The five aspirants contesting for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were on Tuesday engaged in a last minute scramble for the votes of the 8,000 delegates that would determine who would square up against President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. The aspirants will slug it out at the party’s […]
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Actress wins APC primary
December 10, 2014 
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Indication emerged on Tuesday that actress Funke Adesiyan, has broken the ‘primaries jinx’ in the ongoing elections. Adesiyan contested in the Oyo State House of Assembly primary of the All People’s Congress and won…
Continue reading Sheriff Washes Hands Off Detained Plane
December 8, 2014 0 Comments
Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, on Monday distanced himself from the arms-laden plane detained at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The former governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was reported to have paid a visit to the Kano Airport at the weekend to lobby for the […]
Continue reading Jonathan moves to stop impeachment plot
December 7, 2014 0 Comments
The Presidency and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party have adopted subtle ways to tackle the impeachment threats against President Goodluck Jonathan. This is coming after some members of the two chambers of the National Assembly have reportedly been collating signatures to impeach the President. A top Presidency source who pleaded anonymity told Punch’s […]
Continue reading Nollywood actor, other APC lawmakers get return tickets in Anambra
December 6, 2014 1 Comment
ALL the four incumbent House of Assembly members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State, including the popular Nollywood actor and Gyration Master, Mr. Tony Oneweek Muonagor, were Saturday returned as the party’s candidates in their various constituencies for the 2015 general elections. Other affected lawmakers are Ebele Obi, (Idemili South constituency), Emeka […]
Continue reading Five PDP govs meet Obasanjo over Jonathan
December 5, 2014 3 Comments
Five governors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Governors Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Liyel Imoke (Cross Rivers), Isa Yuguda (Bauchi), Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger) and Sule Lamido (Jigawa) arrived Mr. Obasanjo’s home at about 12:30p.m. and went straight into a meeting which lasted for […]
Continue reading DC Exclusive: Barr. Kenneth Okonkwo Backs Out From Contesting For House of Reps
December 5, 2014 1 Comment
Hanks Kenneth Okonkwo backs out of PDP primary as the state chapter of the PDP jettisons zoning in Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency. Following the Nsukka/ Igbo-Eze South stakeholders meeting at the Governor’s lodge on the 3rd of December, 2014 where the Governor openly endorsed the former chairman of the party, Vitta Abah who is from […]
Continue reading Patience Jonathan Clears herself from PDP crisis
December 4, 2014 0 Comments
The First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday restated that she was not involved in the selection of candidates vying for elective positions on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is contained in a statement issued by her Media Assistant, Ayo Adewuyi, in Abuja. The statement was in reaction to a media publication […]
Continue reading Five APC presidential aspirants sign undertaking to remain in party after primaries
December 4, 2014 0 Comments
Five presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday signed a Letter of Commitment which compels them to remain in the party even after losing out in the primary election. The undertaking also mandates them to collapse their individual campaign structures into that of the party for effective campaign of the […]
Continue reading Focus on national issues not impeachment, Jonathan tells senators
December 4, 2014 2 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday told senators behind the Jonathan-Must-Go impeachment project that there were issues of national importance that needed their attention rather than the plot against him. Jonathan’s advice was contained in a reaction by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who fired back at the senators said to […]
Continue reading APC Expresses Outrage Over Another Raid On Data Centre by DSS
December 3, 2014 0 Comments
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as the height of lawlessness and an orchestrated provocation the second raid that was carried out on the party’s data centre in Ikeja, Lagos, by the Department of State Security (DSS) on Monday night. The party demanded that the security agency must urgently be called to order. In […]
Continue reading Jonathan worse than Nebuchadnezzar – Soyinka
December 3, 2014 4 Comments
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan is worse than neo-Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, describing Jonathan as a President that embraces impunity. Soyinka at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday blamed Jonathan for the fracas at the National Assembly in which lawmakers resorted to scaling the gate of the Assembly complex in order […]
Continue reading Exquisite Photos from Muma Gee’s declaration for Abua Odual / Ahoada East, Constituency 1
December 1, 2014 10 Comments
The event which took place on the 30th November in Ahoada, Rivers State. Where the People of Abua turned up in masses to support their super star Muma Gee as she declares her intention to run for Federal House of Representatives, constituency 1 of the Abua / Odual and Ahoada East local Government Areas of […]
Continue reading Impeachment: Anti-Jonathan senators meet today
December 1, 2014 4 Comments
The 63 senators who had signed up to remove President Goodluck Jonathan will meet on Monday (today) evening to perfect their strategy for making it a reality. One of the coordinators of the impeachment plan,who made this known to Punch’s correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, said the agenda of the meeting would centre on how […]
Continue reading I’m still suffering for failing to stop Tambuwal from becoming Speaker in 2011 — Jonathan
November 30, 2014 3 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed regrets at his inability to stop Aminu Tambuwal and install a South West politician as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2011. He said he is still suffering for failing in that enterprise. Speaking on Friday at the Yoruba Unity Summit themed: ‘National Development: Wither the Yoruba,’at the Obafemi […]
Continue reading No voter card for Fashola – INEC
November 29, 2014 1 Comment
The names of the number one citizen of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Fashola, his wife and all residents who registered at the governor’s polling unit have been declared missing on the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Governor Fashola and his wife could therefore not collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVC yesterday. […]
Continue reading 63 senators sign to impeach Jonathan
November 28, 2014 3 Comments
SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber… One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed Punch’s correspondent the list containing the signatures of the senators. The source said eight Peoples Democratic Party senators were among […]
Continue reading You May Cover Your ‘Evil Work’ Here, But Before God, There Is No Cover Up”- Obasanjo Tells Jonathan
November 26, 2014 5 Comments
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again shabby at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the action of the present administration. Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the […]
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