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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
AN Enugu High Court has granted an interim order restraining the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, from parading himself as chairman and member of the party (PDP)Ruling on the motion on Wednesday shortly after hearing the submissions of Chief (Mrs) Justine Offia (SAN), counsel for the plaintiff and Professor […]
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INEC Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Three days to the commencement of the long-awaited registration of voters, about 46,000 units of the 132,000 Direct Data Capturing machines ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission are yet to arrive the country. The contracts were awarded to three companies — Avante Technology, Haier Electrical Appliances Corporation of China, and Zinox Technologies. While Zinox, […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
FormerLagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he was not afraid of death and stressed that threats to his life or a phantom frame up that is politically motivated was one of the greatest disservice to enthroning democratic stability in Nigeria. Tinubu told reporters yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on […]
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Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Saharareporters just learnt minutes ago that the SSS at MMIA in Lagos arrested Okey Ndibe and detained, a columnist and US professor. Mr. Ndibe arrived on Turkish airlines at 9:31 PM (Nigerian Time). An Immigration officer handed his passport to an State Security Service (SSS) who instructed him to get his luggage and come with […]
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Plateau, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Jos, Plateau State capital, was again thrown into confusion as two separate incidents degenerated into violence resulting in the death of at least five people. A disagreement among members of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) over their ward congress held yesterday was said to have turned violent and was allegedly hijacked by some people who […]
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Delta, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has been elected the governor of Delta State in a race that was not as close as predicted. In the official results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Uduaghan defeated his closest rival, Chief Great Ogboru, the candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), by 276,795 to 138,244 votes. […]
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Friday, January 7th, 2011
The United States Department of Justice may have opened investigations into allegations of wire fraud and money laundering against Nigeria’s former Vice-President Atiku Abukakar; one of his wives, Jennifer; his American lawyer, Mr. Edward Weidenfield; and an old business, Gabriele Volpi, to determine whether they contravened US government laws, according to a report by a […]
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Delta, INEC Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega said last night that the results of the Delta State rerun polls would be announced today. Jega hinted that the collation of results from 24 local councils will start between 10 and 11 p.m. He insisted that it is only INEC that has the official mandate […]
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Delta, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
The landslide victory expected by the ruling People Democratic Party in the Delta State governorship rerun election is becoming a mirage, as the race has become too close to call. There are 14 contestants for the gubernatorial seat. However, as at press time, the two major contenders were former governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of the […]
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Delta, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
DETERMINED not to leave anything to chance and in demonstration of its readiness to conduct credible elections in the country, the Federal Government, yesterday, deployed in Delta State, the Nigerian Navy, Air force, 45 units of Mobile policemen, 20,000 regular policemen and a stand by team of the army for today’s gubernatorial re-run elections. While […]
