The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade has updated its earlier report that a crew member who was earlier declared dead has resurfaced. The engineer crew member of the crashed Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter earlier declared missing has been found alive, he said. The crew member who was declared missing when his body could not be located in ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
Tribunal orders substituted service on Fayose
The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday granted an order allowing the All Progressives Congress to serve the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, its petition through substituted means. The three-man panel chaired by Justice Muhammad Sirajo granted the order after two separate exparte applications were consolidated by the APC’s counsel, Kabir ... Read More »
DON’T BLAME ME FOR YOUR PARTY’S SELF-INFLICTED WOES – PRESIDENT JONATHAN TELLS BUHARI
We have noted with much surprise and regret, the statement issued by General Muhammadu Buhari today in which he made some wild and totally unsustainable allegations against President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Although he tries very hard to deny it in the statement titled “Pull Nigeria Back From the Brink”, there can be no doubt that General Buhari has sadly moved ... Read More »
Goodluck to Chibok Mothers!i will bring home your Girls(see pics from the meeting)
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Tuesday in Abuja reassured the Chibok community that his Administration is doing everything humanly possible to rescue the over 200 girls abducted from a college there in April and return them safely to their parents. Speaking at a meeting in the Presidential Villa with parents of the abducted girls, some of the girls who escaped ... Read More »
Osun 2014: Oyinlola Shuns Omisore Campaign Train
THE Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) suspended National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has said he cannot join the party’s governorship campaign train since his alleged suspension has not been lifted. Oyinlola also asked a former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, to speak on what the South-West PDP leaders discussed recently at his Abuja residence on the party’s National ... Read More »
Nasarawa: Governor Al-Makura Dodging Impeachment Notice
The governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Al-Makura has been revealed to be deliberately dodging from getting his impeachment notice from the State House of Assembly. The Clerk of the House Mr Ego Maikeffi, on Tuesday stated this when he told the press that several attempts by him to get to the governor has been unsuccessful as he was denied entry ... Read More »
Adamawa Assembly Impeaches Nyako,Speaker to BE Sworn in 4pm
The Adamawa State House of Assembly in Yola has impeached the state Governor Murtala Nyako on the premise that the governor is guilty of gross misconduct. Eighteen out of the 24 members of the Assembly voted to impeach the governor after adopting the report of the seven-man panel set up to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the governor and ... Read More »
OSUN PEOPLE DONT BELIEVE YOUR LIES,Aregbesola tells omisore
The APC flag bearer, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has flayed his PDP rival of campaigning on a platform of lies and challenged him to project what he would differently from the incumbent. Aregbesola, through a statement by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon, said that it was remarkable that Omisore was bent on dissipating energy on personalities and discrediting his administration instead ... Read More »
10 Ogun APC lawmakers defect to PDP
—INDICATIONS emerged at the weekend that10 members of Ogun State House of Assembly have defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. APC-PDP This brings to 13 PDP members in the House as the party before now had three members elected under the party. The defection was reportedly facilitated by a member of House ... Read More »
Nyako Panel to submit impeachment report Monday
The seven-man investigative panel set up by the former acting chief judge of Adamawa State, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy Bala James Ngillari will submit its report on Monday. The secretary of the committee Mr Eston Binanu, made the disclosure to LEADERSHIP correspondent via telephone yesterday. The secretary of ... Read More »