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Anambra Central: Dicey Contest Awaits Akunyili

Posted by admin Anambra, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Now, it is a whistle blow going by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) timetable which has made it mandatory for parties to ensure that their primaries are concluded at least by the second week of January, 2011. And with that, it has become a race against time for almost all the parties and the […]

FBI agents storm Abuja •To investigate bombing

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), State News, Top Stories Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

UNITED States Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, told Fox News that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have been despatched to help the Nigerian government investigate the deadly bombing that struck an army barracks in the country’s capital on New Year’s Eve. Napolitano spoke with Fox News, on Sunday, in Qatar, where she arrived for […]

Police arrested 35,000 criminals nationwide in 2010

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The crime prevention efforts of the police has started to pay off, as over 35,000 criminals were arrested and charged to various courts across the country in 2010. The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, who disclosed this in his New Year message to officers and men of the force, saluted the courage with which the […]

Nigeria, Brazil to partner on hydro power projects – Sambo

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Nigeria has expressed its readiness to partner with Brazil and the private sector, to develop its hydro-power projects and address the problem of energy deficit in the country. Vice-President Namadi Sambo expressed the view in a paper, entitled “Light for All,” which he presented in Brasilia, Brazil, on Saturday. Sambo noted that already Nigeria and […]

Eleweomo: Senate leader calls for probe

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The dust thrown up by last Thursday’s gruesome murder of the factional leader of the Oyo State chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo ) is yet to settle, as the Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin at the weekend asked the Inspector General of Police, Mr Afiz Ringin […]

Terrorist attacks: It’ll be tough, rough –Onovo, Attah warn

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Two former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) said yesterday, that the rising spate of criminality and terrorist activities across the country ahead of the April 2011 general elections was not unexpected, as there had been signs that all was not well with the nation’s security system and the polity. Speaking with Daily Sun on telephone […]

IBB condemns attempt to link him with bombings

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Ex-military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) has condemned the attempt to link him with the spate of bomb blasts in parts of the country, describing it as cheap blackmail. According to a statement signed by Babangida’s spokesman, Kassim Afegbua, the former leader was seriously concerned with the bombings that had claimed several lives and wanted […]

Atiku warns Jonathan over 2011 budget

Posted by admin Budget, Headlines Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Former vice president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has again warned that the nation’s economy is going broke and that recently unveiled Budget 2011 by President Goodlcuk Jonathan can only exacerbate worsening state of the nation’s economy. In an 11-page letter he personally sent to President Jonathan, the former […]

State of Emergency

Posted by admin Articles, Chinedu Vincent Akuta, Columnists, Plateau, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

By Chinedu Vincent Akuta, London, UK – Jan 3, 2011 – Fellow citizens, the insecurity level has deteriorated beyond the critical level. Desperate times require desperate measures. Therefore, this is the time for citizens to declare a state of emergency on both leaders and the country. The reasons are thus: Warri Bomb Blast(s): In March […]

Abati: The Jonathan Presidency (5)

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

By Reuben Abati, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 2, 2011 – The major challenge that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan faced on his assumption of office on February 9, 2010, was indeed how to assert himself and consolidate his hold on power. He showed quite a surprising dexterity in this direction, confirming the clichéd view that you […]