The running mate of Deacon Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom State PDP Governorship candidate, Obong Moses Ekpo has dismissed as a ruse, his purported resignation from ticket as reported by a local tabloid in the state. Obong Ekpo reaffirmed his joint candidacy as Deputy Governor for the 2015 General Elections, during the Ibeno Governorship Campaign rally held at the ... Read More »
Ekiti Deputy speaker, Rt Hon Adetunji Orisalade early this morning escaped ambush by Fayose’s thugs in an operation clinically planned to seize the Deputy Speaker in his country home, Ilogbo-Ekiti. The advance team of the “arresting party” arrived Ilogbo at 3am. The plan was to surround his house to forestall his escape until the arresting party joins at 5am to ... Read More »
Indications emerged yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, that President Goodluck Jonathan may bring a motion before the National Assembly next week, seeking to postpone this year’s general elections by six months in the first instance. The bombshell was dropped by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, representing Ekiti Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, during a social discourse entitled: “The ... Read More »
The Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] will today, February 11, 2015, elect a new president. The outgoing President Abdulwaheed Omar has served his full tenure as the leader of the union, hence the election of a new President. About one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two delegates that represents workers from all the states of the federation as well as all sectors ... Read More »
The Association of Nigeria News Poll, this week, released the result of its poll in Oyo State. The independent news poll, which margin of error for the survey is plus or minus four percentage points, asserts that about 45 per cent of eligible voters feel they have little or nothing in common with either the incumbent Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi ... Read More »
The Leisure Time Entertainment; in collaboration with the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON), is putting together a Valentine’s show tagged LAFF OUT NAIJA. The Valentine’s Day has been known all over the world to be a day to share love and show affections to all. And that is the opportunity this great event presents. Speaking on the event, one ... Read More »
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is still very much in charge at the commission contrary to reports that he has been sent on compulsory terminal leave by the Federal Government. INEC’s Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Nick Dazang, disclosed this at a Dialogue with Publishers /of On-line Media on Peaceful Elections organised today in Abuja by ... Read More »
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Council Organisation (APCPCO) has decried what it calls embedded vested interest and sinister motives behind the polls postponement and asked President Goodluck Jonathan and his party (PDP) to come clean on the wave of negative speculations in the public domain, to avert unrest and possible civil disobedience that could scuttle our hard-earned democracy. In a ... Read More »
State House Press Release: President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will host a special edition of the Presidential Media Chat tomorrow, Wednesday, February 11, 2015. During the programme, which will be broadcast live on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON) from 1900 Hours, President Jonathan will respond ... Read More »
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, has redeployed 33 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Commands and Formations with immediate effect. The action, according to Force Public Relations Officer, Ag. CP Emmanuel C. S. Ojukwu, is “in line with the determination and drive to enhance the administrative and operational effectiveness of the Nigeria Police Force.” Ojukwu added: “The postings are ... Read More »
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