Osun guber: Adeleke’s Tinubu backing punctures opposition’s 2027 plan — Presidency
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA: The Presidency has said Governor Ademola Adeleke’s decision to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid has undermined opposition efforts to use the Osun governorship election as a launching pad for a broader coalition against the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Adeleke’s victory in the August 15 […]
Oji power plant, solution to Nigeria’s power crisis — Ogbozor
By Tony Edike ENUGU—CHAIRMAN of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) Enugu Zone, Mr Ikem Ogbozor, has said that the solution to unstable power supply in the country lies with government reactivating the 3,000 megawatts capacity Oji River Thermal Power plant, which had been abandoned by successive regimes in the country. Rather than embarking on […]
2011: No automatic ticket for Orji— Nkire
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—A MEMBER of the Board of Trustee (BOT) of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Chief Sam Nkire has said that there is no automatic ticket for Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state for the 2011 elections. According to Nkire, all interested candidates for the office would be subjected to the party primaries, […]
Kidnapped victim killed, after ransom
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Sympathizers broke down in tears as the remains of 38-year old Aghaegbula Emenike, who was recently kidnapped and killed, was buried in his ancestral home in Umulebe Ofeke, Osina, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State. It would be recalled that two armed men kidnapped Emenike, a Port Harcourt based businessman […]
Census Tribunals begin sitting July 21
*Kano, Lagos file petition By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—Barring any last minute change, three Census Tribunals constituted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), ten months ago, are scheduled to begin sitting on July 21, this year over various petitions filed by some states of the Federation, including Lagos and Kano to challenge the results of […]
Uwais, Atiku, Masari task Yar’Adua on electoral reforms
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA— Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Bello Massari, yesterday challenged President Umaru Yar’Adua to ensure genuine electoral reform is put in place before the next general elections in 2011. The eminent Nigerians spoke […]
