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 »
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 »
> > 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 »
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 »
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 »
•Valid Number of Registered Voters (post March 2014 CVR) – 1, 407, 222 •Gender Distribution of Voter Population: Male: 661,394 (47%); Female 745,828 (53%) •Number of Registration Areas (Wards) – 332 •Number of Polling Units – 3, 010 •Number of Voting Points – 3, 379 This Article by LANRE ADEWOLE of Tribune periscopes the likely voting pattern in next weekend’s ... Read More »
15 ————————- I have been a student of elections for 42 years. I obtained my first degree in History and Politics from Warwick University, Coventry, England in 1975. In my second year at Warwick, I obtained a scholarship to visit the United States to study the circumstances behind the 1973 election of Maynard Jackson as the first African-American Mayor of ... Read More »
CITIZEN SAMUELSON MOVED TO ANOTHER POLICE CELL Now that the people of Imo state, Nigerians and the World have known the truth that the detained socio-political crusader, Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha and his wife Chioma are 100% innocent of the murder of Architect Franklin Okoli , the Imo State Police Command led by Mr Abdulmajid Ali are in a state ... Read More »
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has condemned the attempt to kill his predecessor, General Muhammadu Buhari, describing the attack as portraying Nigeria as a terrorist nation. IBB in a statement he personally signed and made available to Vanguard last night also sympathised with the families of those killed by the twin blasts that rocked Kaduna State on Wednesday, saying ... Read More »
The Kano Hounarable member from Habibas Constituency in the National Assembly and a member on the committee on judiciary has won his debate on the floor of the house about investigating NJC over Danlami Sanchis fraud case. It has been approved by Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, that NJC should investigate allegations of abuse of office leveled against Justice D.Z. Senchi of ... Read More »
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