Nigeria: INEC Declares Obi Winner of Anambra Polls
AT 9.09 a.m,yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC declared the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate and the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as winner of Saturday’s governorship election, having scored majority lawful votes of 97, 833.
Arrest of Officials Strains Botswana-Zimbabwe Ties (AllAfrica.com)
The point at hand is not of the game rangers, it is a matter of national pride. These tswanas at the height of our economic crisis further compounded our worries by whipping, beating and doing all manner of dispicable things to our brothers and sisters who had fled into their country.
Church toilet twinned with outhouse in Burundi, Africa (Northern Echo)
A TOILET in a North-East church has been twinned with one in a remote village in Africa.
Cnooc Falls After Report of Possible Uganda Oil Deal (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Cnooc Ltd. fell to the lowest in almost a week in Hong Kong trading after a newspaper said China’s biggest offshore oil producer may spend as much as $2.5 billion on a stake in Tullow Oil Plc ’s Ugandan assets.
Nigeria: An Appeal to MEND
LAST November, barely a month after the Federal Government rounded off its amnesty programme, complaints began about the programme.
Nigeria: How to Sack Yar’Adua – Representative
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Emmanuel Jime has declared that the only way to oust the ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from office is through an amendment of section 145 of the 1999 Constitution to compel him to handover power to his deputy and not through an impeachment.
Nigeria: Why We Lost Anambra, By PDP
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday attributed the resounding defeat of its candidate Professor Chukwuma Soludo in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State to lack of unity among party members in the state.
West Africa: West African Collaboration for Gender Equality Enhanced by New UN Initiative
Gender equality, respect for women’s rights and the fight against sexual violence in West Africa received a new weapon in its arsenal today with the launch of a United Nations initiative to enhance cooperation among all stakeholders in the region.
Nigeria: Victorious Obi Woos Ngige, Soludo, Uba
Even as some of them are still smarting from defeat, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has asked his opponents in last Saturday’s governorship election to join hands with him in building a better state. And in a rare display of statesmanship by a Nigerian politician, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated Obi and pledged his support.
