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AKHA Declares seat of 4 members vacant for decamping to APC

The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly (AKHA) this afternoon on the purported directive of the Peoples Democratic Party declared vacant the seats of its members who recently recamped to the opposition parties. The announcement which came as a surprise was delivered by the Speaker of the House, Elder Sam Ikon after the days’ deliberations, bothering on the augmentation of ... Read More »

PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPOINTS NEW SURE-P CHAIRMAN

In furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as the new Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). Mr. Akau, whose appointment takes immediate effect, replaces Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) who served as Chairman of the ... Read More »

Inferno At AIT & Chisco Establishments: A Height Of Political Brigandage & Intolerance

The leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law condemns unreservedly the reported fire outbreak at the Radio section of the African Independent Television (AIT) in Lagos State, which was reported on Monday, 9th March 2015. Just weeks ago this year (2015), luxury buses worth hundreds of millions of naira belonging to CHISCO Transport Company Limited ... Read More »

Ajimobi is a wayward person, says Akala

A former governor and Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has lambasted Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his media handlers over what he described as “uncouth behaviour and penchant for lying” in an interview granted the special adviser on media to Governor Abiola Ajimobi, one Festus Adedayo. The former governor who reacted through his director of public ... Read More »

I hate violence – Patience Jonathan

The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday told the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress that “she is a woman of peace that can never be identified with electoral violence.” She said there was no way somebody like her who occupies the exalted office of the President of the African First Ladies Mission would be ... Read More »

PETER OBI IS NOT THE SOUTH-EAST – APGA WARNS THE PRESIDENCY

We, at the ALL PROGRESSIVES GRAND ALLIANCE (APGA) NIGERIA, will warn of the absence of a PDP Presidential campaign machinery in the South-Eastern States for President Goodluck Jonathan. We re-iterate that the PDP machinery may not take APGA’s efforts at campaigning for the President for granted. One would have thought the APGA’s goodwill and co-option of the PDP Presidential candidate ... Read More »

Mbeki, Abdulsalami meet Buhari in Kaduna

A former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, and a former Head of State,Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday met with the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in Kaduna ahead of the rescheduled March 28 presidential election across the country. At the closed-door meeting at the Jabi Road office of the Katsina-born former Head of State, in the heart ... Read More »

Breaking!PDP Says Goodluck and Muazu have good working Relationship

Says It Remains Focused On Its Campaigns The People’s Democratic Party has stated that the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and the Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu are in very good terms contrary to insinuations that the relationship between the duo has gone frosty. This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, ... Read More »

Lagos APC Lauds INEC For Successful Trial Of Card Readers.

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the successful test running of the card readers for the 2015 general elections. The party said that the successful test run of the card readers has vindicated INEC’s preparedness for a free and credible election while exposing those that oppose the card ... Read More »