A chieftain of the All progressives Congress APC, in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has congratulated his Excellency Dr. John Olukayode Fayemi on his victory at the just concluded governorship poll in Ekiti State which was held yesterday. In a statement made available to journalists today Princewill described the... Read more
Former vice-president and leading presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will be commencing a consultation and familiarization tour across the country beginning from July 16, 2018 ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former vice-president will begin with a scheduled visit to Gombe State on... Read more
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had declared Dr Kayode Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the election with 197,459 votes.... Read more
Amidst widespread allegations of vote-buying and rigging, the All Progressives Congress(APC) candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Nigeria’s Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has been declared winner in 12 out of the 16 local government areas of the state. According to the results as released by the Independent National... Read more
Lagos, Nigeria, July 11, 2018: Nigeria must multiply its efforts to strengthen the economy and provide all the necessary social and physical infrastructure to keep up with the country’s explosive population growth, the Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM) has said. MeCAM is a media advocacy group against child... Read more
Nation on False Foot: Please Rethink!!! Remember: 1. Ironsi promulgated the Decree 34, of May 24, 1966, which was erroneously called unitary decree. It was not. It actually strengthened Nigeria Federalist outline in creation of Groups of Provinces. A kind of states within regions. That was to deepen the... Read more
Day after the nation-wide outrage following the long shooting incident at the Ekiti State Government House and the tear-gassing of the state governor, Chief Ayo Fayose by personnel said to belong to it, the Nigeria Police Force has refuted messages circulated in the social media that the “Police invaded... Read more
Nigeria’s former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), together with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and 37 other political parties and groups on Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ahead of the 2019 general elections. Chairmen of the political parties signed the MoU at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, and... Read more
South-East Governors’ Forum (SEGF) on Sunday rejected the proposal by the Federal Government to establish cattle ranches in some states in the country to solve the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The forum also condemned the recent killings in Plateau State linked to Fulani herdsmen. Dave Umahi, the... Read more
The leadership of Ohanaeze in Bayelsa on Sunday dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of former vice President Atiku Abubarka who visited the state in June to canvass support. Ohanaeze noted that it was against the objectives of the pan Igbo Socio cultural group to delve into partisan politics... Read more
