Who will Gombe people pick as Goje's successor? |
While the possibility of surprises cannot be ruled out between now and when the 2011 general elections would be held, the race towards the Gombe Government House has continued to gather great momentum in the state. Our correspondent Auwal Ahmad reports.
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Rimi’s death, another police wild goose chase |
When the former Kano state governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi died in Kano on Sunday, April 4 after a bitter encounter with a gang of armed bandits on his way from Bauchi, the police swung, once again into action. Yusuf Ozi-Usman notes that police are not always in short supply of threats and promises to get to the root cause when prominent persons are involved, but have never successfully brought out the culprits in several cases of assassination, armed robbery attack and hired-killing perpetrated against some top Nigerians in the past.
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Political stability: NIPSS’ initiative |
Editor, Sunday, Tawey Zakka previews the international conference on political stability and democratic imperatives in a dynamic international environment, which holds today in Abuja.
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Now that clerics have seen Yar’adua |
Salisu Ibrahim and Yusuf Ozi-Usman take a critical look at the floury of criticisms that had trailed last week’s visit of four Islamic clerics, including the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, to the ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'adua at the Presidential Villa, Abuja and a similar visit by Christian clerics on Monday, this week. Is it possible for us to believe that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has not seen the President?
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The Abubakar Rimi transition |
The sudden death on Sunday of second republic governor of Kano state, a one- time minister of communications and founding father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi has generated a lot of emotions from politicians, political parties and other notable Nigerians and democratic institutions.
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Day Iwu threw tantrums at ‘tyrants’ |
YUSUF OZI-USMAN examines the reaction of the embattled Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu to the growing calls for his removal from office, concluding that Iwu has adopted a war-like approach rather than reconciliation.
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How Supreme Court’s decision averted bloodshed in Sokoto |
Contrary to the criticisms against the Supreme Court's decision to stop the Appeal Court Panel from delivering its verdict on the election petition before it on Sokoto state gubernatorial election, residents of the state consider the directive by the apex court as antidote for the impending bloodbath that would have trailed the outcome of the appellate court decision. BABATUNDE BISHOP Reports.
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Musa Usman of the Department Of Mass Communication, University of Maidugri, examines the seven years of Governor Ali Modu Sheriff’s administration in Borno state and concludes that the PDP must put its acts together to provide the needed change come 2011.
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Looming crisis over Katsina LG councils |
The recent resoluton by the Katsina state House of Assembly, approving that care-taker management committees be appointed in place of the elected councils may ignite a constitutional crisis inthe state. Muazu Elazeh traces the genesis of the impending crisis and suggests how it could be averted.
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