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After months of rejecting calls to  convene a sovereign national conference, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in an early morning Independence Day broadcast, Tuesday, announced the setting up of an Advisory Committee to establish modalities for a national conference aimed at resolving issues that currently cause friction in the polity. President Jonathan said that the committee […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday presented share certificates and licenses to the 14 new core owners of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor companies. During the presentation, the president was full of enthusiasm for better days ahead in the power sector, on the heels of his privatisation programme, which he described as the […]

Less than 48 hours after granting a state-of-the-nation media chat, President Goodluck Jonathan will again address the country, this time in an Independence Day Broadcast to the nation at 07:00 Hours tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, who made the announcement, urged all television and radio […]

United States President, Barack Obama has promised to support Nigeria’s quest to quell years of terrorism championed by the Boko Haram Islamist sect.Obama made the pledge during a bilateral meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, which held during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Boko Haram Islamist sect to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the interest of national peace and security, following what is undoubtedly a resurgence of deadly attacks believed to be perpetrated by the sect. In a statement released in Warri on Monday by its […]

Despite the inability of the Federal Government to pay three months allocations owed the 36 states of the federation, President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday denied suggestions that the country is bankrupt, saying those who have been making the insinuation have only been playing politics with an important national matter. www.www.aso.rocks search engine findings reveals that […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered what seems like a “grand and serpentine plot” by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Presidency to rig the 2015 general elections, especially the presidential poll, and also to destabilise Nigeria. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, […]

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will begin an indefinite nationwide industrial action starting from Friday, following the failure of the Federal Government to fulfil an earlier agreement with the union. ASUP suspended its strike action on 17th July 2013, after leaders of the country intervened. But in a communique on Saturday, it claimed […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sanctioned 20 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators for allegedly engaging in foreign exchange malpractices. The bank revoked their licences and urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the allegation against them. The CBN on Friday listed the names of the Bureau De Change as FBN […]

Justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name of erstwhile Governor of Osun state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola from their records as the party’s National Secretary. In his ruling on Friday, the judge also stated that the nomination of Professor […]

Aggrieved students of Bayero University, Kano on Thursday embarked on a street protest to express their anger with the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), giving the Federal Government a one-week ultimatum to meet ASUU’s demands. According to President of the Student Union Government of the university, Comrade Muhammed Sani, […]

Chairman of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje on Thursday condemned the rape of the country’s economy by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that despite claims to the contrary by the administration in a futile bid to deceive Nigerians, the overwhelming evidence is that the Nigerian […]