News Desk Thursday, August 23, 2007

Uwais Heads 22-man Electoral Reform Committee

ABUJA—IN fulfilment of his promise to reform the electoral process, President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday announced the names of 22 eminent Nigerians as members of the Electoral Reforms Committee with the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, as chairman. MORE>>

Why Electoral Reform Will Fail - Nwodo

A stalwart of the Action Congress, Dr. Okwesileze Nwodo, on Wednesday said the planned electoral reform by President Umaru Yar‘Adua would not succeed as long as former President Olusegun Obasanjo retained his stranglehold on the administration. MORE>>

Nigerians Want Death of Abia ex-Accountant-General Investigated

SHOCK, disbelief and lamentation have trailed the death of the former Abia State’s Accountant-General (AG), Chief Gerald Anyanwoke, even as some prominent Nigerians have called on the security agencies to unravel the "circumstances surrounding his death". MORE>>