Members of the youth wing of the Hausa Community in Oyo State on Tuesday lauded Governor Abiola Ajimobi, saying that the policy thrust of his administration has been of immense benefit to non-indigenes. The youths, including Bureau de Change operators, Okada riders and others, who thronged the Governor’s Office in their thousands, said they came to solidarize with the governor ... Read More »
Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted an order of substituted means in a suit seeking to re-open investigations into the murder of a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Funsho Williams. One of the detainees in the murder trial, Bashir Junaid, had filed the suit seeking an ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan says he will “surely” win the 2015 presidential election which will hold on March 28. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Jonathan said categorically: “I’ll surely win.” The election is generally expected to be very tough, with many analysts concluding that Muhammadu Buhari, a retired general and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), would ... Read More »
PROTOCOL I would like to commence by thanking all of you for accepting to participate in this briefing of accredited election observers for the 2015 general elections. My gratitude is particularly founded considering that the elections had to be rescheduled when many of you, particularly the international observers, had started deployment in February. As a Commission, we deeply regret the ... Read More »
> > > GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA > > PRESS STATEMENT ON THE VIOLENCE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF RT. (HON.) OKON UWAH, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER OF AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN UKANAFUN LGA OF AKWA IBOM STATE ON WEDNESDAY, 18TH MARCH, 2015 > > Gentlemen of the Press > > The Executive Governor of ... Read More »
In a statement released today, Femi Fani-Kayode said the APC has budgeted $2million to produce a blockbuster documentary, a venture which he described as baseless and full of lies to slander against President Goodluck Jonathan and his government. Below is his statement: “There are three issues that we wish to bring to the attention of the Nigerian Public today, all ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State chapter has berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its penchant for violence while condemning the shooting of a student at Agbamu, Kwara State by political thugs belonging to the PDP. The APC in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said the shooting of an innocent ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that the use of card readers during the forthcoming general elections will guarantee credible elections as incidents of electoral malpractices will be checked. Governor Ahmed stated this when members of Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Producers Association (TAMPPA) paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House, Ilorin. Dr Ahmed who wondered ... Read More »
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), yesterday held a peaceful protest in Lagos to press home its demand for the removal of the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Atahiru Jega, over what it termed biased tendencies. The protest, which started at 10am at the 7up bust stop, old toll gate, witnessed a huge a turn-out of about 150,000 ... Read More »
ByJamie Spencer West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is reportedly on the radar of the Nigerian national team, with the Super-Eagles ready to swoop if he isn’t offered an extension to his Upton Park contract which is due to expire in June. According to the Sun, it is Jay-Jay Okocha, recently hired as the chairman of the Nigerian Football Association, who ... Read More »
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