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Ukoha Ukiwe is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State. He is also an election observer under the aegis of the CLEAN Foundation. He analyses the build up to elections in Rivers State. Build up to elections in Rivers State Compared to the 2003 and 2007 elections, the buildup…
Irate mob made up of commercial motorcycle operators, popularly known as Okada, yesterday went on rampage in Effunrun, Uvwie local government area of Delta State, burning down the Ebrumede Police Post and setting ablaze about eight vehicles parked in the premises of the police post. The mob’s action also led to the release of some unidentified suspects detained in the…
Gbenga Ogunniya has a big task ahead of him as he hopes to be re-elected to represent Ondo Central senatorial district for the fourth time in the National Assembly. Unlike the previous elections where Mr Ogunniya had easy victories, this year’s election seems to be different because he has the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko to contend with. Incidentally, Messrs Ogunniya…
To realize this objective, the commissioner said that the ministry had sensitized farmers to ensure that they cast their votes on election days. ``Farmers should vote the right people into the right places. ``By doing this they would help to elect the right people who would make the right policies that would enhance agricultural practice and move it to the…
“The tract record of Jonathan’s administration speaks for its self,’’ Bafarawa said in Sokoto.” Nigerians are not clamouring for a political change because the one year of his administration has direct bearing on their lives.’’ He said Jonathan’s achievements ranged from the supply of adequate petroleum products and job creation, to the restoration of peace in the Niger Delta. According…
The only senatorial candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Ekiti State, Dixon Agboola, yesterday withdrew from the race and pitched his tent with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), along with his party supporters. Mr. Agboola, a former Labour Party leader and the CPC senatorial candidate in Ekiti Central Senatorial district, stepped down for the ACN candidate…
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) embarked on a campaign to reduce illicit hard drugs consumption by youths through various programmes. The agency’s Commandant in Abia, Florence Ezeonye, disclosed the initiative in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba, Abia on Wednesday. Mrs Ezeonye said the agency had already organised a counselling and sensitisation programme…
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Senatorial candidate for Ondo North Senatorial District of, Olu Agunloye yesterday accused the state government of sponsoring hoodlums to deface his billboards in the area. He lamented that most of the billboards he erected in Akoko land had been removed by Labour Party (LP) supporters while in some cases, his posters were removed and…
A medical doctor, Femi Fakorede, working with the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has died from a disease suspected to be Lassa fever. The chief medical director of the centre in the Adamawa State capital, Aliyu Danburam, made this known after three of the institution’s medical personnel were strangely diagnosed of the disease. The victim died at the Irrua Specialist Centre…
The lawmaker representing Ekiti North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Ayo Arise, has called for the National Broadcasting Commission to sanction the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service. Mr Arise claimed that the broadcasting station announced that he (Arise) lost in Ido/Osi, Oye, Moba and Ikole Local Governments in the National Assembly elections that were cancelled by the Independent National Electoral…
The battle for supremacy in Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State has continued to create tension in the area as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Labour Party (LP) intensify efforts to hold sway in the area. The crisis in the area has degenerated to a level that the two parties have…
Investigation in some motor parks in Kaduna metropolis revealed that the number of passengers travelling out of the state have increased for a non-festive period. Fears of fresh violence in some states in the north were reported, following the cancellation of the April 2 National Assembly election, which some political parties have described as a deliberate ploy by the ruling…
The N200 billion given to the Independent National Electoral Commission by the federal government since 2009, in terms of budgetary and supplementary budgetary allocations, to enable it prepare credible elections, has become one huge waste, says a civil society group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety). Speaking to NEXT yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, the…
An appeal against the emergence of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and some other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State suffered a setback on Monday as counsel failed to execute a court order properly. The Court of Appeal had, at its sitting last week, ordered that the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Ibadan be directed…
The Ogun State Police Command yesterday read a riot act to suspected political thugs ahead of the rescheduled general elections, warning that the command had perfected the security network in its domain to deal ruthlessly with anyone caught. The Commissioner of Police newly deployed to the state, Olayinka Balogun, made this known after a meeting with all Area Commanders, Divisional…