Elder statesman, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has appealed to leaders of political parties to stay true to the Abuja Peace Accord by ensuring a violence-free election.

Britain will begin training Syrian “moderate opposition forces” in Turkey and other regional countries within weeks as part of its efforts to fight Islamic State militants, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced on Thursday.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, have pledged to accept the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election after a closed door meeting held Thursday morning in Abuja.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has proposed to the U.S. Department of Justice “a repatriation arrangement to limit control or management of $480 million forfeited Abacha funds by the Nigerian government to the extent necessary to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the process.”

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO yesterday warned the leaders, Elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to stop insulting Yoruba Obas, just as it accused the opposition party and its leadership of consistently indulging in what it termed, all manner of occultism.

A former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), said on Wednesday that an Igbo president would help heal the civil war wounds, maintaining that he supports the idea of rotational presidency

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja assured that Gwoza in Borno, the last town under Boko Haram terrorists, would be liberated by Friday to pave way successful conduct of general elections in all states of the federation.

The Director General of Governor President Good Luck Jonathan campaign council in Bauchi South Alhaji Mai’auduga has explained that over 230mn campaign funds from the presidency meant to support Bauchi Peoples Democratic Party PDP campaigns is yet to reach the campaigns Organisation.

IT is always an easy and simple task to write about Sen. Andy Uba. The man who represents Anambra South in the Senate of the Federal Republic has left clear and positive prints on the sands of time and the paths which lead to his many accomplishments are uncomplicated and straightforward.

By Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan and General Mohammadu Buhari are presently meeting behind closed door after the two signed annother agreement brokered by former Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. The meeting brokered by the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections, led by Gen. Abdusalami Abdusalami (retd.), is meant to extract […]

AHEAD of Saturday’s Presidential election, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe yesterday gave an insight into why the people of the South West would vote overwhelmingly for President Goodluck Jonathan.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led Federal Government of incompetence to manage the myriads challenges confronting the country, hence, the administration should be voted out of office on March 28th

Saudi warplanes bombed Huthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday, launching a military intervention by a 10-nation coalition to prevent the fall of embattled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.

Faced with low oil revenue and high demand for foreign exchange, the federal government has taken steps to source $2 billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, ADB, to assist in the implementation of its policies and programmes this year.