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September 16, 2013

PDP crisis: Jonathan, G-7 governors agree to stay action, to continue talks in October [DETAILS]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors failed last night to resolve the crisis rocking the ruling party. The meeting, also attended by…

September 14, 2013

Sacked ministers: Lobbyists storm Aso Rock

Two days after President Goodluck Jonathan sacked nine of his ministers, some leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP), business moguls and traditional rulers yesterday stormed Aso Rock, the…

September 2, 2013

Toni Kan: Suntai – Re-enacting the Yar’Adua episode

by Toni Kan These governors are not gods. The constitution is ‘god’ and these puny characters without shame must learn to abide. They must learn too that power is transient…

September 2, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Our eternal obsession with Aso Rock

by Simon Kolawole Simply put, we think it is only the Federal Government that should be blamed when there is unemployment or poverty, even when we know that we run…

August 28, 2013

Panic as President Jonathan invites ministers, queries NPC chairman, Odimegwu

by Akan Ido There was an uneasy calm among ministers as President Goodluck Jonathan sent an invitation to some of their colleagues for consultation. Reports say the ministers, who were…

August 5, 2013

Opinion: The problem with people like Ango Abdullahi

by Haniel Ukpaukure It is time people like Ango Abdullahi realise the futility of clinging to primordial sentiments that have served the people of the region no good. Professor Ango…

August 2, 2013

Cabinet shake-up? FEC holds emergency meeting, ministers panic

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday called for an emergency Federal Executive Council scheduled to hold today at the Presidential Villa. This emergency meeting has put fear in the…

July 28, 2013

Osita Abana: Are presidents unlovable or we are just programmed to loathe them?

by Osita Abana Perhaps you also deserve some self-flagellation for guzzling 10 bottles of beer at the pub when ‘madam’ had no Kerosene to cook dinner for the kids. You’ll…

July 28, 2013

Rivers crisis: Peace expected as Amaechi holds talks with Jonathan at the Villa

by Isi Esene There appears to be some flicker of light at the end of the tunnel as President Goodluck Jonathan recently had an audience with the embattled governor of…

July 1, 2013

Opinion: Jonathan, Ameachi and the voodoo scare

by Wale Odunsi I deduced a comic from that encounter; what if the President was scared that Amaechi might have some portion of Juju (Voodoo) with him? Sometime last year,…

June 17, 2013

SEE Swag: President Jonathan celebrates Father’s Day in style (PHOTOS)

by Lucas Togan On Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan joined a congregation of fellow worshipers to celebrate Fathers' Day at the Aso Villa Chapel. See photos below: The President and other…

May 13, 2013

Opinion: Doyin Okupe is selling us poison as wholesome food

by Bayo Oluwasanmi It is an irony that Okupe who is the most qualified Nigerian with pseudo credentials, pseudo character, and pseudo integrity... We may disguise poison by mingling it with…

April 23, 2013

“The cluelessness of the current government needs no announcement” – Tinubu attacks Jonathan

by Isi Esene The ACN-PDP war of words have always been prosecuted like a cold war with both parties bickering through their media representatives but it appears the ACN have…

April 16, 2013

“I am an intellectual, I don’t do contracts” – Reuben Abati introduces #TheRealAbati (TWEETS)

by Hauwa Gambo We should let these tweets (posted barely 20 minutes ago) speak for themselves, really. #TheRealAbati channels: follow me @abati1990, like me on Fb & Web reubenabati.com.ng…

January 31, 2013

Michael Orodare: Mega Party: For who? Another story again (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare The evil many of the political opponents do in the name of opposition knows no bound, their actions and what some of them profess now portray them…

January 15, 2013

Olusegun Dada: Unveiling the scam called Goodluck Jonathan (Y! Politico)

by Dada Olusegun He was unpopular, a man born supposedly without shoes who went through hardship and had luck on his side. This appealed to the hearts of the poor.…

January 15, 2013

First Lady, Patience Jonathan flown to Germany for medical check-up

by Isi Esene First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has been flown to Germany for medical check-up according to presidency sources. The First Lady had last year been in the European…

January 13, 2013

Opinion: If Jesus Christ were a Nigerian pastor…

by Gabriel Osamwonyi Omozuwa A church congregation Unlike the boastful, wasteful hedonistic Nigerian pastor... He would have raised frontline entrepreneurs by freely and gladly sharing the business sense He acquired as…

January 9, 2013

Severance pay? Jonathan pays close to N1bn to Yar’Adua family (Report)

Turai Yar'Adua and daughters by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the presidency has paid about N1bn to the family of late president Umar Musa Yar'Adua according to a…

December 9, 2012

GEJ is not gay… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Government must first prove that the combined IQ of the entire executive arm is more than 22 as is obtainable in other countries. Nigerians Agree To…

November 29, 2012

Let’s party: FEC approves N2.2bn 150-seater banquet hall for Aso Rock Villa

by Isi Esene A N2.2bn contract was yesterday approved by the Federal Executive Council for the construction of a banquet hall in Aso Rock presidential villa. The new hall is…

September 12, 2012

Jonathan cuts foreign visit short, rushes back to Abuja

President Goodluck Jonathan: Makes hasty return. by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan put an abrupt stop to his state visit to Botswana and Malawi further fuelling speculation about the state…

September 7, 2012

Quacks in Aso Rock? Presidential Villa doctors allegedly misdiagnose Patience Jonathan

Patience Jonathan: Still taking a moment's rest? by Isi Esene The confusion which arose over the whereabouts and health condition of the first lady, Patience Jonathan might have been caused…

September 3, 2012

First lady, Patience Jonathan, rushed to Germany for medical treatment (Reports)

by Isi Esene Nigeria's first lady, Patience Jonathan is reported to be undergoing treatment for food poisoning in an undisclosed hospital in Germany. Sources say Dame Jonathan was flown into…

March 11, 2012

“Is Nigerian education not a waste?” Check out yesterday’s top tweets

by Lekan Olanrewaju What kind of day would it be without discussions on the Nigerian state of affairs and a subtle jab at Apple here and there? Check out…

March 2, 2012

“Figment of someone’s imagination”: Reuben Abati on Aso Rock rape scandal

by Lekan Olanrewaju President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have placed a gag order on all his aides and assistance over a rape scandal involving one of his personal assistants.…