The big power play since Wednesday’s sudden but surprise return to Nigeria of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua captured newspaper headlines this week. Nigerians woke up Wednesday to the breaking story of the ailing president virtually “smuggled” into the country on … read more
ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan is set to swing into action this week with the exercise of full presidential powers. According to Aso Rock sources, he will embark on sweeping changes in the area of security lapses noticed in recent times, … read more
Nigeria’s information minister has come out strongly against those backing the ill president and says they are trying to benefit from the political crisis. President Umaru Yar’Adua returned to Nigeria early on Wednesday after a lengthy hospitalisation in Saudi Arabia … read more
Months of turmoil over Nigeria’s leadership have exposed the gulf between its reform-minded professional class and a political elite accused of being utterly self-serving and indifferent to its image abroad. Africa’s most populous country has taken huge strides in the … read more
FIVE governors of the South-South states yesterday pledged their support to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, as he steers the affairs of the nation. The governors, however, lamented the exploitation of President Musa Yar’Adua’s ill-health by some individuals and groups for … read more
The United States said Friday it backed Nigeria’s acting president Goodluck Jonathan and voiced concern that ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua’s return from abroad might be a reckless bid by his advisers to advance their own interests. Yar’Adua’s return Wednesday threw … read more
Minister of Information and Communica-tions, Professor Dora Akunyili, has blamed those she called a cabal of aides around President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for the tension generated by his return to the country. Akunyili said this small group of people mishandled … read more
Just as Ag President Goodluck Jonathan was stopped from seeing returnee President Umaru Yar’Adua, the President’s mother was also yesterday prevented from seeing her ailing son. Also, Yar’Adua’s siblings were blocked when they went to see their brother with their … read more
The era of a Yar’Adua-led government is set to suffer another blow as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan makes moves to take charge of the Presidency. Mr. Jonathan is expected to meet with key members of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s staff tomorrow, … read more
The United Nations AIDS programme has said that Nigeria records at least 1,000 new HIV infections every day. A United States-based Nigerian news agency, Empowered Newswire, in a report on Thursday, said that UNAIDS declared that three million people were … read more