A group under the aegis of Northern Christian Leaders Eagle Eyes Forum (NCLEEF) says its leaders have been receiving death threats for endorsing the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s, presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. Chairman of the Forum, Pastor Aminchi Habu, told newsmen in Kaduna on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure in the past six years was a disappointment to Nigerians, particularly the Christian community. Habu said it was based on this that the Christian Forum decided to ditch Jonathan and endorse Buhari who they believe could rid the country of insecurity. “Our decision to endorse Buhari was informed by our…
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President Jonathan with outgoing French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne De Labriolle President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed confidence that Nigerian troops will continue the impressive gains against Boko Haram and recover more occupied territory from the terrorist group. Jonathan said this at an audience with the outgoing French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne De Labriolle. He noted that the officers and men of the Nigerian Army he met on the frontlines in Borno and Adamawa states were in very high spirits, well prepared and determined to successfully complete their operations against Boko Haram. “We have already recovered much territory and…
A farmer from Abia State, Sergin Onuka Ibe has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, not to allow Muhammadu Buhari to contest the March 28 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to the pending perjury charge against him. The plaintiff, through his lawyer U.O. Ukairo, prayed the court to invoke its original powers and compel Buhari to not only withdraw from the presidential race, but to equally stop parading himself as a bonafide candidate for the poll. He maintained that Buhari violated the provision of section 31 of the Electoral Act by…
The Minister of Culture and Tourism and the Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke, has debunked the rumour making rounds that President Goodluck Jonathan plans to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega. Edem said this during his maiden meeting with information correspondents at Radio House, Abuja. However, he added that “this is not to say that, if it is time for INEC chairman to naturally exit his office, then the natural course of public service rule will not take place when he has reached age of retirement or exhausted his tenure.” “I…
PHOTO: LIB The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of its Commanding Officer in charge of Police Mobile Force (MOPOL), Superintendent of Police Chris L Eza, in yet-to-be ascertained circumstances by a police corporal in Bauchi town. Confirming the development to LEADERSHIP newspaper, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said the MOPOL commander was shot dead while he was on routine inspection of officers on stop and check duty last night. “The incident happened on the 26/2/2015 at about 23:20hrs, when the Commanding officer Mopol 10 PMF Bauchi, SP Chris L Eza was shot by…
Two suspected fraudsters, Kabiru Ali, and Idris Umar have been arraigned before a Kano High court for allegedly defrauding the Accountant General of the state, Danjuma Mahamud, while pretending to be the Kano state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso. The duo were alleged to have made an illegal act by pretending to be Gov. Kwankwaso by cloning his phone number and dishonestly sent a text message to the state Accountant General, instructing him to release the sum of three million naira into a bogus account, which he obliged. The prosecution counsel, Barrister GM Bichi, who slammed a four count charge on…
One of the Skuki music brothers, Peeshaun took to instagram to flaunt dollars saying they both just got paid…
Nigeria’s biggest music group, P-Square (Paul and Peter Okoye), are not strangers when it comes to rolling with the big boys in town. If the duo are not in Aso-rock for a dinner with President Goodluck Jonathan, they are being hosted by an the Gambian President. That is how big they are. From presidential palaces to royal castles and to billionaires yachts. For Tony Elumelu, his passion for youth empowerment is unrivaled. The Delta-born boardroom guru, through his foundation has committed $100m over the next 10 years to 10,000 entrepreneurs across Africa. An initiative, he hopes will empower the next…
Nigerian actors have always been known to be difficult to hold down for the females, but now we get to meet one who has never been turned down by a woman. Nigerian award winning director, Elvis Chuks has said his game is so good, that all girls he goes for, fall for him. He told City People magazine that girls have been the ones disturbing his peace from day one. Excerpts: Have you ever been turned down by a woman? Never! They are plenty disturbing my peace. I am blessed even before I became a star. On why he is yet to tie…
He might be Port Harcourt’s 1st son, but he’s definitely not Nigeria’s first son. The South South singer, Duncan Mighty has under fire after insulting Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. Duncan Mighty who is a staunch supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan‘s re-election bid, took his anger to his Instagram page where he poured insults on Buhari, calling the retired military general all sorts of name like semi-illiterate, foolish, ‘mumu’ and a fraudster. Read the post here: – “Stupidity is when you go to London to campaign for people without PVCs. Mumu is when you go to London and fail to…
I read his apologies and they really don’t sound honest at all, LOL!!! You would remember that at the 2015 Grammy’s, Kanye West blasted Beck for winning the Album of the Year award. Kanye dissed Bruno Mars in 2013 for being “overrated” for winning all the awards at the MTV Video Music Awards. Read Kanye’s apology tweets below: –
