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Ex-Gov Akume quits PDP over undemocratic practices

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, January 7th, 2011

There are indications that the immediate past governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, has quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), just as Honourables Orker Jev and Mzenda Iho, representing Buruku and Katsina Ala/Logo/Ukum federal constituencies of the state in the House of Representatives have described the PDP primaries as undemocratic and a sham. Akume, […]

Delta: Gov rerun: Uduaghan leads •Jega confirms ballot box snatching

Posted by admin Delta, Governors, State News Friday, January 7th, 2011

SUSPENSE and apprehension, these were the two words that played out in Delta State as voters turned out on Thursday in the gubernatorial rerun ordered by the Court of Appeal, Benin City, Edo State. Results so far from the rerun show a race between former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and […]

N2bn Donation by Six Govs to Jonathan – ANPP Demands Probe

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics Thursday, January 6th, 2011

The national leadership of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation to urgently institute an investigation into the allegation that six state governors donated N500 million each in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign effort. The party’s National Chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who addressed newsmen on the issue yesterday […]

Buhari’s Candidacy Challenged in Court

Posted by admin Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency Thursday, January 6th, 2011

The euphoria of the successful conclusion of the national convention of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has hardly died down when the former publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Dennis Aghanya, went to court seeking to annul the process leading to the election of new national officers of the party. After two days of […]

Detriot Airport Police arrest Nigerian woman, Sherifat Lamidi, 32, with 91 heroin pellets in body

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, January 6th, 2011

In the biggest bust of its kind in recent memory, Customs and Border Protection authorities at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport arrested a woman allegedly carrying 91 pellets of heroin inside her body. In all, 32-year-old Sherifat Lamidi had swallowed 2½ pounds of the drug, packed inside balloon-like packaging, the agency said. “As far as we […]

Goodluck Jonathan: Might is Right?

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, January 6th, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 6, 2011 – The refrain of one of John Lennon’s songs goes: imagine there is no country; and no religion too; nothing to kill for or die for; you may say, I am a dreamer; etc. Yes, of course, he was a dreamer. We can all imagine that […]

Obasanjo threatens to quit PDP

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Thursday, January 6th, 2011

AFTER several months of absence from the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday stormed the place with a mission, asking the leadership of the party to either urgently resolve the crisis rocking the South West zone or be prepared to witness exodus of members including himself. Meanwhile, former Vice President, […]

Delta: As polls results trickle in

Posted by admin Delta, INEC Politics, State News, Top Stories Thursday, January 6th, 2011

INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega said last night that the results of the Delta State rerun polls would be announced today. Jega hinted that the collation of results from 24 local councils will start between 10 and 11 p.m. He insisted that it is only INEC that has the official mandate […]

Lagos: Bomb scare in Lagos, police dismiss threat

Posted by admin Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, January 6th, 2011

THE fear of bomb explosion swept through a section of Lagos State yesterday. But the police dismissed the panic as baseless. The bomb scare at Motorways complex, opposite 7Up, old Toll Gate, threw residents of the area into pandemonium. The complex has offices of some financial institutions and agencies including Lagos Metropolitan Transport Agency […]

Oyo: Eleweomo: Folarin, 3 others file bail application

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Detained Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin and three others charged with the December 30 murder of the factional leader of the Oyo State National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako, alias Eleweomo, yesterday began moves to regain their freedom with the filing of their bail application in an Ibadan High Court. The […]