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Ringim orders investigation into Mpape killings

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

INSPECTOR-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim has ordered a investigation into the killing of two persons, allegedly by a riot policeman, in Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday. He has also directed that a criminal suit be brought against the erring officer who shot dead a taxi driver and his passenger […]

Guber Candidate in Borno, 6 Others Killed

Posted by admin Borno, General Politics, Raw Politics, State News Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Barely two weeks after the ANPP primary elections in Borno State, the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Fanami Gubio, and 6 others were yesterday shot dead by unknown gunmen. President Goodluck Jonathan, who is on an official engagement in Addis Ababa, condemned the killing and vowed that government will do everything possible to bring the perpetrators […]

April poll: PDP dumps Iyabo-Obasanjo, Olurin

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party may have finally spurned former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s efforts to influence his daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello’s return to the Senate. On Thursday, the PDP gave out the Independent National Electoral Commission’s forms to some winners of the primaries conducted by the Governor Gbenga Daniel-led faction of the party […]

Boko Haram: Army places soldiers on red alert in Maiduguri

Posted by admin Headlines, Raw Politics Thursday, January 27th, 2011

THE 21 Army Brigade, Maiduguri, Borno State, has placed its men on red alert, following the spate of killing of soldiers by unknown gunmen in Borno. The brigade’s spokesman, Lieutenant Abubakar Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, that the army lost four of its officers in separate attacks last […]

Araraume, Okorocha Can’t Beat Ohakim – Nzeribe

Posted by admin Raw Politics Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Oguta-born strong politician and a three-time senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe has boasted that Senator Ifeanyi Ararume and Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the governorship candidates of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) respectively, lack the political capacity to defeat the […]

Why we rejected Ladoja’s commercials – BCOS

Posted by admin Oyo, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State on Wednesday said it rejected three commercials submitted by the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Campaign Organisation because the contents of the materials were “abrasive and capable of attracting replies from aggrieved parties.” The station said it rejected the campaign materials sent by Ladoja, who is the Accord Party’s governorship candidate, […]

I am Not a Murderer – Sen. Ararume

Posted by admin Legislature, Raw Politics, Senate Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume fell victim of high wire politics in 2007 when he made an attempt to contest the governorship election of Imo State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); having won the primaries of the party. But the party opted for Engr. Charles Ugwu in his place. He got a landmark ruling when […]

IGP Orders Arrest of Police Contractors

Posted by admin Nigerian Police, Raw Politics Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Miffed by the attitude of some contractors handling contracts for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, has ordered the arrest of defaulting police contractors, even as he has given them one month with effect from January 7, 2011 to fulfill their contractual agreements or face prosecutions by the […]

Desperate Nigerian arrested with 17 fake documents at Canadian Embassy

Posted by admin Raw Politics, Top Stories Monday, January 17th, 2011

His quest to relocate abroad and drop the shackles of poverty pushed him to the extreme of desperation. Rasheed Adekola was arrested on Tuesday at the Canadian embassy for submitting 17 fake documents in order to obtain a student visa to Canada, TOYOSI OGUNSEYE reports. His quest to relocate abroad and drop the shackles of […]

Atiku not qualified to be Nigeria’s president

Posted by admin Raw Politics Thursday, January 13th, 2011

ABOUT 24 hours to the presidential primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, former members of the National Assembly from the 21 states of the North have kicked against the presidential aspiration of former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The ex-National Assembly members from the North, who met in Kaduna under the aegis of the […]