The frosty relationship between First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State again manifested itself over the weekend with the staging of a protest by a political pressure group, Network for Bayelsa People’s Agenda, NBPA, for the removal of the later as governor. The group claimed that the booing of the Governor during the Peoples Democratic …
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The three man panel of Osun state Election petition tribunal, Justices, Elizabeth Ikpejime, Victor Ofesi and A. I. Kutigi, have unanimously thrown away the petition of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the August 9, 2014 governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Reacting to the judgment, Governor Rauf Aregbesola described it as triumph of the will of the people …
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By C. Todd Lopez Army News Service WASHINGTON – Prominent African-Americans from all walks of life have served as a bridge between the past and today, as well as a bridge to the future, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said on Friday February 6, 2015 at the 10th annual Stars and Stripes recognition dinner in Washington. The Air Force …
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* Speaks on the house Yar’Adua gave him, life in retirement ANTHONY Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie was born on June 16, 1936 to the royal family of Uromi in Edo State. His father was Esan and his mother Yoruba. Okogie was ordained as a Catholic priest on December 11, 1966. He was drafted into the Nigerian Army, and served there as …
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The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, has expressed disappointment over the postponement of the Nigeria’s general elections. According to Kerry,“The United States is deeply disappointed by the decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, which had been scheduled for February 14.” “Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government …
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The 2015 general elections in Nasarawa State suddenly took a new dimension with the emergence of Labaran Maku, a former Minister of Information, who recently decamped from the PDP to All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to pick the governorship ticket. The two major political parties – PDP and APC – and contenders least expected Maku to join the race after …
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STATEMENT ON THE TIMETABLE FOR 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY THE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU M. JEGA, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 07th, 2015. Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general elections. Let me state …
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has rescheduled the 2015 elections to March 28 and April 11, following advice from security chiefs in the country. Jega said the electoral body is ready to go ahead with the polls but the boko haram insurgency in the country neccessiated the postponement. He said, the Presidential and …
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The Police in Enugu State have arrested one Abuchi Afam, over his alleged involvement in the gruesome murder of a serving magistrate in the State. The deceased magistrate was murdered on September 01, 2014 by gunmen in front of his residence at Trans-Ekuli, Enugu. According to a press statement made available to DAILY POST by the spokesman of the Enugu …
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The University of British Columbia Okanagan, is now offering Cristiano Ronaldo’s fans a chance to take a course on the Real Madrid forward. It will be a fourth-year sociology module on the footballer, who has a massive fan base and influence on global society. “Sociology is nothing if not the delving into the processes of structuring identities and experiences and …
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