The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has counselled the country’s National Assembly to suspend the ongoing constitutional amendment which it is undertaking since President Goodluk Jonathan has constituted a committee for the convocation of a national conference in the country. According to the NUJ, proceeding with the constitutional amendment... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Monday justified the proposed 60m euros Tied Direct Aid, (TDA) from Poland, arguing that it is not a loan facility as being rumoured by members of the opposition. This is just as he ordered the immediate arrest of some civil servants over... Read more
The renegade Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) factionunder the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has sent an emissary to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, seeking postponement of the reconciliation meeting billed for October 7, 2013. A statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze said, “the decision was taken... Read more
Another tragic air disaster hit Nigeria Thursday morning when an Associated Airline aircraft conveying the remains of the former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Segun Agagu, from Lagos to the state capital, Akure, crashed at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport killing an unspecified number... Read more
A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, killing at least 94 people as it spilled hundreds of passengers into the sea, officials said. Over 150 people were rescued but some 200 others were still unaccounted-for. It was... Read more
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation, and urged his compatriots to unite against extremism to avoid the fate of Syria. Jonathan struck a sombre tone in a televised speech to mark Nigeria’s 53rd... Read more
Communique Issued At The End of the South East/South South Governors Meeting, Sunday October 29, 2013
FeaturedPress Releases September 29, 2013
“The SouthSouth/South East Governors met in Enugu on the 29th day of September to deliberate over issues affecting the Zones and the nation in general. “After extensive cordial deliberations, the governors of the South South/South East zones resolved to continue to pursue the development of the zones as well... Read more
Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing 40, in the latest massacre blamed on the Islamist insurgents. All of the dead were students of the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba in Yobe state, the... Read more
A meeting of the Governors of Nigeria’s South East and South South geopolitical zones was held Sunday in Enugu even as the body failed to undertake the endorsement of the much vaunted second term plan of President Goodluck Jonathan. Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State , Adams Oshimole of Edo, and their counterpart,... Read more
By Utum Etim The recent pressure mounted on President Goodluck Jonathan by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissenters to remove his chief of staff, Chief Mike Oghiadome and Political Adviser, Ahmed Gulak, was, to say the least, made in utmost bad faith and mischievous. The duo may have been noticed by... Read more
