Monthly Archives: January 2018

Obaseki to PDP: You’re stuck in primitive politics and system that glorifies avarice

The Edo government has described as a figment of imagination on the part of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that the 2018 Budget of the state is deceitful, padded and duplicated. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, dismissed the allegations as a feeble attempt to discredit the state government, adding that the opposition ...

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PDP slams 2018 Edo Budget, says it is full of padding, duplication and deceit

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has faulted the 2018 Budget signed into law by Governor Godwin Obaseki, describing it as a Budget of “padding, duplication and deceit.” Obaseki had signed the Budget estimate of N150bn last Friday after it was considered and approved by the House of Assembly on December 21, 2017. The state Chairman of the ...

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INEC registers 128,627 new voters in Oyo

The National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in Oyo State says it has registered 128,627 new voters since the commencement of its Continuous Voters Registration exercise on April 27, 2017. The Commission, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by Surajudeen Junaid, Acting Administrative Secretary, said the figure comprised of 68, 637 males and 59,990 females. He disclosed that the ...

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INEC insists on going ahead with Anambra Senatorial rerun on January 13

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured that the Anambra Central Senatorial rerun election scheduled for January 13, 2018 must hold. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Nkwachukwu Orji who gave the assurance, said its Legal Department had studied the judgements and asked it to go ahead with the election as ordered by the court of appeal as against Tsoho ...

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PDP asks Amaechi to resign his position as Minister

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked that Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi resign his portfolio as he was said to have been appointed Director General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term ‎campaign, although no official confirmation has been given by the Federal Government on this. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan also accused the All ...

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Taraba governor, wife not involved in accident – Media Aide

The Senior Special Assistant to Taraba  Governor on Media and Publicity,  Bala Dan Abu, has denied knowledge of  an  accident involving the convoy of the state governor, Darius Ishaku, saying nothing like that happened. Punch had reported that a police intelligence officer attached to the wife of the governor, Anna , on Thursday evening died when the car they were traveling ...

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Buhari encouraging insecurity in Bayelsa, says Dickson

Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not handling national security issues as expected. According to the governor, the inability of Buhari to personally take charge of the nation’s security and engage “stakeholders” on national security has made some APC leaders to politicise security. In a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo, Dickson ...

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APC Chairman who defected to PDP in Rivers says ‘my conscience is now free’

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers state, Musa Elekwa, has decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Elekwa, he was rejoining the state ruling party because the party has done well through project delivery. Elekwa made this known in a letter addressed to the State Chairman of the APC, ...

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My agenda for 2019 is to stop APC and PDP, enough is enough, says Ezekwesili

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, said that her political agenda for 2019 is to stop the two major political parties in Nigeria – the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – from winning state and national elections. Ezekwesili, who is also a co-leader of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, tweeted on Thursday that the essence of her ...

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Buhari would do a great disservice to Nigeria by contesting in 2019 – Fayose

Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose has disclosed that he would become the pastor of a “very big ministry” after retiring from politics. The governor said his next target after leaving office is to become the President of the country, after which he would go into full-time ministry. Fayose, who said these during an interactive session with reporters in Lagos, added that ...

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