Anambra PDP: Time to move forward
ASIDE the performance of Governor Peter Obi’s administration since he took office few years ago from Mr Chris Ngige, one disturbing feature in Anambra State today is the continual dust raised by members and non members of the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Said to be the first chapter to be so formed after General Abdulsalami Abubakar lifted ban on political activities in 1998, several observers are at a loss at the determined effort of people, some prominent, some wealthy and other just serial trouble makers in creating confusion in the once virile chapter.
PDP needs education on pensioners’ verification-Edo govt
Edo State government yesterday said there was need to educate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state over its verification and biometrics exercise, which the party had criticised.
How Ogundeji was killed, by witness
By Innocent Anaba LAGOS – The coroner investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of member of Editorial Board of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr Abayomi Ogundeji, yesterday visited the spot where he was killed, in Dopemu, a surburb of Lagos. So far, the belief that a lady was with him, the night he was murdered by unknown […]
MASSOB warns Etiaba
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA – THE Movevent for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday, in Onitsha, Anambra state asked the son of the state Deputy Governor,Mr. Emeka Etiaba, to desist from dragging its (MASSOB) name and that of its leader, Chief Ralph Uwazurike into the murky waters of Anambra politics. Etiaba, […]
30-man robbery gang raids bank in Kogi
By Isiaka Oyibo AYANGBA (KOGI) — 30 armed bandits, yesterday, held hostage depositors and staff of a first generation bank (names withheld) in Ayangba, Kogi State, carting away an undisclosed amount of money in a robbery operation that lasted for nearly 30 minutes. The robbers, Vanguard gathered, were said to have invaded the bank with […]
Anambra PDP guber form sells for N5m
By Henry Umoru ABUJA – AHEAD of the Anambra State governorship election slated for February 6, 2010, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, fixed the collection of nomination form for N5 million, expression of interest for N250,000, just as it stressed that the state would serves as a test case for the party. According to […]
It’s criminal to accuse Itsekiri of planning to kill Tompolo – Newuwumi
AN Itsekiri youth leader and member of Delta Waterways Security Committee (DWSC), Comrade, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, has described as criminal, frivolous and false claim by the Warri -Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group (WIPMG) that Itsekiri people were planning to assassinate Gbaramatu-born militant kingpin in Delta State, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo.
DELSU ASUU vows to resist conduct of post-UME
TENSION is currently mounting at the two campuses of the Delta State University, Abraka and Anwai, as the university authorities have concluded arrangements to conduct a post-University Matriculation Examinations next Tuesday while ASUU strike is still on.
5 banks use only N100bn of CBN’s N420bn
FOUR weeks after the Central Bank (CBN) sacked the chief executives and executive directors of five banks and injected N420 billion into the banks, Vanguard can authoritatively disclose that the banks needed just N100 billion financial assistance to stabilise their operations and not the whooping N420 billion injected by the apex bank.
First time out: (6) : At 28, had sex only four times
Many men have been forced to settle for women they did not love just because the women got pregnant for them and refused to have the pregnancies terminated, very few men have the courage to tell a woman to go to hell once she says she is carrying their child
From Sudan with ‘new’ hearts filled with joy
The time was exactly 12:05 pm at the arrival hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos.
Onovo visits Anambra, declares war on criminals
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA – INSPECTOR General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, in his maiden visit to Anambra state yesterday, declared total battle against criminals in the state, warning that enough is enough. Armed robbers and kidnappers had in recent time, made Anambra a theatre of some sort during which they operated in the day […]
Their Right To Nothing
The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that conditions of work are just and humane. – Section 17 (3) b of the 1999 Constitution THE military authorities have converted the life imprisonment a court martial passed on 27 soldiers to seven years imprisonment. On the surface, the military authorities are kind. In reality, they […]
Between 7 and 3 points agenda
By Babs Alasa THE economy of Nigeria, the “Giant of Africa,†is currently in a big slumber; and like all giants that have fallen, it is having difficulties getting up. The economy is in such bad state of health that all major indicators are pointing in the negative direction. Unemployment rate is well over 40 […]
Let Nigeria mourn Gani!
This, and the pursuit of charity, is what Gani Fawehinmi lived and died for. That Gani Fawehinmi was poisoned along with others in the jailyards of our military administrators past will continue to be a rumour, just as the murder of Umaru Yar’Adua will continue to be a rumour until all who hatched and executed it are brought to book.
Functional education crucial to mega city project, says Sosan
The on-going efforts of Lagos State government towards the provision of qualitative and functional education at all levels received a big boost on Wednesday last week when a large number of stakeholders gathered at the exquisite Banquet Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites for the purpose of moving the education sector forward.
