Former Kano State governor and chieftain of tha All Progressives Congress, APC, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. . Shekarau along with thousands of his supporters, today, joined the PDP at an elaborate ceremony in Kano. . Details later.
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An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 23-year-old man, Kwame Dogo, in the Ilesa prison for an alleged rape. . Magistrate Olusola Aluko who gave the order, said the accused should be remanded in prison because of the magnitude of the offence. . The prosecutor, Sgt. Elijah Olusegun, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Jan. 17, at about 4.00 p.m, along Iwo Road, in Bode-Osi Local Government Area of Osun. . Olusegun said that the accused forcefully and unlawfully had carnal knowledge of one Mojesi, 11, who was his neighbour’s daughter. . He said…
The Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP), National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu`azu, on Wednesday appealed to governors on the party’s platform to plead with their colleagues who defected to the opposition to return to its fold. . He made the appeal in Abuja, when Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa-Ibom, led 13 PDP governors and two deputies on a congratulatory visit to the new chairman in his office. . “I want to passionately appeal to you not to relent in appealing to your colleagues that left the party, which is their home to an unknown destination, to please come back. . “The doors are…
A media stir over an alleged open letter from former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida to President Goodluck Jonathan was calming late Wednesday after raising concerns among close associates of the two men. . The letter which was a regurgitation of a statement issued by Babangida on the state of the nation in July 2011 was rehearsed to fit in with present realities. . The statement received a life of its own after it was posted on the Facebook page of All Progressives Congress, APC Deputy National Secretary, Mallam Nasir El-rufai. . The letter was, however, dismissed as a concoction…
The Association of Deaf, has appealed to Kogi State government to open up the Universal Basic Education(UBE)Special School approved for the Deaf by the Federal Government. . Kogi State Chairman of the Association, Prince Tokula G. Sobo who made the appeal while addressing journalists in Lokoja, expressed concern over what he termed the non -challant attitude of the state government toward deaf education in the state, adding that the school which has been approved since 2009 is yet to be opened. He also lamented that the two existing Deaf Schools in the state, have not been given adequate attention, alleging…
Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Mark Ishaku Taraba chapter, on Wednesday said that the union had begun the building of 1,000 houses for civil servants in the state. . Ishaku said that about 80 hectares of land was acquired for the project which would be completed in two years. . He said that the project, cited in Kona area of Jalingo, would be effectively monitored by the unions Housing Committee. . During an inspecting tour of the project, the NLC chairman said that “these 1,000 houses are the first set of the 5,000 housing units we plan to build”.…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Addis Ababa announced that Nigeria has mobilised 700 million dollars to support the completion of Nigeria- Algeria gas pipeline project. . Jonathan made this known in a report on the status of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline project, presented at the 30th meeting of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee. . Represented by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Viola Onwuliri, Jonthan renewed the special commitment of Nigeria to jump start the project, which has an estimated cost of 20 billion dollars. . He said the immediate focus for Nigeria was…
It was earlier reported that 11 PDP senators has defected to APC. . The Senators that defected to the All progressives Congress (APC) party in a letter sent to the Senate President are. . 1. Senator Bukola Saraki-Kwara Central 2. Senator Umaru Dahiru-Sokoto South 3. Senator Magnus Ngei Abe -Rivers South-East 4. Senator Wilson Asinobi Ake-Rivers West 5. Sen. Bindawa Muhammed Jibrilla-Adamawa North 6. Sen. Mohammed Danjuma Goje-Gombe central 7. Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan-Taraba North 8. Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume-Borno South 9. Senator Mohammed Shaba Lafiaji-Kwara North 10. Sen. Abdulahi Adamu-Nasarawa West 11. Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir-Sokoto East
Eleven Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. . Details later.
Ahead the 2015 general election, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday consulted with leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo. . Atiku, who visited the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole in his office in Benin said he was in the state as part of his nationwide consultation with the leadership of the party. . He said that the tour was in fulfilment of his promise to consult with relevant stakeholders across the country on his political ambition. . He commended the state government on its infrastructure development under the present administration and urged the governor to…