Congrats Aregbesola; great challenge Omisore
From the day after the Ekiti Election until two weeks ago, I received several text messages from PDP supporters, as well as those who just wanted to taunt me for declaring my support for Governor Fayemi who lost the election. I was unperturbed because I know that a democracy means that there must be at least two candidates contesting and one person must win – irrespective of whether the election is free and fair. And the fact that the majority had selected the winner does not always mean that they have chosen wisely.
Guber Bye-Election: Mixed reaction trails Adamawa Acting Gov.’s decision to contest
The decision of the Acting governor of Adamawa, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, to seek for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Oct. 11 governorship by-election has attracted mixed reactions around the state.
APC slams DSS for linking party with Boko Haram, sues Ogar
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the thinly-veiled attempt by the Directorate of Security Service (DSS) to link the party with the insurgent group Boko Haram, without providing a shred of evidence to that effect, and called on the agency’s spokesperson Marilyn Ogar to resign or be fired.
Danagogo to establish Court of Arbitration for Sports
The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, has said that Nigeria will soon have a Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to avoid taking sports cases to regular courts.
West warns Russia over Ukraine as aid waits in limbo
Ukraine’s crisis entered dangerous new territory Saturday with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy, while the US warned Moscow over its “provocative” efforts at destabilisation.
Heavy rain, landslides kill 24 in north India
The death toll from heavy monsoon downpours in northern India climbed to 24 Saturday after seven people in a house were killed in their sleep by a landslide, authorities said.
US warns ‘provocative’ Russia as Ukraine tensions rise
Washington yesterday urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered its territory.
Ebola: Nigerians blast US FDA for calling its experimental drug, pesticide
U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suffers huge social media backlash from Nigerians yesterday, over its description of Nano Silver as a pesticide, a drug which was recently announced by the country’s Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu, to be an experimental treatment of patients affected with the deadly Ebola disease.
Police in Anambra know who planted human heads in my hotel – hotelier
Remember Upper Class Hotel, situated on 8 Old Market Road, in the commercial city of Onitsha , Anambra state that was demolished on the order of Mr Peter Obi, the immediate past governor of the state, following the discovery of human heads and ammunition inside one of the hotel rooms?
2015: We may push Oduah to Senate – Anambra Elders
Elders of Anambra North Senatorial Zone of Anambra State and Town union leaders in the zone have stated that they might consider the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah as the most credible person from the zone to become their next senator during the 2015 national assembly elections in the country.
Family of five found dead in Abeokuta
Tragedy struck yesterday, at Temidire Community, in Sabo, Abeokuta North Local Government area of Ogun State yesterday when a family of five including father, mother and their three children were found dead in their room.
