The simmering internal crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at the weekend worsened as no fewer than 720 members of the party in Oro ward one and two in Irepodun local government council of the state publicly defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This development according to THISDAY checks, was a minus for the National Publicity Secretary of ACN , Alhaji Lai Muhammed, who is from Oro ward of the council.
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Efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to mend the cracks in the South-south zone of the party suffered a setback yesterday as several members of the party walked out of a reconciliatory meeting. They were apparently reacting to the speech by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Dr. Godswill Akpabio, who gave the impression that the delegates were hungry people. The South-south Special Zonal Executive Committee meeting with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party started off on a good note at the Civic Centre, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday cited safety concerns involving one of DANA Air’s aircraft as the reason for the temporary suspension of its operating licence.
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Five months after, the October 20, 2012 governorship election is inconclusive in Ondo State. Five political parties – Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Accord Party (AP) and People for Democratic Change (PDC), initially filed petitions before the State Election Tribunal sitting in Akure to contest the victory of Governor Olusegun Mimiko at the poll. They complained that the election was rigged in favour of the Labour Party (LP) candidate.
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If the results of the six area council elections held at the weekend are used as a barometer for the outcome of the 2015 general election, then the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be celebrating as the party won five out of the six council areas chairmanship seats in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), leaving the remaining one council area to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
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Without being told, it was apparent to the average Lagosian that there were important visitors within the vicinity on that cool breezy evening. All the data of Very Important Personalities (VIPs) were obvious from the exotic cars to the presence of heavily armed mobile police and military officers.
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A veteran actor, writer, comedian and movie producer, Chinwetalu Agu needs no introduction. He came into lime-light, 31 years ago when he featured in the popular soap, “Ripples.” In this interview with Lucy Ezeliora, at Enugu, he shares his experiences in the movie industry as well as his life.
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Reproductive age girls have been warned never to assume that painful menstrual period is a normal development, but should seek to know why they have to undergo serious pain during their period as it could turn out to be a product of endometriosis.
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Rapid treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about a 10th of those diagnosed early, say researchers in France. They have been analysing 14 people who stopped therapy, but have since shown no signs of the virus resurging.
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President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday reiterated that the federal government was committed to eradicating of polio from country before the end of his tenure in 2015. The president’s assurance came on a day the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, warned that criminals were working to scuttle the battle against childhood killer diseases like measles and wild polio.
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