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After Gubio’s death, what next for Borno ANPP?

Posted by admin Borno, Latest Politics, State News Saturday, January 29th, 2011

When Alhaji Awana Ngala, an in-law to the Sheriff’s family and then chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) was shot dead last October, allegedly by Boko Haram men, not many believed that his death had anything to do with his political ambition. However, with the killing, yesterday, of Alhaji Modu Fanami Gubio, ANPP’s […]

Biafran struggle still on —Uwazuruike

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Top Stories Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said that the struggle for the state of Biafra is still on. He said that his group will keep pressing for the state of Biafra until this is achieved, revealing that MASSOB has built an estate for […]

How I was rigged out —Atiku

Posted by admin National Politics Friday, January 28th, 2011

Long before the actual conduct of the PDP presidential primary on January 13, 2011, the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation had raised several alarms concerning the apparent lack of openness and fairness in the entire primary process as well as the unwillingness of the leadership of the party to provide a level playing field to all […]

Boko Haram kills Borno ANPP guber candidate, 6 others

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Top Stories Friday, January 28th, 2011

Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon following the killing of the governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Modu Fanami Gubio, the younger brother of Gov Ali Modu Sheriff and five others by unknown gunmen. Saturday Sun gathered that Gubio, who was on his way to his father’s […]

April poll: PDP dumps Iyabo-Obasanjo, Olurin

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party may have finally spurned former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s efforts to influence his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello’s return to the Senate. On Thursday, the PDP gave out the Independent National Electoral Commission’s forms to some winners of the primaries conducted by the Governor Gbenga Daniel-led faction of the party […]

Amnesty: FG sends 212 ex-militants on training

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Another batch of 212 ex-militants from the Niger Delta has been sent to Ghana for various vocational trainings under the Federal Government’s amnesty programme. The 212 ex-militants, who formed the second batch to be sent abroad for training, had also gone through non-violence transformational programme in Obubra, Cross River State. The first batch of 38 […]

Bank Info Update –Plight of Nigerians Abroad – Akintokunbo Adejumo – UK

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists Thursday, January 27th, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo , London, UK – Jan 27, 2011 – On 25th of January 2011, I came across a Press Release on Page 27 of the Monday, January 24 2011 edition of THISDAY Newspaper. The advert was from the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (CCCOBIN) titled UPDATE OF BANK […]

JAMB contests restraining order on 2011 exams

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, yesterday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to vacate the order restraining the board from registering candidates for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. It will be recalled that the court had on October 26, 2010 restrained JAMB from securing or retaining the services of […]

Presidency is undemocratic, says Waku

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Still fuming over over the presidency’s recent comment that he is not a democrat, Senator Joseph Waku yesterday accused the presidency of rather being undemocratic. Waku, who represented Benue North-West Senatorial District between 1999/2003, had in a national daily (not Vangaurd) accused President Goodluck Jonathan of inducing delegates to secure his victory during the just […]

JTF intercepts drugs worth N2.6bn at Tin Can Port

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Joint Task Force, JTF, on Customs Physical Examination of goods, yesterday, impounded 165 kilogrammes of substances suspected to be Cocaine at Tin Can Port, with a street value of about 10.2 million pounds (about N2.55 billion). The drugs, which were concealed in 36 cartoons, came in from Bolivia and impounded based on a tip off […]