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Anti-Corruption Revolution (ANCOR), a non-governmental organisation, has declared that it will be difficult for the Federal Government and its agencies to curb corruption in the country, considering the involvement of high profile Nigerians in corrupt practices. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Amitolu Shittu who decried the high rate of corruption in the country, said the menace of corruption…
Former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and loyalist of the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, Joju Fadairo yesterday declared that he has decided to join Olusegun Obasanjo's faction of the party in the state. The former Nigerian president's faction of the party had produced Tunji Olurin as the PDP's governorship candidate for Ogun State. Mr Olurin's status was…
Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday flagged off the Ikare-Akoko-Ajowa road which cost the state N4.8 billion. Mr. Mimiko also commissioned the largest market in Ondo State, the Ikare Regional Market, built at a cost of N210 million. The two key projects were part of activities marking his administration's second anniversary as his spate of project commissioning took him to…
The chairman, House Committee on Information, Eseme Eyiboh, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ‘primary election’ held in his constituency. According to Mr. Eyiboh, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct any election before forwarding the name of Bassy Dan Abia to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as House of Representatives candidate…
Delta State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised mass housing for the state’s citizens if he is elected in the April polls. Speaking to journalists at the weekend, Mr. Omo-Agege disclosed that he had a good housing policy for Delta indigenes and implored them to give him their votes on April 16, 2011…
Traditional rulers in Cross Rivers State have endorsed the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and are set to direct their subjects to vote for him in the April presidential election. At a reception for the president and his vice Namadi Sambo at the Council of Chiefs Chamber in Calabar on Monday, they said “every thing has its time and…
The traditional ruler of Nupeland, also referred to as Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakar, has urged Nigerian politicians not to take politics as a “do-or-die” affair and shun violence. Mr. Abubakar made the appeal in his palace in Bida, Niger State, on Sunday when members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Zone A, of the state, paid him a…
An Osogbo Magistrate Court yesterday remanded two suspected political thugs at the Federal Prison, Ile-Ife, who allegedly disturbed the campaign of Goodluck Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, at Osogbo City Stadium last Thursday. The two accused persons, Olalekan Ayo (25) and Anthony Eyitemi (28), were alleged to have armed themselves with cutlasses, axes, and pump action riffle…
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At least 142 graduates of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). Ile-Ife, had first class degrees in the university in the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 academic sessions. The chairman of the university’s ceremonials committee, Akinola Aguda, who disclosed this at a pre-convocation press conference, stated that 6,862 graduates will bag the degrees of the university at the 38th convocation ceremony of the…
A former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has urged Nigerians to shun sentiments and vote according to their conscience in the April general election. Mr. Gowon made the call in Bauchi on Sunday, while speaking at the North-East session of “Nigeria Prays”, a movement devoted to praying for the nation. “We are not saying Christians should vote for Christians or…
The Bauchi State office of the GoodLuck/Sambo Campaign Organisation has said that its coordinator, Ibrahim Umar, has not gone into hiding. Reacting to a recent advertorial credited to the organisation, the director, media and publicity of the organisation, Garba Bello, who spoke at a press conference held at the state campaign office in Bauchi yesterday, described the allegation as baseless,…
Mr Adenigbo, through his chamber, Adenigbo of A.A Ojopagogo and Company accused the men of the NSCDC of allegedly brutalising Mr Adeleye at his office located along Hospital Road, Akure around 4.pm on 12th January, 2011. It was gathered that Mr Adeleye who is the Public Relations Officer of Suppliers Association of Ondo State, had bailed two members of the…
The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday flagged off the dualisation project of Owo Township Road. The road project will cost the sum of N3.9 billion out of which N814 million has been paid to the contractor, CGC Construction Company Limited, to facilitate the timely completion of the project. Speaking at the ceremony, the governor told the people that the…
A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Alawode, yesterday advised the embattled governor, Gbenga Daniel, and his faction of the party, to close ranks with the party’s governorship candidate, Tunji Olurin, in the interest of their (Daniel’s group) political future. Mr. Alawode, a former candidate for the House of Representatives, who later withdrew for the…