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The Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele Campaign Organization has debunked insinuations that it was having an alliance or pact with anybody or group. In a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti today, the campaign organization urged politicians to say the truth at all times and attributed the rumour to those whose success at the forthcoming gubernatorial elections were already damned due to the towering stature of the Labour Party standard flagbearer. According to ... Read More »

  *Say it will be fight to finish Any attempt by former Lagos State governor and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to impose former Accountant-General of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, as the next governor of Lagos would be resisted vehemently, a group, Visioners for New Lagos (VNL) has warned. The group which ... Read More »

Former Ekiti State governor and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose, has accused the Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, of imitating him, saying that a  photocopy can never be  like the original. Acccording to a press statement issued by Fayose’s spokesman, Mr Idowu Adelusi, and made available to the press in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State ... Read More »

The Kano State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Baraka Sani, has resigned as member of the State Executive Council. Sani, who confirmed the resignation through a text message to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday, did not however give reasons for her action. Asked if it was true that she had resigned as being speculated and she ... Read More »

isreal As a follow-up to the recent weeklong Centennial Celebration hosted by GLEEHD Foundation in London to promote Bilateral Trade and Investment between UK and Nigeria, and the Centennial Award Night where Governor Ahmed was a recipient of the A.D King Prize for Achievement in Public Service Award, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed hosted the GLEEHD ... Read More »

The vice president, Arc. Namadi Sambo, yesterday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will recover Ekiti and Osun states and the entire South West ahead of the governorship election in 2014 and general elections in 2015, declaring that the party is heading for war. Sambo, who lamented that the states were stolen from the PDP, however, assured that the principle ... Read More »

As the syndrome of ‘ghost’ workers and students continue to be the order of the day in Nigeria, the government of Niger State, has narrated how it lost over N125million to ‘ghost’ students through a scholarship scheme. Gov. Babangida Aliyu During a recent verification exercise, the state realised that no fewer than 7,000 students purportedly on its scholarship payroll does ... Read More »

Culled from Premium times   Security operative smashed the camera of a photo-journalist taking the photograph of the ailing delegate. A National Conference delegate, Abubakar Abdulmumuni, on Tuesday slumped and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Abuja for medical attention. Mr. Abdulmumuni slumped after the plenary session of the Conference a few minutes after 6 p.m. while emerging from ... Read More »

Gunmen, yesterday, invaded the house of the Speaker of  Kogi State House of Assembly,  Mr. Momoh Lawal Jimoh, at Okengwe, in Okene Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped two of his children. The gunmen, who were said to have gained entrance through the fence, also looted the speaker’s house and carted away valuables including jewellery, television sets and ... Read More »

Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday condemned in strong terms the early morning bombing which left at least 72 persons dead (official figure) in the Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He called on security agents to ensure the perpetrators are exposed and face wrath of ... Read More »