President Jonathan Fires IG of Police, Suleiman Abba

  President Goodluck Jonathan  has fired Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba. The sack was announced by the president’s spokesperson, Reuben Abati, in a statement on Tuesday. No reason was given for the sack. A Deputy Inspector General of police, Solomon Arase, was appointed to act in his stead. Mr. Abba’s removal and the assumption of office of his replacement are with immediate effect. Mr. Abati’s statement read...

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President Jonathan defends his decision to concede defeat to Muhammadu Buhari

President Goodluck Jonathan has defended his decision to concede defeat to Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 election, saying he was concerned about allowing his personal ambition scuttle a democratic system he helped nurtured, with the likely consequence of a “collective tragedy”. Mr. Jonathan said Thursday that he needed to check his ambition, as the consequences of not doing so may have been dire not only for Nigeria, but Africa. The president...

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I am still in PDP– Ogbulafor

A former National Chairman of the PDP, Vincent Ogbulafor, who Friday sneaked into the national Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja said he was in the office to congratulate the party for a “job well done”. In a chat with newsmen after emerging from a private meeting with the APC Chairman, John Oyegun, which lasted for 45 minutes, Mr. Ogbulafor said “I just came back into town yesterday and I came to congratulate the...

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South Africa seeks support to defeat xenophobic attacks

South Africa on Friday in Pretoria sought diplomatic support from countries across the continent to tackle the ongoing anti-immigrant violence in the country. This was as a result of series of complaints by foreign nationals that the South African police are failing to protect them. They said the crisis was stirring hostility to South Africans working abroad. South African Foreign Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told a reporter after the...

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PHOTOS: The Real Meanining of the xenophobic attacks in S/Africa

South Africans photographed stealing from attacked foreign stores   Some South Africans stealing from stores owned by foreign immigrants who were attacked by the Zulu boys. This does not speak well of S/Africans. The government of S/Africa should wake up and call these criminals and misguided citizens to order. What a shame!   ...

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Fani-Kayode in $2m election monitoring controversy

The Director, Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is immersed in a controversy over alleged $2 million situation offices for the Peoples Democratic Party across the 36 states and the FCT. Femi Fani-Kayode was alleged to have applied for $2 million to open situation offices for pre and post election monitoring for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across...

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APC directs members in Adamawa to defy curfew

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed its members and supporters in Adamawa State to defy the curfew imposed by the state police command. The APC described the curfew as unlawful. The Adamawa Police Commissioner, Gabriel Adaji, had on Friday addressed journalist​s​ in Yola, the capital city, announcing the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew​,​ beginning Sunday to Tuesday. Mr. Adaji said the decision was taken at a crucial inter-agency...

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Jonathan urges ​governorship, state assembly​ candidates to accept ​election ​​outcome​

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all the candidates participating ​in​ Saturday​’s​ Governorship and House of Assembly elections to accept ​the ​outcome of the ​​​polls​. President Jonathan who made the call in a Facebook post Friday urged contestants in the elections to accept the will of the people. “I urge contestants to respect the will of the people as we promote a new Nigeria that is a pacesetter and light bearer in the practice...

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NDLEA arrests South African lady with N74m concealed in oats packs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 39-year-old South African woman identified as Nosisi Nqgula at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000), concealed inside packs of oats found in her luggage. According to a statement issued by the NDLEA Lagos Airport Command, the money was discovered during an inward screening of passengers on a South African airline...

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FG Debunks Alleged Plans To Rig Election In Lagos

  The Federal Government has debunked the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Lagos on Thursday was part of a plot to rig Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state. The APC’s spokesperson, Lai Muhammed, had on Friday said that Mr. Jonathan visited the nation’s commercial capital to fashion ways of rigging the election in favour of candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party....

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