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Ogun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has explained the circumstances surrounding his decision to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, citing the bonding of friendship with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as his driving motif, at a time when candidates on the platform of his faction of the PDP have defected to the Peoples Party […]
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State News, Zamfara
Monday, March 7th, 2011
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that no fewer than 400 infants have died and over 500 persons were admitted in various hospitals in Zamfara State as a result of the outbreak of lead poisoning, just as experts blamed illegal miners for the scourge. The Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi made the […]
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Ogun, State News
Monday, March 7th, 2011
The Special Adviser on Sports, Youths and Empowerment, to the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, has explained why supporters of the governor decamped to the relatively new political party in the state, the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN). Rasheed Ajayi, who is also the current state Publicity Secretary of the (PPN), yesterday said the hierarchy of […]
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Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Monday, March 7th, 2011
DETACHMENTS of mobile policemen from neighbouring states have been deployed in Bayelsa State ahead of today’s visit of President Goodluck Jonathan, for his political rally slated for the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Yenagoa, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) started arriving in the state on […]
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Edo, Education, State News
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Edo State Government has committed the sum of N4bn to the reconstruction of 60 primary and junior secondary schools across the state. This was announced by Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the Action Congress of Nigeria campaign at Agenebode in Etsako East and Fugar in Etsako Central Local Government Areas on Saturday. A statement by […]
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Ogun, State News
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
ABEOKUTA-SUPPORTERS of Governor Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State, yesterday,finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and joined the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, as exclusively reported by Vanguard several weeks ago. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PPN, Alhaji Raheem Ajayi,confirmed that Daniel’s faction had dumped the PDP for his party declaring that […]
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Osun, State News
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State may have proved wrong critics of his administration as he inaugurated 20,000 volunteers in the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) yesterday. When the government introduced the scheme, opposition party picked holes in the project, describing the exercise as a ploy to train a militia group in readiness for the […]
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Akwa Ibom, State News
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Akwa Ibom State government has banned all solidarity visits and political rallies to the governor’s office till further notice. This was part of the statement issued through the Commissioner for Information and Social Re-Orientation, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, on the heels of an incident at the Government House, on Friday, when some student groups visited Governor […]
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Imo, State News
Friday, March 4th, 2011
GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has approved N1 billion micro-credit scheme for all youths in the state. The development came as the 27- member Imo State House of Assembly, presided over by Goodluck Opiah, unanimously passed a motion expunging from their records the names and offences of five of their members suspended in 2008 […]
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Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The legal battle for the soul of the Ogun State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended yesterday with the camp of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo emerging victorious over the faction loyal to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in its judgment affirmed former ECOMOG commander, General Adetunji Idowu […]
