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Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria – By Sunny Ojeihomon. It was chaotic last weekend in Asaba, the Delta State capital, when the Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Mariam Ali, and the State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Peter Nwaobosyi, engaged in a free-for-all fight at the secretariat of the party. The secretariat was …

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s General Managing Director, Andrew Yakubu and replaced him with Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha. According to a State House Press Release, President Jonathan approved the following appointments and changes in the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC): 1. Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha …

Senator Aniete Okon, a delegate representing Akwa Ibom at the National Conference, and a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should be granted an automatic ticket to contest the 2015 elections. He said the President’s development strides against the backdrop of Boko Haram terror in the country necessitated his coming back for a second term. “In …

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Friday commended the Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote for investing one billion dollars ($1billion) in rice production in the country. The President made the commendation during the signing of the $1 billion-dollar Rice Investment Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between the Federal Government and Dangote Group at the State House, Abuja. The Minister of Agriculture, Adewunmi …

Lawyers representing the embattled Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State‎ have described as unconstitutional the call on the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Suleiman Dikko, by the State House of Assembly, to dissolve the seven-man panel set up by him to investigate the impeachment allegations leveled against the governor. Governor Makura’s lead counsel, Chief Udechukwu (SAN), submitted in Nasarawa …

ABUJA – Judicial workers, whose nationwide strike has entered the third week, have demanded written undertaking from both the federal and state governments for the implementation of a judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja on the funding of the judiciary. The President of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, Mr. Marwan Adamu, while speaking with journalists during the week, …

President Jonathan recently launched the new 64-page e-passport. According to presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, “The new 64-pg e-passport helps frequent travelers, it’s gender friendly, forestalls identity theft, cheaper for the aged and low income earners, conforms with international best practices.” “Cost of new e-passport for below 18yrs and 60 years and above is N8,750; change of name as a result …

Nearly one year following the controversial opening of Benin Kingdom Gallery by the Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the original owners of the priceless treasures are not giving up the fight for the return of their cultural inheritance. Edo United for Homeland Empowerment, a Human rights group, with headquarters in Boston Massachusetts is demanding the return by MFA …

By Annika McGinnis(Yahoo News). Her husband had shied away from discussing his African heritage in his own remarks to the 500 Africans finishing a six-week Washington leadership fellowship on Monday, referencing his Kenyan father only once and in the question-and-answer session. But Michelle Obama said as an African American woman, her discussion with the African youth was “deeply personal.” “The …

Buhari’s wife asks Jonathan to resign over Boko Haram insurgency By Wale Odunsi (dailypost) Wife of former Military Head of State, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), Hajiya Asiya Buhari, Thursday condemned the assassination attempt on her husband in Kaduna last week. She therefore, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign from office, saying it was high time he did so. In a terse …