Category Archives: Politics
Goodluck off for private visit to uk,Back tomm
State House Press Release: President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja this afternoon for a brief private visit to the United Kingdom. The President was accompanied on the trip by some of his principal staff and personal aides. He is expected back in Abuja tomorrow ahead of official engagements at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday including scheduled audiences with groups from ... Read More »
2015: INEC fails to publish presidential candidates’ names
Despite assurances by the Independent National Electoral Commission, it failed to display the list of presidential candidates for the 2015 general elections on Friday. But political parties have continued to submit the list of candidates for the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections to beat deadlines stipulated by INEC. Although the commission has explained that the list of candidates, ... Read More »
Stop Acting Fayose slams Osibajo’s Brt bus ride
The Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] Governor of Ekiti State, Fayose has called the theatrics of the newly appointed running mate [Prof. Yemi Osinbajo] to the All Progressive Congress [APC] presidential candidate [General Mohammadu Buhari] a fake and dishonest. The Governor made the statement in the morning [10am] of December 26, 2014 while appearing at Ekiti State owned Television and radio ... Read More »
Incendiary comments by politicians: APC urges Jonathan to lead by example
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to show leadership by example instead of engaging in mere rhetoric, saying talk becomes cheap the moment words lose their meaning In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said President Jonathan’s exhortations at a Christmas service in Abuja on ... Read More »
Gbemi saraki Turns Down PDP running mate ticket
Courtesy Thisday Former senator representing Kwara Central senatorial district at the National Assembly and governorship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded governorship primary election of the party in Kwara State, Senator Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki, has rejected the slot for deputy governorship candidate extended to her by the governorship candidate of the party, Senator Simeon Sule Ajibola. ... Read More »
Adeboye predicts bright future for Ekiti
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adebayo, has predicted a brighter future for Ekiti State. He made the prediction at the Governor’s Office in Ado-Ekiti while praying for Governor Ayodele Fayose and the people of the state. Adeboye who was in Ekiti in continuation of the annual statewide crusade christened ‘Let’s Go A-fishing’ explained ... Read More »
See How Gov Fashola,Ambode and osibajo partied at Lagos island Club
DIMEJI BANKOLE MOVEMENT URGES CALM AMONG OGUN CIVIL SERVANTS
With the failure of the Ogun State government to pay the salaries of civil servants therefore blighting their festive season, the Dimeji Bankole movement , has empathised with civil servants in the state and implored them to be patient as this would be the last year ever they would suffer such forced hardship. In a statement issued last night by ... Read More »
Goodluck Jonathan xmas Message to Nigerians,join me to pray for peace(full message)
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO THE NATION FROM GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, DECEMBER 25, 2014 Dear Compatriots, I greet and felicitate with you all once again as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I join all of our Christian compatriots in giving thanks to God Almighty for the divine gift of Jesus ... Read More »