The Department of State Security (DSS), has expressed worry over the spate of politically motivated killings in Rivers State ahead of the March 28 and April 11 elections in the country. The Director of DSS in Rivers, Mr. Abok Nyam, who voiced this concern when the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state, Mr Opaka Dokubo paid him a courtesy visit in Port Harcourt yesterday, advised those involved in such crime to desist from it as politics is meant for development and not for destruction. While calling on politicians to realize that everyone has the right to…
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Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo State Governor The Oyo State government has claimed that a protest, last week, by a splinter group of pensioners in the state under the aegis of Retired Primary School Teachers, was sponsored by political opponents of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Festus Adedayo, the government said it had it on good authority that the pensioners’ rank had been infiltrated by opposition elements, most especially Accord and Labour Parties. “This is a season of politics and so we are not surprised. When a group of pensioners say…
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has asked traditional rulers in the state to prevail on their subjects to take advantage of the extension of the deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission to collect their Permanent Voter Cards. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, extended the deadline for collection of PVCs from March 8 to 22, six days before the commencement of the general elections. Dickson, who made the call on Saturday in continuation of the State Government’s ‘Operation Show Your PVC’ exercise in Yenagoa Local Government Area, also urged the royal fathers to engage the services of town…
Unfortunately for Shank, he hasn’t been able to get any lucrative endorsement deal over the many years he’s been around. In a new interview with Saturday Beats, Shank said he can never be jealous of new acts like Patoranking because there’s a platform for reggae artistes to flourish in Nigeria. the “Julie” crooner told SB that,“I feel happy that finally, there is a platform for reggae artistes to be seen in the same light as any other secular act; so it is a win-win situation for me. I can never be jealous of Patoranking. There is no envy at all.…
Wow, this is a little bit off the normal. We are used to seeing her share her usual raunchy photos, so this is a relief for us. The controversial Kenyan raunchy video vixen, Vera Sidika shows off her collection of several designer shoes. The curvaceous model, who has reduced the frequency with which she posts raunchy photos and twerk videos on social media took to her Instagram account on Thursday, March 13, 2015 to show off her impressive shoe collection. She captioned the colorful image: ‘Some of my babies love to chill in a very organized manner.’ See post below:…
Award winning popular Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic and her manager, Mildred Okwo were all smiles at the office of Danium Energy Services Limited, owners of Mercury Green Pointblank Pictures on March 12, 2015. The actress visited the company to sign a new Multi-million naira movie deal, the movie is titled “Mary“. See photos from the meeting below: –
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In his resignation letter dated March 15 sent to the chairman of the PDP Sharada Ward in Kano Municipal Local Government Area, Na’Abba, who led the Reps during the Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure presidency, accused President Goodluck Jonathan of reducing governance to a ridiculous level and splitting the country along ethnic and religious lines. “You are no doubt aware of the abysmal level to which the leadership of our great Country under President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have reduced governance…
The Director, Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said he changed his mind concerning President Goodluck Jonathan and had no regrets. He, therefore, slammed the All Progressives Congress for running newspaper advertorials with his renounced and outdated views about the president, describing the action as a measure of the opposition party’s desperation. The PDP campaign spokesperson in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, noted that the resort to such childish and dirty tactics by the APC would not distract him from his present assignment of selling the candidature of President Jonathan…
The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, of sewing fake Police uniform for thugs to use them to rig the forthcoming general elections. To achieve the plan, the opposition party said thugs in police uniforms would be unleashed on its members to prevent them from mobilizing voters, which will create fear in the minds of APC members to enable the ruling Peoples Democratic Party have a field day during the elections. The APC also raised the alarm over alleged plan by the governor to arrest the party leaders on trumped up charges before…
A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, has called on members of the party in Ondo State to unite for the purpose of ensuring maximum votes for President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election. Oke, who was the PDP governorship candidate of the PDP in 2012, has been engaged in a supremacy battle with Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who defected from the Labour Party to PDP. Oke and Mimiko, however, are united in their quest to see President Jonathan win a second term in office, despite their political battles. The former PDP guber…
