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Two months after 11 people lost their lives in a boat mishap near Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, another boat has capsized in the same river killing four of the passengers on board, including the boat operator. The latest incident has further instilled fear over marine transportation across the river from Calabar to Creek Town, as boats capsize…
The primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Nicholas Okoh, has appealed to politicians who won their elections to show restraint and humility in victory, while all who lost elections should take it in the spirit of sportsmanship and hope for another opportunity next time. Mr Okoh, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, also called on the federal government…
With less than 24 hours to the rescheduled gubernatorial and state House of Assembly election in Bauchi State, the state police command yesterday declared a 24-hour restriction on movement across the state, especially for people travelling from outside the state. The state police commissioner, Amanam John Abakasanga, who addressed journalists at the command headquarters in Bauchi on Tuesday, said the…
Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that the rescheduled elections in Bauchi and Kaduna States will hold on Thursday as planned, but if the elections were not held, the federal government may be forced to impose a state of emergency in the two states. Mr Jonathan said this while talking to journalists after voting in his hometown, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, adding that…
Last week, the Court of Appeal in Abuja, in a reversal of an earlier judgment of a Federal High Court, ruled that Lawal Jafar Isa, and not Mohammed Sani Abacha, is the governorship candidate for Kano State of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Before the judgment, the CPC looked set to clinch the governorship seat of Kano State in…
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On the morning of January 21, 2010, as five armed policemen escorted Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha into the black Toyota Prado SUV registered to the Imo State government house, his neighbours must have looked on with envy. They would have thought that Mr Iwuoha's activism had finally caught the attention of the authorities and that the government had decided to hush…
The just concluded national assembly elections revealed a peculiar trend among Imo politicians that clearly went beyond desperation to the point of paranoia. The state governor, Ikedi Ohakim, and an ambassador, Kema Chikwe, both of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), had played into the hands of opposition political parties through a series of perceived political misdeeds and miscalculations that…
On Tuesday, the people of Kwara will choose the person to govern their state for the next four years. There are 15 candidates on the ballot for the state governorship race, but a casual discussion with many residents of the state reveals that the contest is really between two factions of the state's number one political family; one headed by…
Apart from answering the nagging question of who will occupy the ‘Lion Building' government house for the next four years, Tuesday's governorship/house of assembly election in Enugu State will achieve two other main objectives. First, it will confirm the supremacy of one of the political parties operating in the state. Secondly, it will put to rest the issue of superiority…
Another set of 53 Nigerians were deported from the UK on Thursday after allegedly serving various jail terms for immigration-related offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the deportees arrived at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 6am aboard a special flight. An immigration source at the airport told NAN that the deportees…
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that adequate security arrangements have been put in place for the Good Friday and Easter Sunday celebrations. The Lagos State commissioner of police disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while answering questions on the police’s preparedness for the season. “All area commanders, divisional police officers and other senior officers…
The Labour Party in Ondo State has a tough task ahead as it battles to win the seats in the House of Assembly election coming up on April 26. Many analysts say the contest will be between the LP and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). When the state was ruled by the PDP, majority of the House of Assembly members…
Pensioners in Kwara State Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Court of Appeal over the prolonged adjournment of their case with the state government. The pensioners carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Bukola pay us our pension arrears”, “Saraki spent N690 million on election,” “pensioners are dying on a daily basis” among others. It would be…