Oct 20: Mimiko declares Ondo no-go area
Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has declared the State a no-go area for sponsors and perpetrators of violence ahead of the October 20, 2012 gubernatorial election. Governor Mimiko made the declaration yesterday while receiving defecting leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) into the Labour party. The defectors are about 3,000.
Reactions trail Oyerinde’s death
Eminent Nigerians from various walks of life yesterday reacted to the brutal murder of the Principal Private Secretary, PPS, to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Mr Olaitan Oyerinde, descibing the assasination as one too many.
Tension in Warri over boat regatta… as residents flee oil city
DELTA State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba met behind closed doors in Warri, yesterday, with ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and former chairman of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, Chief Ayiri Emami, to nip in the bud, a fresh crisis between Iteskiri and Ijaw ethnic groups over the planned boat regatta today (Saturday) by the Iteskiri people to celebrate the silver jubilee coronation anniversary of the Olu of Warri.
Certificate forgery: Gov Suswam opens, closes case in court
Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday opened and closed his case at the Makurdi Federal High Court for alleged certificate forgery and manipulation of PDP governorship congresses in a case filed by Mr. Terver Kakih a PDP governorship contestant in 2011.
Man 30, sentenced to 8 months for alleged rape of 5-year girl
A Sharia court in Gusau, Zamfara state capital yesterday sentenced a 30-year old man, to 8 months in prison and twenty strokes of the cane for alleged rape of 5-year old girl.
Political tension heightened as Oshiomhole’s aide is assassinated
POLITICAL tension heightened in Edo State yesterday with the assassination of the Principal Private Secretary, PPS, to Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Deputy National Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde.
