Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ekiti State, Halilu Pai, has disclosed that result of Saturday’s gubernatorial poll will not be announced in Abuja, but in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Pia was reacting to a rumour being speculated in some quarters that the result of governorship election in Ekiti…
Year: 2014
Abducted Bayelsa Speaker's Mother-In-Law Regains Freedom
Mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly has been freed by her abductors. The woman was seized by some gunmen on May 30, 2014 at her Seibiri family compound in Korokorosei community, Southern Ijaw local council area of the state. A statement released on Friday by Special Assistant to the Speaker on…
Chibok Girls: FG Goes Tough On School Owners As C'ttee Submits Report
The Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, which was set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, has submitted its report. Chairman of the committee, Brig-Gen Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), presenting its findings to Jonathan, noted that some students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were truly kidnapped by some gunmen at their…
No Impeachment Plot Against Amaechi–PDP
Following an allegation made by the Rivers State government that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was planning to remove the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, through an impeachment, the party, via its state chapter, has played such down and stated that there’s no iota of truth in it, also expressing worries why Amaechi is even afraid…
Tears As Arisekola's Corpse Arrives Ibadan (Pictures)
Several residents of Ibadan trooped out in their numbers to see the remains of Ibadan business mogul, Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, who died on Wednesday in London, England. The body of the late Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland touched down in Ibadan on Friday morning and was…
Yoruba Movie Star, Bimbo Oshin Gets Baby Girl
Reports reaching us confirm that a prominent movie actress in the Yoruba film industry, Bimbo Oshin, has welcomed a bouncing girl. The actress was delivered of the child in the early hours of Friday at a Lagos hospital. Bimbo, though has not been very frequent in the movie scene these days, however, she is one…
Arrest PDP Spokesman Now–APC
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked security operatives to immediately arrest spokesman of the Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah, Jerry Needam, for accusing the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi of being behind the current influx of the suspected terrorists to the Southern part of…
How Gov Okorocha Looted N16b Imo 13 Percent Oil Derivation Funds In 3 Years, By Kenneth Uwadi
Some months ago, I made a telling revelation that the sum of 1 billion naira belonging to pensioners in the 27 LGA of Imo State was “squandered” by Sir Jude Ejiogu the current Chief of Staff to the Governor of Imo State. Ejiogu squandered this money when he was the Chairman of Imo State Local…
RE: FRSC’s Illegal New Number Plate (Punch's Editorial Of April 17, 2014)
After much deliberation on the continuous posture of Punch in finding faults in the Federal Road Safety Corps and its present leadership, we finally resolved to react to its Editorial of Monday, April 7th, 2014. Our position on previous publications had been to enlighten Punch on key issues, prompting a visit to the Editorial Board…
Delegates Want Life Sentence For Pension Funds Thieves
Members of the National Conference holding in Abuja have recommended life imprisonment for any government official found guilty of stealing funds meant for pensioners. At Thursday’s plenary, the delegates also proposed a 50-year-imprisonment for any judicial officer found guilty of corruption or abuse of office and also recommended that such judicial officer should be stripped…