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Washington proposes to take several punitive measures
against Abuja if President Olusegun Obasanjo seeks a third term. Tension is growing between the two countries over
Nigeria's future leadership. To cap it, the United States Government is reportedly furious with what State Department
officials called "an unwarranted attack on the country with the tacit support of the Nigerian leadership by
Presidential Spokesman, Femi Fani Kayode". He recently rebuked Washington over comments by serving and former
administration officials who frown at suggestions of a third term bid by Obasanjo. Sources confirmed that the government
has taken the unusual step of informing members of Congress of a possible leadership problem in Nigeria. 
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I am not w/ MRD – Buhari
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 Former Head of State and All Nigeria Peoples
Party (ANPP) flag-bearer in 2003 presidential election, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), has dissociated
himself from Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), saying being...
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2007: Kalu woos APGA
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 Emboldened by
the recent historic declaration by Southern political leaders on the issue of the leadership of the country in
2007, Abia State Governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has intensified his drive to convince southern-led political parties
especially APGA as well as...
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Shoot-Out in Ibadan
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 Ibadan, the hotbed of South-West politics, was on Thursday turned to a theatre of war in
a violent clash between the two factions of the state House of Assembly. In spite of the heavy presence of policemen
at the assembly complex, adjacent to the governor’s office, a group of 18 lawmakers loyal to the governor’s estranged...
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PDP Bans Governors...
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 The Peoples
Democratic Party has directed governors elected on its platform to stop attending meetings called by regional groups.
The party gave the directive on Wednesday at a meeting with the governors at its National Headquarters in Abuja.
Though the National Publicity Secretary of the party...
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