The elderly are not aliens— Pope
"If we do not learn to look after and to respect our elderly, we will be treated in the same way." Pope Francis, wearing the mantle of a humble advocate for the poor while defending Catholic orthodoxy, rose from modest beginnings to become, in 2013, the first Latin American leader of the 1.2 billion-strong Church.
Re-elect only politicians with good track records — Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the electorate to ensure that incumbent politicians seeking re-election were brought back based on their track records and not on promises.
War against terror : Military’ll avoid human rights abuses in its operations —Jonathan
Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that the Nigerian military would take every precaution to avoid collateral damage to lives and properties of civilians as it intensifies its ongoing offensive against Boko Haram.
Real causes of fuel scarcity, by Okonjo-Iweala
ABUJA— President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to pay with immediate effect all outstanding monies owed to oil marketers so as to end the current gruelling fuel scarcity that has crippled the nation and caused untold hardship to millions of people.
Agbaje, Ambode, Akele, others for Lagos gov gender dialogue
Governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jimi Agbaje, and his All Progressive Congress, APC counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode will today field questions from the women of Lagos State at the first Lagos governorship Gender Dialogue holding at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja.
Nigerians need problem solving president —Peterside
Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said that Nigeria desperately needs a president with a strong character and bearing to lead the country.
