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Election now Nigeria’s worst enemy, says muslim cleric
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Move over Boko Haram. A new bugaboo has seized Nigeria’s landscape, with its attendant fear and anxiety. The…
Nigerian elected president of ICAO council
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria has become the first African country to produce the president of the International Civil Aviation Organisation…
Exit Poll: Merkel wins in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a third term in elections Sunday, according to exit polls. But her conservatives may be…
Germans begin voting with Merkel set for third term
Germans began voting Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel poised to win a third term, which would make her Europe’s only…
New PDP Elects National Working Committee Members
Ayo oluokun/Abuja Despite the sealing off of its proposed national secretariat in Abuja last Saturday, there seems to be no…
Oguta Election, A Foretaste Of 2015 Polls —ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that the present concocted stalemate over the…
Leadership, National Development And The People (2)
By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Now, we know that by themselves, elections do not constitute democracy. Yet, a nation cannot be…
Governors Forum Heading For Destruction –Aturu
Lagos lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has described the crisis-ridden Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, as a distraction and a major problem to…
The NGF Election: A Show Of Shame
Nigerian governors, under the aegis of the overbearing Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, showed they were not cut out for leadership…
NGF Crisis: PDP Suspends Gov Amaechi
In what is obviously a fallout of last Friday’s election of chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, in which Rivers…
Amaechi wins re-election for NGF chair
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of oil rich Rivers State, has been re-elected by his colleagues to chair the Nigerian Governors Forum,…
No Longer Business As Usual In Yala LGA
Barrister Tony Odey, an aspirant for the chairmanship seat of the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, southsouth…
Amaechi seeks re-election as chairman of NGF
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state will know on Friday if he will continue to lead Nigeria’s 36 State…
Impeachment Threat
While the Rochas Okorocha administration in Imo State is bent on impeaching Deputy Governor Jude Agbaso, based on a corruption…
PMAN Elects Female President
Alhaja Aminat Oluwaremilekun Dangaji has been elected as the new Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, President unopposed. She is…
Nigerian Entertainment Tit-Bits
‘Why Funke Akindele Will Headline ‘Laffmattazz’’ Comedian Gbenga Adeyinka has said that star actress Funke Akindele will headline this year’s…
New Pope, Avid Fan Of San Lorenzo
Argentinean Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was elected the new Pope Francis 1 yesterday, is an avid fan and “member” of…
Holy White Smoke…New Pope Emerges!
A new Pope to replace Benedict XV1 has been elected for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics as the much expected…
Cardinals Okogie, Onaiyekan, Others Set To Elect New Pope
Nigeria’s cardinals Anthony Olubunmi Okogie and John Onaiyekan joined other Roman Catholic cardinals today under the gaze of Michelangelo’s “Last…
2015 Could Be Messy If…
By Kanayo Esinulo I sounded alarmed and gravely disturbed in this column some weeks ago, because I suspect that the…
New Pope: Cardinals Begin Talk
Catholic cardinals began talks on Monday ahead of a conclave to elect a new Pope after Benedict XVI’s resignation, as…
Kenya’s Election: 4 Cops Killed In Mombasa
Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed…
Adesina elected president Nigeria Guild of Editors
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Deputy Editor-in-Chief/Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr. Femi Adesina, was today elected in Premier Hotel,…
Nigerian Entertainment Tit-Bit
Two Evicted From Nigerian Idol Top 12 A week after the unveiling of the top 12 contestants in the ongoing…
Crack In The Family
Calculations for the next governorship election in Rivers State threaten the health of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state…
We Should Learn From Ghana Experience
Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro, immediate past Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, who was recently nominated by the Economic Community of West…
Jonathan, OBJ Clash Over BoT Chair
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his political godfather, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will today engage each other in a…
Abe emerges Japan’s Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe was elected Japan’s prime minister by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday after he swept to power…
Need For Immediate Implementation Of Prof. Jega’s Laudable Ideas
On reading the headline titled “All elections should hold in one day – Jega” which appeared in The Punch of…
Ghana: Mahama declared winner
President John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of last weekend’s election in Ghana, scoring 50.7 per cent and…