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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…
Lack of interest has been identified as the bane of agricultural development in Nigeria. Benard Onuegbu, a former Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture said this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. “Many persons are tempted to accuse government of not evolving the right policies and programmes, I think that the right policies are there but the interest is not. In this…
The Warri Business District of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was on Monday thrown into mourning following the death of a District Business Manager, Celestine Nwadinobi, an engineer. It was gathered that Mr Nwadinobi had earlier been kidnapped on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in his hometown, Orlu in Imo State. According to our source, he was later released by…
Farmers in Akwa Ibom State have lamented the continuous neglect by the state government in the area of food production. They observed that their inability to gain access to fertiliser at the beginning of this year's farming season may affect food production. The farmers under the aegis of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) explained that government's attitude towards…
For failing to pay their severance packages after months of retirement, some retired judges of Oyo State have dragged the state governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, to court for redress. Comprising three chief judges, two acting chief judges, and six other retired judges, who served in the state's judiciary before retirement, the claimants are Justices N.O. Adekola, M.O. Adio, R. G. Oyetunde,…
The much awaited construction work on the Benin City storm water project finally took off yesterday as Governor Adams Oshiomhole flagged off phase 1 of the project at the Ogba River end of the 7.5 kilometer canal. By this, the problem of flooding which had plagued Benin City, the Edo State capital for so many years, may soon be a…
The Federal Government yesterday commenced the finalisation of the national oral health policy at a three-day stakeholder's workshop in Abuja. This is to popularise and develop oral health in the country. Oral health is a state of well being of the oral cavity including the teeth as well as the supporting structures and tissues. It is a state of absence…
A recent UNICEF paper castigating Nigeria for the lack of safe water and improved sanitation facilities which have remained one of the major reasons for mortality and morbidity among children, reminded me of a more mundane incident in Lagos. Despite the common ‘Do not urinate here’ graffiti, that sub-specie of policeman unkindly nicknamed ‘Yellow Fever’, was busy on a hot…
The Minister of Youth Development, Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, has said the zonal sensitisation programme meant to mobilise youth for active participation in the April polls will be launched in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Wednesday, March 3, 2011. Other zonal workshops for the same purpose, he said, would run through the month of March with direct participation of Nigerian youth…
The Eggon people have endorsed the candidacy of the Nasarawa State Governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma as he seeks re-election. They made this declaration in a meeting which took place at Akpata, Agidi development area of the state. According to them, Mr Doma has “succeeded in laying a concrete foundation for the socio-economic transformation of the state for the three and…