DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has identified activities of Boko Haram members as potential threat against the eradication of polio in Nigeria and called for vigilance from states where there are no incidences of polio virus. Governor Uduaghan made the observation Thursday in Sapele during the 2014 First Quarter Polio Eradication/Sensitization Campaign in Delta State. According to him, Nigeria ... Read More »
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Ekiti: Bamidele emerges LP candidate
The main challenger to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, in the June 29 governorship elections, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, has emerged as the sole candidate of the Labour Party in the state. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, gave this hint on Wednesday, while receiving Bamidele, who was at the party’s national headquarters to submit his nomination ... Read More »
Uduaghan Commissions NDDC Hostel, Assures Students Of Job Opportunities
Uduaghan Commissions NDDC Hostel, Assures Students Of Job Opportunities DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has commissioned a block of hostel built by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an assurance that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, state Governors and stakeholders are working to create job opportunities for graduates. The Governor who commissioned the hostel at the University of Benin, ... Read More »
Jonathan leaves for Namibia, Italy, Holland
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday begin a three-nation trip that will keep him outside the country for six days. According to a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President will join other world leaders, including President Barrack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande of France, Prime Minister David ... Read More »
Breaking News!PDP Youths Say ‘No’ to Fayose, Vow To Resist Primaries
Hell was let loose at the state secretariat of PDP this morning when angry youths carrying disparaging placards turned their Ajilosun office to a battleground over plan by the party’s leadership to conduct primaries to choose the party’s standard bearer for the June 21 governorship poll. In their hundreds, they charged towards the policemen on guard, vowing to resist “any ... Read More »
Forget Kwara Come 2015 and Face Governance, Kwara APC tells Jonathan.
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the perpetual claims on the political future of Kwara State by President Goodluck Jonathan smears of ignoramus et ignorabimus, and such unwitting claims should be brush-off by Nigerians. The frustration of the Peoples Democratic Party and its Leaders is understandable after the desertion of the sinking party by ... Read More »
Sen Saraki and Doyin Okupe Exchange Angry Words on Twitter
Here is what we found on the timeline of the two politicians early Wednesday afternoon Read More »
Fayemi picks APC nomination form today
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi will pick up today the All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) governorship nomination form at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. He will be accompanied by Ekiti APC leaders, members of the Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation and National Assembly members from the state. Fayemi will return to Ado-Ekiti, via the Akure Airport in Ondo State. He would ... Read More »
FASHOLA FLAGS OFF 6TH LAGOS CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT, ADVOCATES REVERSAL OF ANTI-CLIMATE CHOICES
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday flagged off the State’s 6th Climate Change Summit saying the only way to save the Planet Earth from the adverse consequences of Climate Change was to reverse the choices made by humanity which have resulted in the change. Fashola, who spoke at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island venue of ... Read More »
Ekiti Commisioner talks about alleged Assault of Youth Corper
Ekiti State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Kayode Olaosebikan, yesterday, denied ever assaulting a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member at Otun Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State, weekend. Olaosebikan was said to have had a face-off with the NYSC member, Mr. Thompson Enobong, during the continuous voters’ registration exercise of the Independent National Electoral ... Read More »