Author: Saint Augustine

…Calls for alternative voting process for none PVC holders The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has described the debate over whether or not the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega should be removed as diversionary and unnecessary. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam stated that having heard President Goodluck Jonathan assure Nigerians that he had no intention of removing Prof. Jega, Nigerians should drop the matter and focus on the success ofb the elections. Dr. Aniebonam however pointed out that the INEC Chairman may be…

The re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday received a boost as the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) endorsed him as its preferred candidate in the March 28, 2015 Presidential election. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos to mark the endorsement, the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam stated that the party’s decision was premised on the fact that President Jonathan had started a process which it believed should not be truncated now. Dr. Aniebonam disclosed that the decision to endorse Jonathan was a unanimous decision of the members of the party across the Federation adding…

By Cheta Agundu Chief Peter Obi shocked his admirers and all when he abandoned his parent political party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to join the People’s Democratic Party just lean months after his 8year reign as the governor of Anambra State. Whatever Obi could adduce for the act which many find most distasteful, he has weightier explanations to advance for his hankering after and viciously insisting on an overrule in the affairs of Obiano’s Anambra State, an order he was instrumental to instituting. Obi’s sulky expressions, too soon after leaving power, give him out as one who is…

A son of a retired Supreme Court Justice and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais (GCON), 79, has allegedly joined the notorious Islamic terrorist group fighting in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to sources with knowledge of the development. The sources familiar with the intelligence report presently being reviewed by intelligence chiefs told THEWILL that the man (name withheld) left Nigeria a few days back for Syria, with his two wives and children to fight alongside ISIS, which presently controls large territories in Iraq, Syria and Libya. THEWILL gathered…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed Mr. Cyriacus Njoku’s appeal challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the March 28 Presidential election. Justice Abubakar Yahaya, who delivered the unanimous judgment of the five-man Panel on Tuesday, held that Jonathan was qualified to seek for another term of office because he did not participate in the two previous elections. The court, therefore, held that the appeal lacks merit, dismissed it and awarded a N50, 000 against the appellant. According to the court, the suit is also speculative and imaginary. Yahaya held that Jonathan was eligible to…

…Implicate opposition leaders Being the text of a press conference addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Wednesday, March 4th 2015. Good morning gentlemen and welcome to this press conference. It’s just about three weeks to the start of the rescheduled 2015 general elections, and the expectations across the country and outside our borders are very high, just as the tension among Nigerians! The eyes of the world are focused on our country; Nigeria, to organize a free, fair, credible and violence-free election that will not only deepen our…

By Emenike Maduka It may well be the case that Mr. Fejiro Oliver, not being from Anambra State truly does not know that Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, created for himself the credibility crisis he suffers today. In a story published by an online medium,’ Secret Reporters’, Oliver, accuses Governor Willie Obiano of trying to destroy Peter Obi! And the evidence? A video by Odenigbo Productions, demonstrating the inconsistency in Obi’s periodic vows not to ever leave APGA for another political party is being flaunted as breaking news of the Governor’s involvement! Members of APGA who feel…

After months of careful study of the presidential candidates of all the political parties fielding candidates for the 2015 Presidential election, the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) has finally taken a position to support the Presidential Candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan. It will be recalled the NNPP about a month ago said that it was studying the manifestoes of all the parties fielding candidates for the 2015 Presidential election with a view to determining which of the parties’ candidates to support in the coming election. In a release signed by the Head Media, NNPP…

…Says Cargo volume has dropped by 70 percent The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) has decried the low level of business activities going on in their terminals describing it as a challenging moment for its members. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos, the spokesman of the association, Mr. Bolaji Akinola disclosed that the operators of Roll in Roll out (RORO) terminals were worst hit as a result of the pending government auto policy that was initially billed to take off by April, 2015. Akinola noted that RORO terminals in Nigeria were facing a lot of hardships in their operations…

The National President, Association of Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has blamed the failure of the country to attain the 48 hour cargo clearing as proposed by the Federal Government on the inability of the Federal Ministry of Transport to fulfill its part of the 5 smart steps in cargo clearing as recommended by the Presidential Committee on Port reforms. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos, Prince Shittu noted that if the Federal Ministry of Transport was able to fulfill its own part of the bargain, Nigeria would have attained the 48 hour cargo clearance in the country adding…