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Articles, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
By Clarius Ugwuoha, NNP- Feb. 15, 2011 – It is disheartening that democratic representation in Nigeria is still governed by the whims and caprices of a chosen few. What played out in Enugu State a few month ago, the ripples of which still unsettle the polity in that state, is instructive. Very phenomenal changes are […]
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Rivers, State News
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
WITNESSES at the presidential panel of inquiry into the causes of the last weekend stampede at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State have blamed security operatives from the presidency for the tragic incident in which about 12 persons lost their lives. Meanwhile, the Delta State government has pledged to cater […]
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General Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

IT was a meal he loved dearly but did not live to prepare and savour its rich taste yesterday. When he left his house in Jos metropolis for shopping in a nearby market, the victim, a policeman, never knew that it would be his last outing. And yesterday, this Anti-Bomb Squad Mobile policeman deployed in […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The mother of a teenager who claims he was forced to undergo exorcism to purge him of his disobedience has been jailed, The Mail of London reports. Lydia Erhire has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under forced marriage laws after she sent her son, Edirin Onogeta-Idogun, 17, to Nigeria. He […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
A former “Mr. Nigeria,” Angalapele Inemotimi, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Peoples Democratic Party from presenting Mr. Teddy Bai to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The plaintiff is also asking the court to stop the electoral body from accepting Bai as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming state Assembly […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to redress the anomalies in the enlistment and training of female officers by the Armed Forces. She made the commendation in a statement signed by her Special Assistant (Media), Dr. Isiaka Ali-agan, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, stormed Ilorin, Kwara State capital to mop up fake drugs from the open markets, catching many unsuspecting patent medicine stores operators and pharmacy stores unaware. The agencys action was boosted by the latest multimillionaire world class machine technology, TRUSCAN, it recently acquired. It instantly confirms […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Bala Buhari, former Minister of the Federal Republic and Secretary of the Northern Political Summit Group led by Chief Solomon Lar was the political adviser to the erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview with newsmen he tells the Nwodo story detailing what he alleges to be the intrigues and […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
IF there is any problem the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will have to contend with now after the primaries it conducted nation wide, it is the headache of how it will heal the wounds, the party and members sustained during and after the primaries. Prior to the presidential primaries of the PDP, the party was […]
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Oyo, State News
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Until one asked what made hundreds of women, who held their chests in fear, running almost naked to various public primary schools in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, demanding the release of their children and wards by teachers, one would have thought the city had been run over by some heavily armed warriors. The situation […]