NIGERIA’S march towards getting into the bracket of top global economic powers got a boost yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan launched a gas-driven economic roadmap. The ambitious plan, code-named “Gas Revolution: Rebirth of Nigeria’s industrialisation,” was also used as an occasion for the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) among the Nigerian National Petroleum […]
Three presidential candidates for April general elections on Thursday said they would boycott the presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan scheduled for Tuesday. The debate is being organised by the Nigerian Debate Group. The presidential candidates are Muhammadu Buhari of Congress for Progressive Change; his Action Congress of Nigeria counterpart, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; and […]
No fewer than five persons were feared dead in Ikot Ekpene yesterday as supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed with those of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The campaign train of the CAN, led by its gubernatorial candidate, Senator John Udoedehe, was in Ikot Ekpene but was allegedly attacked by the […]
The National Assembly has appropriated an initial sum of N300 billion for infrastructure development in the Niger Delta. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the money was for projects, such as the 704km East-West Road that connects Calabar with Epe in Lagos as […]
THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, convened round-table meeting on the security situation in the North ended in Kaduna, yesterday, with retired military generals, retired intelligence chiefs and ex-police big wigs from the North insisting that more needed to be done on the rising tide of mass murder and destruction of properties in some of the […]
A huge crack has occurred in the leadership of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), headed by former Finance Minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, as some top chieftains of the group have opted to back the ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan. It was gathered that no fewer than four top leaders of the forum had, in […]
THE State Security Service (SSS) has raised an alarm over increasing rate of political violence in the country and vowed to deal decisively with perpetrators, just as the Nigeria Police began a workshop on peaceful conduct of elections in April. Meanwhile, the attempt by the Northern Elders, under the umbrella of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) […]
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) would hold an anti-corruption forum for presidential candidates in the April elections so as to sample their plans for the eradication of corruption in the country. The event, which has been billed for Thursday, March 31, will hold in Abuja. Consultant on Media to the […]
Director General of the State Security Service, Mr. Ekpeyong Ita, on Tuesday said politicians were introducing dangerous dimension to electioneering campaign as the 2011 general elections drew nearer. Ita spoke in Abuja during the commencement of a two-day national workshop on ‘Election Security Management’ organised by the Nigeria Police Force. He said some politicians were […]
Men of the Anambra State Police Command yesterday, arrested a suspected senior aide to Dr. Chris Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State, over illegal possession of election materials, belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The suspect, Kingsley Ezenwenyi, was arrested when he came to the headquarters of the commission in Awka yesterday […]
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