Politics Archives — Page 35 of 40

November 29, 2016 No Responses

Peterside congratulates Akeredolu, Ondo Governor-Elect

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has congratulated Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, (SAN) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for winning the Ondo State governorship election. Peterside who was the governorship candidate...

November 28, 2016 No Responses

Akeredolu pledges to work for Ondo

Ondo State Governor-elect, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has pledged to work for the people of the State. In his acceptance speech, Akeredolu commended security agencies, President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of A...

November 24, 2016 No Responses

‘I remain PDP candidate’

One of the Ondo State Governorship candidate on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimoh Ibrahim has maintained that he remain the candidate of the party. Reacting to the verdict of the Appeal court on Wednesday in Abuja,...

November 20, 2016 No Responses

Buhari in Ondo, seeks support for Akeredolu

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday canvassed support for Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as the next Governor of Ondo State under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). He also used the opportunity to describe the process that brought Akeredolu...

November 19, 2016 No Responses

Corruption: FG unveils panel on asset recovery

The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery (PCAR) as part of its efforts tostrengthen the ongoing fight against corruption, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said. Speaking whi...

November 11, 2016 No Responses

Ghana ex-first lady, Nana Rawlings gets go-ahead to run for presidency

By Thomas Naadi – Ghana’s electoral commission has announced the list of seven presidential candidates to contest the December 7, 2016 polls. Three of the eight disqualified candidates who resubmitted their forms have been included on the list. ...

November 10, 2016 No Responses

Firms weigh impact of Donald Trump win

(WSJ) Executives world-wide encountered a political and economic landscape radically changed by Donald Trump’s surprise election, which reverberated through the energy, health-care and manufacturing sectors. U.S. businesses braced for revamped trade pacts an...

November 9, 2016 No Responses

PDP raises committee on merger

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi on Tuesday inaugurated a 115-member strategy review and inter-party affairs committee charged with the possibility to work-out possible merger with other p...

October 30, 2016 No Responses

Communique issued after the meeting of National Council on Information

The Meeting of the National Council on Information (NCI) was held at the Event Centre, Asaba, Delta State, fromThursday 27th to Friday 28th, October, 2016, with the theme: “Leveraging on Information and Digital Technology to Sustain the Change Agenda of...

October 14, 2016 No Responses

APC raises 49-member committee for Ondo election

(NAN) The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja constituted a 49-member campaign committee for the November 26 governorship poll in Ondo state. The committee has nine governors, nine ministers, former governors and members of the National Asse...

October 7, 2016 No Responses

Minister meets private sector, explains ”Change Begins With Me” campaign

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said President Muhammadu Buhari and his entire cabinet has been living true to the national re-orientation campaign ”Change Begins With Me” long before it was publicly unveiled la...

October 5, 2016 No Responses

Evolution of the Rotterdam rules, By Hassan Bello

Long before the emergence of International Carriage Conventions, the sea and the oceans of the world have been of divergent purposes to several city states and civilization. The Greeks, Chinese, Romans, Vikings, medieval Lords and the Great Hannibal of...

October 3, 2016 No Responses

Nmanani, 23 others to review electoral laws

A 24-member committee has been raised by the Federal Government to review the nation’s election process and suggest ways of improvement. Under the leadership of former Senate President Ken Nnamani, the committee is to produce a new electoral framework, wor...

September 30, 2016 No Responses

Edo: Buhari congratulates Obaseki

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the government and people of Edo State on the successful conclusion of the governorship election and the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Godwin Obaseki. In a telephone call to Edo State Gove...