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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
FOLLOWING the violent protests that trailed Nigeria’s presidential polls in some parts of the North, the United States (U.S.) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute a federal cabinet that would bridge perceived political divisions in the country. Speaking with reporters on Thursday afternoon in Washington DC, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Ambassador […]
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Elections 2011, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Yuguda Leads In Bauchi INCUMBENT Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, yesterday coasted home to victory in the governorship election conducted in the state on Thursday. Yakowa led the polls in 13 out of the 23 local councils in the state. Also, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State was leading the […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujadhadi Asari Dokubo, has said that presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari, should be arrested and prosecuted over the riots that claimed lives and properties in the North. Speaking with Saturday Sun, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Dokubo said that the violence […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, P
Friday, April 29th, 2011
April 29th, has rolled into the annals of British royal history as the day when the future King of England, Prince Williams, walked the aisles to marry his heartthrob for the past ten years, commoner Kate Middleton. The occasion was graceful as expected of any such royal undertaking, abundantly pregnant with pump and assorted pageantry […]
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Adewale T. Akande, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
By Adewale Akande, Barcelona, Spain – April 29, 2011 – History is the memory of mankind and philosophy of history is the analytical ability of man to distinguish correct from incorrect. Human beings have the ability to create ways to live better and even change the envioroment to suit their needs and wants. It is […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Today, the country has more or less concluded election 2011, and although there was an outbreak of violence in the 12 Northern states over the outcome of the Presidential election of April 16, reports of election malpractices, protests about results in Ika North, Anambra Central, Plateau state, pre-election tension in Akwa Ibom, “an inconclusive” Gubernatorial […]
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Anambra, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News, Top Stories
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Miss Vivian Chidinma Anumba is one of the lucky corps members who survived the recent Bauchi mayhem, where many young people serving their fatherland were butchered. The female corps member, who hails from Uzoako community, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, read Banking and Finance at Federal Polytechnic, Oko and was serving at […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
 The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has attributed the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West during the last general elections to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ladoja, who was a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, apportioned the blame in a post-election press […]
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Bauchi, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
 The Governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda, stunned journalists at the Government House, Bauchi, on Thursday when he said he too was attacked as a member of the National Youth Service Corps in Ibadan. Yuguda reasoned that the corps members, who were murdered last week in the state, only fulfilled their destinies. He […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Top Stories
Friday, April 29th, 2011
NIGERIA has made history by organising a credible, transparent, free and fair general election for the first time. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, gave Nigeria kudos at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, during the presentation of the United States President Award to a Naval officer, Commodore Adeniyi Osinowo, who distinguished himself while serving […]
