President Jonathan Praises Bishop Oyedepo

President Goodluck Jonathan has praised Bishop David Oyedepo, the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, on his contributions to education in Nigeria.The president made this commendation while congratulating Oyedepo on his 60th birthday on Friday, 27 September, 2014, through a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.According to the statement, Jonathan stated that the cleric’s “massive accomplishments...

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Group Gives Fashola 7-day ultimatum To Arrest TB Joshua

 A  Human rights group has given Lagos state governor, Governor Babatunde Fashola seven days to arrest the founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua.[caption id="attachment_3713" align="aligncenter" width="600"] SCOAN guest house collapse: Governor Fashola visits TB Joshua. Photo: Twitter[/caption]The group, Vote for Service Initiative, a good governance group has in a letter dated September 25 and which was forwarded...

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How APC Plan To Win 2015 Elections

Speaking today, September 24, in Abuja some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) expressed hope over their party’s victory in the 2015 presidential elections.[caption id="attachment_3519" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Atiku Abubakar[/caption]According to NAN, several APC representatives commented on their optimistic position in separate interviews, following the official declaration by the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. It...

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Why 2015 Elections Will Be Tough- Buhari

A chieftain of the All Progressives congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that the 2015 general election would be tough.The former military head of state made the revelation on Tuesday, at Lokoja township stadium, Kogi State, during the formal reception of Kogi PDP decampees to the APC, Vanguard reports.READ ALSO: APC Denies Buhari, Others Automatic TicketBuhari, who is also a presidential aspirant under the APC, urged party members to collect their voters’ card and hold on to them. He pleaded with Nigerians to also vote out those...

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Don't Threaten Amaechi, APC Tells Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress, APC, South-south chapter, has announced that the party will do everything possible to stop the alleged threat to the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.This is according to Hilliard Etagbo Eta, the National Vice-Chairman of APC in South south zone, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, 18 September, 2014.Eta alleged that at the beginning of the altercation between Governor Amaechi and President Jonathan’s wife, Patience Jonathan,...

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Why PDP May Lose Anambra

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may lose Anambra State in the 2015 general election, if the lingering crisis within the state chapter of the party is not quickly resolved, some stakeholders and members have noted.Vanguard reports that, stakeholders and members of Emma Nwaeze-led faction of the party, on Thursday called on the national chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, to immediately intervene in the long drawn crisis and settle it once and...

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Nigerians Discuss Death Penalty For Maiduguri Mutiny

Nigerians react to the news of  twelve soldiers of Nigerian Army receiving the death penalty for participating in Maiduguri mutiny in May 2014.It would be recalled that in mid-May, a number of Nigerian Army officers shot at their superior in Maimalari cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State. They attacked their superior, General Officer Commanding, 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Ahmadu Mohammed’s vehicle. The soldiers were apparently angered by the deaths of their comrades-in-arms who met their demise in Boko Haram ambush.On September 15, eighteen...

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Sanusi Showed Up In 53-Yr-Old Rolls Royce At Meeting In Kaduna

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, showed up at a meeting in Kaduna in a vintage Rolls Royce.The older, the better seems to be the relevant saying for this car. As the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria arrived Kaduna today, September 17, for a Northern Traditional Council meeting in the classic automobile.Reportedly, this Rolls Royce is 53-years-old. It should be mentioned that the car is the same age as the Emir, who...

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PDP, Groups Meet In Abuja Over Jonathan’s Declaration

Reports just coming in from Abuja, indicate that the stage is set for a crucial meeting of all groups campaigning for re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and top officials of the presidency scheduled to hold at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday, 16 September, 2014.According to the P.M NEWS report, the event tagged ‘National Summit for Goodluck Support Groups’,...

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Buhari’s Supporters Unveil Posters In Lagos

Barely six months before the 2015 presidential elections, posters of former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend, flooded the streets of Lagos.The posters of the retired army general were seen pasted on pedestrian bridges as well as walls by the road sides at Yaba and Meiran areas of Lagos state, according to P.M NEWS report.[caption id="attachment_1927" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Gen. Buhari’s poster in Lagos.[/caption]It...

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APC Denies Buhari, Others Automatic Ticket

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend revealed that it would not grant any of its leading presidential aspirants automatic ticket. ThisDay reports that the disclosure was made on phone by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, who explained that the decision was in reaction to the mounting pressure from certain group within the party.READ ALSO: PDP Threatens To Reveal APC Members Sponsoring BHMuhammed...

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PDP Denies Kalu’s Membership

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southeast zone has denied the membership of former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. The denial was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu State, by the party’s South East zone National Vice Chairman, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), a copy obtained by The Nation.READ ALSO: Former Abia state Governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu Speaks On Terrorism In The CountryAkobundu, who revealed that Kalu has not been readmitted into the PDP, insisted that the rumours making the round that the ex-governor has returned...

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Prophet Reveals Next Governor Of Lagos

With the forthcoming 2015 general elections fast approaching, there has been many predictions, revelations by some men of God on the outcome of the elections.Prophet Owatunde Samuel, a.k.a. Marshal of CCC Trinity Tabernacle Parish, Lagos, in a recent interview with Pm News revealed who the next President of Nigeria, Governor of Lagos State will be and the fate of Boko Haram.[caption id="attachment_1230" align="aligncenter" width="263"] Prophet Owatunde...

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