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Omasan Agbajoh, the Democratic People’s Party candidate for the Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, is a Lagos-based lawyer with 25 years’ experience at the bar. She was born in Warri and had her primary and secondary education there, before attending the University of Benin, graduating in 1985. She says she is now back in Warri because she…
The Network for Civil Organisation on Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN), a non-governmental organisation, has embarked on an awareness campaign to avert a recurrence of the cholera epidemic which devastated communities in Bauchi State last year. The organisation has produced eight pairs of latrine seats, specially designed for the comfort of the elderly and the physically challenged, for distribution to its…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Bala Mohammed has been accused of anti-party activities aimed at frustrating the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan. The Bauchi State Director, Media and Publicity, of Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, Garba Bello, made the allegation while speaking to newsmen in Bauchi. He said: “We frown at the unhealthy political development emanating from some influential indigenes of…
About 95 percent of the people of Bakassi will not participate in the April polls because they were not registered, Chairman of Bakassi Local Government Area, Ekpo Ekpo Bassey has said. Mr Bassey who described the development as unacceptable, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to make adequate provisions as well as extend the deadline for the conduct…
Journalists across the South West of the country yesterday converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to discuss ways of handling the challenges of reporting during the forthcoming elections and how to overcome them. The four-day workshop taking place at D-Rovans Hotel, is jointly organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) and…
Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Pat Utomi has lamented the docility of Nigerian youth in the face of corruption, avarice and the ceaseless show of wealth by public officials. He said this to journalists in Lagos at an anti-corruption crusade held by the National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps, (NAVC), a Non-Governmental Organisation. Mr Utomi advised youth to rise up…
The Ogoni Solidarity Forum (OSF) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to expand the ongoing Amnesty Programme for rehabilitating Niger Delta militants, to include an estimated 800 Ogoni people who have been in refugee camps in the Republic of Benin since 1997. The group said in a letter to the Presidency that the displaced Ogoni indigenes should be allowed to benefit…
The administration of former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, yesterday came under criticism from leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state, describing the seven-and-a-half-year rule of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state as a failure. Leaders of the ACN, including the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, a former member of the House of Representatives,…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday pledged that a federal university will be established in Yobe State next year. Mr. Jonathan made the pledge while addressing PDP supporters at a campaign rally in Damaturu, Yobe State. He said the establishment of the university was in line with the federal government’s policy on education, which stipulated that each state of the federation…
After having recorded the lowest votes due to not-too-impressive performances the previous week Oluwatoni Afolayan and George Ukeme have ended their journey of being the first Nigerian Idol. At a tension soaked point of eviction, Anis Halloway, host of the wave-making reality TV show had asked the three Idols Judges to make predictions as to who would leave the house…
pThe Ekiti State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend broadened its attack on former Lagos State governor,Bola Tinubu describing him as the sole proprietor of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). While reacting to the media report that Mr Tinubu had referred to President Goodluck Jonathan as a "drunkard, liar and a traitor," the State Chairman…
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has donated one of his buildings in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital to the campaign team of Tunji Olurin, the governorship candidate of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. NEXT can exclusively reveal that the building will be the campaign headquarters of the governorship candidate. The party's flag bearer had, last Thursday, inaugurated his campaign…
The Ekiti State government will do everything possible to ensure that the 2011 general election is not rigged by "desperate politicians," the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, has declared. He also warned politicians planning to throw the state into chaos at the 2011 polls to shelve the plan or face the law. The governor stated this during his statewide tour of…
For residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, the Glo Rock ‘n’ Rule concert held in the ancient city last Saturday turned out to be a talent hunt as participants in the Mr. and Miss Rock ‘n’ Rule beauty pageant segment of the concert displayed abilities that are quite uncommon in similar shows. The talents showcased by the contestants…
One of Nigeria ’s hottest Hip-Hop group, Bracket on Friday February 18, 2011 literarily endorsed Sullivan Chime of Enugu State second term dream as Governor . Bracket At the flag off of the gubernatorial campaign of the Governor which was held at the Michael Okpara square in the Coal City of Enugu, the Yori Yori crooners dazzled the thousand of…