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Bode George Leaves Prison February 26

Posted by admin National Politics, Raw Politics Friday, February 11th, 2011

Barring all odds, the erstwhile Deputy National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Olabode George, alongside five other former directors of the Nigeria Ports Authority from prison may be released February 26. Saturday Tribune’s findings at the prison custody during the week in Lagos revealed that one of the convicts, Alhaji Aminu Dabo, […]

Students on The Rampage in Ilorin Over Bursary

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Friday, February 11th, 2011

STUDENTS of various institutions from Kwara State staged a violent protest on Friday holding motorists to ransom over non-payment of their bursaries. The students reportedly destroyed private and public property during the protest in Ilorin, the state capital. They said they embarked on the protest to press home their demand from the state government, stressing […]

Police Stop Anti-Mubarak Protest in Abuja

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, February 11th, 2011

IGERIAN rights groups, on Friday, said police denied them permission to stage a protest in support of Egyptians demanding that President Hosni Mubarak step down. A coalition of 62 rights groups had planned to stage the protest in front of the Egyptian embassy, on Thursday, in Abuja but stayed away after failing to secure police […]

Mubarak Steps Down, Military Takes Over

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Friday, February 11th, 2011

EGYPT’S President, Hosni Mubarak, resigned as president and handed control to the military, on Friday, after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. “The people ousted the president,” chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo. Several hundred thousand protesters […]

PDP brought bombing, kidnapping to Nigeria- Fashola

Posted by admin Lagos, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, State News Friday, February 11th, 2011

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state yesterday blamed the PDP-led federal government for the poor state of the country’s security and electricity, saying; “Before they assumed office in 1999, there was no bombing in Nigeria and there was no kidnapping.” The Governor also said the ongoing Egyptian crisis would be a window of economic opportunity […]

Court to ruling on May 26 on resource control suit against FG

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Friday, February 11th, 2011

Yenagoa – The Federal High Court Yenogoa has fixed for May 26 ruling in a case instituted against the federal government by six human rights lawyers for the people of the Niger Delta to control their resources. Idaye Opi and five other lawyers had in suit No: FHC/YNG/CS7/10/10 listed the Attorney-General of the Federation, the […]

Tompolo’s brother suspended as council chairman

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, February 11th, 2011

TENSION mounted in Warri South-West Local Governemnt Area of Delta State on Thursday when the Legistaive Arm suspended the chairman of the council, Mr George Ekpemupolo, a younger brother of ex-militant leader, Tompolo, and three councilors with immediate effect for supposed misappropriation of funds. Twelve members of the legislative arm who took the decision also […]

Court stops INEC from publishing Masari’s name as guber candidate

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Katsina, Latest Politics, State News Friday, February 11th, 2011

The governorship ambition of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari suffered a temporary set-back yesterday as an Abuja division of the Federal High Court, issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from publishing his name as the standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change, […]

Adamawa govt buying, burning voters’ cards- Marwa

Posted by admin Adamawa, Elections 2011, State News Friday, February 11th, 2011

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), governorship candidate in Adamawa state, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has accused Adamawa state government officials of buying and burning voters’ registration cards in hundreds in the state. The state government has however described the allegation as baseless, false and untenable. Marwa said this at a press conference yesterday in […]

Jonathan pledges N500bn to boost economy of S-East

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-East Friday, February 11th, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, promised that the Federal Government would continue to provide infrastructures that would boost the economy of the South East geopolitical zone and improve the living condition of her people whom he described as the most enterprising in the country. He declared the commitment of the government to tackle the problem of […]