486 Suspected Terrorists: Gov. Orji Dares Jigawa lawmakers
Angered by the alleged threat by the Jigawa State House of Assembly to drag Abia State Government to court over the arrest of their citizens among the 486 Boko Haram suspects intercepted by the army...
View ArticleMove To Impeach Nyako Suffers Setback As 11 Lawmakers Soft Pedal
The move to impeach Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy, James Bala Ngilari seems to have suffered a setback as 11 members, who initially appended their signature on the notice of impeachment, have...
View Article2015: Jonathan Urges Youths To Vote For Credible Candidates
President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Nigerians against scuttling the 2015 general elections through acts of violence and thuggery. He urged youths in particular to shun negative tendencies from...
View ArticleFayose Dedicates Victory To Ekiti People
The governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday dedicated his victory to the people of the state. Fayose, while speaking to NAN in Ado-Ekiti said that his victory reflected the wishes of...
View ArticleBamidele Accepts Defeat, Describes Outcome Of Ekiti Poll As ‘True Reflection...
OPEYEMI BAMIDELE ON THE QUEUE YESTERDAY WAITING TO BE ACCREDITED… CAME DISTANT THIRD The second runner-up in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State and candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Hon....
View ArticleEkiti: Fayemi Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Fayose
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who lost in his bid to govern the state for a second term, has congratulated Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for emerging victorious in...
View ArticleJonathan Congratulates Ekiti Gov-Elect, Offers Him Support
FROM LEFT: EWI OF ADO-EKITI, OBA RUFUS ADEJUYIGBE; PDP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE FOR EKITI, MR AYO FAYOSE AND PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN, AT THE OBA’S PALACE DURING THE GRAND FINAL OF EKITI PDP...
View ArticleI’ve No Hand In Nyako’s Impeachment Plot – Akpabio
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has dissociated himself from moves by the Adamawa State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Muritala Nyako, advising those linking him to the plot to look...
View ArticleFayose’s Victory Indication APC Is Not On Ground – PDP
The PDP on Sunday attributed its victory at the just-concluded Ekiti State governorship election to its strict adherence to the principles of internal democracy. This is contained in a statement issued...
View ArticleSaraki Congratulates Fayose, Says Ekiti Polls Should Serve As Lesson To Jonathan
Former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has hailed Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for toeing the “path of honour” by congratulating his opponent, Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples...
View ArticleEkiti: Afenifere, CNPP, Others Congratulate Fayose
The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), on Sunday congratulated the governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose. The News Agency of...
View ArticlePDP Victory In Ekiti, Foretaste Of What To Come In 2015 – Aliyu Tells APC
Following the official announcement of the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party, whose candidate, Ayodele Fayose, was declared winner, has been...
View ArticleFayose Thanks Ekiti People, Promises To Work With Fayemi, Bamidele
The governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday thanked the people of the state for voting for him and promised to work with Gov. Kayode Fayemi in developing the state. Fayose spoke at a maiden...
View ArticleI Will Beat Up Adeleke When I Leave Office – Minister
Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan has threatened to engage former governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a...
View ArticlePardoning Convicted Corrupt Persons Encourages Corruption – El-Rufai
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday expressed his concern over the act of granting state pardon to convicted political office-holders. El-Rufai, while...
View ArticleFayose: I Want To Be Awolowo Of Ekiti State
Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said his deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka, will not succeed him in 2018. He also said industrialisation of the state...
View ArticleRivers PDP Sponsors 50 Stakeholders To Brazil, Prepares To Take Over State...
The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has vowed that the Peoples Democratic Party will displace the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Rivers Government House come 2015. Wike...
View ArticleWe Almost Didn’t Field Fayose As PDP Candidate – Mu’azu
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, on Sunday said Ekiti State governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose would not have been the party’s candidate if “the Nigerian...
View ArticleAlleged Plot To Impeach Amaechi An Invitation To Anarchy – Rivers APC
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has described an alleged plot by six anti-Governor Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers to impeach him, as ridiculous and undemocratic. The allegation...
View ArticleOsun Guber: Oyegun, Tinubu, Visit Oyinlola
The newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met a former governor of Osun State, Prince...
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