Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
Election on Saturdays: Seventh-Day Adventist Church vows to sue FG
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church has threatened to drag the Federal Government to court over the 2011 general elections should its members be disenfranchised through fixing of poll dates on Saturdays.
Why we voted for Jonathan – Northern Govs
SOME governors of states in the North, yesterday, insisted that their decision to vote for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate was hinged on the exigencies of national unity, patriotism and the need to uphold tenets of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
JTF takes over another John Togo camp
THE Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, has seized another camp, belonging to the Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, headed by wanted militant leader, “General” John Togo.
Hitches from DDC machines, slow start mark voter registration
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, yesterday, formally flagged off the voter registration with the registration of President Goodluck Jonathan and members of his family at Otuoke in the Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State amidst tight security.
2022 World Cup: Asian football chief defies Blatter on date change
Asian football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam ruled out shifting the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to winter or staging tournament matches around the Gulf region.
How politics of extremism, ego almost marred PDP convention
The sensational appearance and disappearance of the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesileze Nwodo, at the party’s national convention, on Thursday night, may have been a climax to the politics of extremism and ego flowing from his native Enugu State.
Jonathan: Atiku alleges lapses
The political camp of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has alleged lapses in Thursday’s presidential primaries of the PDP, quoting his agents at the collation of the result.
ACN picks Nuhu Ribadu as Presidential candidate
Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chief of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has emerged the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate. All the delegates answered yes in a voice vote to determine their support for Ribadu.
Jonathan wins PDP ticket
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan early today, 6am Friday 2011, clinched the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket in a contest that played out a subdued primordial sentiments in the pattern of voting at the party’s presidential primary, beating former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Mrs. Sarah Jubril.
PDP Convention: Atiku wins Zamfara, Kano states
By Adekunle Aliyu How Jonathan floored Atiku in the Primaries, 13/01/2011 Nos States Jonathan Atiku 1. Abia 80 1 2. Adamawa 76 31 3. Anambra 47 31 4. Akwa Ibom 141 0 5. Bayelsa 67 0 6. Bauchi 46 44 7. Sokoto 32 84 8. Rivers 128 2 9. Benue 75 15 10. Borno 33 […]
