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UN warns against violence in Cote d’ Ivoire,

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

WORRIED by the crisis arising from the November 2010 controversial election in Cote d’Ivoire, the United Nations (UN) Security Council has warned the country’s leaders that there would be consequences to any acts of violence committed as a result of the feud. Also, Nigeria will be presiding again over the Council in October, according to a […]

PDP Panel clears Jonathan, Atiku, Jibril

President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday described their screening by the Peoples Democratic Party Screening Panel as ‘rigorous and comprehensive’ The two men and the only female PDP presidential aspirant Sarah Jibril, were at the party’s headquarters in Abuja where they answered questions from the Alhaji Aminu Wali-led committee shortly after […]

We have received 110,000 DDC Machines – Jega

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attajiru Jega has announced that the Commission has received and deployed 110,000 Direct Data Capture machines as at Tuesday. He said this in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority monitored in Abuja. Jega said the supply and deployment of the equipment was on a “24 hours […]

Jonathan sends 30,000 text messages to PDP delegates

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has begun interactive contacts with Peoples Democratic Party delegates and other stakeholders in the party on phone, ahead of the party’s presidential primaries taking place on Thursday (tomorrow) in Abuja. Director, Research, Planning and Strategy of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, Mr Mike Omeri, said this in a statement. A copy of the […]

Gays pledge support for Atiku

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Barely 24 hours to the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Primary election, gays, under the umbrella of National Gay Forum, have expressed support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The group urged Nigerians to support Atiku’s aspiration to rule the country, stressing that he possessed the acumen to turn the fortunes of […]

Jos rocked by killings again

Posted by admin Plateau, State News Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Violence continued in Plateau State on Monday evening as 18 people were killed and four others seriously injured by suspected herdsmen in three villages in Riyom Local Government Area. Seventeen houses were also said to have been set ablaze by the herdsmen in the villages. Thirteen of the victims were killed at Kuru Tasha (Wareng) […]

The List that Got Okey Ndibe Arrested

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

By Staff Reporter – New Nigerian Politics: Due to constant criticism of his government and its policies that brought it much disrepute and opprobrium in the international community, especially, in light of the fraudulent elections that brought it to power in 2007, the late President Umaru Yar’Adua in mid 2008 budgeted $5 million to gag online […]

84 PDP senators fail to get return tickets

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Monday, January 10th, 2011

About 84 senators of the Peoples Democratic Party may have lost their bid to return to the red chambers on the party’s ticket. Final standings from the outcome of the primaries held across the country showed that a repeat of what happened in 2007, where most of the lawmakers did not return, is likely to […]

Is Ojukwu a Hero or Villain?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Max Siollun Monday, January 10th, 2011

By Max Siollun, NNP – Jan. 10, 2011 – January is a key month in Nigeria’s history. This January marks the 41st anniversary of the end of the Nigerian civil war, and the 44th anniversary of the Aburi accords – the debate in Aburi in Ghana which nearly pre-empted the war. The pivotal figure in […]

Voter registration under threat, three days to go

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Top Stories Monday, January 10th, 2011

Three days to the commencement of the long-awaited registration of voters, about 46,000 units of the 132,000 Direct Data Capturing machines ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission are yet to arrive the country. The contracts were awarded to three companies — Avante Technology, Haier Electrical Appliances Corporation of China, and Zinox Technologies. While Zinox, […]