The suit between 10 retired judges of the Oyo State High Court and Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala will be opened for argument on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. NEXT gathered in Ibadan that the state's Chief Judge, Bolajoko Adeniji, has assigned Justice Muktar Ladi Abimbola of High Court three to adjudicate in the matter. The retired judges, comprising three Chief Judges, two…

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Police authorities in Bauchi state have confirmed that three persons were yesterday killed in an attack in Tafawa Balewa local government area of the state.

pThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is facing confusion after its request to use the Uyo Township Stadium for its rally and campaign flag-off venue in Akwa Ibom State was denied. The state chapter chairman of ACN, Aniekan Willie Akpan, yesterday raised doubts about the successful staging of the party's presidential rally in the state. The leadership of the party…

Since Abia State governor, Theodore Orji, commenced his campaign at Ohafia last weekend with a heavy security escort, reactions have come from different quarters accusing him of intimidation of the opposition. Action Congress of Nigeria senatorial candidate for Abia North, Jerry Eze, told journalists in Ohafia that the people of the area were amazed at the "show of callousness" exhibited…

Neighbourhood Watch, a local security outfit being put together by the Plateau State government is the only solution to the incessant midnight attacks on Plateau villages, Gyang Dantong, a senator, has said. Hundreds of people, especially women and children, have been killed in attacks on various villages in Plateau by unidentified persons suspected to be herdsmen. The attackers usually invade…

Anti-Corruption Revolution (ANCOR), a non-governmental organisation, has declared that it will be difficult for the Federal Government and its agencies to curb corruption in the country, considering the involvement of high profile Nigerians in corrupt practices. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Amitolu Shittu who decried the high rate of corruption in the country, said the menace of corruption…

Former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and loyalist of the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, Joju Fadairo yesterday declared that he has decided to join Olusegun Obasanjo's faction of the party in the state. The former Nigerian president's faction of the party had produced Tunji Olurin as the PDP's governorship candidate for Ogun State. Mr Olurin's status was…

Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday flagged off the Ikare-Akoko-Ajowa road which cost the state N4.8 billion. Mr. Mimiko also commissioned the largest market in Ondo State, the Ikare Regional Market, built at a cost of N210 million. The two key projects were part of activities marking his administration's second anniversary as his spate of project commissioning took him to…

The chairman, House Committee on Information, Eseme Eyiboh, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ‘primary election’ held in his constituency. According to Mr. Eyiboh, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct any election before forwarding the name of Bassy Dan Abia to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as House of Representatives candidate…

Delta State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised mass housing for the state’s citizens if he is elected in the April polls. Speaking to journalists at the weekend, Mr. Omo-Agege disclosed that he had a good housing policy for Delta indigenes and implored them to give him their votes on April 16, 2011…

Traditional rulers in Cross Rivers State have endorsed the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and are set to direct their subjects to vote for him in the April presidential election. At a reception for the president and his vice Namadi Sambo at the Council of Chiefs Chamber in Calabar on Monday, they said “every thing has its time and…

The traditional ruler of Nupeland, also referred to as Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakar, has urged Nigerian politicians not to take politics as a “do-or-die” affair and shun violence. Mr. Abubakar made the appeal in his palace in Bida, Niger State, on Sunday when members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Zone A, of the state, paid him a…

An Osogbo Magistrate Court yesterday remanded two suspected political thugs at the Federal Prison, Ile-Ife, who allegedly disturbed the campaign of Goodluck Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, at Osogbo City Stadium last Thursday. The two accused persons, Olalekan Ayo (25) and Anthony Eyitemi (28), were alleged to have armed themselves with cutlasses, axes, and pump action riffle…

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