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Sack Me If You Can, PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur Dares President Jonathan

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to remove him from office if he can. Tukur’s outburst followed the refusal of members of the party’s National Working Committee to attend a meeting he called at the party’s secretariat in Abuja last Wednesday. The Adamawa State […]

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Shot senator flown to UK

Doctors were battling all yesterday to save Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, who was shot at a rally in Port Harcourt,the Rivers State capital. He was flown to London, United Kingdom, last night after the doctors stabilised him. The rally by the Save Rivers Movement (SRM), a non-governmental organisation with affiliation to Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and […]

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APGA sweeps Anambra LG polls; PPA rejects result

Despite protests and complaints by many voters in Anambra State that election did not hold in their areas in Saturday’s local government election, the State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) yesterday, declared results in 20 of the 21 local government areas.According to official results, the ruling party in the state, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), […]

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Anambra : Elections holds today in 21 local governments

The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission holds elections for chairmanship and councillorship positions in the 21 local governments and 326 wards in the state today (Saturday). It is the first time local government elections will be conducted in the state by a civilian government. The last council poll was held in December 1998 under the […]

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You’re a PDP member, Amaechi tells Rivers CP

AS the political crisis in Rivers State deepens, Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday accused the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, of being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. “The Commissioner of Police is completely not a policeman. He (Mbu) is a known PDP politician who attends meetings with them and carries out […]

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Budget 2014: Govt to spend N11b on National dialogue, World Economic Forum

  WHOEVER says talk is cheap has not seen details of the Federal Government’s budget for next year. The government is to spend N11 billion to host the national dialogue and the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Abuja. This figure is contained in the details of the 2014 budget breakdown, which states that N7 billion […]

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Pastor Tunde Bakare Rejects Cow from Jonathan; Tells Him To Give Nigerians Better Life

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly is one of the few no-nonsense pastors who say it the way it is to political leaders in government, no matter if you are happy with him or not. It was gathered that Pastor Bakare has rejected the Cow sent to him by President Gooodluck Jonathan as […]

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I fasted for 10 months to become Governor – Amaechi

RIVERS State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum has attributed the increasing level of insecurity in the Federal Government. He also said God, and not man, installed him as the state governor because he fasted and prayed for 10 months before he became the governor. Amaechi said rather than chase criminals away from […]

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Jonathan drags Obasanjo to rights commission over criminal allegations

President Jonathan Goodluck yesterday submitted himself to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, for probe over criminal allegations against him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Former President Obasanjo had written an 18-page open letter to Jonathan, accusing him of incompetence, engaging in anti-party activities, ethnicism and training about 1,000 snipers ahead of the 2015 polls. […]

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Senate rejects calls to impeach Jonathan

CALLS for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan suffered a serious setback Tuesday as the Senate expressed its opposition to them. Rising from a session behind closed-doors which lasted over an hour, the upper legislative chamber which is constitutionally empowered to play a leading role in the impeachment of the president or vice president, declared […]

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Anambra poll: INEC has no record of election staff

For the fourth day running, the Awka, Anambra State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to produce a list of permanent and ad hoc staff deployed by the electoral umpire for the November 16, 17 and 30 elections. Besides, INEC is yet to produce the voter register ordered for any ward, […]

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REVEALED: REAL REASONS Why Obasanjo Is Fighting Jonathan

The controversial letter Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to generate ripples with a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Buruji Kashamu alleging that the former president took on the president for selfish reasons. Obasanjo had in an 18-page letter dated December 2, 2013 accused President Jonathan of taking […]

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Boko Haram: Patience Jonathan changes name

The First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Maternal and Child Health otherwise known as MAMA Project with a declaration that henceforth she should no longer be called Patience but “Mama Peace.” According to her, the peace evangelism was what she would be preaching to bring an end […]

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President Jonathan Responds To Obasanjo’s Letter, Calls It “Provocative” And “Self-Serving”

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati has released a statement concerning the 18-page letter former president Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the current President. The presidency described the letter as reckless, baseless, unjustifiable and of containing “indecorous charges levied against him and his administration by the former Head of State.” See statement […]

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REVEALED: Why Jonathan Didn’t Speak At Mandela’s Service – Presidency

The Presidency last night rose in defence of President Goodluck Jonathan for not speaking at the memorial service in honour of the former South African leader, Nelson Mandela in South Africa. The President had come under serious condemnation by critics in the social media, who wondered why he went to Johannesburg in the first place […]

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INEC Demands N2.2m To Make Anambra Electoral Documents Available To APC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State is demanding an illegal sum of N2.2m to make certified true copies of electoral documents available to All Progressive Congress (APC), It was ordered by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Awka, citing “hike in the price of materials.” The memo was issued at the instance of the […]

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Boko Haram: President Jonathan Releases N1bn for Detention Camps’ Upgrade, Hmmm!

President Goodluck Jonathan said he has approved the disbursement of N1 billion to the military for the upgrade of detention camps where suspected insurgents are held across the country.  The President disclosed this during an interview in Paris, France, on December 6, 2013, Saturday, shortly before his departure to Nigeria at the end of a two-day […]

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ANAMBRA: US Disappointed With Poll

Yesterday the US government expressed deep disappointment over the conduct of the  Anambra State governorship election, which was held on November 16. It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Willie Obiano, winner after the November 30 supplementary election. The supplementary election was required, […]

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