Category: Politics

APGA wants Edo election postponed to October 1
September 13, 2016 No Responses

APGA wants Edo election postponed to October 1

(NAN) The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the governorship election in Edo rescheduled to Septtember 28,  Osaro Onaiwu, has called for further shift of the exercise to October 1, 2016. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday...
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Mixed reactions as INEC shifts Edo elections to Sept 28
September 9, 2016 No Responses

Mixed reactions as INEC shifts Edo elections to Sept 28

Mixed reactions continue to trail final decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone Edo Governorship election scheduled for this Saturday toSeptember 28, 2016.   While the State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) M...
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Buhari unveils ‘change begins with me’ campaign
September 9, 2016 No Responses

Buhari unveils ‘change begins with me’ campaign

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the new National Orientation Programme, Change Begins With Me, as a determination of his administration to carry all Nigerians along.   Speaking at the unveiling of the programme in Abuja, Buhari decried the alleged er...
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Uncertities over Edo Elections
September 8, 2016 No Responses

Uncertities over Edo Elections

TO be or not to be, That was the situation with Edo State Election scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 10, 2016.   Already, the  Department of State Services, DSS, on Wednesday advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
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Obasanjo denies report on Buhari’s second term
September 5, 2016 No Responses

Obasanjo denies report on Buhari’s second term

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has denied  media report that he asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. A former Chief Press Secretary to Mr. Obasanjo, Alex Nwokedi, was quoted to have made the comment on behalf of...
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Delta Speaker holds town hall meeting in Sapele today
August 31, 2016 No Responses

Delta Speaker holds town hall meeting in Sapele today

The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya will today (Wednesday), August 31 and Thursday, September 1, 2016 meet with the  people of Sapele. Igbuya will start his strings of meeting on Wednesday in Ugboren, Okuovu and Edegbrode. He ...
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Ex-FRSC boss emerges governorship candidate
August 21, 2016 No Responses

Ex-FRSC boss emerges governorship candidate

Former Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Road Safety Corps and Ex-Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, was on Saturday in Akure,  voted as candidate of the Social Democratic Party for the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election.....
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Appeal Court nullifies Judgment sacking Ikpeazu as Governor
August 19, 2016 No Responses

Appeal Court nullifies Judgment sacking Ikpeazu as Governor

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday upturned the judgments of Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court in Abuja which removed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office. Ikpeazu’s appeal was in regard to the ruling delivered...
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Again, Court sack Sheriff’ as PDP National Chairman
August 18, 2016 No Responses

Again, Court sack Sheriff’ as PDP National Chairman

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday re-affirmed the sack of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Presided over by Justice Nwamaka Ogbonnaya, the court reaffirmed the sack on the ground...
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Amaechi extols late Ojo Maduekwe’s virtues
August 17, 2016 No Responses

Amaechi extols late Ojo Maduekwe’s virtues

The Minister of Transportation,  Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has extolled the virtues of the former Minster of Transport, Late Chief Ojo Maduekwe describing him as a great Administrator, Pan – Africanist and a shining Star in the nation’s political fi...
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Court stops PDP convention
August 16, 2016 No Responses

Court stops PDP convention

A Federal High Court in Abuja has suspended  the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slated for August 17, 2016 in Port Harcourt. Justice Okon Abang said he gave the ruling to serve as a “judicial deterrent” for what...
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NHRC indicts Iwu, Uduaghan, others of violence
August 12, 2016 No Responses

NHRC indicts Iwu, Uduaghan, others of violence

A report put together by  National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has indicted 118 person of allegedly committing various offences  including violence.   According to the report, those indcted alledgly committed the offence during the 2007 and 2011 general e...
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Jonathan visit Buhari, task Nigerians on unity
August 4, 2016 No Responses

Jonathan visit Buhari, task Nigerians on unity

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the protection and defend of the nation’s unity.   Speaking with reporters after paying a courtsy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, he said: “We are great because of our size, the human resources...
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PDP faction unveils national convention committee
August 3, 2016 No Responses

PDP faction unveils national convention committee

Ahmed Makarfi led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced members of the party’s national convention committee despite a court ruling declaring the leadership illegal.   In a statement issued by Secretary of the faction, Senator Ben Obi,...
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