Women protest Pdp primaries in Benin
HUNDREDS of women in Edo State, Thursday, protested what they described as the “intimidation and robbery” meted to female aspirants at the just concluded primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Uduaghan, Okowa, Nwaoboshi differ on PDP senatorial primary
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the State Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi are presently at daggers drawn following the declaration of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as the winner of the party primary for Delta North senatorial seat.
CAN warns politicians against religious war
UMBRELLA body of Christians in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday decried the continued violence in Borno and Plateau state capitals and the attendant killings of Christians, urging politicians to be careful not to plunge the nation into a religious war in their desperation to rule.
Police deploy 17, 000 officers for PDP presidential primaries
ABOUT 5,000 delegates from the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory will converge on Eagle Square, Abuja, today, to determine the fate of presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
No vacancy for Atiku if he loses PDP primaries – ANPP
Ahead of next Saturday’s national convention, the All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, said yesterday that there was no room for Alhaji Abubakar Atiku if he failed to pick the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, today.
Police, military begin joint patrols in Plateau
Police and military personnel are to begin joint special patrols to boost the security situation and restore confidence in Jos residents.
Plateau Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdulraham Akano, told newsmen, yesterday, in Jos that the initiative would reduce the mistrust against the two security forces by residents
