Abia guber election appeal judgment : Defending the indefensible
THE first thing that struck me as I perused the interview with the Hon. Justice Francis Shoremi of the Court of Appeal in Vanguard Newspapers of Sunday October 4, 2009 was the absolute lack of conviction clearly apparent in his own words when the Honourable Justice took it upon himself to explain to the public the perverse decision of February 11, 2009 in which the Court of Appeal reversed the judgment of the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal, Umuahia which had upheld the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their candidates over the April 2007 elections.
AC leaders reconcile with Adesina
Powerful Action Congress chieftains on Thursday had a closed door meeting with the former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina where he was reconciled with Senator Abiola Ajimobi, All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP) governorship candidate in the 2007 election.
Your choice affects your future
What you are is actually the result of the choices you make. Think about it. A person chooses the wrong career, that person is done for. Someone gets married to the wrong guy, that is trouble. Some choose to get educated, and others turn to the wild life and doing drugs.
Unity school teachers suspend strike
STRIKING teachers of the nation’s 104 Federal Government Colleges (FGC) otherwise known as Unity Schools, yesterday suspended their over one month old industrial action to ask for a return of Junior Secondary School (JSS), earlier stopped by Obasanjo’s government since 2006.
Originality video was constrained by time – Dede
Dede is a video director/producer and his video credits include Banging by Ruggedman, Ijo Fuji (Remix); Ayuba, Tolotolo; Freewindz and Originality- which he co-directed with Peter Igho for his brother, Faze. In this interview, he narrates his journey into video production and directing.
Guber aspirant unfolds four-point agenda
An Action Congress gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State for the 2011 election, Engr. Abdulfalil Abayomi Odunowo-Elegbede, a.k.a Yomicash, has unfolded a four-point agenda, if voted into power.
Okelezo urges govt to revisit N-Delta committee report
First and foremost, let me commend President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who has provided amicable solutions to the Niger Delta problems. This is what successive governments and most countries with civil conflicts have not been able to resolve but he has addressed it.
ASUU formally calls off strike
Following the accord reached between it and the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday formally called off the four months old strike action.
Amnesty alone won’t solve militancy in Niger-Delta
If we are not where we are supposed to be as a nation, it is because we have not set out to be there. I think we are where we are because this is where we have traveled to. So far, we have traveled to the level where we are able to preserve our sovereignty as a nation and as a member of comity of international nations. What I’m saying is that we have preserved our Nigerianess but what we are worried about is the content and quality of this Nigerian nation.
My regrets about my marriage, Ngozi Nwosu speaks
I didn’t handle things maturely because I didn’t know a lot of things. I didn’t seek advice because you don’t know who will give you a good one or a wrong one. I acted on impulse but all the same I didn’t regret it. The only thing I regret is not knowing what I know now.
The North may break up, says Lar
I said this earlier and it was misquoted by some press. But I still stand by what I said that PDP has no reason to rig election in Nigeria
