Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday declared that she would contest the 2015 governorship election in the state on the ticket of ACCORD Party. Onitiri-Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, made her intention public in a statement issued by her in Lagos. The aspirant ... Read More »
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Lagos State’s money disappears from Wema Bank account
Staff of Wema bank, Iponri in Lagos State are still reeling in shock over the disappearance of N6.5 million from an account in the bank. The money belongs to the Vehicle Inspection Office of the Lagos State Government. The money in question is the proceed of fines imposed by the VIO and payments for other services by the office between ... Read More »
Online insults can fetch you five-year jail term
For using profane language on other people or pelting them with insults or abusive words on social networking sites, Internet users in Nigeria risk a jail term that ranges between 12 months and five years. Section 18 sub-section 1 of the Cyber-Crime Bill 2013, which is pending before the House of Representatives, expressly states that anybody who “insults publicly, through ... Read More »
Imo 2015: Senator Hope Uzodinma talking rubbish —Governor Okorocha
imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has dismissed as fiction the claim by the Senator representing Imo West, Chief Hope Uzodinma, that Okorocha and his kitchen cabinet plan to launch a smear campaign against him in a desperate bid to sabotage his 2015 governorship ambition. Okorocha in a statement by his senior media aide Sam Onwuemeodo: “First and foremost, the allegation ... Read More »
Concerned Lagosians Hit Back at Tinubu,you lack Credibility to ask JEGA to resign
Asiwaju Tinubu issued a statement on Inec Chairman Prof Jega today asking him to resign,Here is what Concerned Lagosians are telling Asiwaju Tinubu If the former governor of Lagos is a sincere progressive and truly wants progress, he should demand Fatai Adeyinkas resignation as LASIEC chairman, practice what you preach, look at the mirror and ask the man you see ... Read More »
Enugu PDP crisis: Governor Chime orders demolition of Deputy Governor’s poultry farm
he crack within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State seems to have taken another dimension as officials of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority on Monday began the evacuation of the 3500 birds at the poultry farm belonging to the state Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, inside his official residence. DailyPost learnt that the evacuation is preparatory to the ... Read More »
Nigerian Boy Kills Mother In America
A 20-year-old Forest Hill man was arrested by Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies early Thursday morning, hours after police said he stabbed his mother to death in their home. Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr., 20, was taken into custody without incident at approximately 4:30 a.m., when detectives canvassing the Forest Hill area located him in his family’s white Lexus SUV at ... Read More »
Resign now, Tinubu tells Jega
Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Atahiru Jega, to resign, if he cannot guarantee perfect elections next year. He was reacting to Jega’s comment that Nigerians should not expect perfect elections in 2015. Speaking with reporters yesterday after the All Progressives Congress’s (APC’s) membership registration sensitisation meeting held ... Read More »
Ekiti 2014: Fayemi is our candidate, says APC
The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said that incumbent Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has emerged its lone candidate for the June 21 governorship poll in Ekiti State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that interim Chairman of APC in the State, Chief Jide Awe said that though APC had regard and respect for the Constitution and Electoral Act, ... Read More »
GTB RESPONDS TO ONDO WORKERS SHUTTING DOWN OF BRANCHES
According to a statement released by the Bank as at press time, the Ondo State Government guaranteed a facility to a related party in April 2008 and the Bank only exercised its rights under the terms of the agreement by setting off outstanding sums against the State Government funds with the Bank. The Bank further reiterated that it was not ... Read More »