From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The national offices of Caritas Nigeria and Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), a Catholic based organisation, has expressed total shock at the recent comments by the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, against Ndigbo (Igbo ethnic nationality in Nigeria) should they fail to... Read more
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) have held divergent views on oil spills investigation process in Bayelsa. ERA/FoEN, an environment focused NGO has accused SPDC of withholding Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) reports of oil spill incidents traced to equipment failure... Read more
Catholic Group Seeks Review Of Electoral Laws To Accommodate Electronic Voting
Nigeria April 3, 2015
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Caritas Nigeria and Justice Development and Peace Commission (JPDC) has called for the review of electoral laws to accommodate electronic voting. The group, an arm of the Catholic Church and a Non-Government Organisation also stated that the adoption of electronic voting would... Read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has denied reports that it shut down its flow stations in Bayelsa over fears of attack by militants over negative outcome of polls results. It was gathered that the oil firm reportedly acted to forestall attacks by militants aggrieved by Jonathan’s... Read more
Readout of the President’s Calls with Nigerian President Jonathan and President-Elect Buhari
Nigeria April 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — President Obama today spoke with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and separately with President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari to commend them for their leadership during Nigeria’s recent election. The President applauded President Jonathan for putting Nigeria and its people before politics by conceding the... Read more
OTTAWA, Canada, April 2, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “We congratulate the Nigerian people on the democratic conduct of their presidential and national assembly elections. The people of Nigeria have... Read more
On Nigerian Election Results
Nigeria April 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 1, 2015 The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria and the Nigerian Government on historic and largely peaceful elections the weekend of March 28. We especially applaud all voters who... Read more
Statement By President Goodluck Jonathan After Announcement Of Presidential Election Results
Nigeria March 31, 2015
Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will... Read more
The immunization of children against Hepatitis B infection and typhoid has commenced in primary schools across the 15 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. The week-long health programme, organized by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is expected... Read more
Jonathan Mourns as 11 Female Politicians are Buried
Nigeria March 7, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described the 2015 Valentine’s Day as “black Saturday” because of the death of 11 women politicians from Bayelsa who lost their lives in a ghastly car crash on Feb. 14, 2015. Jonathan expressed the feeling at a funeral service in honour of the... Read more
