Governor of Ekiti State and Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, yesterday said he remained unshaken by the defection to All Progressive Congress, APC, by the immediate past governor of the state and former Vice Chairman of PDP in the South West, Segun Oni, an engineer by profession. Fayose-campaignAt ... Read More »
Build ups to the August 9, 2014 governorship poll in Osun State took a new turn on Tuesday, when the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state alleged that students of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Ejigbo campus, were selling their voter cards to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents for N10,000 each. Describing the development “as a shame and tragedy ... Read More »
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has welcomed a U.S. offer to send an American team to Nigeria to support the government’s response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by an Islamist militant group, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the American embassy in Nigeria is “prepared to form a coordination cell” that ... Read More »
On behalf of himself, the federal government, President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday extended his heartfelt condolences to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, the government and people of the state on the passing away of former governor of the state, Sir Michael Otedola. The president also conveyed sincere commiserations to all members of Sir Michael’s immediate family as well as his ... Read More »
The Alafao of Afao,Oba Joseph Adebare Ademilua has said it was not true that the former governor of the state, Mr Ayodele Fayose locked him inside his palace to prevent him from attending to Governor Kayode Fayemi during the governorfs campaign tour to Afao Ekiti last weekend. The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation had at the weekend accused the Fayose of ... Read More »
Contrary to rumours being peddled around by propagandists and some failed politicians, we wish to state categorically that Hon Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) remains actively involved in the Ekiti governorship race, he has neither stepped down nor gone into alliance with anybody or group. The rumours making the rounds that he has stepped down for a particular candidate is a lie from the pit of hell concocted by ... Read More »
A former Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Kudirat Iyabo Adeleke and eleven other suspects implicated in a N5.6Billion pension fraud, were today re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on charges bordering on conspiracy, stealing and criminal breach of trust. The other persons who were re- arraigned ... Read More »
The PDP candidate who had a cantankerous relationship with the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti when he was governor of the state has asked for forgiveness saying that he is now a better man. The hallmark of the face-off between the former governor and the traditional ruler at that time was when the state government recalled the official vehicle earlier given to ... Read More »
It has been brought to our notice, the rumour emanating from enemies of progress being spread across Ekiti State that the Labour Party Governorship candidate Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) has withdrawn from the June 21st, 2014 race. I want to state categorically and affirmatively that Hon. Bamidele has not withdrawn from the Ekiti State Gubernatorial Election and is still ... Read More »
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has become a living saint in Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state. The council area, harbouring Asaba, the state capital, named a major road leading to the state Government House after him. At a snappy ceremony, held at the popular Summit Junction in Asaba, the Transition Committee Chairman of the council, ... Read More »
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