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Three members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti State on Monday suffered bullet wounds from a clash between alleged loyalists of Governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi and member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele at Iyin-Ekiti, again underlining feelings of rancour in the ruling party in the state. Bamidele has never […]

The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) on Monday elected Willie Obiano as its candidate for the governorship election to be held on November 16 in Anambra State. Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Martin Agbaso, who announced Obiano, an Executive Director with Fidelity Bank Plc as winner of the primary election said he polled 817 votes out of a […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Congress, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday shattered the hopes of Mr. Andy Uba, winner of a factional primaries conducted for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State. Tukur, instead declared Tony Nwoye, winner of the primaries conducted by the other faction as the authentic candidate of the party. Uba, a Senator and […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, relieved the Minister of Youth Development, Inuwa Abdul-kadir of his appointment.A terse stateent from the Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim announced the sack. The statement reads, “His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of […]

The River Sate Chapter of People Democratic Party, Monday, lived up to its billing by expelling eighteen members of the party, loyal to Gov. Rotimi Amaechi.The party cited failure without any justifiable reason to submit themselves before the performance evaluation committee of the party as rationale for their expulsion, but sources says that the expulsion […]

The supremacy battle between Governor of Ogun State, Sentaor Ibikunle Amosun and Chief Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of the state and kingmaker in the All Progressive Congress (APC) is already giving party members in the state and the federation a cause for concern. It is their belief that if nothing is done by the […]

The National Interim Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the approval of the establishment of State Harmonisation Committees (SHC), in a bid to avoid creating a vacuum and also to regulate the activities of the party at the state level and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement issued in […]

Arik Airline has expressed shock at the discovery that a teenager at the Benin Airport evaded multiple aviation security checks to stow away into the main wheel of its aircraft and travel to Lagos. According to the airline, incessant security lapses at the airports all over the country call for serious worries, and the Federal […]

Human rights lawyer and social critic, Mike Ozekhome, has been kidnapped. According to President of Public Interest Lawyers League (PILL), Abdul Mahmud who confirmed the development, Ozekhome was kidnapped on Friday night along the Benin-Auchi motorway in Edo State. “Last night (Friday), news broke out that Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had been kidnapped by unknown persons […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has demonstrated enough commitment to ending the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by providing N30bn to support university councils in settling the ‘earned allowances of workers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has said. Speaking at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and […]

There are indications that two separate candidates may emerge as candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State from today’s governorship primaries ahead of gubernatorial elections scheduled to hold on 16th November 2013. From the Ejike Oguebego faction loyal to Chris Uba, Senator Andy Uba, representing Anambra South in National Assembly may emerge […]

Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has revealed that the Federal Government has deported more than 22,000 illegal immigrants since the start of its war against acts of terrorism spearheaded by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect.  According to Moro, who was speaking in Kano late Thursday, the bulk of the deported illegal immigrants are citizens […]