President Goodluck Jonathan has postponed the inauguration of his Campaign Organisation, which was earlier slated for Monday. The announcement came a little late as, according to reports, members of the organisation and guests were already seated at the venue before the announcement. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, announced the postponement at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign office and venue of the inauguration. According to him, it was was rescheduled following the death of Jonathan’s younger sister, Mrs Nancy Jonathan-Olei, on Sunday. “As you are all aware, His Excellency lost his sister,…
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The Kaduna State Chairman of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Comrade Murtala Aminu, has solicited the support of all Nigerians to the nationwide strike embarked upon by the union. Aminu made the appeal when he spoke to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday while on a monitoring mission to enforce the strike. He said that the action was meant to enhance access to justice in the country. Aminu said the strike was also meant to ensure total independence of the judiciary from its current dependence on the executive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all courts in Kaduna…
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba says the force was ready to tackle all security challenges that may arise ahead qof the forthcoming general elections. Abba said this, Monday, in a statement signed by the force Spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu. He also stressed the determination of the force to take “all lawful measures to ensure the safety of Nigerians at all times.” He disclosed that the police and other security agencies had been deployed strategically nationwide to ensure Nigerians enjoy relative peace. Abba also assured Nigerians who had travelled for the festive season of their safety and security as they return…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the de-secondment of the Chief of Staff, Government House, Yenagoa, Didi Walson-Jack, to the Federal Civil Service after three years of service in his government. A statement on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said Dickson expressed appreciation to Walson-Jack for her commitment and devotion to duty in the various capacities she served during her secondment. Walson-Jack had served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House, pioneer Commissioner for Science, Technology and Manpower Development and later as Chief of Staff, Government House. While urging Bayelsa women to emulate Mrs. Walson-Jack,…
The Lagos State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Tope Ojo, has given the Lagos State Government a 21-day ultimatum to pay up the August and September 2014 salaries of doctors in its employ. Ojo, in a statement on Sunday, warned that if the government did not heed the demands of the association and the Medical Guild, doctors working in public hospitals in the state, would withdraw their services. It would be recalled that the Lagos State Government had withheld the August and September salaries of its doctors, saying it was implementing its no-work, no-pay policy following the doctors’…
Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) Anna Ebiere Banner is allegedly pregnant for Nigerian singer, Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour. According to report, 19-year-old Anna is 2-months pregnant for the 31-year-old highlife singer. A source who knows the former beauty queen told Pulse: “You can’t get Anna to stop talking about Flavour, she’s madly in love with him. He’s very fond of her too. They look so perfect together.” “Anna is happy, she looks happy she’s having the child for the love of her life. I just hope she can handle the whole thing, she’s such a young…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has asked Nigerians to intensify prayers against the breakup of the country. The Chairman of CAN, Lagos State chapter, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, said only prayers could help defeat the plans of the enemies for the country in 2015. A statement signed by CAN Secretary in the state, Israel Akindewo, said Apostle Bamgbola made the call while delivering the New Year message on behalf of the religious body on Sunday. The statement noted that the call was made against the backdrop of a prediction purportedly made by the United States of America that Nigeria would…
The Secretary-General, Nigeria Labour Congress, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, has called on Nigerian politicians to avoid ‘do-or-die’ politics during the upcoming elections. The NLC secretary-general urged politicians to ensure that national interest is paramount over self-ambition and interest. Ozo-Eson said that politicians should realise that politics should not be a matter of life and death. He advised them to present their programmes before the people and “allow the electorates, through the electoral process, make their choices”. He also adviced that politicians should respect electorates’ choices. “Politics should not be a ‘do-or-die’ matter. They should avoid ‘do-and-die’ politics. They should not plunge…
An authorised biography of popular Nigerian musician, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, and political maverick, Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti has revealed something worth knowing. According to Citypeople magazine that released an extract of the well-known authorized biography about the legendary Afrobeat pioneer, it shines more light into how Fela sees women and also provides insight into his life as a husband. The extract of the autobiography titled “Fela: This Bitch Of A Life”, chronicles what Fela said about his 27 wives and the night he got married to them. “Coming back to my wives. OK What attracted me to each…
What is he wearing? The music stars performed their hit song, Murda at Lagos Countdown on Jan. 1st…
