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Articles, Columnists, Delta, State News, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Asaba: The Sexual Predators’ Paradise! By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Jan 13, 2011 – After my last article on Great Ogboru and his quest to become the Governor of Delta State last week I received a ‘petition’ from a reader, a man of God based in Delta State (names withheld). The Reverend […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Daughter of late Chief MKO Abiola and an aspirant for Ogun Central Senatorial District in Ogun State, Mrs.Lola Abiola-Edewor, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of orchestrating the political feud with his daughter, Iyabo Bello-Obasanjo, who is also seeking re-election for the same seat under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In an interview she granted […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said it had concluded plans to invoke Section 7(b) of EFCC Establishment Act against serving and retired public servants/office holders who lived above their legitimate income. The section, according to the anti-graft agency, empowered it to conduct investigation on the property of any person whose life style […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The Congress of the United State has requested the attorney-general, US Department of Justice to file criminal procedure against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his wife, Jennifer for alleged money laundering. In a letter signed by the chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, John Conyers, Jr dated January 7, 2011 and addressed to the US attorney-general, […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The death toll from cholera outbreak in Lavun and Edati Local Government Area of Niger State has now risen from 8 to 13. LEADERSHIP gathered that 7 out of the victims were from Tama-Nku, a village in Edati Local Government where the outbreak was first noticed late on Tuesday. It was further gathered that 5 […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Dangote Group has disclosed plans to invest about N15.24 billion in building a new cement manufacturing factory in Cameroon. The move, according to the company, was to ensure that African remained self-sufficient in cement production, and ensure that the products were easily available and affordable to the end users. A statement by the group, made […]
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Elections 2011
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Wife of the former governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, (Left, With Beyonce, Middle) has denied reports that other candidates were compelled by her husband to step down for her in order to secure the senatorial ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria. Mrs. Tinubu on Wednesday clinched the ACN ticket to contest […]
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Raw Politics
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

ABOUT 24 hours to the presidential primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, former members of the National Assembly from the 21 states of the North have kicked against the presidential aspiration of former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The ex-National Assembly members from the North, who met in Kaduna under the aegis of the […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
No fewer than 27 political parties in Lagos State have formed an alliance to confront the Action Congress of Nigeria and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2011 elections. The Convener, Coalition of Lagos State Opposition Political Parties, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, who announced the plan at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, said the group […]
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Kaduna, State News
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Thirty years after his impeachment as the civilian governor of the old Kaduna State, the National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party and Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Alhaji Balarabe Musa on Wednesday picked the governorship ticket of the PRP in the state. With this development, Musa, 75 is expected to […]