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Photo #13 – Soldiers prepare to escort NYSC members in Abuja to their elections duties – April 26, 2011

Posted by admin Photos Thursday, April 28th, 2011

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Photo #12 – Voters in Southwest Nigeria celebrate opposition party (ACN) win in guber elections – April 26, 2011

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NDLEA saves two from death penalty in Malaysia

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, April 28th, 2011

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has again saved two Nigerians from capital punishment in Hong Kong and Malaysia in relation to drug trafficking offences. The suspects, Dunu Samuel Okwuchukwu, a 39-year-old international businessman ingested 1.110 kilogrammes of cocaine on his way to Hong Kong while Mmaduekwe Christopher, a 32-year-old auto parts dealer in […]

Governors’ class of 2011- Fashola wins, ACN sweeps S/West, Stalement in Imo, Amosun wins in Ogun, Akala sacked in Oyo, Amaechi wins

Posted by admin Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Amosun, Ahmed win Ogun, Kwara, Doma loses in Nasarawa Lamido, Amaechi, Fashola, Akpabio, Suswam re-elected Chime, Orji, Geidam, Aliyu retain seats Kwankwaso returns to Kano Govt House Stalemate in Imo, Ajimobi floors Alao-Akala THE wind of change blowing across the polity yesterday swept away some sitting governors and helmsmen of state legislatures. Some outgoing governors […]

Plateau: Useni, Shagaya lose senatorial bid

Posted by admin Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Plateau, State News Thursday, April 28th, 2011

MOVES by the two Langtang born ex-Army Generals, Lt.-Gen. Jeremiah Useni and Brig.-Gen. John Shagaya to clinch the Plateau South Senatorial seat has been dashed as they were defeated by their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Victor Lar. Useni contested on the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) while Shagaya contested on the […]

Kaduna bloodbath: The inside story

Posted by admin Kaduna, State News Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

The 21st century in which Arabs fought and won their freedom against tyranny is the one in which the North is fighting against injustice and vote stealing and allocation.” These were the words of one Aminu (not real name), a northerner and a graduate, who even did his postgraduate studies at Leeds University, in the […]

INEC drafts students to conduct polls in Bauchi, Kaduna today

Posted by admin Bauchi, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Following the decision by corps members to back out of the conduct of gubernatorial and state Assembly elections in the troubled Bauchi and Kaduna states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has settled for students of tertiary institutions in both states to serve as ad-hoc personnel for the election billed for today. The bulk of […]

Reform of power sector will transform lives of Nigerians– Onagoruwa, DG, BPE

Posted by admin Headlines, Power Sector Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ms Bolanle Onagoruwa, is passionate with her job, especially as it relates to the privatization of the power sector. Last week, Ms Onagoruwa was in Lagos to brief Business Editors on what the BPE was doing to drive the power sector reforms of the Federal Government […]

Kwara guber: How Gov. Saraki dusted father, sister

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Kwara, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won the Tuesday gubernatorial election in Kwara State. Its candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, polled 254,969 votes to defeat his the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) counterpart, Mr Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), who scored 152,580 votes. Senator Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) had 72,456 […]

Gov. Oshiomhole dumps Olympic Soccer iteam

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Following what they termed political commitments, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has pulled out of the U-23 Olympic team camping sponsorship arrangement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for the return leg of the All Africa Games qualifier encounter against Liberia. The head of technical of the federation, Emmanuel Ikpeme, disclosing this to Daily Sunsports […]