AHEAD of the February 6, 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election, the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, yesterday named Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as chairman of the party’s campaign committee for the election.

By  Anayo Okoli Umuahia—A man believed to be a pensioner, yesterday collapsed and died at the gate of Abia State Sub-treasury. Unconfirmed reports said the man collapsed and died at the gate of the Sub-treasury at about 8.30am. The State Sub-treasury on daily basis, host scores of pensioners, who come for the backlog of their […]

By Emeka Mamah KADUNA—The Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in the 2007  general elections, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) is to face the disciplinary committee of the party in Kaduna state for allegedly spearheading a rebellion within the  party in the state. It is, however, not known how the party can try […]

By Laide Akinboade ABUJA — Former ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Commander, General Chris Garuba, has decried the increased rate of crime in Nigeria. The former commander who said this yesterday at the presentation of the Centre for Youth and Family Rehabilitation  (CEYOFAR), noted that nothing must be spared in ensuring  a prosperous and safe  nation […]

…seek dissolution of the ministry By Tordue Salem ABUJA—A miffed House of Representatives yesterday described the Minister of Niger Delta, Mr. Ufot Ekaette as a failure and promptly dismissed as a fraud, his report on contracts paid for, consultancy payments and the percentage of work completed on projects in the Niger Delta region The House […]

By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday described the recent statement by Prof Wole Soyinka, calling on Iwu to either “resign or be forced out” as self-serving. In a statement in Abuja by the Public Affairs department of the commission,  said: “To the discerning minds, the idea of Soyinka calling on Iwu […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—HUNDREDS of Enugu State Government workers, yesterday staged a rally in honour of the 21 coal miners massacred 60 years ago by the Colonial Police, lamenting that the Nigerian workers are still being exploited several years after the dastardly act. The rally was organised under the aegis  of the Nigerian Labour Congress. […]

By Chidi Nkwopara ENUGU—SECOND Republic Vice President and member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, says the constitutional conference of 1994 and 1995 would have laid to rest, the nagging issue of political power distribution in the country, just as he blamed the defects in the 1999 constitution on the […]

He said the ex-militants raped 12 girls, looted property and vandalized others, emphasizing that the solution to the problem remained the relocation of the camp.

Acting on a prophecy that his son was a wizard, a 32-year-old man in Benin, Mr. John Effiong, allegedly poisoned his two-year-old child.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police has foiled an attempt by a gang of dare devil armed robbers to snatch the salary of Adapalm workers, killing one of the suspects in the process. Confirming the development at a press briefing in Owerri,  the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aloy Okorie, said that […]

Any member of the Council and person holding office on a committee of the Council who has a personal interest in any contract or arrangement entered into or proposed to be considered by the Council or committee thereof, shall forthwith disclose his interest to the Council and shall not vote on any question relating to the contract or arrangement.

With two and half years into the life of the current administration and less than one and half years to 2011 general elections, stakeholders are still calling for restructuring of the country. This is in spite of the twin issue of constitution review and electoral reforms currently being addressed by the National Assembly.

CALLS for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference, SNC, re-echoed, yesterday, in Lagos as political leaders and other stakeholders spoke in its favour at a book launch cum discussion session.

FORMER Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Aliyu Modibbo thinks governors have become emperors because state houses of assembly were not strong enough to control them.