Guber: Urhobo clears air on Ogboru’s endorsement
As a way to douse the controversy trailing the endorsement by the apex governing body of Urhobo people, the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, of Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru of the Labour Party as their consensus candidate for the March 28th, 2015 governorship election in the Delta State, UPU has finally cleared the air, giving reasons for the endorsement, saying it was done in good faith and for the overall interest and benefit of the Urhobo people.
Borno market blast: Two suspects arrested
TWO suspected mastermind of Biu explosion at a crowded market on Thursday have been arrested by men of the Civilian JTF and military operatives, sources and some residents have said.
United under van Gaal are “miserable” – Scholes
Manchester United, once a byword for slick attacking football, are playing some “miserable” stuff under manager Louis van Gaal, former United midfielder Paul Scholes believes.
Carroll out with knee injury
West Ham striker Andy Carroll will be out of action for up to six weeks after tearing a ligament in his knee, manager Sam Allardyce confirmed.
Assad ‘part of the solution’ in Syria— UN envoy
Any peaceful solution to the fighting in Syria must involve President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Friday.
Dozens of Myanmar troops killed fighting northern rebels
Heavy fighting between Myanmar’s army and rebels has killed 47 soldiers, state media said Friday, sending a flood of people across the border with China and overshadowing hopes for a national ceasefire as a crucial election looms.
Poll delay saves Valentine’s Day
“No Elections Till March! So Let’s Drink and Dine, This Valentine,” screams a bright red flier decorated with hearts from an upmarket restaurant in Nigeria’s financial capital, Lagos.
10 killed as militants storm Pakistan Shiite mosque
Heavily armed gunmen went from room to room at the army-run school gunning down more than 150 people, most of them children, in an attack that horrified the world.
Don’t vote a mediocre as president – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned Nigerians not to vote for a mediocre performer as president.
You’ve no power to sack Jega, CSOs tell Jonathan
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria, yesterday, maintained that President Goodluck Jonathan has no constitutional power or authority to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
PDP declares confidence in INEC to conduct free polls
THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu yesterday reiterated the party’s total confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under Prof. Attahiru Jega’s stewardship to conduct a free and fair election.
