Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, latest salvo against President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of sliding into dictatorship has drawn an equally combative and virulent response from presidential aides, accusing the ACN, instead, of being the abode of despots. “The paradox is that those who do not allow freedom and equality [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the PDP for seeking to disparage and distract Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, at a time the party (PDP) itself is in dire need of attention to prevent it from imploding. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the preliminary reports on the Baga tragedy, submitted by the military high command and NEMA, saying available, verifiable evidence has shown that the investigation that produced the reports was everything but thorough. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted Nigerians and the international community to the real and present danger posed to Nigeria’s democracy by the desperation of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain power at all cost, judging by what it called the PDP’s ‘glaring involvement in the ongoing efforts to sabotage the [...]
Two opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have expressed confidence that the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) will make a remarkable impact in the 2015 elections. The lawmakers, who spoke in separate interviews, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the merger became necessary to form a formidable opposition to [...]
By Babatunde Fashola On the 18th November 2012, when I presented our activity report from the last 100 days, I told you that it was a momentous milestone; because apart from the progress we had made, it was the occasion that coincided with our 2000th day of partnership that started on May 29th 2007. The [...]
By Theophilus Ilevbare There is a need to provide a credible alternative for the electorate, a radical change borne out of the growing discontent of Nigerians with the failure of the PDP-led government that has held power at the centre since 1999, to transform the countrys’ fortune despite multi-billion dollar oil revenue frittered by successive [...]
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