Right Activist and  National Secretary of the Afenifere Group, Yinka Odumakin has rated President Goodluck Jonathan’s two years in office as below par. Mr Odumakin however noted that due to inherent difference in the country, “it is very difficult to govern this country”. He  blamed the country’s woes on a “badly divided nation’’ citing the results of the 2011 general election. However, Mr Odumakin maintain ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned the remodeled Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu State, South East of Nigeria earlier today Arriving at the Coal City at about 11:30am this morning, the President was accompanied by the Senate Chairman committee on Aviation; Hope Uzodinma, the Minister of Information Labaran Maku, Minister of Works and some other Ministers of the Federal republic of Nigeria. And on han ...

Reactions have started to trail the nationwide broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in which he expressed his anger over the endless bloodshed in some northern states, and declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Lending his support to the President's action, prominent lawyer, Festus Keyamo, says the decision was long overdue, adding that the activities of the insurge ...

In what appears to be about the boldest step taken by the Federal Government in tackling the insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three states, namely: Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. In a nationwide broadcast, President Jonathan said the growing insecurity in these troubled states compelled him to exercise his powers as enshrined in Se ...

The Federal Government says it has set aside $100m from the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) to tackle the high rate of maternal and child mortality in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Patte made the announcement at the launch of the conditional cash transfer pilot programme of SURE-P in Abuja. The minister challenged Nigerians to hold government account ...

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Issa Aremu has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he cannot call to order the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku and former Niger Delta Militant, Mr Asari Dokubo as he reacted to the inciting statements made by these men. In Mr. Aremu's words “It was regrettable that people of questionable character were the o ...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported killing of 187 people, mostly women and children, in the town of Baga in Borno state during a clash between suspected members of Boko Haram and the Joint Task Force (JTF) last weekend. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party also warned the JTF against engaging in extra-judicial kil ...

As some northern leaders mount pressure on President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty to the members of Boko Haram, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has advised the Federal Government to be cautious in its approach to finding solution to the security crisis in the country. According to the Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, granting amnesty to the fundamentalists must not happen until members of the sect make themselv ...

The ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Patrick Fay has said that there is a need for cease fire between the Boko Haram fundamentalist sect and Nigerian security forces for any meaningful negotiation to commence between the Federal Government and the sect members. Addressing the national executive members of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna, the Irish envoy noted that the security challenges facin ...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati said Tuesday in Abuja that the Jonathan Administration will continue to do all within its powers to encourage and promote Nigerian artistes and producers of local content for radio and television. Receiving the Executive Chairperson of Ebony Life TV, Mo Abudu at the Presidential Villa, Mr Abati assured her of the Federal Government’s ...