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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, South-East
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked the people of the South East for massively voting for him during the just concluded Presidential election.Jonathan, at a one-day rally in Owerri on Friday, however, said the support and votes for him as President cannot be complete if the governors of the zone are not carried along in the […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Niger Delta
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The crisis of confidence rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) might be far from over as a group of Niger Delta youths calling for the removal of key officers of the commission pointed the finger at federal lawmakers from the South-south as being the brain behind the incessant bickering among the commission’s directors. Specifically, […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, yesterday ordered commissioners of police (CPs) in states affected by election violence, including Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Kano and Katsina to appear and give evidence before the panel of inquiry set up to investigate the crisis by the Federal Government. He mandated CPs of the affected states of the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Judiciary, Latest Politics, Presidency
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, CJN The Presidential Election Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting in Abuja next Tuesday, THISDAY has learnt. A senior counsel, who is one of the lawyers engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the inaugural sitting should have taken place Wednesday. The shift in the commencement of the tribunal’s sitting […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
A former Minister of Works, Dr. Hassan Lawal, and his alleged accomplice, Dr. Adeogba Ademola, were on Wednesday sent back to prison custody on the orders of Justice Bilikisu Aliyu of a Federal High Court in Abuja, pending the determination of their bail applications. The court also ordered that the representatives of the companies […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Niger, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
ABUJA-TO thwart any possible attack by the Boko Haram sect, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has beefed up security in about seven states including Borno, Bauchi, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau and Kano. Ringim, also said yesterday that the post-election violence which engulfed parts of the country could not have been avoided. Fielding questions from […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, South-West
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Fresh documents obtained by Daily Sun have exposed the massive electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the previous elections, especially in 2003. A comparative analysis of the results of the presidential election in 2003 and 2011, with particular reference to Ogun state, show a rather wide margin between registered voters and actual […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, May 9th, 2011
DESPITE internal challenges of stability and the slur of electoral violence, Nigeria’s foreign policy would remain unchanged, Foreign Affairs Minister, Odein Ajumogobia, has said. Addressing members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Nigeria at the weekend in Abuja, the minister explained that although there may not be changes in the foreign policy, what might […]
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Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Monday, May 9th, 2011
WORRIED by the recent murder of some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the post- polls violence in the Northern part of the country, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has called on the Federal Government to compensate families of the slain youths. The call came as the Niger Delta Nationality […]
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Edo, Judiciary, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 9th, 2011
FORMER Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, yesterday denied paying N10 billion to a judge in order to thwart his ongoing trial. The allegation was reportedly made by a senior Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) official. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Benin City will on May 31 rule on the preliminary objection […]
