Courtesy Punch No fewer than 14 persons died on Thursday evening in Gombe State when a vehicle crashed into the convoy of the Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo. The procession was returning from the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in nearby Bauchi State when the tragedy occurred. According to TheCable, an online news platform, the vehicle which was heading to ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
Vote Jonathan, Folarin, and get Ibadan State – Akinjide –
The people of Oyo State have been urged to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and all Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates in February to ensure the creation of Ibadan state. Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), made the call during PDP campaign for Jonathan and Sen.Teslim Folarin in Ibadan on Thursday. Akinjide said that Jonathan ... Read More »
You deserve second term, Oyo pry school teachers tell Ajimobi
Primary school teachers in Oyo State on Friday trooped out in their thousands to express their support for the re-election of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, saying that the governor deserved a second term in view of his monumental achievements since his assumption of office. The teachers, who were from all the 33 local government areas of the state, converged on the ... Read More »
For The Records!Gov Fashola Accusses Federal Government of Frustrating Buhari’s Fundraising
Dear Compatriots, Barely 48 hours ago I invited you to a press briefing to unveil our plans to raise funding for the Buhari-Osinbajo campaign. I told you about the problems we were having with the domain by the Federal Government, which forced us to switch from www.apcgmbpyo.com.ng to www.apcgmbpyo.org. I mentioned the commercial nature of the transactions we had with ... Read More »
FG Has Failed Kwarans – Gov. Ahmed
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says the Peoples Democratic Party controlled federal government has failed Kwarans as it has no tangible achievements in the State. Governor Ahmed made this assertion when the All Progressives Congress campaign train made a stopover at Patigi, Kpada and Lade towns in Patigi local government area of the state. Governor Ahmed noted that the ... Read More »
Read MESSAGE FROM MUHAMMADU BUHARI THIS MORNING
Good morning, my friends. As we continue our relentless pace campaigning for # Change this week, let’s reflect on the past few weeks -GMB I have become seriously disturbed by the volume of falsehood and desperation from the opposition campaign of the PDP. I clearly underrated the panic and lack of integrity that leads people to tell barefaced lies, and ... Read More »
Al-Makura campaign manager’s pregnant daughter beheaded
Courtesy Punch Unidentified gunmen have beheaded Mrs. Amina Suleiman, the daughter of the Director General of Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al – Makura’s Campaign Organisation, Mr. Musa Illu. PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, who was seven months pregnant, was assassinated on Monday in her home in Katsina State. It was gathered that her husband, Mr. Mohammed Suleiman, ... Read More »
Soldiers intercept 3,600 ballot boxes in Ogun
Men of the Operation-Mesa attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday intercepted a truck loaded with 3,600 ballot boxes at Odogbolu, along Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway. The soldiers were said to be on a stop-and-search operation when they intercepted the truck, its driver and the content of the vehicle were said to have been handed over to ... Read More »
I’ll retain 37 LCDAs in Lagos, says Jimi Agbaje
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has said he will retain the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) created by the Bola Tinubu administration, if elected. Agbaje told reporters in Lagos that he would grant greater autonomy to the LCDAs and the original 20 local government areas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ... Read More »
Opinion Governor Fayose Endangers Nigeria by Joe Igbokwe
Today in the front pages of the Punch and the Sun Newspapers, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State jettisoned all norms and decency associated with that exalted office and consequently put the whole of Nigeria in danger. Governor Ayo Fayose in one fell swoop passed a death sentence on the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC Genera Muhammadu Buhari ... Read More »