Electoral offences:Should beneficiaries be punished?
Recent, courts of appeal judgments which have voided mandates of four governors have further confirmed general impression that the worst electoral impurities so far were perpetrated in 2007 poll.
Delta ACN congress hijacked
THE congress of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Delta State, which was supposed to have been held on Monday was reportedly commandeered by some party big-wigs and did not hold, according to reports reaching Vanguard.
Ogboru gets royal blessing
AHEAD of the Delta State re-run election, Chief Great Ogboru, Democratic People’s Party, DPP, gubernatorial candidate along with thousands of his supporters yesterday in Warri stormed the palace of His Royal Majesty, Benjamin Okumagba, the Orosuen of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom and former President-General of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, for royal blessings.
Food safety: NAFDAC begins awareness campaign
The Director General, National Agency for Food Administration and control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, has embarked on massive public awareness campaign on the standard of food in the country.
Ibidapo-Obe canvasses use of science for development
PRESIDENT of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof O. Ibidapo-Obe has called for the use of science to drive the development of the nation.
Nigeria’s airports most embarrassing – Mark
Senate President, David Mark, yesterday described Nigerian airports as the most embarrassing, saying the poor states of the nation’s airports could hamper the realisation of Vision 20:2020.
SUSPENDED REPS: Is application for stay superior to court judgment?
This month marks six months since nine out of eleven members were suspended by the House of Representatives for alleged breach of sundry legislative rules.
The Delta theme park is comparable to Disney – Princess Oyefusi
PRINCESS Abiodun Oyefusi, Managing director of SARNER PFM, Nigeria comes across as an easy going, unassuming personality. Well, that was my impression when I met her recently at Oleri, Udu, Delta State. The occasion was the ground breaking ceremony for a link bridge for the Theme park in Warri.
ZIK, Awo, Ahmadu Bello bag Randle awards
It was a constellation of stars of old and the not too distant past at the glamourous Muson Centre, Onikan, venue of the 2010 Chief J K Randle annual Olympic Dinner which held Tuesday, December 7.
Ibrahim Auta and a case of Judicial impunity
It is painful for a lawyer to publicly levy a charge of judicial impunity on a judge, especially
one with the considerable seniority on a superior Court of Record. That is precisely what this writer sets out to do.
October 1 bombing and the imperatives of security in the election Pprocess
It is clear that an effective security framework is fundamental to the success of any election. The prevailing situation where there is no security plan is therefore disturbing.
