Human Rights Commission: Controversy trails proposed appointment of Executive Secretary
The creation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), which are government bodies established for the promotion and protection of human rights within their respective jurisdictions across the world, with principles set out at the first International Workshop on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Paris on 7-9 October 1991
OSAMA: Service Chiefs in 9hrs security meeting
Strong intelligence reports showing that plans by groups of persons who are dissatisfied by the outcome of the 2011 presidential elections which produced President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan following the jettisoning of the PDP zoning formula are planning to ride under the canopy of the killing of Al-Qaida leader, Osama Bin Laden to cause crises in the country, was the topic of a 9-hour security meeting head in Abuja yesterday between the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petirin and the Service Chiefs.
APGA alleges plot to rig Imo guber supplementary poll
Two days to the supplementary election ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the stalemated Imo
State governorship poll, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Wednesday alleged plot by the ruling party in the state to rig the
supplementary election through stuffing of ballot boxes with already thumb-printed ballot papers in favour of the incumbent Governor.
Reactions trail shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial
The killing of Osama bin Laden when he was unarmed has raised concerns the U.S. may have gone too far in acting as policeman, judge and executioner of the world’s most wanted man.
ACN rejects unity govt, warns party members
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said it is not interested in the so-called Government of National Unity,GNU, being planned by the PDP-led federal government, saying it is satisfied with its role as the leader of opposition and a government-in-waiting.
New federal universities ‘ll take off in September – Education Minister
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, has expressed optimism that the new nine federal universities would take off in September.
FG inaugurates 2011 Abuja carnival committee
THE Federal Government yesterday, inaugurated the 2011 Abuja carnival committee. Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, while inaugurating the committee, challenged the members to draw up a plan that would ensure influx of both international and local tourists into Abuja during this year’s carnival.
Uduaghan moves to redeploy Delta corps members serving outside state
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, restated the commitment of the state government to the well-being of corps members of the state origin serving outside the state.
Kano residents pray for rains to check heat
Residents of Kano have resorted to fervent prayers for frequent rainfall owing to the intense heat that has enveloped the metropolis, due to lack of constant rainfall in the state.
JAMB pledges to reduce incomplete results
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has expressed the board’s determination to reduce cases of incomplete results in its examinations.
Amosun sets up 13-member transition committee
THE Ogun State Governor-elect, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has raised a 13-member transition committee to work towards a smooth transfer of power from Governor Gbenga Daniel’s led People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, on May 29.
