After screening, Jonathan, Atiku head for showdown

A PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) panel headed by a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Alhaji Aminu Wali, yesterday screened three presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling political grouping with President Goodluck Jonathan, describing the exercise as rigorous. Later Wali told journalists that the three candidates have been cleared. Also, former Vice […]

We have received 110,000 DDC Machines – Jega

  The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attajiru Jega has announced that the Commission has received and deployed 110,000 Direct Data Capture machines as at Tuesday. He said this in an interview with the Nigeria Television Authority monitored in Abuja. Jega said the supply and deployment of the equipment was on a “24 hours […]

Obasanjo leaves Cote d’Ivoire, Gbagbo defiant

The workers of the hotel where Obasanjo was staying and a member of his security detail, according to the Associated Press (AP) confirmed that the former president left early yesterday for Nigeria. Gbagbo has refused to step down even though results issued by the electoral commission and certified by the United Nations (UN) showed he […]

George, 5 others regain freedom next month •14 prisoners plead for clemency

Former national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-West, Chief Olabode George and five others will on February 28 regain their freedom. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and others were jailed for financial mismanagement at the port during his tenure. The suspects who were jailed […]

More amendments to 1999 Constitution coming – Jonathan

HISTORY was made in Abuja on Monday, as President Goodluck Jonathan assented to the first ever amendments of the 1999 Constitution with a pledge to send more areas for amendment once the next National Assembly is inaugurated later this year. Flanked by Senate President, Senator David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable […]

Killings continue in Jos •Violence rocks Lagos •16 burn to death

AS security men continue to make efforts to halt the fresh crisis that engulfed the city of Jos on Saturday, silent killings are still going on in some parts of the city while more houses were burnt in the early hours of Sunday. Nigerian Tribune learnt that after peace returned to Jos after about five […]

Tinubu warns FG against persecuting opposition leaders

A former governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday said the spate of ‘political persecution and threats’ against opponents of the Federal Government might destabilise the political process. Tinubu, who spoke to journalists at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, however, said […]

Yar’Adua’s daughter, 2 senators secure tickets in Katsina

THE daughter of late President Yar’Adua, Hajiya Mariam, has replaced her husband, Hon. Badamasi Kabir who was said to be seriously sick as the PDP House of Reps member for katsina federal constituency. Also two of the three incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) out of the 15 members of the House of Representatives from Katsina […]

Pictures: How teenager died 3 days after being beaten by guardian

THE police at the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, Ibadan, are currently trying to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a 15-year-old girl living with a mother of two at Oke Itunu area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The guardian, 31-year-old Mrs Olufunmi Abdulahi, had reported at the Sango Police […]

Nwodo Allays Aspirants’ Fears, Assures Of Transparency

AGAINST the backdrop of complaints arising from the primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its national chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has assured that the party would conduct primaries that could stand the test of time. A statement by Ike Abonyi, Special Adviser to the PDP Chairman, on Media, promised that a level playing […]

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