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Young Nigerians are participating in the #MeetThePresident event in Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, on March 1, 2015, Sunday. The meeting is scheduled for 5pm and the attendance is strictly by invitations. The lucky ones would be able to ask President Jonathan questions on the main issues that concern every Nigerian. Team Naij.com would cover all the key moments from the meeting. 21:57 The president, VIPs are leaving the venue. 21:55 A special card is being presented to the Commander-in-Chief. It contains signatures of hundreds of Nigerians who show their appreciation to what the Nigerian Army is currently doing to protect the nation and defeat terrorism. President Jonathan receives a special cards signed by hundreds of people 21:55 “God bless Nigeria!” President Jonathan concluded his speech. 21:54   “I promise you that we will continue to give Nigerian youths opportunities to serve their country.” 21:53 “The current PDP National youth leader i...

General Muhammadu Buhari, who is running for the presidential seat from the All Progressives Congress (APC), has bemoaned the fuel scarcity that has hit Nigeria, stating that, Nigerians are forced to spend quality hours queuing for petroleum products. Buhari via his official Twitter account said that Nigeria as a country should not be importing petrol. READ ALSO: Fuel Scarcity Hits Nigeria “The countless man hours that will be spent at petrol stations today, will reduce our productivity as a nation. This should not be so,” he wrote. APC presidential candidate then went on to mention his successes when he was head of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) “In my time as NNPC chairman and Petroleum Minister in the late 70s, 2 of our 4 refineries were built, and domestic consumption catered for,” he wrote, noting that, Nigeria has the ability to have adequate petrol consumption. “But over the last several years our refineries have declined, and we are at the mercy of imp...

Nigerians have once again been thrown into a fresh round of acute fuel scarcity and it seems it is not ending anytime soon . The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) disclosed in Abuja yesterday, March 2, that the scarcity of fuel currently being experienced in major cities across the country will persist except federal government acts fast to pay outstanding subsidy claims. MOMAN is responsible for the importation of about 60 percent of petroleum products consumed in the country. According to Leadership report, the executive secretary of MOMAN, Olawore Obafemi, who disclosed this, attributed the current fuel scarcity to the non-payment of arrears of subsidy claims and rise in cost which has hindered the marketers from importing petrol into the country since February. He explained that the federal government had reneged on the payment of the first batch of foreign exchange and interest rate to members, and as a result, marketers had decided not to import fuel as b...

Investigations have revealed the real reasons why President Jonathan and the entire Peoples Democratic party are angry with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) boss, Attahiru Jega. INEC-Chairman-Professor-Attahiru-Jega /Photo: Google Punch reports that a week-long investigation has helped in getting to the real reasons why the leadership of the ruling party is not so good with the INEC chairman. Thorough investigation made it known that President and his party are not happy with Jega over his insistence that the commission would use the Permanent Voter Cards for the election. Also, the ruling party and president Jonathan are totally angry because INEC against all odds is sticking to the decision of using card readers. The PVCs were used for the conduct of the governorship elections in both Ekiti and Osun states, which were won by the PDP and the All Progressives Congress respectively. However, the card reader technology was not used in both Ekiti...

The main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC) may fail in the hometown of ex-vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, as he refused to sponsor the campaign organisation in Adamawa state in the coming elections. Atiku who is supposedly one of the richest man in the APC in Adamawa state is refusing to finance the party’s campaign in his state because of a disagreement between him and Alhaji Jibrilla Mohammad Bindow, the party’s governorship candidate for the state. READ ALSO: The Poll Shift Is A Bad Sign – Atiku Blasts INEC, FG Bindow allegedly supported Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state during the APC presidential primaries and has to been known to boast about how he can win the poll without Atiku’s help. The APC Adamawa campaign train is supposedly short of funds and may lose the poll if a miracle does not happen soon. The party leader in the state said: “Even during the last presidential primaries of the APC, news went around that Bindow did not support Atiku, his s...

      President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken up about the plot to remove the Chairman of The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. Speaking on Monday, March, in an interview with Aljazeera, President Jonathan reassured Nigerians and the international community that he has no plan to sack Professor Attahiru Jega, ahead of Nigeria’s general elections slated for March 28 and April 11. The president reassurance comes just after speculation were raised by the opposition party, The All Progressives Congress that the Federal Government, through the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, is plotting to send Mr. Jega on terminal leave before the elections. READ ALSO: What We Shall Do If Jonathan Removes Jega Prof. Jega’s tenure ends in June but there are claims from the opposition party that the President’s administration plans to send him on a three-month pre-disengagement leave before the elect...

  Professor Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to claims that he left his father to suffer in a village in Ogun state. A few days ago, a photo of  a poor man sitting down, resting his back on the wall of a mud house went viral. The obviously helpless-looking man was allegedly said to be the father of the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. This might have been because of the striking semblance between the old man and the pastor cum politician. See the photo below: The opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party further fueled the seeming ‘allegations’, saying that the vice-presidential candidate had left his father to suffer in a village in Ogun state while he enjoys life in Lagos. READ ALSO : How 9-Yr-Old School Girl Did The Unexpected To Buhari, Osinbajo And Fashola Few Days Ago However, Professor Osinbajo has stated that the person in the photo is not related to him in any way. He further said that the photo w...