Enugu PDP elects 29-man State Executive Committee
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Enugu State, Friday, concluded its fresh congresses with the election of a 29-man State Executive Committee led by a former Commissioner for Establishment , Hon. Caesar Okey Ogbonna from Udenu Local Government Area as State Chairman.
Otudeko, 3 non-executive directors retire from First Bank
Chaiirman, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, Mr. Oba Otudeko and three non-executive directors retired from the bank yesterday. Otudeko’s retirement came after he replaced Dr. Umaru Mutallab.
Amb Baba endorses Yakowa
Ahead of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries, former Nigerian Ambassador to Senegal and North Korea, Ambassador Sule Baba, has endorsed the candidature of incumbent Kaduna State governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, describing him as the best material for the state in next year’s election
Delta Ag Gov, House on war path
MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly may have for the first time fallen apart with the Acting Governor, Prince Sam Obi, who was the Speaker of the House before taking up the acting governorship appointment following, their refusal to confirm a Commissioner nominee sent by the Acting Governor.
Year end reflections
YET again, we are about to say “goodbye” to an old year that will soon give way to a new year. And it seems appropriate to inflict a handful of random thoughts about 2010 events on Vanguard readers, the first being recent Wikileaks revelations about Shell’s alleged influence within our corridors of power.
The African challenge in 2011
AS Africans, we face lots of challenges in the new year. But the womb of 2011 also carries what the scan shows as the continent’s newest baby: the independent Republic of Southern Sudan. A January 9, 2011 referendum is expected to give birth to the new baby which would be weaned as a separate country six months later.
