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.
President Mubarak bows to the people, resigns
By Adekunle Aliyu with Agency Report Egypt’s embattled President Hosni Mubarak abruptly stepped down as president, ending his 30-year-reign, and Egyptian armed forces will take over the leadership of the country, vice president Omar Suleiman announced today. Crowds gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square erupted into loud cheers, chanting “Egypt is free,” as the historic announcement […]
INEC registers 63.9m Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has so far registered 63.9 million Nigerians from the results collated nationwide from the recently concluded voters registration exercise as at yesterday morning.
Why we quashed Salami’s promotion – NJC
THE National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, explained why it refrained from okaying moves by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, to elevate the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami to the Supreme Court bench, insisting that doing so would be pre-judicial to a subsisting suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
INEC alleges officials, politicians collaborate to multiple registration
THE Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Delta State, Dr. Gabriel Ada, has accused some politicians for allegedly colluding with some unscrupulous INEC officials to facilitate multiple registration during the voter’s registration exercise in the state.
JUSTICE SALAMI VS CJN SAGA: NJC quashes Salami’s promotion
THE National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, quashed the plan by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu to elevate the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami to the bench of the Supreme Court.
Daniel’s PDP authentic, says Court, voids Obasanjo’s faction
REPRIEVE came the way of embattled Governor Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State Wednesday, as a State high Court sitting in Abeokuta declared his faction; the Joju Fadairo led executive of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] as the authentic executive of the party in Ogun State.
One dead, two BRT buses burnt, as LASTMA, Okada riders clash
Business activities at mile 12 area of Lagos, were, Wednesday, brought to a halt when a bus belonging to the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Agency, LAMATA allegedly killed an Okada rider while trying to escape from being apprehended by the men of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA.
INEC drops Gov Chime, Akala
GOVERNORS Sullivan Chime and Adebayo Alao-Akala of Enugu and Oyo States were, yesterday, pondering their options after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, dropped them and their loyalists from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, list for the forthcoming general elections.
Obasanjo justifies preference for Jonathan’s candidacy
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party would do everything to get all the states in the South West zones from ‘rascals’ before 2015 as former President Olusegun Obasanjo justified why he preferred President Jonathan to other aspirants who contested with in the primaries of the party at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
No surprises in INEC list: Daniel heads to court
MORE than 18 hours after the legally prescribed deadline for the release of candidates list for the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, belatedly released the candidate lists in several States.
Among the States outstanding as at press time were Anambra, Kaduna and Niger.
Daniel, Bankole, Abiola-Edewor lose out
THE Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has released the list of candidates for the forthcoming polls with the names of Governor Olugbenga Daniel, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Mr. Dimeji Bankole and daughter of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 1993 elections; Bashorun MKO Abiola, Mrs. Lola Abiola Edewor conspicuously missing from the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] list.
Tension over INEC’s list
AMIDST contradictory claims on the authority to publish the list of candidates for the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday invited the general public to scrutinize the eligibility of the nominees submitted to it by the political parties.
FG releases N15bn to Police for 2011 polls
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Hafiz Ringim, weekend, disclosed that over N15 billion had been released to the Nigeria Police Force to purchase equipment and other necessary logistics, with a view to ensuring a successful general elections come April.
Rumble in the Bench: You can’t push me out of Appeal Court
The nation’s Bench appears to be rumbling after the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, rejected his promotion to the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
Jonathan’s kinsmen honours First Lady
Yenagoa and its environs, yesterday, practically stood still as Nigerians and Bayelsans from all walks of life converged on Otuoke for the conferment of chieftaincy title of Odamiba I (Supporter of the Ladder of Success) on the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, by the Otuoke Council of Chiefs led by its Obanema.