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the All Progressives Congress has strong evidence against President Goodluck Jonathan over his alleged plot to foist an Interim Government on Nigeria. Fayemi’s assertion came on the heels of an allegation by the national leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he was offered the position of Vice President in an interim government being planned by Jonathan. The APC leader also claimed that following his rejection of the offer, which he said was aimed at breaking the ranks of the opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party-led federal government…
Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, at the weekend, alleged that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and leaders of thought in the North for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) had tactically withdrawn their support. He described them as enough signals that the party had lost the battle. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Fayose added that “the sudden U-turn made by Northern leaders, who had realised that Buhari would be made to shortchange the North, had rattled the party.” The governor claimed that Atiku…
A human rights activist, Mr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has thrown his weight behind the Senate in its screening and confirmation of Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, as a minister. Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had kicked against Obanikoro’s nomination as a minister by President Goodluck Jonathan owing to his alleged involvement in rigging of the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. The opposition senators also cited the former Lagos PDP guber aspirant’s implication in “very sensitive issues that touch on national interest” as well as court cases, among their reasons for opposing his nomination. However, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and leader of the Itsekiri nation in Delta State, Dr. Alex Ideh, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of failing the ethnic group. Ideh, in a statement issued on Saturday, said people of the region and other geo-political zones in the country would, therefore, cast their votes en masse for President Jonathan’s main rival in the March 28 presidential election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). According to the Itsekiri leader, the recent return of Buhari from the United Kingdom had reignited the spark in the political arena and served as a reassurance of the candidate’s…
John Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC has stated that the “burial ceremony” of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP which was postponed by President Goodluck Jonathan will hold on March 28. Mr. Oyegun said this in Port Harcourt at the zonal rally of the APC. The APC Chairman who was in the state with the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, his running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, and national officers of the party, said that despite the needless postponement of the elections, Nigerians will still give a befitting “funeral rite” for PDP. The chairman who told a surging crowd…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has promised to alleviate the plight of pensioners across the country if voted president in the March 28 election. Buhari said this when a group of ex-servicemen protesting their treatment by the PDP-led administration in the country presented a petition to him. He expressed sadness at the way senior citizens, who have served the country with zeal and patriotism in their youth, are being treated by the government as they are being subjected to indignity and suffering while waiting to be paid their gratuity and pension. “A situation where…
Three Chinese workers kidnapped by gunmen in Kogi state, were yesterday released unhurt, police said. “I can confirm to you that the abducted Chinese workers have been released. They were freed today through a joint operation by the police and other security agents,” state police spokesman Sola Collins Adebayo told AFP. According to Adebayo, the hostages who were seized on Friday at a quarry outside the state capital, Lokoja were released unhurt. However, he did not say if any ransom was paid. The Chinese nationals were, Friday, abducted by the gunmen who killed a policeman in the shootout that ensued…
Popular Nigerian poet Odia Ofeimun has urged Nigerians to join him to vote in President Goodluck Jonathan for another term. According to him, his decision to vote Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election is because he has outperformed all his predecessors in office. He particularly praised the president for convening the national conference and fighting corruption in the country. “Listen, in the case of Goodluck Jonathan, I always wanted to support him because I knew he would do a national conference and he went after it methodically; and even Tinubu admitted it that he was methodical in the way…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, has condemned in strong terms, the attack on his campaign convoy by thugs blaming the attack on his political opponents. The attack, which took place in Marraraba, Karu Local Government Area while Maku was on tour of the state in continuation of his campaign ahead of the governorship elections on April 11, makes it the second time he has been attacked in such a manner. The first was five weeks ago at Kwandere A statement by Zakari Edego, Director Publicity, Maku Campaign Organisation said:…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigerian (FAAN), Saturday, evacuated the body of a suspected stowaway, who died at the undercarriage compartment of an Arik Air plane – airbus A345, Reg CS-TFX at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos . General Manager, Public Affairs for FAAN, Yakubu Dati told newsmen that the corpse, which is yet to be identified has been deposited at an undisclosed mortuary, following due diligence by the relevant Aviation and Security agencies. “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is currently reviewing footages of the CCTV system and airside security operations with a view to identifying the…