A former Governor of Oyo State and candidate of the Labour Party, Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Monday told the incumbent governor in the state, Abiola Ajimobi, not to bank on the name of the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to help him win re-election as the state governor. Ajimobi is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Others in the Oyo governorship race, which promises to be a tough contest considering the array of candidates on parade include another former governor, Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party; Seyi Makinde of the Social Democratic Party and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate,…
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A former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to a Vanguard report, Aondoakaa, who made the decision known in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, said he was leaving partisan politics to take care of his personal businesses as well as engage fully in his law practice. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said, “I am leaving politics to fully engage in a bigger law practice and also tend to my businesses. I have already tendered my resignation letter to the party”. On the allegation making…
The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has described those who are asking the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to jettison the electronic card readers for accreditation of voters as poll fraudsters. The APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy in Osun, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this in a statement issued in Osogbo on Monday. The APC spokesperson said those mounting pressure on INEC to stop the device wanted to use fraudulent means to gain what they lost during the March 28 presidential election when the card reader was used. The statement read, “Whatever the difficulties experienced during…
FILE PHOTO The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested six suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos. The suspects: Nwodo Chidiebere Anthony, Ikebalum Nicholas Ogochukwu, Madu Michael Okey, Okoye Kelvin, Nnadobe Obiora Anthony and Nwaokolo Gladys Omari, were arrested on Monday with assorted illegal substances. The cumulative quantity of the narcotics recovered from them is about 16.51kg. The drugs include 10.27kg of cannabis, 1.31kg of methamphetamine and 4.93kg of cocaine. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mitchel Ofoyeju, who confirmed the arrest, said two of the suspects were bringing cocaine from Brazil, while two others…
Hajiya Mairo Bunu, the Borno Accountant-General, on Monday appealed to donor agencies to mobilise support for the rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Bunu made the appeal when she presented some relief materials to Gov. Kashim Shettima for the victims. She said the Boko Haram insurgency had resulted in mass destruction of infrastructure which might be difficult to rebuild without the support of the international community. “The insurgency has indeed led to mass killings and destruction all over the state. Borno requires lots of assistance to be able to restore the structure destroyed by the insurgents.…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo, Mr. Mike Igini, said on Monday that the National Assembly election for Orhionmwon, which was cancelled would hold on Saturday, April 11. He announced the new date in Benin while addressing reporters. It should be recalled that the March 28 National Assembly election was cancelled due to non-availability of electoral materials including result sheets. Igini said, “Quite a number of challenges which arose during the March 28 elections and were brought to our attention by the public have been acknowledged. “I will be meeting with electoral officers after this conference to review the outcome…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned what it called the “emerging height of political recklessness in Lagos and Ekiti states” ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections and called on all Nigerians to stand up against such anti-democratic tendencies. In a statement by its spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, Monday, the party said the “senseless and unpatriotic” impeachment move against Governor Ayo Fayose by out-going APC state legislators and the “barbaric” death threats on non-indigenes in Lagos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, if they vote for the PDP candidate, Jimi Agbaje, ascend to a height of unruliness…
A former governor of Anambra State and presently Senator representing Anambra Central, Dr. Chris Ngige, at the weekend said that it had not been easy playing politics of opposition in Nigeria, in view of the domineering attitude by those in government. Still basking in the euphoria of the victory of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28, 2015 presidential election, Ngige, who had been in Abuja with President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, said he played opposition politics for 10 years and, therefore, knew how the shoe pinched. The medical doctor-turned politician, who returned to a hero’s welcome by members of the APC…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as winner of the March 28 presidential election, there was hope that the administration of the President-elect would take Nigeria to greater heights. Anenih in a two- page statement, titled, “Marching on with Hope” in Abuja on Monday, urged those who might still hold a grudge about the outcome of the March 28 presidential election to emulate the selflessness and magnanimity of President Goodluck Jonathan, who not only accepted defeat, he also congratulated the All Progressives Congress candidate on…
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has again dismissed the purported impeachment notice posted online by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the State House of Assembly, saying he was yet to be duly served the notice. The embattled governor, who was speaking at an audience participatory programme “Meet Your Governor”, aired on the state-owned Television, EKTV, Ekiti Radio, Progress FM and NTA, Ado Ekiti on Monday, described those plotting his impeachment as the same enemies of Ekiti State that plotted his exit from office in 2006. “Nobody served me any impeachment notice. I only saw the notice online like every other person”, he said.…
