The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State on Tuesday said that the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections has shown that the party remains a viable alternative to deliver good governance in the 2016 governorship election. The Edo PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, who stated this while briefing journalists at the party’s secretariat in Benin, also commended the electorate for participating in the general elections held across the state. Orbih said, “The actual race for a change in Edo State Government House has truly started; with two senators and five House of Representatives members, I believe we have started…
Author: Wale Adebayo
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, has vowed that government will never give up on their rescue. The girls, 276 in number, were abducted from their hostel in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram gunmen on the night of April 14, 2014 exactly a year ago. However, some of them managed to escape leaving 219 of them, still unaccounted for. The tragic abduction of the girls, has attracted local and international attention with the PDP-led federal government receiving most of the blame for not swooping into action, despite the existence of a…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has given those in possession of illegal arm and ammunition in the state a seven- day ultimatum to either surrender the weapons or be ready to face the full wrath of the law. According to a statement issued by the governor’s media aide, Semiu Okanlawon in Osogbo on Tuesday, Aregbesola gave the ultimatum while receiving the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry he set up to look into the crisis between Ipetumodu and Ashipa communities. It would be recalled that the two communities had earlier in the year engaged in skirmishes, which led…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 25 for the run off of the Taraba governorship elections. The INEC Head of Public Affairs, Mr Fabian Yame, made this known to newsmen in Jalingo on Tuesday The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that contest is between Mrs Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP. NAN recalls that the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, had on Monday declared the governorship election inconclusive. Mohammad said the number of cancelled votes totalling 127,125 were more than the 54,812 margin…
Madam Olubisi Osinbajo, the mother of the Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Tuesday that God had revealed to her that Nigeria’s lost glory would be restored. Mrs Osinbajo, 80, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that God also revealed to her that the successful and positive change of government would guarantee peace and tranquility in the country. She said, “I give God all the glory for the success of the elections. It came to me that God said he will restore Nigeria and everybody in the world will rejoice with Nigeria. “Today, when I was praying, I saw this,…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana, has congratulated Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on his re-election during the just concluded governorship election. A statement issued by the Olubadan’s Personal Assistant, Chief Isiaka Akinpeli, in Ibadan on Tuesday, quoted the monarch as giving his royal blessings to Ajimobi for a successful second-term stay in office. The Olubadan also expressed delight at the peaceful conduct of the election. He said “I pray for God’s guidance and protection throughout his tenure as governor of the state. We are also delighted that the election was largely peaceful, indicating that the people are…
SPEAKER, ENUGU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to arrest the Accountant-General, Paschal Okolie, for failing to appear before it for the third time. The Leader of the assembly, Sunday Ude-Okoye (PDP-Awgu North), moved the motion for the issuance of a warrant of arrest on the accountant-general during plenary on Wednesday in Enugu. Mr. Ude-Okoye said the arrest became imperative because of his consistent failure to appear before the assembly. “We are all from Enugu State and every time he pretends to be sick, but we keep…
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party has described Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the election of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, as a triumph of democracy and the rule of law. The party said the ruling was a testimony that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man having sustained the wishes and aspirations of the people of the state as expressed in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said the ruling “has given hope to the survival of…
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on losers in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections to emulate President Goodluck Jonathan and concede defeat. The party explained that rather than fan the embers of disunity and peddling of falsehood, those at the losing end should congratulate the winners of the polls. The Chairman of the State PDP Campaign Organisation, Mr. Emma Okah, who stated this while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, described as paradoxical, a situation where election was adjudged free and fair when the PDP lost while the same exercise…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday blamed the inconsistencies of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration for the failure to rescue the 219 female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Saraki, who stated this in Abuja, lamented that the girls would have been found had the Jonathan administration acted swiftly when the girls were abducted by Boko Haram gunmen from their hostels a year ago. Saraki also commended the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, for his refusal to make naive promises on the Chibok girls unlike the outgoing president. He said, “We must…
