Temporary National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said GEJ should understand that instead of comparing himself with past administrations, he should focus on how well he has delivered on his electioneering campaign promises, while also managing the unintended or contrived issues now endanger his post as president. . He noted that the President’s claim of superior performance has increased his enemies’ camp beyond that of Olusegun Obasanjo, who has engaged GEJ in recent times. . ”All other past leaders and their loyalists are now aware that Dr Jonathan is a ‘superior’ performer! His inclusion…
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Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, has explained why a handful of detractors remains focused and tireless in the criticisms of her and the aviation industry. . The minster lamented in Abuja on Saturday that apart from the political side to her travails, ”entrenched interests in the aviation sector which have been ripping off the sector in the past 38 years and held the sector and sitting its growth” were behind orchestrated attempts to disparage Stella Oduah. . ”Nigeria’s airspace has become one of the safest in the world with the deployment of modern navigational equipments and infrastructures. The oversight capacity…
Kano State Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to cease to harass CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. . Kwankwaso, who spoke against the backdrop of a shaky relationship between the president and the CBN governor, stated that Sanusi is no ordinary Nigerian. . Kwankwaso, who defended his kinsman, said ”Let me use this opportunity to call on the FG to desist from harassing our citizens. Here I am referring to our son, the CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi”. . ”There is nothing wrong when the CBN governor says, ‘Please, check these figures to ensure probity’.…
Nigerian Ambassardor to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abubakar Bunu, has said that many Nigerian emigrants in that country are doing away with their old names and changing names to outsmart authorities and avoid deportation. . Bunu, who revealed this to journalist in Gusau yesterday said many of the emigrants had gone into hiding thereby making it difficult for the law enforcement agents to know where they are. . He explained that in spite of joint efforts by the Saudi authorities and officials of the Nigerian Embassy there to locate them, only about 500 persons had been recaptured in…
Fire was all over the premises of Zoom, a telecommunications company close to the National Theatre in Iganmu-Lagos today, in the morning, after an explosion took place as some people were transferring fuel from one tanker into another. . Reports has it that the explosion, which occured shortly after 11AM caused panic in the areas as many ran for safety. . At the fire scene, 3 petrol tankers and one trailer had been severly burnt by 12PM, while firefighters were battling to prevent the fire from spreading to the warehouse of the telecommunications company. . Mr Bassey Moses, a security…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has appointed Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra as its national leader and Chairman of its Board of Trustees (BOT). . The National Vice-Chairman of the party, South-West Zone, Alhaji Tayo Sowumi, announced the appointment while briefing newsmen after the National Executive Council meeting of the party in Awka on Saturday. . He said the appointment followed an earlier recommendation by the National Working Committee of the party in Abuja. . ”The motion was unanimously taken by all members of NEC present at the meeting. . ”The council equally approved the appointment of 30 persons…
Fire said to be mysterious has gutted two separate houses in the same Yan-Trailer area of Jos, the Plateau State capital within 24hrs with property worth millions of naira destroyed. . The first house belonging to one Mr. Garba saw his son’s room burnt at about 5pm on Thursday while another house whose owner was not identified at the time of this report also got burnt about 4pm on yesterday. . Narrating the Thursday’s incidence, the wife of the owner of the room, Mrs. Mary Garba said the incident is still a mystery to her because there was nothing that…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ,FAAN, has denied approving the designs of Domestic Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, currently operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services under concession agreement. . Bi-Courtney Aviation Services was quoted as saying that “the design of the terminal (MMA Domestic Terminal 2) was approved by the Federal Government and FAAN after due consultation with their consultants .The Bi-Courtney source also said that “FAAN was involved at every stage of the redesign and redevelopment of the project”. . But reacting to this, the General Manager, Communication, FAAN, Mr Yakubu Dati said “We wish to…
A total of 21 people, including 13 foreigners, died in a Taliban suicide assault on a popular restaurant in Kabul, police said Saturday, as witnesses gave horrific accounts of the carnage. . Desperate customers tried to hide under tables as one attacker detonated his suicide vest at the fortified entrance to the Taverna du Liban and two other militants stormed inside and opened fire. . Among the dead were two Americans, two British citizens, two Canadians, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official from Lebanon, and the restaurant’s Lebanese owner, who reportedly died after he tried to fire back at…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Abuja met with some People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors from the North-East geopolitical zone. . The meeting came barely 24 hours after the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. . Tukur is from the North-East zone of the country where the party chairmanship seat is zoned by the ruling PDP. . The governors, who met with Jonathan, include Isa Yuguda, Bauchi; Ibrahim Dankwabo, Gombe; Acting Gov. Garba Umar, Taraba; and Bala Ngilari, Adamawa deputy governor. . Yuguda, who spoke to State House correspondents after the meeting, dismissed the assertion that the…