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The plan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to secure prompt hearing of the suit it filed against the five governors who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) did not sail through on Wednesday. Counsel to PDP, Alex Iziyon (SAN) wanted the court to hear his fresh motion on notice, but the defendants’ […]

The verbal attacks between the two biggest political parties in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) continued on Thursday with APC’s claim that President Goodluck Jonathan remains the most incompetent among those that have ruled the country. The party also reminded the PDP to be conscious that President Jonathan […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday announced the appointment of new Group Executive Directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati said the appointments were made to fill critical vacancies currently existing in the Corporation. The appointments, which are with immediate effect, are as […]

Nigeria oil reserves have dropped from 40 billion to 35 billion barrels, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said on Wednesday. Speaking with journalists at the ongoing Oil and Gas Seminar in Abuja, a DPR Director, Mr. George Osahon linked the plummet to the country’s reduced crude oil production. “Some oil wells in the Niger […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the immediate cancellation of the weekend’s immigration recruitment test, during which more than 20 job seekers died and a dozen others sustained injuriies. The president issued the directive during the day’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He as well directed that three family members of those who died in the […]

An inferno on Tuesday at the main auditorium of Believers Love World (aka Christ Embassy) at Billings Way, Ikeja, Lagos, resulted in the razing of properties worth millions of naira. The fire began at about 6.30pm from an apartment housing 14 generators, following a power surge from one of the generating sets. On noticing the […]

Three insatiably evolving technologies have combined over the years to give us what is today known as the online and social media. First, we have the development of electronic computers, which has changed the world since its inception in 1950s. A remarkable dimension to the electronic technology behind the computer is the fusion of information […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday boasted that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) owns Kwara State and will certainly win the governorship election in 2015, to spell the end of the political career of Senator Bukola Saraki who is believed to be the de facto Governor of the state. Speaking at the Presidential Villa […]

This is a letter from the heart to the rulers, leaders, peoples and citizens of Nigeria, from OODUA FOUNDATION, a Yoruba think tank organization with members in all parts of the world. We write this letter to Nigeria, the country of our birth, from the depth of our love and hopes, and from our accumulated […]

The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the second Niger Bridge linking the eastern part of the country with the South-South geo-political zone was perhaps ground-breaking as it was heartening; coming almost eight years after Chief Cornelius Adebayo, former Minister of Works, under the Obasanjo administration, announced in 2006; the approval by […]

After carefully examining the trend and character of the spate of insurgency and sectarian violence in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says those acts are being sponsored by unpatriotic elements whose aim is to discredit the person, office and administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. However, it did not mention any name behind the […]

The corruption trial of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor and two others at the FCT High Court, was on Tuesday stalled again following the absence of the Justice Ishang Bello, the trial judge in the case. Clerk of the court, Salisu Idache informed counsel to ICPC, Adegboyega Awomolo and the […]