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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Kaduna, Party Politics, State News
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Six weeks after their arrest and detention over alleged involvement in the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna following the release of the last presidential election results, the Congress for progressive Change, CPC, in Kaduna state, yesterday, said it has so far secured the bail of over 600 suspects. The CPC said it is still […]
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Benue, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s inability to act urgently to stop the serial killings of members of its party in Benue State may be taken as a green light by the killers to continue such dastardly act. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to launch a new transport scheme for Abuja tomorrow in a renewed bid by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration to revamp the comatose sector. The new scheme, which comes under Greater FCT Operators’ License Scheme, is a new plan to inject over 100 high capacity mini bus and taxi […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
Outgoing Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has said the shoes of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo were too big for him to step into. Speaking at the 10th Synod of the Remo Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, Daniel said the 12-Storey OPIC Office Complex he built […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
The Election Petitions Tribunal for the national and state assembly elections in Cross River State has refused to grant a motion exparte brought by the member representing Obubra 1 state constituency in the state House of Assembly, Mr. Fabian Okpa. Okpa, who contested the April 26 election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
AHEAD of the chairmanship and councillorship election scheduled to hold in Rivers State today, the Rivers State Police Command has deployed 20,000 officers and other security agents to ensure adequate security. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt while briefing journalists on the preparedness of police for […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Unknown gunmen, yesterday, killed a pastor and one other person at Jaruma village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. It was gathered that the two victims, Pastor Irmiya Maigida, 55, from Bogor Local Government Area and his neighbour, Joshua were murdered at home while asleep. Widow of the pastor, Keziya Irimiya, speaking from […]
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Abia, Headlines, Labour Party (LP), Party Politics, State News
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The Abia State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Chief Obi Aguocha, said yesterday that he has prepared his own burial programme, as he awaits death in the hands of those who might think that he is talking too much. He said that he did that to make things easy for those he alleged have been […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
MAIDUGURI, the Borno State capital, on Thursday, was rocked by three separate bomb explosions, which left an officer of the Nigeria Police dead, while several others were said to have suffered varying degrees of injury. In one of the explosions, five security officers were injured near a military checkpoint. This came barely 12 hours after […]
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Borno, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Women Politics
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
WOMEN in the Borno State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the nomination of Hajia Inna Ciroma for a ministerial position by the state chapter of the party. Rising from an emergency meeting held at the PDP state secretariat in Maiduguri, on Wednesday, the women stakeholders rejected the nomination of Ciroma, the […]
