Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State A semblance of hell broke loose Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital as members of rival political parties violently attacked each other, destroying campaign bill boards and inflicted heavy bodily harm on rival party members on a day President Goodluck Jonathan storm the capital for his presidential campaign. […]
THE bribery allegation leveled against the Presiding Judge, Justice Jonathan Shakarho who vacated a restraining order against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognizing Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala as the nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State. has excused himself form handling the case. Justice Shakarho of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, […]
The hide and seek between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and son of the late Head of State, Mohammed Abacha over the governorship slot of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kano State is over. Specifically, INEC told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that indeed, Abacha, is the governorship candidate of […]
YOUTHS of Kuru in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State have arrested a herdsman allegedly dressed in an army camouflage uniform. THE PUNCH learnt that the unarmed herdsman was arrested by members of a vigilance group on Thursday while he was on a suspected reconnaissance mission for a planned attack on the […]
A lecturer at the Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Mr. Clement Faar, was one of the two persons shot dead by three gunmen, who stormed his compound at Yeghe in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The other victim, who was identified as a Canada-based Nigerian, Mr. Pius Gbarazia, was with […]
THE Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated that former Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Ade Dosunmu, remained its governorship standard-bearer in the state. The party’s stance was sequel to reports of a court order restraining it from parading Dosunmu as its candidate in the April polls. A […]
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, has said he was behind President Jonathan’s ambition to get elected in April not because he does not want a fellow northerner to clinch the presidency, but that based on the circumstance in which the president assumed mantle of leadership, he remained the most suitable […]
Indubitably, Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, is on a hot seat, particularly so because of the unending crisis that had become the lot of the state in recent times. He even admits that the state has a lot of challenges but does not agree that things were as bad as they are being painted. In […]
The Lagos State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change has endorsed the choice of a Christian from the South-East as its deputy governorship candidate. The state chairman of CPC, Chief Ajibade Emiabata-Balogun, said the choice was to ensure that all ethnic groups in the state had a sense of belonging. He added that […]
Barely 24 hours after the Court of Appeal ordered the re-instatement of impeached Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi, the State House of Assembly has returned to the court seeking stay of execution of the order. This is because the lawmakers have headed for the Supreme Court to appeal against the re-instatement order. […]
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