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd.), has denied having a Twitter account or any other account in the social media through which anybody could relate with. IBB’s denial comes barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo also disowned all social media accounts operating in his name. The former ruler in a press statement signed by one of his aides, who is also the publisher of an online magazine, Alhaji Iliyasu Dhacko, Ajiya Minna and made available to journalists on Friday, said he was miffed by the disclosure recently of spurious use of his name by some dubious…
The current spate of petroleum products scarcity in Rivers State has been blamed on the activities of private tank farms’ owners and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This was the position of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), which urged the Federal Government and Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to call the NSCDC and owners of private tank farms to order to avoid worsening the situation. Chairman of IPMAN in Rivers State, Prince Sunny Nkpe, spoke yesterday while addressing journalists at the association’s secretariat in Alesa-Eleme in Eleme local government area of the state. Nkpe…
The Nigerian military has recorded more successes in the war against insurgency, following its routing of Boko Haram insurgents from Bara, Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State. In a series of tweets via its official handle @DefenceInfoNG, the Defence Headquarters said Bara was reclaimed after two days of “intense operations”. It said terrorists were also flushed out from Gulak, the headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State on Friday. Meanwhile, many assorted arms, ammunitions and vehicles were recovered or destroyed just as cordon and search operations are ongoing in the recaptured towns.
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, promised to run a private sector-led economy and end corruption if he wins the March 28 election. He said this in a speech at the Chattam House, London. “We will run a private sector-led economy but maintain an active role for government through strong regulatory oversight and deliberate interventions and incentives to diversify the base of our economy, strengthen productive sectors, improve the productive capacities of our people and create jobs for our teeming youths,” Buhari said. The private sector has been proven to be a major driver…
There is something about this Jonathan administration that you cannot fault, it is that everybody seems to agree on the state of Nigerian Economy these days and the massive growth it has experienced under the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The “Dem Say Na Lie” Advert brings to bear the obvious Economic Achievements of the President which includes the rebasing exercise, our Economic diversification spearheaded in the Agriculture sector by globally acclaimed Akinwumi Adesina ‘ Forbes man of the Year 2013’, something that has seen Nigeria attracting the largest Rice Processing Factory in Sub-Saharan Africa (Olam Factory in Nassarawa State), the Foreign Direct Investment in Critical sectors like Power such as…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the needless resort to sheer hysteria by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Goodluck Jonathan Administration over the globally-acclaimed appearance of the APC’s presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Chatham House in London yesterday. In a statement issued in London on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the opposition party said even when it was so apparent that the PDP and the Jonathan Administration were so stunned and stung by Buhari’s well-accepted presentation, they could have saved themselves from further disgrace by…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday, alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan, since assumption of office in 2011, never responded to the needs of Lagos residents, saying, “at our time of needs, he did not respond to our pleas”. The governor made the allegation at the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign rally at the Ifako-Ijaiye Mini-stadium, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area, which also had in attendance the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, among other dignitaries. According to Fashola, President Jonathan only remembered residents of Lagos few weeks ago when he visited the state and spent five days holding meetings…
All Progressives Congress, APC, Senators yesterday raised the alarm over the alleged plot by the Presidency to send Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega on compulsory retirement leave. The APC Senators claimed that they received information from a credible source to the effect that Jega would be given a letter by the office of Head of Service, HOS, directing him to proceed on retirement leave by next week. Jega’s tenure as head of the electoral commission comes to an end June, 2015. However, the opposition Senators said that the procedure in which civil servants and…
Twenty-three of the 28 political parties in Borno State on Thursday asked for the postponement of elections in the state till September this year. They also suggested that an interim government should be put in place to run the affairs of the state on the expiration of the tenure of the present administration on May 29, 2015. Addressing a press conference under the name, Inter Party Advisory Council, Borno State chapter, in Maiduguri, its chairman, Comrade Babagana Musa, displayed the signatures of 23 party chairmen, some of who were at the conference. He said the decision was taken by all…