THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State, has called on security agencies investigating the murder of Otunba Dipo Dina, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the 2007 election in the state to extend their investigation to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. […]
Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Faggo was impeached by 20 out of 31 members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly as Speaker last Wednesday. Alhaji Haliru Abubakar Jika was sworn-in to replace him. However, Faggo has gone to court to challenge his removal, just as Jika insists, he is the new Speaker. Both men spoke with […]
Barely 12 hours after the name of Governor Sullivan Chime was published as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the April polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of yesterday removed his name from its list in Enugu State. INEC had on Monday published the name of Chime as […]
Former military governor of the old Oyo State and erstwhile Sole Administrator of Ekiti State, Maj.-Gen. Tunji Olurin (retd.), on Monday said he was persuaded to join the governorship race in Ogun State by Governor Gbenga Daniel. Olurin, who spoke at hisresidence in Ikoyi, Lagos, said the Ogun State governor practically begged him to […]
The Nigerian Police Force has deployed its policemen from five states to provide security for the take-off of President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign at the Lafia Mini Stadium, Lafia in Nasarawa State on Monday (today). The state Police commands contributing the officers are Plateau, Benue and Niger, Federal Capital Territory and the host, Nasarawa. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 1,828,455 eligible voters in Jigawa State. The state INEC’s Administrative Secretary, Alhaji Bala Shittu, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse, said that the figure represented the number of registered voters as at Friday. Shittu explained that the INEC officials […]
A fresh attempt at ensuring that the Independent National Electoral Commission accepts the list of the Ogun State candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party submitted by the state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has suffered another setback. The PDP and INEC had against an earlier position accepted the lists of candidates submitted for the forthcoming general […]
Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has challenged his political opponents to market themselves to the citizenry through an open debate with him. Ohakim threw the challenge at the Grasshoppers International Handball Stadium Complex, Owerri, when he unveiled his Deputy Governorship candidate for the April gubernatorial poll, Professor (Mrs.) Viola Adaku Onwuliri. “We must debate […]
The London Telegraph reported yesterday how the Yar’Adua administration opted out of a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain unless the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State. Chief Ibori is accused of laundering more than 196 million Pounds public funds in Britain. The agreement would have allowed Britain deport more […]
Claims responsibility for killings || They’re our biggest headache – IGP || The dreaded Boko Haram has threatened Jihad against the government, even as it claimed responsibility for the killing of prominent citizens of the Borno State among whom were the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate of the state, Alhaji Modu Fannami Gubio […]
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