Kaduna-based civil rights activist and the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central, Comrade Shehu Sani, said on Sunday that Vice President Namadi Sambo’s promise to deliver two million votes from the state to President Goodluck Jonathan in the February 14 presidential election was a “political scam”. The rights activist said Sambo was only deceiving President Jonathan with his “wishful promise”. He asked, “Where will he (Sambo) get the votes from?” It would be recalled that while collecting his Permanent Voter Card at his ward in Kaduna North Local Government Area in the state capital, Vice President Sambo had…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Sen. Abdallah Wali, on Monday pledged to work closely with the Sokoto Sultanate Council, if elected in the forthcoming general election. Wali gave the pledge at a news conference in Sokoto, during which he denied any plan to sideline the council, headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wali was reacting to wide-spread insinuations in the state that he would not work with the sultanate if he becomes governor. “We will forge a very cordial and formidable relationship…
Ahead of the February 14, 2015 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen.Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will hold his rally at the Uyo Township Stadium in Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday (tomorrow). A press release on Sunday jointly signed by the state chairman of the party, Dr. Amadu Attai and the Secretary, Mr. Efiong Etok, indicated that the rally would be attended by APC elders, leaders and supporters, including the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Director-General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation. According to the statement, the National Chairman of the APC, Chief…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) is having second thoughts about supporting the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term, saying it is very likely that the candidate of the All progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will emerge winner of the February 14, 2015 presidential election. The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of APGA, Mr. Campbell Umeh-Nzekwe, who is also a special adviser to the national chairman of the party, made this known during an interview on Sunday. The Lagos APGA chairman said Jonathan’s problem was compounded by the fact that the motion to adopt him…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos State chapter, has urged residents of the state not to be carried away with the grass-roots campaign embarked upon by the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). Osinbajo has since his announcement last month as the running mate to APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), been campaigning in BRT buses and wooing traders as well as shoppers in different parts of Lagos. Apparently unsettled by the campaign strategy of the APC vice presidential candidate, the Lagos PDP in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, said…
The Middle Belt Forum has called for the arrest of former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, following his recent comment in which he allegedly declared that Nigeria would be on fire if President Goodluck Jonathan failed to win the 2015 presidential election. The MBF said Dokubo-Asari’s comment was an indication that Jonathan would rig the election. The patron of the group, Amb. Yohanna Margif, warned the ex-militant to be careful with his “inflammatory utterances during these trying times in Nigeria which are capable of setting in more sentiments”. “Such characters as Dokubo-Asari with such conflicting utterances should not…
The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, on Sunday blamed the prolonged power outage in Borno on sabotage and insurgency. Wakil made the announcement in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media Mr Olawale Rasheed in Maiduguri. The statement said that government had made several attempts at restoring the power supply, which was cut off in June 2014 after a suspected terror attack on the Damboa Power Sub-station. “The Federal Ministry of Power has repeatedly moved to reconnect Maiduguri to the national grid but insurgency and sabotage have so far delayed the realisation of that goal.…
Terrorist group Boko Haram has dislodged a multinational military force made up of troops from Nigeria, Niger and Chad, from its base, killing scores of soldiers and civilians in the process. According to fleeing residents, who escaped on canoes, some people drowned in Lake Chad, while running from the attack on the key base situated on Nigeria’s border with Chad. “They came in their hundreds driving several Hilux patrol vehicles, trucks and some were on motorcycles and immediately began to throw explosives and bombs,” fisherman Audu Labbo told UK’s The Guardian on phone, Sunday night. The insurgents were said to…
Dr. Bisola Sodipo-Clark The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Ogun Central district, Dr. Bisola Sodipo-Clark, has commenced a door-to-door campaign ahead of the February election. The chairperson of the National Eye Centre, Kaduna who is also a former Commissioner for Health in Ogun State led her campaign team to several homes in the Ibara area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital telling residents about her programme and thanking them for their support so far. She promised her constituents that she would use her wide contacts to attract enviable projects that will affect the lives of the…
Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has expressed shock that the Federal Government was yet to effect a drastic reduction in the pump price of fuel despite the continued fall in global oil prices. President of the TUC, Bobboi Kaigama, in a statement to welcome Nigerian workers to the New Year, therefore called on the government to immediately reduce the pump prices of petroleum products to ameliorate the suffering of the masses. “on the recent drop in the price of crude, account has it that following the unexpected drop in the prices of crude, government is planning to employ some…