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Yar’Adua’s younger brother joins CPC

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s younger brother, Colonel Abdul’aziz (rtd), on Tuesday, formally joined the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in katsina. Abdul’aziz in company with his elder sister, Hajia Mairo Tafida, and other supporters picked up his party membership card at the Kangiwa ward office of the CPC beside the emir’s palace in the state […]

Akanu Ibiam Airport: International by name, domestic by operation

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Enugu airport which was renamed Akanu Ibiam Airport by the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo administration was built by the colonial masters. In those days the colonialists had established three aerodromes in Enugu, Calabar and Port Harcourt for easy movement of their administrators. Thus the Enugu airport started as a colonial aerodrome before it was commissioned […]

Presidential election: Arewa rejects Jonathan

Posted by admin Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

CHIEFTAINS of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have, on Tuesday, unanimously agreed not to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest to remain as president in the forthcoming election ACF also expressed its disappointment with the conduct of presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that it was below standard. The decision was reached and […]

INEC gets 4 weeks extension

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Angry members of the House of Representatives were denied the opportunity of ventilating their anger against the leadership which hurriedly adjourned plenary after agreeing to extend the recess by another two weeks. Before the elongation of the holiday, however, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was granted a leeway to extending the deadline for the […]

‘Jonathan ’ll beat Buhari, Shekarau’

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The National Political Adviser, Support Dr Goodluck/Sambo Project 2011, Mr. Sunday Olaifa, has said that no candidate can stop President Goodluck Jonathan from winning the April election. Not only that, he said Jonathan would defeat the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and his Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) counterpart, Muhammadu […]

Abati: The Jonathan Presidency (11) – Conclusion

Posted by admin Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

THE ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) held its convention and presidential party primaries on Thursday January 13 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The three candidates at the primaries were incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice president Abubakar Atiku, and Mrs Sarah Jibril. In the run up to this, there had been much mudslinging and exchange […]

Buhari Considers Bakare as Running Mate

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

As a back-up plan to the current alliance talks between the opposition parties, the presidential flagbearer of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is seriously considering picking Pastor Tunde Bakare as his running mate in the April elections. The is even as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) continues with its talks […]

Voters’ Registration: Unemployed youth sell queue spaces for N100

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Unemployed youths in Damaturu, Yobe State, have found a new business: selling queue spaces to prospective registrants in the ongoing voter registration. Each space, according to one of the youths, who gave his name as Habu Shuaibu, sells for between N100 and N200. Shuaibu, who described the ‘business’ as ‘lucrative’ said he makes between […]

Wikileak Cables: ‘Aides hid Yar’Adua’s illness with stuffed clothes, makeup’

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10) Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Controversial whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, has claimed that aides of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua stuffed his clothes to hide his weight loss during the peak of illness. WikiLeaks, in some United States diplomatic cables it released on Saturday night, also disclosed that makeup was used to cover the signs and symptoms of illness on his […]

S-East govs resolve to back Jonathan for April election

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-East Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

THE five South East governors rose from a meeting in Awka yesterday and resolved to give unflinching support to President Goodluck Jonathan in his presidential bid. Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State who is the chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum, Chief Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chief Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, Mr. […]