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The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) says it will go ahead to flag off its zonal presidential campaign in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital today, despite the ban placed on it by the state governor, Martins Elechi from campaigning in the state. Mr. Elechi, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had, in a broadcast last week…

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No fewer than 267 candidates from 25 political parties are vying for elective positions in the April elections in Abia State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Austin Okojie, told a consultative meeting with stakeholders that 15 candidates would contest the governorship election while 12 others have been cleared…

The Anti-Corruption Revolution (ANCOR), an organisation affiliated to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has described the reception organised by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for its former National Vice Chairman (South), Olabode George, as a celebration of corruption in Nigeria. The group in a statement issued in Osogbo by its National Public Relations Officer Amitolu Shittu, stated that…

In order to pacify aggrieved candidates who lost in the recently concluded primaries of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in Edo State, the governor, Adams Oshiomhole, will reportedly appoint them to replace a few caretaker committee chair persons inaugurated in October last year to oversee the affairs of the 18 local government councils. According to reports, this has generated…

Nigeria’s  Federal  Capital  City  of  Abuja  will  play  host to the first regional  editions  of  2011 edition  of Star Quest, the music talent hunt sponsored by Star lager, Nigeria’s favourite beer. Jukebox-2010-winners The regional auditions will kick off at the Reiz Continental Hotel in Abuja, from March 10 and last till March 12. Over the three day period, interested participants…

The hit Broadway musical about the life and music of Nigerian performer and political activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is to be performed in his home town of Lagos, Nigeria making it the first Broadway show to be performed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fela the landmark Broadway musical, which won three Tony Awards (Broadway’s highest honor) including Best Choreography (Bill T.Jones), is coming…

Young and talented – Ekiti State born but Benin, Edo State based female R B and Hip Hop artist, Olabisi Remilekun aka D-Godes has noted that despite the stiff competition in the industry, music is the weapon with which she hopes to join Nigerian youths in expressing themselves and attain stardom. Godes The Diploma degree holder in Hotel Management from …

Two legislators, Kabiru Liman (Kaura North) and Ibrahim Kunchin-Kalgo (Tsafe West), have defected from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) in Zamfara State. They announced their defection in a statement to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdullahi Sambo in Gusau on Thursday. "We wish to notify you of our decision…

Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, got what may be a preview of what he will encounter during the April polls when his campaign convoy was held up yesterday by angry drivers along the Old Oyo-Ogbomoso road. The campaign buses of the governor, who was not in the convoy, were filled with politicians and plastered with party logos and posters of…

Director-general of the Godswill Akpabio Campaign Organisation, Idongesit Nkanga, said yesterday in Uyo that opposition parties in the state would fail in the upcoming elections if they do not campaign sufficiently. The retired air commodore who spoke in Akwa Ibom State at the PDP campaign rally in the Ikot Ekpene senatorial district for the governor, Mr. Akpabio, wondered how opposition…

By Ayo Onikoyi The gist which is running riot right now in some certain circles in Lagos is that the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Ade Dosunmu, who is being drawn by the party to unseat the incumbent Governor Fashola of Lagos may just be developing cold feet even before the actual battle begins. This position which is fast becoming the…

By Ayo Onikoyi The former chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority and PDP stalwart who was just released from prison might have come home to a hero’s welcome from his supporters and the party bigwigs but a drama that ensued during the President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign rally in Lagos during the week showed that there are definitely some members of the…

By BENJAMIN NJOKU Folake Shadare  is by no means an unknown face in the Nigerian movie industry. A former beauty queen, an actress of note and producer, she started acting in 2005 and stayed on the screen for four years before she travelled abroad with her man. Now back to the country after her sojourn in the United Kingdom, she’s…