Presidency denies Jonathan blackmailed the Governors to earn their endorsement

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Monday, 20 December 2010 21:31

Nigeria: The Presidential aide on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro has denied the widely syndicated reports that President Goodluck Jonathan blackmailed 21 PDP Governors to earn their endorsement at the 53rd National Executive Council meeting of the PDP, ahead of the primaries, where he will compete against former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

President Jonathan launches book of Facebook posts

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Monday, 20 December 2010 19:48

President Goodluck Jonathan today met with youths in Lagos, live to discuss policy and governance of Nigeria. Flanked by Professor Wole Soyinka and other Ministers, the Nigeria's president says he is launching a book chronicling his Facebook interactions with his Facebook friends to encourage reading among youths as Nigerians get ready for Christmas and heads into an election year. Lagosians however were not impressed as many people

Atiku is statutorily not a bona fide member of the PDP - Group

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Sunday, 19 December 2010 22:46; Written by egbuefi

A letter dated December 17, 2010, entitled ‘Disqualification of Atiku Abubakar From Participation at the January 13, 2011, PDP Presidential Primaries by Screening Panel,’ raised questions over the eligibility of Atiku as a member of the party and that the waiver granted him by the 53rd National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party was invalid and wrong procedurally.

How Jonathan Got the Governor’s Endorsement

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Saturday, 18 December 2010 10:29

Elombah.com have learnt that a last minute blackmail by President Goodluck Jonathan forced the PDP Governors to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan presidential bid. Eighteen state governors and two deputy governors agreed on a one-term tenure for the President in Abuja on Thursday ahead of the primaries, where he will compete against former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

2011: It is Atiku or War! - Northern Group

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 17 December 2010 00:28

Some of his supporters from the North have declared that the office of the president of the country belongs to the North in 2011 and have threatened to unleash severe violence if Abubakar does not get the presidential ticket of the PDP. The 'Coalition of Atiku Northern Supporters (CANSU)', said the crisis that would envelop the nation should Abubakar not get the ticket would be greater in proportion to the series of Boko

Former MEND Leaders attack IBB & Atiku over Statement

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 17 December 2010 00:09

Some ex-MEND Commanders, in a statement signed by High Chief Bibopre Ajube (aka Shoot at Sight), ‘General’ Ezekiel Akpasibewei (ex-leader of the Deadly Underdogs) and ‘Commander’ Micah Kpenfi (aka Ota 1) has described as inciting recent statements by former military President, General Ibrahim Babaginda (rtd) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that President Goodluck Jonathan should be prepared for violent change if

Ribadu Condoles Enahoro's Family

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 16 December 2010 23:24; Written by Chido Onumah

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has condoled the family of late elder statesman and foremost nationalist, Pa Anthony Enahoro.

Ribadu, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), described Pa Enahoro as “a true elder statesman, who was always interested in the plight of the Nigerian people.”

20 PDP Governors Endorse Jonathan/Sambo Ticket

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 16 December 2010 21:16

2O State Governors in Nigeria's ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, today endorsed the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan and his running mate, Namadi Sambo for the 2011 Presidential election. In a Communique issued at the end of an an emergency meeting of the PDP governors convened Thursday, the governors adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus candidate for the forthcoming PDP Presidential Primary

Jonathan Warns Atiku: Stop making Subversive Statements

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 16 December 2010 20:24

On two occasions today, President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Politicians to stop making unguarded statement capable of threatening the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Jonathan sounded the warning firstly when speaking to senior Officers of the nation’s armed officers on the occasion of decorating newly promoted officers to their new rank. He repeated the warning at the National Executive Council meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Anti-Graft War: US Canvasses More Powers For EFCC

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 16 December 2010 18:20

The American government has canvassed for more powers for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to enable it overcome the current challenegs of fighting graft in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria , Mr. Terrence Mcculley who made the call on Thursday December 16, 2010 while

Jettisoning Zoning will Lead to Violence - Atiku

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 17:43

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar TODAY, Wednesday, 15 December 2010, warned that if the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and that of the country jettison the already existing zoning arrangement, it would LEAD to an INEVITABLE violent change OF GOVERNMENT!!!

