Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio has spoken on the raging issues of sponsorship of murders and kidnappings in the state.Answering questions on the issues, Akpabio said: ‘I raise my hand in the sky, if I have ever had anything to do with kidnap or murder in my life, let it not be […]
STILL basking in the euphoria of the more than 90 per cent votes he gave to President Goodluck Jonathan last Saturday in Imo State, Governor Ikedi Ohakim, on Monday declared that opposition politicians would be defeated during the April 26 governorship election. Ohakim, who is contesting for a re-election on the ticket of the Peoples […]
The Kano State Government, on Friday inaugurated a transport scheme for female students of public secondary schools in the state. Governor Ibrahim Shekarau inaugurated the scheme at the Government Arabic College (Girls), Goron Dutse. It will be managed by the Kano State Ministry of Works and Transport. Seven luxury buses will ply designated routes […]
The Court of Appeal Friday upheld the verdict of a Federal High Court barring the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting governorship election in Kogi, Cross River, Sokoto, Adamawa and Bayelsa next week. The appellate court which dismissed the consolidated appeal lodged before it by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as substantially lacking […]
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, will today, decide the fate of five sitting Governors of Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross River states, with regards to whether or not they should vacate their respective offices on the 29th of next month. The appellate court which will today deliver judgment on the appeal […]
A motor accident caused by armed robbers yesterday claimed the life of one person in Benin, while 14 others who sustained varying degrees of injuries were rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), The accident reportedly occurred at about 12pm yesterday at the Benin bye-pass when two buses had a head-on collision while […]
THE Rivers People Congress, yesterday, warned that no harm must befall the state governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. National leader of the group, Chief Martins Kunumgbe, in a statement said the Federal Government should offer protection to the citizens, adding that a strong security presence is needed in the riverine parts of the state. The statement […]
FIVE state governors have been directed by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, to within three days file their reply to the appeal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking to vacate the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, extending their tenure beyond May 2011. The court also gave three days to […]
No fewer than 352 candidates will contest the April 16 governorship election in 26 out of the 36 states in the country. A list of the candidates posted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on its websitewww.inecnigeria.org on Sunday, shows Rivers State topping the list with 28 candidates. Delta State came second with 23 […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged the nation to consider a single tenure for the president and governors, a uni-camera legislature and a reduction in the number of ministers in the search for a durable democracy. This is as he accused the present ruling class of failing to leave […]
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