FORMER Vice President, Alaji Atiku Abubakar visited the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Friday and called for transparent presidential primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections. He said he was at the party’s headquarters to inform the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party of his intention to fulfill his […]
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LABOUR veteran and former Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday emerged as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He emerged unopposed at the party\’s national convention which also affirmed the election of 22 other members of the party\’s National Working Committee. They include former Ekiti State Governor, Otunba Niyi Adebayo […]
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disqualified the candidate of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC), Mr Stephen Obasola, and expunged his name from the list of candidates for the July 14 Ekiti State Governorship election. Reacting, the party has threatened to sue the electoral umpire for these actions. Obasola had emerged through a primary supervised by […]
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SOKOTO State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has promised to provide basic social amenities and infrastructure to improve the lives of the people. Speaking on Sunday in Sokoto to civil servants and heads of government agencies in the state who paid him the traditional Sallah homage at Government House, he vowed not use available scarce resources […]
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ITALIAN Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stefanou Pontesilli, says at least 1,500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. The envoy who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Abuja said: “In Italy we have about 1,500 Nigerians in jail for various offences. It is a big number. We sometimes send them back […]
Continue ReadingFORMER Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has been described as an asset for the Labour Party, LP, in view of his outstanding performance and record of service as governor, whose qualities will attract fine minds from the nation\’s political circle into the party, according to an ex National Secretary of the party, Dr. […]
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By Banji Ayoola ON behalf of the Federal Government, I tender the nation’s apology to the family of the late M.K.O. Abiola, who got the highest votes and to those that lost their loved ones in the cause of June 12 struggle. The above were the exact words of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in […]
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By Taoheed Ajao Taoheed wrote: \”Five years ago, June 2013, while on a visit to my children in Arundel, Maryland, USA, I wrote the piece below on the June 12 agitation, its appropriateness for our Democracy Day and MKO Abiola\’s place in history. The vindication of the essence of the essay recently by President […]
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Governments of the six South-west states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti have unanimously declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Their declaration came on the heels of a […]
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An ex President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and former House of Representatives member, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele, who was being treated of gun shot wounds at a Lagos hospital, has been flown to the United Kingdom for further treatment. The former activist who is also an ex governorship aspirant, and five […]
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