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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Sunday, September 22nd, 2013
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party got messier on Friday with the ruling party asking the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to write a formal letter to the Dr. Bamanga Tukur-led National Executive Council for his suspension to be lifted. Amaechi, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH, over the weekend has, however, vowed […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 22nd, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013 By JESSICA AKUDE and Zainab ALIYU The United States Consul-General, Jeffery Hawkins, yesterday in Lagos gave reasons Nigeria and other countries were excluded from participating in the 2015 Diversity Visa Programme (DV-2015) of the United States of America. According to him, Nigeria, Canada, China, Mexico, Britain, Bangladesh, […]
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Headlines, State News
Sunday, September 22nd, 2013
Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, former Delta State Governor James Ibori tried to bribe anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15m in cash in a bag so heavy one man alone could not lift it, Ribadu told a London court on Thursday. Reuters quoted Ribadu as telling the court that he pretended […]