Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of fooling teachers with the approved payment of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Salary Structure and cancellation of the Teachers Development Need Assessment. Describing it as “deceit of the century,” Fayose said “Ekiti teachers cannot befooled by a government that took them for granted ... Read More »
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Update: Mother Identifies Daughter On Video Of Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls
A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity, a school leader said on Tuesday. The mother watched the video on television on Monday evening and spotted her daughter among the girls sitting on the ground and wearing veils, said Dumoma Mpur, parent-teachers association ... Read More »
Oyinlola, Adeleke, Others Set to Join APC on Saturday
Arrangements have been concluded by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to receive two former governors of the state, Mr. Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Senator Isiaka Adeleke and their supporters into the ruling party in the state next Saturday. Apart from the two governors, also set to defect are the former member of the House of Representatives, ... Read More »
Fayemi says Collapse of Fayose Podium is an act of God, begs Teacher
When the platform on which the PDP candidate Ayo Fayose and others stood on collapsed last week some may have thought it to have been an accident. But not so, for the APC candidate who has described it as an act of God reflective of God’s rejection of Fayose and the PDP. Speaking during a fund raising dinner for his ... Read More »
Suspected Boko Haram spy arrested in MOPOL barracks
Men of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a middle aged man, suspected to be a Boko Haram member, was who caught allegedly spying on policemen at the Mobile Police Barracks, Sector 8 in Jos. The recent incident followed persistent complaints by members of the public on the existence of some strange persons in some parts of Jos and ... Read More »
FG rejects Boko Haram prisoner swap for hostage schoolgirls
The Federal government on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the insurgents. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro told ... Read More »
2015: Akpabio Spends N5Billion on Toyota Corolla Cars
As we count down to 2015 election year, there seems to be a new twist with respect to who succeeds the incumbent Governor of Akwa Ibom State. It is no longer news that Governor Akpabio has anointed his successor and the people of Akwa Ibom State have also drawn a line between Akpabio’s inordinate disguised third term ambition. What is ... Read More »
PDP lauds Nigerians unity over search of abducted girls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday thanked Nigerians for their unison in support of Federal Government’s efforts to rescue abducted Government Secondary School girls in Chibok, Borno, by Boko Haram. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh, made the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja. He said the demands of Nigerians in the past weeks had ignited ... Read More »
Jonathan Breaks Ground for Maritime University, Dockyard in Delta * As Uduaghan seeks Support for Jonathan in 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Saturday when he performed the ground breaking ceremony for the first maritime university in Africa, the Nigeria Maritime University at Okorenkoko, Warri Soith West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on his part has solicited the support of the Niger Delta and the rest of the country for ... Read More »