APGA: Umeh’s faction to merge with PMP
By Enyim Enyim Onitsha— Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state and the factional national chairman of the All Progressive Peoples Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh may have resolved to join the People’s Mandate Party on a merger agreement following the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to hand over the original forms for governorship aspirants […]
2007 election: Supreme Court aborts Ohakim’s move to stall Agbaso’s suit
By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—The Supreme Court, yesterday ordered the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal to accelerate hearing in a suit by the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance Party (APGA), Mr Martin Agbaso, seeking to remove Governor Ikedi Ohiakim from office. That was after the apex court struck out two appeals […]
FCTA to build 5,000 houses— Aliero
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero said yesterday that the administration has concluded arrangements to build 5,000 houses in its Mass Housing Programme before 2011. Speaking in Abuja yesterday when he received the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Architect Terver Gemade, […]
Lawmaker commends constituents for peaceful polls
THE member representing Ughelli South local government constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Olorogun Taleb Tebite, has commended the people of the area for their peaceful conduct during the local government council chairmanship election held last weekend.
Lagos pay N32m to buy seats for Under-17
LOC officials for the Fifa Under_17 World Cup say the Lagos state government have paid N32 million to buy seats at the stadium for the tournament.
2010: FIFA ends stadia inspection
World’s football governing body, FIFA is expected to round off its inspection tour of all the five newly-built 2010 World Cup stadia and the upgraded Soccer City Stadium which South Africa has put in place for the soccer fiesta today.