Prof Dora Akunyuli, Bids Farewell to FEC

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 15:47; Written by Administrator

...Mr Labaran has been announced as the substantive minister by President Goodluck Jonathan.....

Prof Dora Akunyuli, Minister Of Information has resigned from office. She said she resigned to enable her pursue her political ambition. Her resignation takes effect frm December 16, 2010, she said. During her address to the FEC, she mentioned that it was difficult for her to say goodbye but that she was leaving for good.

Dele Momodu resigns from Labour Party

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 00:46; Written by Ohimai Godwin Amaize

Today, Dele Momodu resigned from his membership of the Labour Party (LP) after several attempts to reason with the party leadership on the need to field a candidate for the 2011 presidential election, failed. His decision to leave the Labour Party (LP) is based purely on principle as the party is now being dangled like a carrot in the face of the highest bidders.

Students Riot in Ilorin over student killed by Police

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Tuesday, 14 December 2010 15:36; Written by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

Happening llive: The student of kwara state poly had startd a riot against the police in ilorin the kwara state capital. This riot started yesterday night after a student caught the police dumping the body of a dead student around the school premises. it was gathered that the police car hit the student around post off area/maraba and the

Voter Registration: Bedding Holdings Vs INEC

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Saturday, 11 December 2010 10:15

Bedding Holdings Limited vs. INEC and 5 others in respect of Voters Register comes up on Monday 13th December, 2010 for the hearing of Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction stopping INEC from continuing with Voters’ Registration Exercise pending the outcome of the main case. Suite No: FHC/ABJ/CS/816/2010 COMES UP BEFORE COURT 2 Hon. Justice Ibrahim Auta; FHC Abj.

INEC Says 16 Stolen Machines Recovered

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 10 December 2010 20:09

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says 16 out of 20 missing Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines, has been recovered. In a statement, Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, in Abuja, said the machines were recovered by Thursday afternoon. The statement said that security agents were working to recover the remaining four machines, as well as apprehend the people who stole

Nigeria News Update

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 10 December 2010 15:45

AU suspends Ivory Coast...ECOWAS Health Ministers Summit at Abuja...Former Military Head Of State, Rtd General Buhari Formally Declares Intention To Run For 2011 Presidential Election ...President Goodluck Jonathan Will Present 2011 Budget To A Joint Session Of National Assembly Next Week

Dahiru Mangal; Kano Businessman Alleges Yar’Adua Corruption

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 10 December 2010 11:35

Wikileaks: 1. (S//NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXX alleged a close association between President Yar,Adua and Katsina native and Dahiru Mangal. XXXXXXX claimed Mangal is the President's "Mr. Fix It," taking care of "anything filthy" Yar'Adua needs done in addition to smuggling items for several wealthy Nigerian businessmen through Niger into Kano

Wikileaks: The Full Story Of The Pfizer Scandal In Nigeria

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Friday, 10 December 2010 11:21; Written by guardian.co.uk

Africa’s meningitis belt is used to tragedy. Annual epidemics sweep across the continent in the dry season, stopping abruptly when the rains come. In a normal year, maybe 5,000 die, mostly children and young people. But in 1996, the worst-ever African meningitis epidemic hit Nigeria’s northern states. Doctors

Wikileaks: Corruption Forced Aondoakaa to drop Pfizers Legal Case

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:57

Further revelations from WikiLeaks cables show Pfizer used dirty tricks to avoid clinical trial payout in Nigeria. According to UK Guarduan, Cables say drug giant hired investigators to find evidence of corruption on Nigerian attorney general, Michael Aondoakaa to persuade him to drop legal action.

Read about the Ffizer scandal here

Uduaghan condemns Smear Campaigns by Sahara Reporters

Details: Category: Latest; Published on Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:44; Written by Professor G. G. Darah

The Uduaghan Campaign Organization has found it necessary refute and correct the malicious falsehoods peddled in an online publication, Sahara Reporters. The recent allegations of corruption once again expose Sahara Reporters as a mercenary outfit that has no respect for the basic rules of journalism anchored on verification of facts.

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