Elections Tribunal verdict: 8 killed as violence erupts in Taraba
JALINGO— No fewer than eight persons died yesterday in Wukari town, Taraba State as violence broke out following the judgment of Elections Petitions Tribunal which nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku.
Vigilante kills father, son in Abia; lynched
ABA—A member of a local vigilante group in Aba, Abia State, has been lynched by an irate mob for allegedly killing two and injuring another person with his gun at Ohanku area of the city.
Dickson, Sylva campaign organisations bicker over endorsements
THE Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Restoration Campaign Organisation of Governor Seriake Dickson, yesterday traded words over series of endorsements of Governor Dickson for second term by some groups and traditional rulers in the state.
Parliament of the Streets
PARLIAMENT of the Streets: Mass strikes and street protests that shook Nigeria in 2012 is the title of my newest book. Although written over three years ago, it has just come off the press. It seeks to document those turbulent days when government had control of Aso Rock, the Government Houses and the apparatus of state power, while the populace took firm control of the streets in an historic power struggle.
N5, 000 STIPEND: Group threatens to sue Buhari, APC
A pressure group, South East Progressives Assembly, SEPA, has threatened court action against President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the inability of the Federal Government to commence the payment of the monthly N5, 000 to unemployed Nigerian youths.
LG Transition C’ttee illegal —Okowa
DELTA State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, weekend, said the setting up of Local Government Transition Committee, LGTC, was unconstitutional and unknown to law.
