2011: 75,000 PPA members dump party in Ebonyi
No fewer than 75,000 Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, members in Ebonyi state have pulled out from the party to pitch tenth with the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in next year’s general election.
Project Aquila: e-loading for petroleum products begins January
The Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board, PEFMB, said it would commence the electronic monitoring of petroleum products distribution from the first week in January 2011.
The November 30 decision: Hypocrisy better than indifference
ACCORDING to the December 5 NEXT on Sunday, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the sale of the official residences of the presiding officers of the National Assembly.
2011: More ministers set to resign
AHEAD of the 2011 Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, slated for January 13, 2011, it is obvious that President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo will not enjoy the presence of all cabinet members in their campaign train, as more ministers are set to quit the government.
Edo Assembly recalls suspended Speaker, 3 others
EDO State House of Assembly, yesterday, recalled the former Speaker of the House, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba, and three others, who have been on indefinite suspension following a change of leadership in the legislature since February, 2010.
Ikemba Ojukwu down with stroke
IKEMBA Nnewi and former leader of defunct Republic of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was, yesterday, admitted at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu following a stroke which had kept him unconscious since last week.
