget proposal to a joint sitting of the Senate and Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday, he would have earned the ignominious record of being the first Nigerian President to be booed within the hallowed chamber. This is the primary reason he failed […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has formally conveyed his decision to postpone the 2014 budget presentation to the National Assembly. The budget presentation was earlier scheduled to hold today, 19th November 2013, take place today (Tuesday), but the president wrote a letter to the National Assembly, saying the lower and upper chambers need to first harmonise the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday rejected the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it would hold a supplementary election after declaring Saturday’s governorship poll in Anambra inconclusive. The party insisted that only total cancellation of the “grossly-tainted and widely-manipulated” election would be acceptable. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim […]Read More

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State inconclusive, after observing that the total number of cancelled votes was far more than the difference between the votes of highest-scoring and second-placed candidates. Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief William Obiano polled 174,710 votes to come first while candidate […]

The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has challenged the Federal Government to account for the $5bn alleged to have disappeared from the nation’s Excess Crude Account (ECA). The party threw the challenge after a careful study of the disclosure made by Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi while declaring open the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a total cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State based on the massive disenfranchisement of people across the state, caused by the blatant incompetent and/or deliberate sabotage by the electoral commission itself. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]