AS predicted by some political analysts, the state congress for the selection of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State for the 2010 election ran into a hitch and subsequently the primaries that could have led to the emergence of the party’s governorship candidate was suspended.

Section 11 of Electoral Act 2006, makes the following provisions on Voters’ Register:

CHIEF Albert Horsfall (OFR), is a complete security man and a spy expert. He was former Director -General of the State Security Service (SSS) and also Director- General of the defunct National Intelligence Agency(NIA). He later became the first Managing Director of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC).

*Confusion trails PDP primaries By Jide Ajani, Deputy Editor, Emmanuel Aziken, Vincent Ujumadu IT is perhaps reflective of the State’s slogan “Home for All” that all  sorts of characters are today deeply embedded in Anambra’s political terrain. However, as Senator Ikechukwu Obiorah noted last Wednesday when he suspended his gubernatorial campaigns, the ugly and destructive […]

From interviews and statements, Sunday Vanguard compilation of views from key players in the high-wire politics of Anambra State, preparatory to next February’s gubernatorial election. By Jide Ajani, Deputy Editor, Charles Kumolu & Umoru Henry GOVERNOR Suswan to Anambra PDP “I have    given them my advice and that is to say that I told them […]

If we want to earn a living, we definitely have to depend on government.I think there is nothing wrong in traditional institutions being financed with public funds because other institutions like Customs, Prisons and Immigrations are adequately funded.

By Dayo Benson, Political Editor Ahead of Sunday October 4 expiry date of federal government’s amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants, there have been mixed feelings over its success or otherwise.

By Jimitota Onoyume RESPONSE of militants in Rivers State to the presidential amnesty has been very positive. A day after it was pronounced in Abuja , a dreaded militant leader, Mr. Solomon Ndigbare aka Osama Bin Laden was the first to embrace the exercise in the state. He surrendered his arms before Mr. Mike Okiro […]

By  Emma Arubi WHEN it became obvious that militant activities in the long neglected Niger Delta region were fast bringing the entire economy of the nation to a dangerous precipice, the Federal government led by President Yar ‘Adua proclaimed amnesty to militants of all shades with a welfare package designed to rehabilitate, re-orientate and re-integrate […]

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa BARELY 48 hrs to the expiration of the presidential amnesty which sought to end the armed insurrection in the Niger Delta, all the recognized militant camps in Bayelsa State have disarmed while other pockets of unknown groups masquerading as freedom fighters in the troubled swamp of the state are also rushing […]