Posted by admin
Elections 2011, Governors, Imo, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, State News
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
The Association of Opposition Political Parties, under the aegis of Patriotic Alliance of Nigeria (PAN) in Imo, on Saturday described the defeat of Gov Ikedi Ohakim as “a new dawn” for the state. In the same vein, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) says the emergence of Chief Rochas Okorocha also signalled “the end […]
Posted by admin
Elections 2011, Imo, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Owerri – The declaration of the APGA candidate in the Imo supplementry governorship poll Rochas Okorocha as winner by INEC has been received with mixed feelings by Nigerians spoken with on Saturday. Thousands of youths, traders, artisans, tricycle operators took over the major roads and streets of the town in celebration of the candidate’s victory. […]
Posted by admin
Elections 2011, Imo, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Owerri – Imo State capital virtually stood still as loyalists of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, stromed the streets of the municipality to jubiliate over the declaration of their principal, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, as the winner of the governorship election in the state. Motorcyclists, who were hitherto banned from plying the streets of the […]
Posted by admin
CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Says presidential poll not credible || True to its promise, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Friday dragged President Goodluck Jonathan to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, claiming that the election that returned him as the Nigerian president-elect was not credible. In its ex-parte application filed by […]
Posted by admin
House, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics
Friday, May 6th, 2011
The search for the next Speaker of the House of Representatives has split the ranks of returning members into three power blocs, setting the stage for infighting and scheming among the lawmakers, an investigation has shown. This is amid the uncertainty over which of the six geopolitical zones in the country will produce the […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, Ministries, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Going by facts that emerged from President Goodluck Jonathan’s seven-day retreat in Obudu Ranch, Cross River State, many politicians hoping to make the President’s next cabinet are in for the shock of their lives. An investigation on Friday by SATURDAY PUNCH showed that the President, who had begun nationwide consultations, would not limit the […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Ministries, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be cautious in choosing people that will work in his cabinet during his four-year tenure. “I have no advice to anybody on making a government but all I will say is that a leader will be judged on the type of people he builds around […]
Posted by admin
Governors, Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
INEC suspends election in Oguta || As the collation of the results for the Imo supplementary poll continues today, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Owelle Rockas Okorocha, and his closest rival, Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), appeared to be running neck-to-neck, going by the results collated […]
Posted by admin
Bauchi, Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has said members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, should no longer be exposed to danger. Receiving a delegation of Northern Nigerian Union of Domestic Observers in Bauchi, the governor said whenever corps members were exposed to danger, their parents were being deprived of the opportunity of enjoying […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Friday, May 6th, 2011
FORMER Vice President and aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan on his recent election as president. Atiku advised President Jonathan to set to work by making efforts to unite Nigeria, stating that he would be ready to work with him. The Turakin Adamawa also congratulated all […]
