The big news is that Mr President is back home after exactly 90 days in which he practically disappeared. That’s supposed to have been a thing of joy for all of us, but some evil people have made the event into a “kill-joy.†They smuggled him in at the dead of night (around 2am on Wednesday) and spirited him into a waiting ambulance enroute Aso Rock.
“Go and warn some of your men who are okada operators. I know the town is hard but the issue of their driving against traffic because they are policemen does not augur well. If they should use it for commercial purpose, they should let them out . Driving against traffic is a sign of indisciplineâ€, he stated.
Only the Senate has given the nation a sense of direction; though some of us disagree with the action but we are all at one with regard to the intention
CONFERENCE of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) says the present lawlessness and confusion in the country would have been avoided if members of the Federal Executive Council had discharged their constitutional function by declaring ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua incapable of continuing in office in accordance with section 144 of the constitution.
A STAKEHOLDERS’ meeting of Anambra East Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, convened by the former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Tony Nwoye nearly turned bloody, as youths present at the meeting, held the convener hostage for hours alleging that he worked against the party at the just conducted Anambra governorship election.
Who informed you of his return? If he has returned as they claim, I believe, it will take awhile before he thinks of ruling the country, and that is, if he is well enough to do so. There are lots of things to say when it comes to this issue of Yar’Adua and his return. It is not for me to decide if he is capable of ruling or not.
Chief of Army staff, Lt. General Abdurahman Bello Dambazau said, yesterday, that the Nigerian Army under his leadership would never contemplate any coup plot or security breach in the country as it is absolutely unnecessary . He disowned a statement credited to AC that he, Chief of Army Staff, is only loyal to President Yar’ Ãdua, saying the party was trying to put words in his mouth .
CHAIRMAN of the defunct Niger-Delta Technical Committee (NTDC), Mr. Ledum Mitee and other stakeholders of the Niger-Delta, yesterday, in Netherlands said the amnesty programme of the Federal Government was not working and called on the international community to mount pressure on the government to implement the report of the Committee.
It was a constitutional milestone that ordinarily should have been accorded worthy headlines in the dailies. However, the passage of the first amendments to the 1999 Constitution was buried in the aftermath of the commotion that followed the alleged return of President Umaru Yar‘Adua to the country last Wednesday.
If you think her entry into professional music was a gamble and Gba – her debut album, a fluke, think again. Nollywood’s beauty and screen diva, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has decided to reiterate her commitment to music by releasing a thirteen-track album tentatively titled ‘Feel Alright’.
Lagos State Football Association chairman, Taiwo Affinih has advised the Nigeria Football Association, NFA not to relent on the issue of hiring a sound technical adviser that will take the Super Eagles to the World Cup in South Africa in June.
Former Nigeria international, Emmanuel Okocha has advised that for the Super Eagles to bounce back to reckoning, the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, should map out proper plans for the development of the game.
What appears to be a deviation from the norm in beauty pageantry in the country is about to be unveiled with the introduction of the Okin Oge (ceremonial queen of Lagos) beauty pageant.
A CHIEFTAIN of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State has called for concerted efforts among all party loyalists towards the consolidation of the gains of the Uduaghan administration now that the battle is over.
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