FILE PHOTO In the absence of any last minute changes, the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will visit Owerri, the Imo State capital today on a thank you visit. According to a Government House statement signed by Governor Rochas Okorocha’s media aide, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, and made available to journalists in Owerri, the visit will serve as avenue for Mr. Buhari to meet people of the state and thank them for contributing to his resounding victory at the recently concluded presidential polls. “His Excellency, General Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, will be visiting…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday alleged that it had lost about 55 members to election violence in Rivers State. It also accused members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of attacking its members ahead of the April 11 governorship election. Speaking at a conference in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed alleged that, “PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr Nyesome Wike, aided by the security agencies, have continued to kill and maim our members and supporters. We have lost 55 members of our party to political violence in Rivers State.”…
The presidency has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all security personnel attached to politicians and individuals believed to be close friends and associates of the president and top government functionaries, reports have said. The security personnel involved include the military, police, Department of State Services (DSS), armed squad of the para-military like the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Customs, Nigeria Prisons and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officials, among others, the Nigerian Tribune gathered. It was learnt that the security personnel were massively deployed to individual politicians, who were in support of the re-election of President Jonathan and PDP…
Wife of the president-elect, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has promised women a better deal than they currently have once Muhammadu Buhari is inaugurated come May 29. In an Easter Message released in Abuja yesterday by Malam Garba Shehu, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mrs Buhari wished women in the country the blessings of the season. “I wish Christian women the abundant blessings of the Easter celebration. “Nigerian women are among the hardest working social groups, but have remained economically and politically marginalised. “Under my husband’s government, honest labour and hard work would be adequately rewarded, while corruption would…
Suspected members of terrorist group Boko Haram, on Sunday invaded Kwajaffa community of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state, killing 25 residents in the predominantly Christian village. According to a Vanguard source, the gunmen also set many houses, shops and a local church ablaze. The terrorists who were more than 20 were fully armed with AK47 rifles, petrol bombs and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). They reportedly stormed the community at about 10pm on Sunday using two Hilux vehicles and 5 motorcycles. One of the residents, Ahmad Ali told AFP that, “the residents thought the Islamist insurgents were going to…
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, was recorded on Sunday threatening Igbos in Lagos with death in the lagoon if they did not vote for Akinwunmi Ambode the governorship candidate of the APC. The Oba then released a statement denying he made such statements and stating that he will continue to bless and protect all those who reside and visit Lagos. We have since received exclusive video footage showing a visibly angry Oba of Lagos making unconcealed venomous threats to Igbos if they chose to vote as they please rather than according to his wishes. See the video and a…
The deputy governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Ahmed Mahmoud, has been expelled from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for voting for the opposition in the March 28 presidential election. Mahmoud was expelled during an emergency meeting held by a PDP stakeholders of Galagamma ward of Gumel local government area of Jigawa state. The stakeholders of the party expelled Mahmoud for alleged anti-party activities in the last presidential and senatorial elections in the state. According to a statement by the Chairman of PDP, Gumel local government area, Alhaji Ibrahim Dogo Kafinta, through the Director of Press to Jigawa state governor, Umar…
Over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists may be dead, an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Raad Zeid al Hussein believes. Hussein’s belief is premised on the fact that the girls may have been part of the women who were murdered by the insurgents before they fled from Bama and other towns in Borno State following an offensive by the Nigerian military and allied forces from Chad and Niger. The terrorists had slaughtered scores of abducted women who had been forced to marry Boko Haram fighters,…
Veteran famous Nigeria DJ, Cool DJ Jimmy Jatt has heaped praises on Ayo ‘AY’ Makun by calling him the ‘king of show business’. In a red carpet interview at the 2015 AY Live Comedy Show in Lagos, the award winning disk jokey disclosed his admiration for AY. “Among all of us who do events like this, including myself, AY has shown he can do it well.” “Year after year he’s done this[event] and the crowd keeps coming. That shows he’s doing something big, right and enjoyable,” Jatt added. Jimmy Jatt, who arrived the red carpet with a huge body guard, sported a sky-blue-colored…
The veteran actress, mother, reality TV star and role model in Nigeria, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has reached an impressive two million followers on the social networking site Facebook. This great achievement was acknowledged by the award winning Nollywood actress yesterday, April 5, 2015. “Whoop!Whoop! 2 #million likes on Facebook today. 5/4/15. Amazing! What an Amazing Easter Gift. Thanks y’all…remember 2 years ago, we got to 1m ( 1st in Africa ) on my birthday. Now as we celebrate Christ’s resurrection , you’ve gifted me with your 2nd million!!! May everything in all y’all’s life begin to rise and blow your minds in…