Presidential election: APC has conceded defeat- Fayose Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has said the ego of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been deflated as it has tactically conceded defeat few days to the March 28 presidential election. The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, said that the sudden ... Read More »
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Bishop Oyedepo, Covenant University Laud Diamond Bank Plc
Diamond Bank Plc has been commended by the presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo and Chancellor, Covenant University, for the Bank’s robust Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and commitment to strategically empower Nigerian youths with cutting edge ICT knowledge. Oyedepo said during the commissioning of a state-of-the-art ICT Centre built by Diamond Bank as part of her CSR ... Read More »
Group tasks Nigerian professionals on nation building
A non-political group, Take A Stand, at the weekend called on Nigerians to go beyond ordinary complaints and carry out revolution by voting for the right candidates during the forthcoming general elections. The group’s Coordinator, Mr. Adebola Odu-Onikosi, made the call through a paper presentation titled ‘Nigeria of Our Dreams’ at a one-day roundtable discourse in Abuja. Stressing that having ... Read More »
PICTURES: GOV. FASHOLA, AMBODE, OTHERS AT APC GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN RALLY AT ETI-OSA LGA
PICTURES: GOV. FASHOLA, AMBODE, OTHERS AT APC GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN RALLY AT ETI-OSA LGA Pix 9835: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN (6th right) addressing party faithful during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Rally at Ilasan, Eti Osa Local Government Area, Lagos, on Monday, March 10, 2015. With him are: His Deputy, Hon. (Mrs.) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (3rd left), ... Read More »
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 »