Barely five weeks to the elections, Joseph Adegbesan, a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly has defected to the Labour Party. While addressing journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday morning, the lawmaker said he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after consultation with his supporters, adding that the move was to enable…
Amosun Gets Female Running mate
Yetunde Onanuga, a business management expert, has emerged the running mate of Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun State for the forthcoming 2015 governorship election. Onanuga was presented to the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, today in Abeokuta, the state capital. In his address, Amosun described the 54-year-old indigene of Ijebu-Igbo,in Ijebu North Local…
FRSC To Promote Bicycles
Bicycles merchants in the country may soon be smiling to the bank as the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has restated its plan to promote the use of bicycles as an alternative means of transportation. Luka Kinya, FRSC zonal commander, Osun, Ondo and Oyo States, revealed this at the launch of the Commission’s annual ‘National…
Update: APC Presidential Primaries
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor has urged delegates to be responsible in the exercise.”It is always hard to make a change,” he said while condemning the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration for failing to keep its long list of promises in the last four years. He expressed confidence that the APC will win the 2015 Presidential…
APC Delegates Gather for Presidential Primary
APC delegates from across the country this morning, converged on the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos for the party’s presidential primary elections amidst tight security.
Soka Kidnap: Court Adjourns Till December
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State has adjourned till December 10, 2014, the case involving one Shakiru Adebayo, 37, who is alleged to have kidnapped two commercial motorcyclists. The search for those two motorcyclists led to the discovery of the ritualists’ den in Soka community, Oluyole Local Government Area, Ibadan. Sunday…
Primary Will Not Dissolve APC – Saraki
Following speculations that the emergence of Atiku Abubakar, Mohammadu Buhari and other prominent figures as Presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may tear the party apart, Bukola Saraki, a senator and former governor of Kwara State, has assured that instead, the party will emerge stronger after its forthcoming presidential primary slated for December 2.…
INEC Gives Nod To Campaigns In Ogun State
Candidates vying for different positions in Ogun State can now continue their campaign exercise, as the Independent National Electoral Commission, Ogun State, has lifted ban on political campaings in the state for the 2015 general elections. According to Ogunseye Olayinka, public affairs officer, of the commission in the state, the lifting of embargo on political…
Eid el-Kabir: Police Beef-Up Security
As Muslims around the country prepare for the Eid el-Kabir, Suleiman Abba, the acting inspector-general of Police has ordered all commanding officers to beef-up security strategies before, during and after the festival. He specifically directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the FCT to take measures to provide…
‘Dead’ Boko Haram Leader Appears In New Video
Purported leader of the Boko Haram insurgent group, Abubakar Shekau, has refuted the claims of his death by the Nigerian military in a new video obtained by AFP today, adding that the militants have implemented Sharia in captured towns. “Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” we are…
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