JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An official of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has described the assessment of some observers of the April 20, 2013 local government elections in the state as unfortunate going by the reports they have been publishing about the election, alleging that the observers actually demanded for money from Chairman of [...]
Warri — SPEAKER of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Ochei, is expected to chair the inauguration of the first ever Itsekiri Education Trust billed for the Olu of Warri Palace (Aghofen) in Warri, Delta State. The occasion, which has been slated for Saturday October 27, will have His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, the [...]
Benin city – A one-time Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, Comrade Godwin Erhahon has broken his silence on the stalemate over the election into the state Executive Council of the Union. In a statement in Benin City yesterday, Comrade Erhahon described as despicable, a situation where the council election [...]
The incumbent Chairman of the Delta State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Joseph Adolo Okotie-Eboh, has been described as the best and most visionary Chairman in the history of the party in the state, even since the days the party was known as Action Congress (AC). Delta State Publicity Secretary of [...]
Chairman of a party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur Chuks Okocha in Abuja Ripples of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) detriment of a Jul 14 Edo state governorship choosing continued as a National Chairman of a party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has identified discord as a simple reason because a celebration mislaid a choosing to a Action Congress [...]
Nigerian Sports Awards Hold November Published on July 20, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments The Nigerian Sports Awards, NSA, meant to recognise and celebrate sports excellence among Nigerian sportsmen and women will be held on 29 November in Lagos. Kayode Idowu, General Manager of Unmissable Incentives Limited, organiser of the awards, said in Lagos [...]
Former PDP BoT Chairman, Olusegun Obasanjo Chuks Okocha For the first time since former President Olusegun Obasanjo resigned as the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last April, the board met Monday at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to set in motion the process of [...]
The National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBA), Saleh Bayeri has been arrested. This is as former Military Administrator of Delta State, Colonel John Dung (rtd) debunked the allegation credited to Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), General Jeremiah Useni that Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State was the cause of the [...]
A former member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dino Melaye, on Wednesday in Abuja called on the National Assembly to commence processes for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan over the fuel subsidy scam. According to him, the delay in the prosecution of the suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on fuel [...]
Nigeria Labour Congress, supported by Rim Services, has confered on the Chairman of LEADERSHIP Newspaper Group, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, an award of “Entrepreneur of the year.” The Labour Awards of Nigeria (LAN), 2012 was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, yesterday. Described by Obiajuru Iwerunmor as a man who has not only “contributed to [...]
BENIN CITY – The All Progressive Grand Alliance, (APGA) Edo State Chapter says it stands by a preference to ban a former State Chairman and Deputy Chairman of a celebration respectively. The former chairman, Major Joseph Osagie and Deputy Chairman of a party, Chief Anthony Nwanzor were both diminished unanimously by 2/3 executive members of [...]
THE Edo State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Barr. Ekpenisi Omorotionmwan has commended the Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), J.S Emoabino KSM JP for his commitment to grassroot sports development in Edo State. Hon. Ekpenisi made the commendation on Thursday in his address during the fourth edition of SUBEB Chairman’s Female Pupils Football [...]
Chuks Ogu, a cameraman working with Independent Television in Benin City, Edo State was gunned down by unidentified gunmen at about 7p.m. on Saturday night at Boundary Road. According to some reports, the late Ogu was returning from Siluko Road, where he went to cover a marriage ceremony, when he was shot dead. He died [...]
The Edo state Chairman of a Coalition of Registered Political Parties and National Secretary of a Accord Party (AP), Dr Samson Isibor, will not forget Tuesday, 3 April, 2011, in a hurry. It was a day some dare-devil armed group abducted him from his chateau in a participation of his daughter in Benin City and [...]
ABUJA — Chairman, Governing Council of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has been summoned by the police authorities in Abuja for accusing the police of extra-judicial killings in the country. Odinkalu was summoned to appear before the Force Criminal Investigation Department for interrogation. In a letter by Dan Bature, a Deputy Commissioner [...]
By SIMON EBEGBULEM GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN— FORMER Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Mr Edward Sado; former councillor and former girl personality of a party, Peter Ekun, led over 3.000 members of a celebration to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, during dual apart rallies during Okpella and Akoko Local Government Areas of [...]
BY MICHAEL EBOH The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has backed the quest by the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, to instill discipline in the Nigerian capital market, as it threatened to sack the Chairman and Managing Directors of banks that fail to submit their financial statements to the regulatory authorities at the appropriate time. This [...]
Obasanjo’s revisit not to validate Oshiomhole –PDP From Tony Osauzo, BeninWednesday Apr 11 , 2012 Sunday’s revisit of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Benin, is causing ripples within a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obasanjo quiescent final Tuesday as Chairman, PDP’s Board of Trustees (BoT) The state PDP’s Publicity Secretary, [...]
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE – THE daughter of the former governor of Ondo State, late Chief Adekunle Ajasin and state Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose, weekend, resigned as chairman of the party to join the governorship race in the election slated for October this year. Anifowose tendered her resignation letter [...]
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Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
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Malian children face education crisis
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Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
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Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
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Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
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May 8, 2013 Boko Haram has waged a war against Nigeria In total violation of the fundamental principles of society, the Nigerian government is yet to respond to the war it’s people and military have been subjected to. The May 7th occurrence in Bama, Maiduguri is the latest in a series of full scale rebel [...]
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Syria’s Gains Renew Pressure on US
By NOUR MALAS in Beirut, SAM DAGHER in Damascus and JULIAN E. BARNES in Washington Reuters Hezbollah backers Monday attend a funeral for a fighter near Baalbeck. The Syrian army battled Monday alongside Hezbollah militants to reclaim a rebel-held city, amplifying pressure on President Barack Obama to find a way to alter the course of [...]
Kevin Rudd’s support for gay marriage puts him at odds with Julia Gillard
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