A total of 565 inter-ministerial projects executed from 2007 to 2013 have been inaugurated in Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Godswill Akpabio has said. The governor, who spoke yesterday during a town hall meeting and constituency briefing at Ikot Ekpene Council Hall for Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, gave a breakdown of the projects as follows: Ikot Ekpene got 189, Essien Udim, 266 and Obot Akara, 110 projects. Dressed in a traditional attire, Akpabio further mentioned roads in the constituency to include dualised portions of Abak – Ikot Ekpene Federal Road, Uyo – Ikot Ekpene Federal Road, Ikpe…
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Ex-Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Timipre Sylva has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will ‘chase out’ the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in his state come 2015. He stated this when he led a delegation to pay Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State a courtesy visit on Friday at the Government House, Port Harcourt. Sylva, who was accompanied by some former Bayelsa council chairmen, remarked that the APC in the state was on the victory path and would do work hard to dislodge Governor Seriake Dickson. “We are united, we are ready, we are marching on to take chase out…
A former acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on Saturday said it would be a herculean task for the party to reclaim Kwara State in the 2015 elections. Kawu, who is now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, spoke on the backdrop of President Goodluck Jonathan’s vow that PDP will recapture its ‘stolen mandate’ in Kwara come 2015. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara capital on Saturday after attending the APC ward congress in his Baboko ward, Baraje claimed that PDP members were making such quest, because according to him, APC members…
The Federal Government is collaborating with the World Bank to fight youth unemployment in Nigeria. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, announced this in Enugu at the Special Day of National Directorate of Employment at the 25th Enugu International Trade Fair. He described skill acquisition as an effective and reliable tool for socioeconomic development of the country. In spite of this collaboration, the minister held that skill acquisition helped in creating self-employment and that it was antidote to unemployment and idleness among the youths. According to him, the Federal Government is committed to creating more jobs for the youths…
Leaders of Tiv, Fulani, Jukun and Hausa communities in Taraba, have signed a peace agreement on behalf of their people to end violence and foster development. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Saturday in Jalingo at the end of a peace meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was presided over by Mr Michael Zuokumor, DIG in charge of Operations and leader, Presidential Peace Committee. The communiqué stated that representatives of the four ethnic groups in four local government areas of Wukari, Ibi, Donga and Takum met and resolved to end violence. It stated:…
The police in Zamfara have arrested some persons in connection with the murder of Hajiya Hadiza ‘Yarauta, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Talata Mafara. The Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara Police Command, Mr Lawal Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Saturday that unknown persons attacked her with sticks on March 29 which led to her death. The police spokesman said that those arrested were currently helping the police in their investigations and those found wanting would be taken to court. The party’s ward primaries were held last week in the state, with…
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa has suggested ways of ending the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers in various parts of Nigeria. Clashes between Fulani herdsmen who move around various states with their cattle and local farmers has led to the death of hundreds of people in various states including Benue, Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Jigawa, and others. While speaking to journalists in Yola on Saturday, Mr. Nyako said one of the ways to avoid such clashes was to ensure that whenever a herd destroys crops, the owner of the herd should pay for the crop destroyed after evaluation by relevant…
Patoranking has quickly become a household name in Nigerian music and has no intention of backing down. Apparently Patoranking has already teamed up with the beautiful Tiwa savage for his Girlie O remix. Here are behind the scenes of the Video which was Shot in London. Directed By Moe Musa. Photos below: –
A former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has expectedly been declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in the state. Mr. Omisore defeated a former Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, a former Minister of Youth Development. We had earlier reported that a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Oluwole Oke and first Executive Governor of the state, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, had pulled out of the primaries citing different individual reasons. Mr. Omisore was reportedly declared winner of the primaries on Saturday by the chairman of the Organising Committee, Adamu Aliero,…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has debunked reports that the party’s congress, slated to commence nationwide on Saturday (today), has been postponed. In a statement issued in London on Saturday, APC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the congress is presently ongoing as planned across the federation. The statement said: “We urge our members to ignore the wild rumours on the postponement of the congress, which is another attempt by the enemies of democracy to sabotage the party’s monumental progress”. Meanwhile, the APC has disowned one Emi Abata, who is parading himself as the Chairman of the Lagos State…