EKITI State Governor-Elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Sunday congratulated Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola on his re-election as governor of the state and sought good working relationship with him to move their states forward. Fayose, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, described Aregbesola’s victory as a plus for democracy in Nigeria as it showed ... Read More »
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Gov. Aregbesola’s victory: ‘Reward for good governance’ – Ahmed.
PRESS STATEMENT Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the re-election of the Governor of State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as an affirmation of the supremacy of the wish of the people and reward for good governance and purposeful leadership. Governor Ahmed said this in a congratulatory message to Governor Aregbesola, adding that the Osun State Governor has ... Read More »
Breaking News: Fashola reduces LASU fees.
Gov. Fashola orders the reversal of Lagos State University fees to the sum of N25,000, after months of protests by students and lecturers in the university. Gov.Fashola gave the directive today August 7th at the convocation programme of LASU which held earlier today at the LASU Ojo campus ground. The Lagos State Government had in 2011 increased the fees from ... Read More »
Julius Agwu intends to run for Governor of Rivers state.
Is this is a joke?… Julius Agwu has officially declared his intentions to run for governor of Rivers State in 2015. The comedian said he decided to join the governorship race after pressure from his people to lead them. The party he will contest under will be unveiled in due course he says. Read More »
Nigeria, US agree on partnership to fight Ebola
President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Joe Biden have agreed that Nigeria and the United States would work together to urgently curtail the outbreak of Ebola virus. Jonathan and Biden met in Washington D.C. on Tuesday on the side-line of the on-going US-Africa leader’s summit, according to a ‘readout’ issued by the White House, Office of the Vice President. Ebola ... Read More »
Oyinlola’s defection will not affect PDP’s victory- PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Tuesday’s defection of Osun governor, Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to All Peoples Congress (APC) would not affect outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Gani OlaOluwa, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo. Describing the defection as “inglorious’’, Olaoluwa said that there was ... Read More »
Jonathan will contest 2015 presidential election, says Anenih –
The Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih, said on Tuesday in Calabar that President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the presidential election in 2015 on PDP platform. Anenih said this while addressing party faithful at the maiden zonal tour of the South-South by the new PDP chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu. “I want the national chairman to go home ... Read More »
Breaking News! Army, Police Take Over Venue of Labour’s Aregbesola Support Rally in Osogbo(see pics)
> > The Situation Room of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun hereby reports that men of the Nigerian Army have taken over the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Venue of the rally organized by the entire workers of Osun to show support for the re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. > Stern and gun-wielding security agents stopped those who had ... Read More »
Group Accuses Akande of Planning to Impose Daughter as Lawmaker
A group, Boluwaduro Democratic Vanguard (BDV), has charged a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, not to impose his daughter, Dr, Temitope Ilori, as House of Representatives candidate, urging him to allow internal democracy to thrive in Osun State, especially the federal constituency. But in response to the allegation yesterday, Ilori, who is the state Commissioner ... Read More »
MEMBERS OF SENATE COMMITTEE ON PRIVATISATION VISIT GOVERNOR UDUAGHAN
Uduaghan to petition Jonathan over suspension of company officials The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has frowned at the action of the new management of the Delta Steel Company, Ovwian-Aladja, for arbitrarily sacking the heads of the company’s Hospital and Technical High School. Governor Uduaghan, who described the action as “wicked, insensitive and inhuman”, has threatened to petition President ... Read More »