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Osita Izunaso, the senator representing Imo West under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be on his way to joining the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) where he hopes to have another shot at the Senate in 2015. Mr Izunaso who was defeated by Hope Uzodinma for the Imo West seat under the PDP, is believed to…
The leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Frederick Fasehun, has called on the present administration, led by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to ensure that the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives remained with the South West. According to Mr Fasehun, anything contrary to this would be short-changing the Yoruba. “We hate to think that the Yoruba…
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State and its candidate for Owo constituency I in the state House of Assembly, Ogunoye Folashade have levelled charges of alleged certificate forgery against the Labour Party (LP) legislator-elect in the area, Samuel Arowele. This was contained in a petition they submitted to the Ondo State Election petitions tribunal. Counsel to the…
No fewer than 61 persons have been arrested and tried by the Mobile Court sitting in Afuze in Owan East Council Area of Edo State over sanitation offences. Braimah Abdulsalami, the Head, Environmental Department of the Council, disclosed this on Monday in Afuze, Edo, while inspecting the refuse dumps at Warake community. Mr Abdulsalami said that 30 of the people…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday advocated a review of the remuneration of elected public office holders which, according to the body, was "a pathway to solving Nigeria's sociopolitical predicament". Addressing a news conference at the end of its two-day national executive council meeting at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, the association's president, Ukachukwu Awuzie, described the…
A former vice principal of Jamat Nasir Secondary School and a native of Omu-Aran in Irepodun council of Kwara State, Lekan Adedayo, 57, had plans to venture into politics after his retirement, which he didn’t shy away from sharing. Perhaps reckoning it a launching pad for his own political ambitions, he lent his full support to the bid of his…
Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, in the early hours of Monday barricaded Keffi-Abuja road over total blackout and scarcity of water for the past four days in Keffi. A student who spoke under condition of anonymity said: "Even when we had wanted to mount a peaceful demonstration over this issues of light and water, the school management promised that…
Following a tip-off that some armed robbers had invaded a supermarket in the Ilorin metropolis, officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State command, swung into action. They got a member of the four-man gang involved in the operation, who led them to the others. In a statement issued by the command, the police explained the mode of operation of…
Persons with Disabilities (PWD), a group of Nigerians living with various forms of disabilities, have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the Nigeria Disability Bill before the end of his present tenure. Patrick Adie, the South South Coordinator of the group, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.…
The Anambra State government has been rewarded with $750,000 (N120 million) by the European Union and UNICEF in recognition of its performance in EU/UNICEF joint projects. The state commissioner for budget and economic planning, Chinyere Okunna, who is also the authoring officer for EU/UNICEF programme, said yesterday in Awka at a contract signing ceremony, that Anambra was one of two…
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that four percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is lost to trauma every year. The minister said this in Abuja on Monday at the inauguration of a course on trauma and fracture management organised for Nigerian orthopaedics by an association which focuses on the study of internal fixation of fractures.…
The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko on Monday challenged the newly elected members of the National Assembly to always address the fundamental needs of the electorate in their legislative business so as to rekindle their hope in the nation's democracy. The governor stated this in his office during a courtesy call on him by the members-elect of the Senate and…
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