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My Children Are At Home Too – Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Thursday, January 20th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday spurned allegations that his children were currently back in school after holiday in utter violation of the directive made by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that primary and secondary schools in the country should remain closed. According to the president, it became necessary to […]

FEC awards N1.8b power contracts, others

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 20th, 2011

THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) resumed from its three-week recess yesterday, directing the Ministry of Power to explore the possibility of using coal to enhance power generation in the country. The Council held its last session on December 23, 2010 before adjourning for three weeks to allow members participate in the Christmas and New Year […]

Oshiomhole vows to prosecute killers of women leader at ACN primary

Posted by admin Edo, State News Thursday, January 20th, 2011

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday vowed to ensure that the killers of a Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) leader in Dagbala, Akoko-Edo Council Area, during last week’s Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) primary in the state were brought to book. He said police preliminary reports have already identified the vehicle that was used and […]

Northern govs aren’t traitors to Atiku, says Yuguda

Posted by admin Bauchi, Governors, State News Thursday, January 20th, 2011

GOVERNOR Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has dismissed an allegation by some people that northern governors were traitors for not voting for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries, saying that such an allegation was baseless and did not conform to the principles of democracy. He stressed that the […]

‘NDLEA arrested 265 drug traffickers in Kaduna last year’

Posted by admin Kaduna, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), State News Thursday, January 20th, 2011

TO curtail the trafficking in hard drugs in the country, the Kaduna State National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested about 265 drug suspects last year while 3.4 tonnes of illicit hard drugs were seized from the suspects, the officials said yesterday. A breakdown of the seized substances shows that 3.385 tonnes of cannabis sativa […]

N13bn scam: Ex-gov, others have case to answer – Court

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, held that former Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Adamu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and 10 others have a case to answer on the alleged N13 billion scam in the state. Justice Dan Abutu also ruled that the court had […]

Ebonyi, Imo may produce Nwodo’s successor

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Imo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

AGAIN, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has returned to the politics of picking a new chairman after Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo bowed out on Tuesday. In the search for Nwodo’s successor, two camps have emerged: one pushing for the South-East zone to retain the party’s plum job and the other, which wants the Acting Chairman, Alhaji […]

Gbagbo seeks private talks with Ouattara

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

PRESIDENT Laurent Gbagbo has expressed his desire to meet with his opponent, Alassane Ouattara, in a renewed bid to resolve the ongoing political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. Details of the proposed meeting are still sketchy but officials loyal to Gbagbo said he had made overtures to Ouattara to have a private meeting with him on […]

Sambo’s convoy injures policemen in Kaduna

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Tragedy struck in Kaduna on Wednesday, when three mobile policemen attached to the Kaduna State security outfit, Operation Yaki, were knocked down allegedly by the convoy of Vice-President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo, who was in Kaduna to participate in the on going voter registration. Already, there were conflicting reports that one of the affected policemen was […]

President’s victory: Atiku, others rule out court option

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Wednesday, January 19th, 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 […]