Agency Report The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja urged Nigerians to take pride in their nationality and discourage overlap between politics and religion. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, said this at an inter-faith rally held at the Goodluck Support Group (GSG) headquarters to pray for President Goodluck […]
The City Reporters Angry residents of Lagos State who were unable to get their permanent voters cards (PVC) from the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) have warned the Professor Attahiru Jega led body they would resist any attempt to “play the script” of President Goodluck Jonathan in the state. Protesters stormed the Lagos office of […]
The City Reporters Although it has admitted the exit of former governor of Ogun State Olusegun Osoba from its camp is shocking, the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the defection of the key politician cannot hold the party to ransom. ”Every member of our party is important to its overall success, but none is more […]
The City Reporters President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Ayo Oritsejafor has said Boko Haram’s insurgency is not just a political war on President Goodluck Jonathan but a religious onslaught by Islamic extremists against Nigerian Christians. “They have taken over Mubi in Adamawa state which is dominated by Christians. Somebody will now tell […]
The City Reporters The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has urged the political big wigs in the northern part of Nigeria to quit their infighting and instead channel their energy towards waging a united war against Boko Haram which is rampaging the country’s northeast. The AYF said it was now more important for politicians to lay […]
By Ebere Wabara The misbegotten youth also talked about Kalu “reintroducing politics of division in Abia”. I will not expend my precious time on this non-issue except to call the attention of these boys to a full-page advertisement in major national newspapers of October 30, 2014, including DAILY SUN (Page 9), by Abia Senators Caucus […]
Agency Report Teachers in Osun have given the state government 14-day ultimatum to pay their outstanding allowances, release running grants and provide instructional materials in schools. This was contained in a letter sent to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola by the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The union warned that failure by the […]
BY EBERE WABARA Not long ago, a bunch of disgruntled, famished and misguided rascally scallywags under the aegis of “PDP Youth Wing Abia State” sent a boyish open letter to the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, which was entitled “Orji Uzor Kalu: The distraction we don’t need in Abia PDP”. […]
The City Reporters Tension is beginning to mount in River State political arena following the recruitment of some deadly militants as political thugs by some desperate politicians gearing up for 2015 general elections. Most worrisome is the fact that majority of these militants have embraced amnesty in the past and have been rehabilitated through President […]
The City Reporters After months of speculation, the speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), making it the first time since the Fourth Republic in 1999 that any of the two presiding officers of the National Assembly would belong to […]