By Yusuf Alli:
The Peoples Democratic Party yesterday said it has decided to back Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as acting President.
It also denied that Jonathan was purportedly summoned by the First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua.
The party made its position known in a statement last night by its National Secretary, Abubakar Kawu Baraje, against the backdrop of the [...]
Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, has written to the King of Saudi Arabia, Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz, over the state of affairs of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua.
The letter, Sunday Punch gathered, is to be delivered to the king by the six-man Presidential investigative panel visiting Saudi Arabia to determine the fitness or otherwise of Yar’Adua.
A reliable source [...]
Nigeria’s leadership of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was extended for another year last night as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was elected the new chairman of the sub-regional body.
Ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua had steered the ship of the association for a year until he fell ill, a development which had twice forced [...]
