Thousands throng APC presidential rally venue in Lagos
Thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday thronged the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, for the party's presidential campaign rally.
Bulgaria’s first democratically-elected president dies
Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria’s first democratically-elected president and a humble hero in the toppling of communism, died on Friday aged 79, his family told AFP.
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe named new African Union chairman
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took over the post of African Union chairman on Friday, replacing Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Bulgaria’s first democratically-elected president dies
Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria’s first democratically-elected president and a humble hero in the toppling of communism, died on Friday aged 79, his family told AFP.
Boko Haram: Don’t commit suicide, Sambo tells Buhari
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday advised the APC presidential candidate, retired Maj.-Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, against committing suicide by planning to personally lead the war against Boko Haram terrorists, if elected president.
Land Use Charge: Publish your receipt, Fashola tells Agbaje
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday challenged the People’s Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, the owner of Jaykay Pharmacy, to publish receipts showing that he had paid N1.6 million land use charge debt.
We’ve distributed 1.5 million PVCs in Bauchi, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it had so far distributed about 1.5 million of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, to registered voters in Bauchi State.
Allegations that I support Boko Haram wicked —Jonathan
Yola — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described as wicked, the allegations that he was supporting the Boko Haram insurgency in the north eastern part of the country for political reasons.
Call to arrest ex-miltants: Clark, Dokubo, Tompolo, others blast Danjuma
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, said he was disappointed at the call by former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (ret), that former Niger Delta militants should be arrested and prosecuted for warning that there would be war if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the presidential election on February 14. He said that Danjuma should have condemned the attacks on Jonathan in several states in the North instead of calling for the arrest of the ex-militants.
Pastor’s marriage ends, as wife gets pregnant for Okadaman
Lagos—An Igando Customary Grade A Court has officially dissolved the 18-year-old marriage of Pastor Chris Onyekachi-Madu and his estranged wife, Augusta, after she got pregnant for an Okadaman, while still living with him.
Jonathan has given Ndigbo new life —Umeh
Chief Victor Umeh is National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and currently, the candidate of the party for the Anambra Central senatorial election. In this interview, he answers questions on several political issues of the moment
