Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has signed a 451 billion naira 2014 Appropriation Bill into law with an assurance that more money would be spent on capital projects this year for the benefits of Deltans. Dr. Uduaghan while signing the 2014 Appropriation Bill and three other bills in Asaba, Monday, disclosed that 161.74 billion naira or 36% of the ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday received the German Consul General in Nigeria Mr Michael Derus on a courtesy visit, stating that vocational training and education generally represent one of the twin pillars of human developmental index. The Governor who spoke in his office at the Lagos House, Ikeja, added that once people are well educated, ... Read More »
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed its opposition to the emergence of its candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Ekiti State by consensus, The Eagle Online has learnt. Rather the party said the 16 aspirants who have indicated interest in the race should get set for the primaries. It has fixed the primaries for ... Read More »
Nigeria’s interior minister has rejected calls for him to step down after he blamed job-seekers for their deaths in Saturday’s stampede. At least seven people died after tens of thousands turned up to take a test for fewer than 5,000 positions. Abba Moro told the BBC that there had been “poor handling” of the event by officials but also said ... Read More »
Security has been beefed up around the Federal Capital Territory as delegates to the National Conference which will be declared open later today by President Goodluck Jonathan continue to arrive into the city from various parts of the country. Teams of security men made up of officials of the police anti riot squad, the anti-bomb unit, and State Security Service ... Read More »
A Federal High Court in Kaduna on Monday struck out a suit seeking to restrain President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election in the 2015 general elections brought before it by two leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The plaintiffs, Richard Mneaga, and Shuaibu Lill had sought for, among other prayers, an order of the court to disqualify Jonathan from presenting himself as a presidential candidate of ... Read More »
Wife of the President of the Senate, Mrs. Helen Onma Mark, Monday described as a “wicked lie” allegations that linked her with the consultants that organized the recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday. Nineteen applicants including three pregnant women reportedly died in cities where the NIS recruitment exercise took place. Scores were injured. Mrs. Mark, who ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday reiterated that the overall objective of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Retreat was to put national issues concerning citizens on the front burner. Expressing satisfaction with the third edition of the Retreat hosted by Lagos at the weekend, Governor Fashola who spoke with journalists at the end of the Summit said it ... Read More »
Strong indications emerged last night that the first executive governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke may have formally joined the governorship race in the forthcoming August 9 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sources close to Alhaji Adeleke, told Vanguard that the former chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, took the ... Read More »
MOVED by the ravaging nature of activities of members of Boko Haram who have engaged in massive killing and wanton destruction of property on daily basis, the government of the United States and some Northern Governors hav concluded arrangements to hold a three- day talk shop on security in Africa and Nigeria in particular. An Agency of the US government, ... Read More »
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