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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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All People Grand Alliance (APGA), Elections 2011, Imo, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate, Rochas Okorocha, has won the Imo state gubernatorial elections. The final results announced by INEC Saturday morning, showed that the APGA candidate scored 336,859 votes with the incumbent governor Ikedi Ohakim scoring 290,490 votes. Supplementary governorship election were supposed to be held, yesterday, in four local councils and one […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Fresh facts have emerged that Lekki international Airport an alternative airport to Murtala Mohammed Airport being built by the Lagos State government in the state is to gulp a whooping $650 Million (N102.4 billion) . The Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry ,Prince Adeniyi Oyemade, who revealed this on Friday while briefing Journalists said […]
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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 […]
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Anambra, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
SOBBING pervaded Government House, Awka on Thursday evening at a special service for Mrs. Agnes Ezennadozie, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, from Anambra State who was murdered during the post -presidential election riot in Bauchi. The service drew a large crowd of sympathisers, many of whom were members of NYSC serving […]
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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 […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Bauchi — Fresh violence erupted in Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State yesterday, barely three weeks after the post-presidential election riots in the state that claimed many lives. Most of the victims of the latest mayhem are the Sayawa, who constitute the majority in the town and surrounding villages. Their traditional […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
There was tension in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Friday, following a plot by the lawmakers to remove the Chairman of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Chief Ebikintin Dioongoli. Our correspondent gathered that the call divided members of the house and almost led to a breakdown of legislative proceedings. It was gathered that […]
