Several people were feared to have been killed on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil city of Port Harcourt, witnesses said. Thousands of ruling party supporters crowded into a sports stadium to hear Jonathan speak and hundreds more gathered around the gates. There was […]
THE Democratic Front for a Peoples Federation (DFPF), yesterday declared its support for the candidature of Malam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the race for the Presidency in the April elections. In a communiqué issued by the party’s Directorate of Publicity after an emergency meeting by its executive in Abuja, […]
In the wake of fresh rumours yesterday about Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu’s state of health , the Anambra State government and the Ikemba’s wife, Bianca Ojukwu, have restated that he was recovering speedily and was in no danger of any sort. Bianca spoke yesterday at the convention of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Awka, Anambra […]
Those who were confused by the presentation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s flag to Speaker of the House of Represen-tatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole, in Ibadan, Oyo State, last Tuesday need not worry anymore: the party has said he is a PDP candidate in the National Assembly elections in April. The declaration by the ruling […]
The senate yesterday rejected the nomination of Pius Olayiwola Aderemi, as the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). Aderemi, a retired Supreme Court justice, was dropped by the Senators on account of age. He is 72 years of age. President Goodluck Jonathan had last year December nominated Aderemi to head the that […]
The Federal Government has secured the release of 27 ex-militants who were detained by the Ghanaian government for alleged misconduct. The 27-ex militants were among 212 persons sent to the National Vocational Training Institute in Ghana for training as welders on January 27, 2011. The Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta and […]
Shock and disbelief trailed the release of candidates’ list for Ogun State yesterday, as the names of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Governor Gbenga Daniel and Mrs. Lola Abiola-Edewor were not on the Peoples Democratic Party’s list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokutal. The former managing director […]
As the 2011 presidential election gathers momentum, Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare has said he never at any time said God told him to participate in the election. He said he was contesting the election based on a personal […]
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Hafiz Ringim, weekend, disclosed that over N15 billion had been released to the Nigeria Police Force to purchase equipment and other necessary logistics, with a view to ensuring a successful general elections come April. The sum, he said, also included retraining of policemen, pointing out that officers and men […]
The Yar’Adua Administration, with its Justice Minister, Michael Aondoakaa leading the charge, refused to cooperate with Britain on a prisoner transfer agreement unless the United Kingdom dropped corruption charges against former Delta State governor, James Ibori, documents released by WikiLeaks stated on Friday. Britain, keen to secure an agreement allowing the transfer of more than […]
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