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 […]
Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the immediate resignation of Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, for his alleged inability to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians in the state. In a statement signed by its Senate President, Nazir Ashiru Galadanchi, after a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, NANS […]
The Bauchi State House of Assembly passed 54 bills out of the 73 it received between June 2007 and October 2010, the Speaker, Alhaji Abubakar Faggo, said on Tuesday. Faggo, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi, said 19 out of the 73 bills were still pending before the assembly. According […]
Abia State police command has arrested one Chukwuma Ajapere, alias Barewa, the second-in-command to the late kidnap kingpin in the state, Obioma Nwankwo, alias Osisikankwu. Speaking with journalists in Umuahia, the acting state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kingsley Omire, said the suspect was nabbed in a hideout at the outskirts of Aba, adding that he […]
Plateau state governor Jonah Jang said Friday bombers’ objective was to stop the congresses that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state was planning to conduct. The governor stated this yesterday while receiving the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi, who was on a tour to the […]
The presidential aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the Second Republic Senate Leader and strongman of Kwara politics, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The meeting, which was held at the Ilofa country-home of the statesman in Ilorin, was well attended by […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has been commended for approving the location of one of the proposed federal universities in Yobe State. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Ahmed Lawan, who represents Yobe North under the platform of the ANPP, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the establishment of the institution would […]
President of the Senate, David Mark, has debunked allegations made by Osun State Govenor, Rauf Aregbesola, that he and others were trying to destabilise the state. A statement by Mark’s Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, on Tuesday described Aregbesola’s allegation as spurious and unnecessary. Mark also demanded that the governor issued an unreserved apology for […]
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