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A mixture of relief and raging indignation swept through the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, after former President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly tore his membership card of the ruling party. Obasanjo’s theatrical renunciation of the party on whose platform he was twice elected president, was laced with another drama hours later when the state chapter of the party …

National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, yesterday blamed the disrespect to the rules guiding election as set out in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Constitution as a major cause for the failure of NLC to elect officers to run its affairs in the next for year. The union a statement, however said it was regrettable that the …

Reports reaching us suggests that the House of Representatives may be preparing for a showdown with President Goodluck Jonathan if any request for further extension of the 2015 elections by six months is made. According to a Daily Trust report, some members of the House yesterday alleged that although Jonathan had said that the May 29 hand-over date is “sacrosanct”, …

The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anennih monday dismissed the decision of former president Olusegun Obasanjo to dump the PDP, saying that “leaders will not miss” his departure. In a brief interview with state House Correspondents after meeting with President Jonathan, Chief Anennih said it is within Obasanjo’s right to dump the …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of siphoning N800 million for a water project that was never executed in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on Monday at the flag-off of the 24-km Ogiriga-Afokpella-Okugbe-Imiekuri-Ohu road project with a spur to Awuyemi in Okpella, the second road project to …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday left his guests at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta with bated breath when he tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card in their presence. The guests, who are leaders of the PDP from Obasanjo’s ward around his former residence in Ita Eko, where he registered, visited the ex-president to express their concern with his …

Benin – By Oladipo Airenakho Nigeria’s renowned poet, Dr. Odia Ofeimu, on Thursday said the only way Nigeria could come out of its current socio-political quagmire was the total amendment of the Nation’s constitution. Ofeimu said this at the Fourth Dr Abel Guobadia memorial lecture organized by the Women’s Health and Action Centre (WHARC) in Benin, Edo State. In the …

Residents said that the explosion occurred at the Main Market on Sunday at about 12:30pm. The market was in full swing when the explosion occurred. Dozens were said to have died as rescuers begin to evacuate bodies from the scene of the explosion. The bomb blast may have been carried out by the dreaded sect, Boko Haram (Daily Post)

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday launched his usual verbal attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of planing to scuttle the coming elections for fear that if General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress succeeds him, Buhari would send him to the high walls of Kirikiri Prison. He stated this at his Hilltop presidential residence in Abeokuta, …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of attempting to return to power through an Interim National Government. Jonathan spoke through his media adviser, Reuben Abati. Jonathan said “Chief Obasanjo’s plot with others within and outside the country to thwart the general elections and foist an unconstitutional Interim National Government, which he hopes to head, …