by Hauwa Gambo The presidency has made it clear that it is ready to dialogue with violent sect Boko Haram, but not under conditions it set last week, which included going to Saudi Arabia and release of their detained members. According to Special Adviser to the President on Inter-Party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi, speaking at... Read More
by Isi Esene According to the proposed budget 2013 submitted to the National Assembly by the executive arm of government, the welfare package of the three principal functionaries of the executive namely the president, vice president, and secretary to the government of the Federation (SGF) will gulp a total of N1.59bn. The SGF office will... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The presidency has responded to the National Assembly’s threat to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over his failure to implement the 2012 budget and resolutions of the legislature. The advise from Aso Rock to the legislators is — calm down. The presidency believes that all those threats only add to the current tension... Read More
by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that doctors attending to the First Lady, Patience Jonathan have refused to allow her accompany President Goodluck Jonathan on a planned trip to New York based on their assessment of her present health condition. An online media platform recently quoted unidentified sources claiming President Goodluck Jonathan planned on... Read More
by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan put an abrupt stop to his state visit to Botswana and Malawi further fuelling speculation about the state of health of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the president on Media and Publicity had in a statement on Saturday, while announcing the president’s... Read More
by Isi Esene The confusion which arose over the whereabouts and health condition of the first lady, Patience Jonathan might have been caused by a misdiagnoses of her reported ailment by her physicians in Aso Rock Villa. Speculation have been rife over a few days on the condition of her health with initial reports indicating... Read More
by Isi Esene Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday, debunked rumours indicating that she’s receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in a London hospital. An online news medium ran a story claiming the minister was admitted in a medical facility using her children’s return to school abroad as the excuse for her absence. It... Read More
by Isi Esene The spokesman of the nation’s first lady, Ayo Osinlu has expressed frustration over the barrage of questions directed at him over the unexplained absence of Mrs Patience Jonathan. Mrs. Jonathan has not been seen in public for a couple of days arousing speculation that she had been flown abroad for a medical... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Well, after his trouncing in Delware yesterday, as well as four states including his brithplace of Pennsylvania, it appeared American Republican voters sent their message loudly and clearly enough. So, Newt Gingrich – former speaker of the United States House of Representatives and presidential candidate – will be dropping out next week,... Read More
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