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Latest Politics, South-East
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Contrary to speculations that South-East chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are already scouting for a replacement for the dislodged national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, who tendered his resignation letter on Tuesday, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal that PDP governors from the zone are indifferent to early replacement for the position […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega yesterday accused politicians of encouraging multiple and underage registration in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise, even as he admitted that the take-off of the exercise did not meet the expectations of the commission. In the same vein, the INEC chairman warned those who have […]
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Top Stories
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Tension over the state of health of the first Nigerian graduate soldier and ex-Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was yesterday doused by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State who said the Ikemba Nnewi was doing very well at a United Kingdom hospital. Obi, who just returned to the state from the UK told newsmen […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Fresh trouble appears looming for former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo following a threat by unknown persons to burn down his home in Enugu State. Also believed to be a target was the home of the ex-PDP chairman’s younger brother and former Information Minister, Chief Nnia Nwodo. Dr Nwodo was […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some ministers over irreconcilable political differences with them (governors). The governors made the demand during their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday night. Before the governors went to the Villa, they […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Ella Ukhueleigbe There was an indication on Wednesday that the police in Lagos State had arrested the family friend that allegedly gave a spiked drink to the 17-year-old female undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Ella Ukhueleigbe, which eventually led to her death. A source close to the family, told PUNCH MERO that the […]
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Oyo, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
The Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State on Wednesday said it rejected three commercials submitted by the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Campaign Organisation because the contents of the materials were “abrasive and capable of attracting replies from aggrieved parties.” The station said it rejected the campaign materials sent by Ladoja, who is the Accord Party’s governorship candidate, […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
TWO persons sustained serious injuries as two petrol tankers went up in flames near a fuel depot located at the Abonema Wharf in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. But for the quick intervention of fire fighters from the state government and Shell Petroleum Development Company, houses located within the scene of the incident would have […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, has described the Direct Data Capture machine being employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the on-going voter registration exercise as capable of preventing electoral fraud in the forthcoming general elections. Isiaka, who emerged as the governorship candidate in […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Former Military President Ibrahim, Babangida; ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd.), have decided not to challenge the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries in court. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the three politicians took the decision at a […]
