Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday replied Senate President, David Mark, over the latter’s alleged involvement in a plot to destabilise the state. Mark had in a statement on Tuesday dismissed Aregbesola’s allegations that Vice-President Namadi Sambo and the Senate president were involved in a plot to raise N1bn for the purpose of […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday ordered the indefinite suspension of toll collection on the Eti-Osa Lekki Epe Expressway. It was originally billed to commence on January 3, 2011 but the state government succumbed to appeals and complaints on the toll. The suspension, according to the governor, is to enable the government […]
President of Human Rights, Justice and Peace Foundation, Chidi Nwosu, was killed by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday. A family source informed Thetimesofnigeria.com that Nwosu was trailed to his house in Abia State by armed men around 1am and shot dead. His wife and 5 year-old daughter were locked up in the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan, his Deputy, Mr. Namadi Sambo and others on Wednesday endorsed Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State for the 2011 gubernatorial election. Speaking at a declaration rally of Governor Amaechi in Port Harcourt, the president said the governor had so much to show during his three years tenure in office. President Jonathan, who […]
Despite ongoing moves to reconcile the various faction, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State by former chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, the party yesterday held congresses in the 266 wards where new party executives were elected. The congresses, which continue today and tomorrow for local and […]
Three persons were killed on Tuesday in a fresh attack in Maiduguri, Borno State, where a similar violence led to the death of six persons the same day bomb explosions claimed scores of lives in Jos. Some assailants suspected to be members of a religious sect, Boko Haram, fired shots into a teaching hospital killing […]
EXPLOSIVES rocked the venue of a campaign rally of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Chief Beimor Rufus-Spiff, at Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, but no life was lost. Party faithful that gathered at the venue scampered for safety as the explosives went off around 3.45 p.m. The explosives, Nigerian […]
A former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, insisted that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was only dreaming about winning elections in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States,declaring that Nigerians were tired of a ‘poverty party.” In a chat with airport journalists at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, […]
A list containing 14 candidates has been released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the Delta State rerun election, which has been fixed for January 6, 2011. The release, dated December 27, 2010 and signed by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Delta State, Dr Ogbudu Gabriel Ada, contained the names of the […]
Given the momentum of classic drama that characterize most events in Nigeria this year, there will be no shortage of stories that will shape the outgoing year. Many of the stories are, indeed, as different and remarkable as the individuals themselves, their pain behind their fame, the scent behind their successes and failings. It is […]
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