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Edo will cut costs to survive 2015 –Oshiomhole

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said the government will renew its commitment to cut costs and block leakages as part of measures to survive the expected drop in the revenue accruing to the state as a result of the crash in the price of crude oil. Speaking yesterday at the state’s first executive […]

Picture:Rivers APC members shot as Buhari begins campaign

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

• Some injured All Progressives Congress members on their way to the hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State… on Tuesday. | credits: Sahara Reporters AT least, one person was feared killed and many others seriously injured when armed youths shot at vehicles conveying supporters of the All Progressives Congress from Asari-Toru and Khana Local […]

Presidential campaign: Why PDP chose Lagos for kick-off

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Lagos, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

•250,000 supporters to welcome Jonathan •President to unveil achievements at rally DETAILS emerged on Monday as to the factors that informed the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to kick off its presidential campaign in Lagos. The presidential campaign team announced on Monday that the president would be kicking off his re-election bid in […]

Jonathan will win, but… —Fayose

Posted by admin Ekiti, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

EKITI State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday, said the result of the presidential election will not be a win-win situation, but assured that President Goodluck Jonathan would be re-elected next month. Speaking on his arrival from a foreign trip, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Fayose said: “Let me make it clear to […]

Imo 2015: Ikedi Ohakim We Know (Part 1) – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News Friday, January 2nd, 2015

By Kenneth Uwadi | NNP | Jan. 2, 2014 – I know how much I spent in one year on fuel to generate my own light for my household in Mmahu-Egbema of the Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo state. That automatically means that I am my own Governor, no matter the idle Mallam, unproductive fellow pretending […]

Chibuike Amaechi’s dictatorial godfatherism

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, January 2nd, 2015

By Ishaku Adamu A visitor to the capital of Rivers State, Port Harcourt, will be struck by the presence of large billboards bearing full length pictures of the state governor, Chibuike Amechi. It would have been ordinary and not inspire any interest or question if these billboards, and the images they bear, were not recently […]

Press Release: Threat to Amaechi’s life unacceptable – APC

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, January 2nd, 2015

APC: CHANGE! APC IS WORKING, NIGERIA IS CHANGING, PDP & IMPUNITY ARE SUFFERING. OFFICE OF THE SENIOR SPECIAL AIDE ON MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THESTATE CHAIRMAN OF APC, RIVERS STATE CHAPTER No. 38 Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt E-MAIL-apcchangeriversstate2019@gmail.com, apcrivers@yahoo.com TEL: 08038199163 02-01-15 PRESS RELEASE THREAT […]

An Open Letter to the Good People of Oyo State – By Adewale T. Akande

Posted by admin Adewale T. Akande, Armed Forces, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News Friday, January 2nd, 2015

By Adewale T. Akande | Barcelona, Spain | Jan. 2, 2014 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF OYO STATE Good day and compliment of the season to all sons and daughters of Oyo State. Precisely on the 3rd of February this year, Oyo State clocked 38 years. In 1976, our able State was […]

Rivers State Govt. press release – RE: Using state resources to fund APC events

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, January 2nd, 2015

APC: CHANGE! APC IS WORKING, NIGERIA IS CHANGING, PDP & IMPUNITY ARE SUFFERING. OFFICE OF THE SENIOR SPECIAL AIDE ON MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THESTATE CHAIRMAN OF APC, RIVERS STATE CHAPTER No. 38 Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt E-MAIL-apcchangeriversstate2019@gmail.com, apcrivers@yahoo.com TEL: 08038199163 29-12-14 […]

‘Rivers’ monthly allocation slashed by 50%’

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, January 1st, 2015

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said on Thursday that the monthly federal allocation to the state had been slashed by over 50 per cent as a result of the dwindling oil prices. Amaechi, who disclosed this during his New Year message broadcast live, […]