The Games, earlier scheduled for October 12 to 22, 2013, were postponed indefinitely due to the six-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Emeka Chukwuemeka, who confirmed the incident in Awka on Wednesday, said the police had begun investigation into the matter
Joined as respondents are the state Attorney General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, and the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State
The suspected MASSOB members are reported by a citizen reporter to be after people of northern extraction on whom to take their pound of flesh since the driver is from the North
The Electoral Officer in-charge of Njikoka Local Government Area, Ada Imagie, ascribed the delay to the late arrival of police officers
He said: “I thank the judiciary for being firm by refusing to grant the request of the All Progressives Congress at the Federal High Court, Awka, seeking to stop today’s local government elections
This followed the demands by the community that the election be rescheduled for an acceptable day when the materials would be made available on time
Earlier, the prosecutor, DSP Stanley Nwodo, told the court that Okwudili committed the offence on November 16, 2013 at Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State during the state’s governorship election
The governor’s wife made the disclosure while presenting gift items and undisclosed amount of cash to 15 of the babies in Awka, the state capital
The APC said that for the umpteenth time and so that Nigerians can understand the absurdity of Jega’s contradictory stance on
the ill-fated election, the party has decided to list its reasons for demanding the cancellation of the caricature election
Ngige, who spoke on their behalf at a joint news conference in Awka on Sunday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh poll in the state
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Sunday, said the party is satisfied that despite the alleged massive importation of thugs and plots by the All progressives Congress to introduce violence to disrupt and rig the election, the process was conducted peacefully
In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said even during general elections, people are allowed to move around freely from 4pm on election day
Tukur said Anambra State people had given the state to the PDP at the inception of the current democratic era and urged the people of the state to return the state to the party
The APC condemned the plan by Obi to set up a panel to investigate the stampede, considering that the governor himself is at the centre of the whole tragedy
The Police Public Relations Officer for the command, DSP Emeka Chukwuemeka, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Uke
According to him, primary and secondary school education, ante-natal and other healthcare services will be made free if elected.
Ngige added that school fees at the state university would be reduced by 50 per cent while scholarship would be awarded to deserving students in tertiary institutions
The atmosphere was characterised by wailing and grief as the corpses of the victims were brought for final commendation service at the church
Nwoye said he was already reaching out to reconcile aggrieved members and those who contested the party’s ticket with him, adding that the response had been positive
Okeke said with the agreement among the members of the party to work together in the bid to win the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State, it had become imperative that the proviso that all cases in court be withdrawn is respected