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NATIONAL

PDP cedes Presidency
•South -East to produce president after Yar’Adua
From JACOB EDI, Abuja.
Friday, July 3, 2009


In what may appear as a major political upset in 2011, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] may have ceded the presidential slot to the South East in the next general election. Accordingly, the party said it is the turn of the Igbos to produce the next president at the expiration of the tenure of President Umaru Yar’Adua | Read Story
President Yar'Adua
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Fashola flags off July 2009 sub-national immunization days
…Says eradication of polio in Lagos, Nigeria is a must
By Sun News Publishing
Friday, July 3, 2009

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday flagged off the July 2009 Sub-National Immunization Days in Lagos, saying the eradication of polio disease in Lagos and Nigeria is a task that is possible to achieve with the support of the people | Read Story
 

2011: Give senators automatic ticket
From AMOS DUNIA, Abuja
Friday, July 3, 2009

Ahead of the 2011 elections, President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, on Thursday canvassed for an automatic ticket for the present crop of senators corrently on the ticket and mandate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party | Read Story
 

Why Oyo wants sole ownership of Lautech –Adedoja
FROM AKEEB ALARAPE, IBADAN
Friday, July 3, 2009

Professor Taoheed Adedoja contested the last gubernatorial election in Oyo State on the platform of the Action Congress (AC) before he was appointed Commissioner for Education by Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, who is also his main contender at the election | Read Story
 
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