2011: Can Sarah Jubril sail jubilantly?
If zoning to marginalised sections of the polity and voting power were to be the only determinants of the 2011 presidential polls, Mrs. Sarah Jubril says she would be the biggest beneficiary. According to her, women had been grossly marginalised in the power-sharing arrangement, with no woman occupying the nation’s highest office since independence in 1960.
Zoning challenge won’t affect nation’s unity – Wogu
LABOUR and Productivity Minister, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, says Nigerians should not lose sleep over the issue of zoning the presidency, and declared that it would not in any way affect national unity after the polls as speculated in some quarters.
“I am not guilty”
When I returned from my United Kingdom trip on Monday evening, I did not see my neighbour. He did not come to see me. It was unusual not to see him. At least I would meet him at prayers.
Voters apathy mars Kwara LG polls
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) yesterday conducted election across the sixteen local governments in the state to elect new chairmen and councillors to run the affairs of the councils for the next three years.
PDP has been taken over by anti-democratic forces – Abiye Sekibo
Recently, former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, formally declared for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in his village, Okrika. After the declaration, he fielded questions from journalists on the reason he left the PDP.
He also debunked the claim that he and his former boss, Dr. Peter Odili, have parted ways even as he criticised the Amaechi-led government in Rivers State, arguing that his government has shown high-handedness and arbitrariness.
Lagos dep gov tasks women on governance
As the 2011 elections are around the corner, the Nigerian woman has been challenged to participate fully in governance.
This call was made by the Lagos State deputy governor, Princess Sarah Sosan,during Arise Women Conference 2010 tagged “The King’s Daughter”. Sosan, who was the special guest of honor at the occasion, said it is high time women took up their responsibilities in nation building.
