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Eleweomo’s loyalists attack Tokyo’s filling station

Posted by admin Oyo, State News Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

At least three workers of Bus-Lakson Filling Station, said to be owned by a factional leader of the state council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (a.k.a. Tokyo), were reportedly injured during an attack on the filling station by some hoodlums on Sunday evening. The filling station is located in […]

Marwa Asks PDP to Rescind Decision on Adamawa

Posted by admin Adamawa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Intrigues and manipulation still pervaded the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ad hoc and national delegates election across the states, as one of the governorship aspirants in Adamawa State, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa has asked the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to rescind its decision to cancel the congress and conduct a fresh one […]

GUBER RE-RUN:FG floods Delta with Police

Posted by admin Delta, State News, Top Stories Monday, January 3rd, 2011

AHEAD of the Delta State governorship election re_run on Thursday, the Police High Command in Abuja has ordered the deployment of 22, 400 Police officers in the state even as President Goodluck Jonathan arrives the oil city of Warri, today, to address a rally which Delta State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chief Paulinus Akpeki […]

Lagos: New Year carnival turns violent

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Monday, January 3rd, 2011

There was pandemonium on New Year day as a carnival in Lagos ended in violence, leaving many people injured and 12 vehicles allegedly damaged. The event, which began on new Near Year’s eve but was disrupted few hours into the New Year, was organised by youths living within Alayabiagba area of Ajegunle . It was […]

Exodus as Saraki, Shagaya, Ladoja, Akume, Bwari leave PDP

Posted by admin Abia, Imo, Niger, Oyo, Plateau, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was at the weekend being threatened with exodus of prominent members displeased with the procedure set for the forthcoming legislative and gubernatorial primaries. As at weekend, major names exiting the party included Senators, former Governors and members of the House of Representatives with erstwhile Senate Leader, Senator Olusola Saraki; […]

Jonathan leads Uduaghan’s re-run campaign

Posted by admin Delta, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is expected to lead PDP political big wigs for rally in support of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan coming back to power during the governorship re_run in the State. The Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Re_run Election Campaign Organization, Dr. Festus Okubor, in a statement, weekend, said it was going to be “Mother […]

Why I dumped PDP – Ladoja

Posted by admin Oyo, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, weekend, disclosed reasons why he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and opted for Accord Party. This came as he vowed to do everything possible to make his former party be a forgotten after the April poll. Ladoja, who will slug it out with his successor in […]

Chime, Nwodo war rages as PDP meets aspirants today

Posted by admin Enugu, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The Muslim Rights Concern, an Islamic group, has appealed to the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to what is motivating people to plant bombs, arguing that apprehending the culprits alone without addressing the motivating factors will only bring the kind of peace found in the graveyard. Another Islamic group, Ahmadiyya Movement in Nigeria, […]

Borno, Yobe PDP Delegates Boycott Meeting With Atiku

Posted by admin Borno, State News, Yobe Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

THE Borno and Yobe States delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, boycotted a meeting with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar over his aspiration to contest the Presidency on the party’s platform. Even though the decision was not disclosed, a delegate from Maiduguri Metropolitan council said their boycott […]

Mimiko seeks arrest of perpetrators

Posted by admin Ondo, State News Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has condemned the bomb blasts on New Year Eve which rocked the Mogadishu Barracks in Abuja and it’s attendant toll. He described the incident as “a dastardly act, reprehensible and an antithesis of what we stood for as a people of this nation.” Mimiko, in a statement by his […]