A picture dated 10 June 2002 shows Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo attending the inaugural ceremony of the World Food Summit (FAO) in Rome. IPTC Copyright Notice: EPA / Danilo Schiavella IPTC Author: Lynne O’Connor Photo: EPA / Danilo Schiavella NAIROBI – Former Nigerian President olusegun Obasanjo is in Kenya for the launch of his book. eNCA’s…
Last week, Victor, a carpenter, came to my Lagos home to fix a broken chair. I asked him whom he preferred as Nigeria’s next president: the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, or his challenger, Muhammadu Buhari. “I don’t have a voter’s card, but if I did, I would vote for somebody I don’t like,” he said. “I don’t…
Combat ready soldiers have invaded the residence of former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos his media office said on Tuesday. The statement said for three straight days, the private residence of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been under surveillance by battle-ready and helmet-wearing soldiers. “Numbering…
IF Nigeria is a nation of laws and of the rule of law, the presidential candidacy of Muhammadu Buhari should end this week. The reason is well-known to all. Buhari swore an oath on his INEC application that his credentials are with the military. This turned out to be a lie. The military has come out…
So, President Goodluck Jonathan (pictured above) will on Wednesday host a special edition of the Presidential Media Chat, his office announced Tuesday. The media chat disclosed in a press statement by the Presidential Spokesman, Reuben Abati, stating that the president will respond to questions from a panel of journalists on current national issues. My question is,…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Muhammadu Buhari, here on Al Jazeera spoke his mind on the state of Nigeria…. Nigeria has been ‘reduced to a failed state’ was one of the ways he described the state Nigeria has found itself in….watch
Unconfirmed report say the new Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman is Prof Nazim Mimiko From March 1, 2015. “The successor to the out-going Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega has already been nominated”, sources told elombah.com. The source continued: “The In-coming INEC chairman is Prof Nazim Olufemi Mimiko, a professor of…