Re-elected Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has said that the total victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state would never get into his head to the extent of playing God. Shettima spoke in Maiduguri, the state capital, noting that God intervened to give the party victory through an overwhelming support of the people of the state. Addressing stakeholders of the APC yesterday at the Government House, shortly after he was declared re-elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, he said, “Let me also say, that for me as leader of the APC and re-elected…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, has said pilots of the Nigerian Air Force have shown a commendable degree of bravery by defying gunshot wounds to carry out aerial bombardments of insurgents’ hideouts in the North-East. Amosu said this during the winging ceremony of 15 fighter pilots of the Nigerian Air Force in Abuja on Tuesday. He charged the new pilots to emulate the outstanding exploits of their senior counterparts involved in the counter terrorism operations in the North-East. The Air Chief described the pilots waging the aerial operations of the war against Boko Haram as daring,…
The Ogun State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday expressed happiness with the re-election of the State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, for a second term. The Congress Chairman, Akeem Ambali, made this known at the hall of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners in Abeokuta, the State capital, where he held a campaign rally for his own second term bid. The NLC boss said with the re-election of Mr. Amosun, workers should be prepared to enjoy great benefits even as he expressed optimism that union’s projects would get adequate attention from the governor in his second term administration. “We are…
A pro-democracy group, Coalition of Niger Deltans for Justice and Development, on Tuesday, called on aggrieved candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who lost elections, to accept defeat in good faith. The group specifically urged the APC candidates in Enugu, Gombe, Plateau, Rivers, Ekiti, Ondo and Akwa Ibom states to accept defeat and congratulate the winners of the governorship and House of Assembly polls. The group said though the elections in those states might have had some shortcomings, the losers in the election should see the outcome as the wish of the people. The group, in a statement by…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has described the Brazil-Nigeria route as the most notorious for cocaine smuggling. In a statement announcing the arrest of four suspected drug traffickers, who ingested 170 wraps of cocaine, Tuesday, the anti-narcotics agency called on its officials to remain vigilant when dealing with passengers on that route. The suspects tested positive for cocaine ingestion and were placed under observation until the drugs were expelled, the NDLEA said. One of the suspects, Ejiofor Eliezer, 46, ingested 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.155 kilogrammes, the highest single ingestion since January, according to the agency. Mr. Eliezer…
Veteran and highly respected singer, 2face Idibia has sent out a congratulatory message to Nigerians after the Presidential, House of Assembly, Federal, and State elections. 2face who led the #VoteNotFight campaign released the message to Nigerians via his Instagram account. In his message he said that Nigerians should be vigilant of the politicians now in office. “Arise and shine my people! Thanx 4 voting and not fighting. Now we should keep our eyes on those we voted 4 and hold them on their promises. let operation #shineyoureye begin. from councillors 2 house of house of assembly 2 senate. all of…
Well, this is a controversial issue and I really don’t agree with her on this one. A little fuss was made yesterday, April 13, 2015, about Don Jazzy posting a picture of him and Enrique Iglesias which has D’banj cropped out of it. The Cool FM OAP who nearly broke her leg last week, has now sent out a tweet about the issue of cropping. According to Gbemi, she would go ahead to crop anyone who is no longer a friend out of a picture. “Call me petty but I will definitely crop you out of a picture if we are no…
I recall reading this stupid rumor weeks ago about D’banj being arrested. Well, D’banj’s team have come out to say that their artiste does not owe anybody, and he was never arrested concerning any court case. In an interview with Tribune, D’banj’s manger, Danku said that the recent negative reports concerning his client are from “compromised bloggers and print media men.” “It has come to our notice that such ugly stories are only published when D’Banj is not in Nigeria. He travelled on Wednesday and this arrest story went viral on Thursday. That has been the trend. We know those…
Ace veteran comedian, Ali Baba wrote a post on people who get angry when their calls are not picked. The pioneer of Nigerian comedy wrote the post on his Facebook account. Read the post below: – “What I am about to say today is about something the best of us do without knowing. It’s about use of phones and their impact on relationships. Sometime back, my friend called his fiancé & from what I heard, (his tone, his language and body language) I could see a very livid guy! The explanation that he got from the other end of the…
As most of our Nigerian celebrities like to do, Yemi Alade has told us about how she made it from grass to grace. Yemi Alade sat down for a #MySuperStarStory session where she shed light on her journey in music up to this point. The ‘Johnny‘ singer said she had to beg for free studio time because she did not have enough funds to book a studio session. According to her, there were even times when she would have to scrape some money together to buy fuel to run the studio generator before she could be recorded. “I was slated…