Crisis looms in Abia PDP over imposition of candidates
AHEAD of the primaries for 2011 elections, crisis is looming in some chapters of Abia State PDP as some stakeholders and aspirants have dumped the party, alleging exploitation and imposition of candidates by the leadership of the party in the state.
Our scholarship scheme covers local, foreign – Board Scribe
Mr Peter Amromanoh is the Executive Secretary of the Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board. In this interview, he spoke on the activities of the Board and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration in the state.
SMI tasks school prefects, leaders on leadership qualities
In preparing the youths of this generation for future national challenges and services, the Chief Executive Officer, Standard Mandate International (SMI), Mr Nelson Ayodele has said that school prefects and leaders should exhibit good leadership qualities in the various offices they found themselves.
Suswam decries gender inequality in education
Wife of Benue State governor, Arch. Yemisi Dooshima Suswam has said that the low literacy rate in our country especially amongst women folk is due to the high level of poverty bedeviling the society as no society can grow economically if its citizens lack basic education.
ACN will win Ogun, says Amosun, No space for you – Daniel
ACTION Congress of Nigeria [CAN] governorship aspirant; Senator Ibikunle Amosun Wednesday said that victory was sure for the party in the forthcoming 2011 elections in that state and that the declaration by Governor Olugbenga Daniel that CAN would not win any seat in the state was a farce.
Nigerian security system a disaster, says Activist
A Delta-State-based human rights activist, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, yesterday, declared the Nigerian security system as a disaster and called for a national security summit, involving all the critical stakeholders to address the prevailing challenges.
Militants dare JTF soldiers, declare commander wanted
Emma Amaize WARRI- THE wrangling between the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta and the Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, over Monday’s decision of the leader of the militant group, “General” John Togo to surrender, took another twist, Wednesday, with the group also declaring the JTF Commander, Brigadier –General Charles Omorgie wanted. The task force […]
Isichie brags: I‘ll floor Uduaghan, Ogboru
GUBERNATORIAL Candidate of the Progressive Peoples’ Alliance, PPA, in Delta State, Hon Tajudeeri Isichie has boasted that he would defeat former governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party and Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples’ Party in the forthcoming re-run poll .
Nigerian authors protest, say no to photocopying
The Society of Non Fiction Authors of Nigeria (SONFAN) Niger Delta University, , Bayelsa State chapter yesterday staged a peaceful rally at Amassoma tagged “No Photocopying Day” in protest over what it described as the illegal photocopying of materials most especially among students in the nation’s tertiary institutions with about N12.bn lost annually.
2011: Gladiators jostle for Ogun guber seat
AS the 2011 political race gets more intense, those jostling for the Governorship of Ogun State have increased their tempo of campaign with a bid to clinching their parties’ ticket. Although only two parties: Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, are actually on ground in the State, the number of aspirants has continued to increase. Most are seen as pretenders and people hoping to use their declaration as a bargaining chip.
N-Assembly gets N682.4bn in 12 years
As the National Assembly and Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi bicker over how much the legislators had received, Vanguard checks indicate that by December 31, 2010, the National Assembly would have received N682.4 billion as allocation from the Federal Government within a period of 12 fiscal years.
