URGENT PRESS RELEASE – The attention of the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON has been drawn to some Newspaper Reports, stating that he has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court concerning 37 members of the House that defected from PDP to APC.2. For the avoidance of doubt, the Honourable Deputy Speaker wishes to ... Read More »
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Ondo to begin use of resident cards in May
The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has said that effective use of the state’s resident card (Kaadi Igbe Ayo) would commence in May. Mimiko said this on Wednesday, while distributing more than 500 cards to pregnant women at the Comprehensive Health Centre at Moferere Market in Ondo. The governor, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs ... Read More »
FASHOLA COMMISSIONS BUSINESSDAY’S CORPORATE OFFICE, CALLS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TO PUBLIC SECTOR
“It is not going to change unless we roll up our sleeves, pull up our boots and go and make the change”, he says Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday officially opened the new Corporate Headquarters of BusinessDay Media Limited christened “The Brook”, in Apapa with a call on Private Sector Operators join the Public Sector ... Read More »
Fresh Cracks In Fayemi’s Govt As Morakinyo, Waste Management Board Boss Resigns to join Labour party
Chairman of the Ekiti State Waste Management Board, Hon. Adebayo Morakinyo has resigned his appointment with immediate effect. Morakinyo, a former Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly resigned today, and returned his official car immediately. His resignation might be the beginning of resignations to hit Governor Kayode Fayemi’s government in the next few days. The resignation letter ... Read More »
Our supporters’ll leave PDP because of Fayose -Aluko
Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party is set to lose some of its leaders and governorship aspirants following the emergence of Mr. Ayodele Fayose as the candidate of the party in the June 21 election in the state. A governorship aspirant of the party, Sen. Gbenga Aluko, who stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, ... Read More »
Police slam 10-count charge on hospitalised The Sun editor
Police slam 10-count charge on hospitalised The Sun editor Abia State Police Command on Monday continued its action against the Associate Editor of The Sun, Mr. Ebere Wabara, with the slamming of a 10-count charge bordering on seditious publications against Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji. Also, the police command on Monday got a warrant from the state’s magistrate’s ... Read More »
Confab latest Alamieyesegha donates Allowance to charity
Former Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Diepreye Peter Solomon Alamieyesiegha, a delegate to the GEJ CONfab, representing the Ijaw nation joins the growing list of conferees who have rejected the N12 million honorarium. According to the ebullient Governor General, his conscience will not allow him to rest if he takes that much for a 3 month national assignment. He however ... Read More »
Big blow for Apc Court asks 37 defecting PDP members to resign
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday asked 37 former members of PDP to resign their seats at the House of Representatives for defecting to the opposition APC. The court perpetually restrained the legislators from effecting any leadership change in the assembly. The court was delivering judgment in a matter brought by PDP asking that the legislators should not ... Read More »
kWARA Governor wife fights Cancer in ilorin
Leah Foundation fights cancer in Kwara The Leah Charity Foundation, an Ilorin, Kwara State based non-governmental organisation has intensified its effort at reducing the incidence of breast and cervical cancers in women through a sensitisation of the women all over the state. According to the Founding Trustee of the NGO, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, who addressed a press conference on ... Read More »
Uduaghan harps on ethnic harmony in Nigeria
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, at the weekend stressed the need for the various ethnic groups in the country to forge a common front towards making Nigeria a great a prosperous nation. Besides, Uduaghan disclosed that the state government would soon tackle the traffic and sanitation problems in some part of the state. Governor Uduaghan, who spoke at ... Read More »