THERE was a drama in Sokoto, on Wednesday, when a presidential jet, with number N5-FGU, which conveyed the First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, to Sokoto failed to start for more than two hours while on her way back to Abuja. The First Lady, who was in Sokoto on a visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, […]
The national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday stated that political apathy by the citizens was responsible for the emergence of crooked politicians as leaders across the country. He observed that people did not get involved in the electoral process because their votes did not count adding that […]
THE Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Felix Uyanna, on Wednesday, told journalists that about 51 suspects had been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s political violence in Uyo. Uyanna listed some of the property destroyed to include, the presidential campaign office of Goodluck/Sambo, situated on Abak road, which was set ablaze. Also set ablaze, […]
THE State Security Service (SSS) has raised an alarm over increasing rate of political violence in the country and vowed to deal decisively with perpetrators, just as the Nigeria Police began a workshop on peaceful conduct of elections in April. Meanwhile, the attempt by the Northern Elders, under the umbrella of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) […]
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) would hold an anti-corruption forum for presidential candidates in the April elections so as to sample their plans for the eradication of corruption in the country. The event, which has been billed for Thursday, March 31, will hold in Abuja. Consultant on Media to the […]
AHEAD of the April polls, Nigerians in Italy have cautioned against violence during the exercise. They also stressed the need for the citizens to use the polls to build a new Nigeria. Speaking on behalf of the Nigerian community, the General Secretary of Nigeria Union in Milan, Mr. Ezenwa Nwokoro, called on the electorate to […]
BUT for the quick intervention of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, the argument over the desirability or otherwise of the proposed accreditation of voters before voting as a component of next month’s election would have degenerated into physical combat. The forum was the fifth interactive session between INEC and the […]
WITH their backs to the wall, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are prodding the United Nations to step up its intervention mission in war-torn Cote d’Ivoire to prevent a situation where the entire sub-region would be plunged into a humanitarian crisis of high proportion. Meanwhile, the ECOWAS Commission has stressed […]
Two feared dead in Ekiti, Ondo, Jigawa clashes Supporters dump slain member at Fayemi’s office PDP, CPC secretariats burnt in Hadejia THE Federal Government yesterday declared as unacceptable and non permissible again the current orgy of violence in the polity. To the perpetrators of the mayhem, the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which met in Abuja, […]
The police in Lagos State have arrested five young men for their involvement in the theft of a Hyundai Accent saloon car in Anambra State and the attempt to sell it in Lagos. The police also accused the men; Tom Ogbangwor, 25; Christian Chukwu, 28; Sikiru Kareem, 28; Wasiu Bello, 28 and Tayo Akinyemi, […]
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