President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, said that the 14-year-rule of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was a blessing to the Nigeria. In a speech to the Special National Convention of the ruling party, Jonathan hailed the numerous achievements in many sectors of the country including communication, power, education and transportation as... Read more
Nigeria charged two of its citizens on Wednesday with assisting an Iranian militant cell in planning possible attacks on Israeli targets, alleging that one had travelled to Tehran and Dubai to receive cash and had known about spying on Israeli interests. The secret service (SSS) arrested Abdullahi Mustapha Berende... Read more
A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of being a member of the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen and assigned to find English-speaking recruits. The suspect identified as Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, aka “Abdullah” or “Ayatollah Mustapha”, is alleged to be a... Read more
Exercising powers that are exclusively reserved for the Federal Government of Nigeria in the conduct of international relations, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso whose state does not boast of the best of education funding and standards, has confirmed channeling more than N1 billion (about $6.5 million) of the state’s... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar, President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association for its choice of “Law , Leadership and challenges of Nationhood in the 21st Century Nigeria’’ as theme for its 2013 conference. He sated this in an address at the flag-off of... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar, Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Tuesday called for the removal of Section 285, Sub-section 6, from the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for failure to improve the electoral process. Fashola, stated this in Calabar, Cross River State in a paper he presented... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Founder/Board Chair, Partnership Opportunities for Women Empowerment Realization, POWER, Mrs. Obioma Liyel Imoke will be the keynote speaker at the Luncheon event of the Conference of the International Association of African NGOS holding Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. The conference is scheduled for September 5-7, 2013... Read more
Three leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood go on trial in Cairo on Sunday on charges of inciting lethal violence during unrest that preceded the army’s overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi. Mohamed Badie, the Islamist movement’s “General Guide”, and his two deputies, Khairat al-Shater and Rashad Bayoumy, will not attend... Read more
Awakened to the realities occasioned by the abandonment of massive agricultural production that was once the country’s economic mainstay, Nigeria is fast making giant strides in agriculture following a new focus on the sector. That focus, which is in line with the drive of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has called for support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid as president in 2015. He sated this in Calabar at a crucial meeting of Expanded Zonal Executive Committee of PDP South-South Zone... Read more
