The embattled National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Okwesileze Nwodo has resigned as the party’s chairman ahead of the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting.

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state has received his voter’s card at his country home town, Bamaina in Birnin-Kudu local government area of the state, calling on people to exercise patience as well as bear with INEC in the hurdle associated with the exercise.

FOLLOWING the cult war which has led to the death of over 12 persons in different parts of Benin City, Edo State in the last few days, 40 suspected cultists, allegedly involved in the brutal killings, were, yesterday, paraded by the Edo State Police Command.

THE police in Enugu, yesterday, recovered bombs planted along Udi-Ozalla old road, a few kilometres away from the Enugu State capital.

THE shaky take-off of the on-going registration of voters for this year’s general elections is attributable to a combination of manpower, machines, and logistics, according to Vanguard findings.

Nigeria will start meeting investors in London tomorrow to build support as President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in a primary election boosts confidence in the political stability of the country.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has summoned the 12 top executives of four major oil companies, arrested last week, to appear before operatives at the headquarters of the agency over an alleged $100million scam today.
This new development followed fresh information that the executives initially arrested in separate raids between and granted bail still had a lot to discuss with investigators.

NIGERIA’s 36 serving state governors yesterday congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo on their victory at last Thursday’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national convention.

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Mrs Sarah Jibril who lost out in last Thursday’s Presidential primaries to subsume their personal ambitions and work for President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory.The leadership of the PDP also urged all those who emerged as candidates for the party at all levels to immediately commence a process of fence mending as that would enable the party approach the forthcoming elections as one united entity.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has congratulated President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, over last weekend’s electoral victory which returned him to office.