ACN re-inforces in states
DETERMINED to improve on its political fortunes in the 2011 polls, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, held its state congresses, weekend, across the country. Aside pockets of protests and postponement in few locations, the exercise went well with the new executive committees promising to deliver their states in the coming elections.
Elechi faults ASUU president on lingering S-East varsities’ strike
GOVERNOR Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State has faulted allegation of president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzia, that South East governors failed to solve the lingering crisis in universities in the zone due to selfish interests.
Kidnapping: Six remanded in Ebonyi prison
Six persons suspected to have kidnapped the mother-in-law of Ebonyi State All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, governorship aspirant, Senator Julius Ucha, were last weekend, remanded in prison custody by an Abakaliki Magistrate Court.
IOC bars Hayatou
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said that the organization has strict ethics rules for dealing with any member who “has become tainted” after past allegations are proven.
Govt urged to declare emergency in education
FEDERAL and state governments have been urged to declare emergency in education at the rural levels in the country.
Delta re-run: INEC commissioner meets guber candidates
DESPITE media war, some governorship candidates for the coming re-run election in Delta State met face to face at the headquarters of the state’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Asaba Monday, exchanging banters.
