THE crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a different turn at the weekend as the National Assembly caucus of the party sent a save our soul (SOS) message to the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), calling for his intervention to protect them from serious danger in the state. The call ... Read More »
All Progressives Congress (APC) Interim Deputy National Secretary, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has given an insight into his ordeal in the hands of Nigeria’s secret police. The former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, who surrendered to the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday after a three-day stand-off, was released around midnight after being held for more than 15 hours and left the ... Read More »
The State Security Service on Monday detained a former FCT minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai at its headquarters in Abuja when he honoured the summons extended to him for making an inciting statement. El-Rufai who had evaded arrest for three days, arrived at the SSS office around 9.20am accompanied by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State who drove him, and Senator ... Read More »
A governorship aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Kayode Amusan, has alleged that the demolition of the perimeter fence of his campaign office in Abeokuta on Monday was politically motivated. Amusan, a former House of Representatives member, said this in his reaction to the pulling down of the fence of his campaign office by officials of the ... Read More »
By its latest editorial of Tuesday, January 21, 2014 captioned ‘Aregbesola’s misguided church project’ has further revealed its open antagonism to the government of Mr. Aregbesola and consolidated itself as the official mouthpiece of mindless opposition in Osun. A mere cursory perusal of the Punch reportage and feature story on Aregbesola’s program in the past couple of months has shown ... Read More »
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned all his political appointees to desist from granting political interviews. The Governor who gave the warning yesterday (Sunday) while speaking at a memorial thanksgiving service for Pa Donald Ochei and Mama Juliet Ochei, parents of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei at St. Peter’s Anglican ... Read More »
Following the release of the elections timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has formally expressed his intention to seek re-election. Fayemi also named key officials of his re-election campaign. In a statement in on Sunday, which he personally signed, Fayemi said: “Following the groundswell of support by leaders and members of our ... Read More »
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan was full of joy and excitement on Wednesday as he accessed his own community, Abigborodo, by road for the first time. An elated Uduaghan told reporters that the 11.5 km Abigborodo road, which has two completed bridges of 20 and 150 metres, will be ready for commissioning before the end of the year. “The ... Read More »
Report reaching NHS indicates that some thugs, on Thursday, invaded the Senatorial Office of Senator Akin Odunsi in Ota, Ogun State, unleashing terror on some of his members of staff and others within the vicinity. A source, who witnessed the incident, informed this magazine that the hoodlums stormed the premises on Thursday morning, destroying properties and beating all his staff ... Read More »
The Kwara State Governor, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of 500 civil servants in the first phase of a quarterly employment drive that will see the engagement of 2000 youths by the end of the year. Governor Ahmed, who announced the decision in Ilorin today, said the office of the Head of Service has been directed to commence ... Read More »
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