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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
The policemen accused of collaborating with hoodlums to kill two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested. They were arrested on Friday, according to the police authorities. However, a new video made available to our correspondent identified two of the policemen as Inspector Adefemi Ashogbon, who is the station officer of the Badagry Police […]
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Anambra, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE AND OLASUNKANMI AKONI …No, Fashola should apologise to Obi — APGA LAGOS — All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, accused Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, of threatening the country’s unity and whipping up tribal sentiment by sensationalising the recent ‘deportation’ of some indigenes of the state from Lagos. The party in a […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
The newly registered All Progressives Congress has begun moves to draft a former Minister of Defence (retd.), General Theophilus Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the North had foreclosed the possibility of getting the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with President Goodluck Jonathan’s grip on the […]
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INEC Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
The chairman of the African People’s Congress (APC), Chief Onyinye Ikeagwuonu, has described the regisration of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) as an attempt by the Professor Atahiru Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to plunge the country’s democracy into chaos. The chairman of the yet-to-be registered APC said this in Abuja, on Thursday, […]
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Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Halfway into the tenure of the Senate, 34 senators have not sponsored any bill since coming to office, according to official records released by the Senate. The Senate’s Mid-Term Assessment Report shows that of the total 109 senators, 74 have sponsored at least a bill during the period starting June 2011 while the rest initiated […]
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Adamawa, Jigawa, Niger, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Sokoto, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North; Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Henry Umoru & Tina Akannam ABUJA — NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday took a swipe at five governors from the North elected on the platform of the party, warning them to show decorum, humility and respect him. One […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Nigeria’s electoral agency on Wednesday approved the merger of three leading opposition parties ahead of presidential polls in 2015, potentially setting up a stiff challenge to the ruling party. The electoral commission said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) would now be known as […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
THE Federal Government on Tuesday insisted on retaliatory action against British citizens if their government went ahead with its plan to impose a £3, 000 visa bond on visitors from Nigeria and five other Commonwealth countries. It expressed displeasure that Downing Street, which had already set November as the discriminatory policy’s commencement time, had not […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, warned President Goodluck Jonathan against going ahead with the plans to celebrate a century of Nigeria’s amalgamation. Specifically, he urged Jonathan to jettison the planned ceremony scheduled for next year. Braithwaite, who spoke as the guest lecturer at a lecture […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, July 29th, 2013
OUTCRY against its £3,000 tourists visa bond notwithstanding, Britain will commence the scheme in the six listed Commonwealth countries in November, Financial Times report quoted the Home Office as saying. The Commonwealth countries to be affected by the policy which was announced in June are Nigeria, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The affected […]
