Father, son electrocuted in Abeokuta
Tragedy struck, on Sunday, when a police officer, Sunday Joseph and his 17-year-old adopted son, Moses were electrocuted at a construction site in front of the governor’s house at Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, the state capital.
No hard feelings over CAF Elections – Maigari
NFF president Aminu Maigari has said he has no hard feelings after he lost a chance to be on the executive committee after a run-off.
Akinjide accuses Oyo ACN of stealing PDP’s programme
AS battle for the control of Oyo State in 2015 rages between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Peoples Democratic Party, a chieftain of PDP, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, has accused the ruling party of stealing some of its programme.
N-Delta ex-militants issue 7-day ultimatum to FG
Former militants in the Niger Delta, who were not registered in the extended Federal Government amnesty programme, yesterday, gave a seven-day ultimatum to be absorbed in the programme, warning that they would no longer guarantee the security of oil installations if the government failed to register them.
Maritime workers threaten show down with FG
CRISIS is brewing in the nation’s maritime sector, as the leadership of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, threatened to ground activities in the seaports, if the Federal Government implements its plans to further privatise what it described as the pilotage services of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA.
2015: 16 PDP governors meet to strategise
SIXTEEN Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were last night making strategies on how they would lift the fortunes of the party.
Jonathan and a defective agreement
DO you know why what goes for Nigerian politics is such a huge joke? We like to be taken for a ride; in fact, we crave to be duped. We dread asking hard questions or putting the politicians to task to substantiate what they tell us.
Reveal PDP sponsors of new APC, CNPP task INEC
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, yesterday, challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to make public the promoters of the African Peoples Congress, APC, saying the new party was an initiative of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Obi insists on conducting APGA congresses
Ahead of the appeal filed by ousted national chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh contesting his sack by Enugu High Court, the Governor Peter Obi-led faction of the party Saturday in Awka resolved to conduct ward, local government and state congresses and national convention to elect a new national chairman on April 30.
Man arraigned for allegedly stealing property worth N7m
A 49-year-old man, Henry Okojie and three others, were arraigned yesterday, before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly stealing a company’s property valued at N7million.
Power: FG seeks alternative funding for meters
The Federal Government has decided to look for alternative means to fund the metering gap currently being experienced by electricity consumers in the country.
