THE drama, intrigue and uncertainty over President Umaru Yar’Adua’s prolonged absence from duty are unlikely to abate even with the latest judicial pronouncement. On Wednesday, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Daniel Abutu, ruled that Vice President … read more
VICE-PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, performed first official presidential function when he presided over the 2010 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration at the Arcade, Abuja. The vice-president arrived at the venue of the event at 10.00 a.m., accompanied by mounted … read more
JUST before November’s Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s president, started complaining of chest pains while he was in a mosque. As his compatriots happily began a four-day weekend, he was flown to a clinic in Saudi Arabia. … read more
Nigerian gunmen have demanded a ransom of 1.2 million pounds for the release of three Britons and a Colombian abducted this week, the police said Friday. “The kidnappers have asked for payment of 300 million naira before the men can … read more
Majority of Nigerians who participated in a recent survey by NOI Polls have asked President Umaru Yar’Adua to legally transfer power to his deputy while he recovers from a heart condition in Saudi Arabia. According to details of the poll, … read more
Nothing really changes the leadership of Nigeria except doubtful election and military coup. This is not to say that such military intervention changes anything in the country. It is nothing other than opportunism in a bid to maintain the status … read more
It was a single ruling, delivered by a single Judge, Daniel Abutu, of an Abuja Federal High Court. But by the time Nigerian newspapers were done with reporting it, any reader would be forgiven for admitting to intense bewilderment. Depending … read more
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan can exercise all the executive powers vested in the President of the Federal Republic in the absence of President Umaru Yar’adua by virtue of Section 5 of the Constitution, a Federal High Court in Abuja ruled … read more
The unknown gunmen, who on Tuesday kidnapped four expatriates at Owaza Junction, near Obehie in Abia State, on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, are demanding N300 million, before their victims would be released. A source said yesterday that the kidnappers called … read more
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka and prominent members of the civil society groups yesterday in Abuja took their protest to the National Assembly, demanding an immediate commencement of the process of impeaching President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who has been away … read more