Category: News from the states

At least 2,132 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will participate in Tuesday’s governorship primary to pick the party\’s candidate for the July 14 election in Ekiti State. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this known when he briefed newsmen on preparations for the primary in Abuja on Monday. He said […]

  By Victor Ogunje, in Ado Ekiti. Protest rocked the Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State on Monday, as those sympathetic to the cause of former Governor Kayode Fayemi besieged the party’s state secretariat to register their disapproval of the conduct of members of the party\’s State Working Committee. The protesters, […]

Nigeria\’s All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday set up appeal committees to resolve the disagreements which trailed the conduct of its ward congresses last Saturday in some states. They will begin sitting on Monday, May 7. These were contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in Abuja on Sunday. It […]

  Payment of workers\’ salaries alone gulps 90 percent of the monthly revenue allocation accruing to Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has disclosed. This translates to N4. 5billion of the state\’s N5 billion monthly allocation, leaving an insignificant N500 million for capital and other projects. By implication, the state spends its monthly income from […]

The driving force for seeking public office should be to serve the people, improve their lives and not for frivolity or personal ambition. President Muhamadu Buhari said this on Saturday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward Congress held at Bayagida Model Primary School, Daura, Katsina State, his hometown. This is contained in a statement […]

  By Banji Ayoola For the first time ever in Nigeria, the Federal Government will spend a whopping N1 . 3 trillion naira on infrastructural development across the country to provide an enabling climate for investments. The move, according to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is also to provide desired support for entrepreneurs of […]

  The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi has taken a different dimension as members of the Audu/Faleke Political Organisation in Kogi State have opted out of the forthcoming congresses. The group said in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday, that it was abandoning the congresses because Gov. […]

  The lawmaker was brought to court in a police ambulance at about 9:17 am and was immensely stretchered into the court by policemen. Before his arrival, heavily armed policemen taken positions within and outside the court premises to forestall unforeseen circumstances. The arrival of the senator in court attracted the attention of workers and […]