Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said there was an urgent need to deepen intra-party democracy, noting that many political parties were run like private businesses.
EX-MILITANT leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has counselled the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to concentrate only on things that will transform the country positively within his short stay in power and not give attention to anything that will give the impression that he is politically witch-hunting anybody for any reason.
Succor has finally come the way of numerous persons living with the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus, Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and selected destitutes across Benue and parts of Nasarawa State through the bold initiative of the First Lady of Benue State, Mrs. Yemisi Suswam.
The refusal to transmit the letter should have been viewed for what it was: a gross misconduct on the part of the president, punishable by removal from office through impeachment. Since the Constitution did not make the transmission of a letter optional, the president and his handlers should have known the grave effect of neglecting to write and forward that letter. And having failed to do so, the National Assembly should have followed the next logical prescription of the constitution by commencing an impeachment process.
“I believe the world is at last coming to end,†so declared a parliamentarian at a bus-stop gathering in Obalende, Lagos last week. Prompted to explain what he meant by this ominous declaration, the parliamentarian who gave his name as Franklin had said thus: “Ah-ah, are you not aware that the whole world is almost at a standstill now because no airline is presently operating in Europe. No plane is flying from anywhere in Europe as I’m speaking to you now.
TOP Nigerian tycoon and Group Managing Director of NICON Group and Global Fleet, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim, weekend, bought over Virgin Nigeria Airline, the nation’s official carrier
—NOT a few Nigerians have reacted to comments by the National Security Adviser, Lieutenant-General Aliyu Gusau (rtd), that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s, reforms were damaging the economy.
POWER Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has been blamed for the power challenge in Rivers State.
MINISTER of Finance, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, yesterday, in Washington D.C. emerged as the new Chairman of the Board of World Bank and International Monetary Fund, BWIs, after a keenly contested election.
Coach Lars Lagerback’s hope of meeting the Eagles in London may run into a hitch as the players may not be present due to club commitments.
No fewer than 53 ex-militants are currently under detention in various prisons in Rivers State, despite the presidential declaration of amnesty to militants of the region, a group in the Niger Delta has alleged.
Super Eagles and Real Zaragoza forward, Ikechukwu Uche, weekend, made his long awaited return from an injury layoff during the Spanish league match against Real Madrid, which his Zaragoza side lost 2-1.
The much-awaited comprehensive book on the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles has now been completed and due for public unveiling on May 11 in Lagos .
SEVEN months after The Guardian newspapers’Assistant News Editor was killed by gunmen, another newspaper journalist, Edo Sule Ugbagwu, was shot dead, weekend, in the same neighbourhood by unknown gunmen.
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