Anambra: PDP warns Soludo, Okonkwo, others
As the PDP begins the process of electing its gubernatorial candidate from a list of forty-seven aspirants which includes the former Governor of the Central Bank, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, Senators Annie Okonkwo, Ikechukwu Obiora, Emma Anosike and Prof Ilochi Okafor, among others, the 5-member panel led by Governor Gabriel Suswam, has warned that the party would not hesitate to disqualify any aspirant associated with any form of malpractice and violence.
Bayo Ohu: What parliamentarians said
Bus-stop parliamentarians are as incensed about the recent murder of The Guardian newspapers journalist, Mr Bayo Ohu, as majority of the larger population. In fact, most parliamentarians could not help but express outrage over the sad development during an impromptu gathering at the Isolo Bus-stop in Lagos.
Nigeria spends $2.8b annually on importation of food —NAFN
The National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN) has decried the decline in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, saying the country spends $2.8 billion annually on importation of foods. Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the foundation, made this known on Friday in Abuja at a news conference on preparations for the 2009 National Agricultural Show and this year’’s World Food Day.The 3rd National Agricultural Show with the theme,
Djomah wins Ughelli South LG chairmanship election
Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ughelli South local government council chairmanship election, Mr. Dennis Djoma, winner of the last Saturday polls.
Peter Ajayi, veteran journalist, dies at 73
DEATH has further depleted the ranks of the journalism profession with the death, yesterday, of the former General Manager of Sketch Press Limited, Mr. Peter Ajayi, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He was aged 73.
Falae predicts doom for 2011 election
The Joint Presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD)/All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 1999 general poll, Chief Olu Falae, has said the 2011 general election will produce unpopular government if the nation fail to have true electoral reform.
