The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea with 50 confirmed cases of cholera across the 33 local government areas of the state in the last seven months. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. He said out of […]
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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has declared that he appointed over 1,000 aides on assumption of office in 2015 in order to tackle the menace of poverty among the teeming youths of the state. He made the declaration in Egunkwo community, Onicha Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday on the occasion of a […]
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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate closure of the Ekiti State Broadcast Service, EKBS, for breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code. According to the NBC, the Ekiti Broadcast Service breached the Electoral Act and Broadcasting Code by allowing Governor Ayodele Fayose to announce results in favour of his deputy and candidate of the […]
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[masterslider id=”1″] The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday dismissed the so-called Reformed APC and its sponsors, saying reports that the party has broken up are far from the truth. ”Who are the people? I don’t know about Galadima,” Oshiomhole said when asked whether he would be the splinter group […]
Continue ReadingFlag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has formally been presented to the party\’s governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Prof Kolapo Olusola and his running mate, Mr Deji Ogunsakin with a call on the electorate of the state to massively vote for the party on the election day. Presenting the flag to the candidates at the […]
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The police on Wednesday arraigned a 50-year-old man, Ojo Olakunle, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly disrupting the Ekiti All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary. According to NAN, Olakunle, whose address was not provided, is facing three counts of destruction of ballot box, interference with the ballot box and acting in disorderly manner. […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has changed the date for its rescheduled governorship primary in Ekiti State to Saturday May 12. The party had on Tuesday rescheduled the botched primary for Friday May 11. But a statement on Thursday by the party’s publicity secretary, Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi, said the primary will now commence at 8a.m […]
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The lingering crisis rocking Nigeria\’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, degenerated on Wednesday as a faction, named Reformed All Progressives Congress, rAPC, and headed by an estranged associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Buba Galadima, emerged. Galadima, who announced the new formation at a press conference on Wednesday at the Sheraton Towers, Abuja, […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership, in an apparent response to the emergence on Wednesday of the Reformed APC. His words: My appeal to all those who are aggrieved is to be patient\’ However, former Senate Leader and the […]
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Police Inspector General, Mr Ibrahim Idris will arrive Ekiti State next week to firm up the security arrangements being planned for the July 14 Governorship poll in the state. Already the state police command is making arrangements to receive their boss on the scheduled one-day official visit. Police spokesman in the state, Mr Caleb Ikechuckwu, told […]
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