Impeached Guyuk council boss faults process
By Umar Yusuf YOLA — Impeached Chairman of Guyuk Local Government Council of Adamawa State, Engineer Kube Dwana, has faulted the way and manner the entire exercise was hastily carried out by the legislative arm of the council. Dwana, while reacting to his removal, expressed regret that due process was not followed, which he said […]
FG disburses N100bn bail out loan to textile firms
By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — The Federal Government has commenced the disbursement of the N100 billion bail-out loan to distressed textile industries in the country. Secretary-General of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, Comrade Issa Aremu made this known in Kaduna, yesterday. Aremu, who spoke at a one-day induction […]
Anambra : INEC assures of hitch-free polls
Abuja—The INEC Chairman. Professor Maurice Iwu, yesterday expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Commission to ensure a hitch-free governorship election in Anambra State slated for February 6. The chairman, who spoke at a luncheon organised for Bureau Chiefs of media houses in Abuja, commended the governorship candidates for their issue oriented campaigns, adding […]
Group endorses Uba’s candidature
AWKA—As the campaign for the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State intensifies, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Dr Andy Uba, has received the endorsement of Anambra True Democrats, ATD, a group of progressives from across various political parties in the state. In a statement at the end of its executive council meeting […]
Remove Yar’Adua now, Harriman urges NASS
Ms. Temi Harriman, immediate past member of the House of Representatives, has called on the National Assembly to immediately remove President Umaru Yar’Adua from office to avoid a breakdown of constitutional government.
NNPP plans alliance
Lagos—The Chairman, Board of Trustees, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said his party might enter into alliance with others in the governorship poll in Anambra State. Aniebonam dropped the hint in Lagos, yesterday during an interactive session with newsmen. “The NNPP is not ruling out an alliance if it finds a […]
Anambra : LP condemns alleged sale of voters’ cards
By Enyim Enyim ONITSHA—The Labour Party in Anambra State, yesterday condemned the alleged sale of voters cards by some politicians ahead of next month governorship election. The party also called on the Inspector-General of Police to carry out a proper investigation into the matter and bring to book those involved in the criminal and undemocratic […]
Lamido Sanusi’s thought process
I DO not know what school of thought produced Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Sanusi Lamido Aminu Sanusi. I know that he read Economics at Ahmadu Bello University before reading Sharia and Islamic Studies in Sudan. So I am not talking about literacy, but education. I am aware he has at least two degrees, but my concern is the degree of his thought process. I am not referring to ideology, but common sense.
BNC tackles UNIBEN VC’s opposition
Benin National Congress, BNC, a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has given those challenging the emergence of Professor Osayuki Oshodin as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) seven days within which to retract the statement published in a national daily discrediting his selection process or face the wrath of the Binis.
Yar’Adua must show up now or step down
FOR three hours and three minutes yesterday, thousands of aggrieved Nigerians led by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, took to the streets in Abuja, the nation’s capital, to protest the French leave embarked upon by the ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua since November 23, last year.
Govt College Ughelli holds Founders’ Day
THE Founders’ Day of Government College, Ughelli, comes up 19 January 2010 at Ughelli, Delta State.
