APC nullifies Ondo primary
THE National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the primary election that produced Mr Festus Adefiranye as the candidate for Odigbo/Ileoluji/Okeigbo Federal Constituency in Ondo State.
2015: Plateau braces up for non-violent polls
Women and children have always borne the brunt of violence often initiated by men.
How to keep wrong candidates out of 2015 polls — Comrade Adewale
* Says youths are yet in position to govern BY OLAYINKA AJAYI Comrade Temitope Adewale is the President, Young Achievers Campaign Organisation of Nigeria, YACOON. In this encounter, he bares his mind on what is required of youths ahead of the 2015 elections. Excerpts: What is your opinion on youths participation in politics? In 1967, […]
2015: Ex-Minister, Ortom, tears Benue APC apart
The primary elections of the two leading parties in Benue State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, may have come and gone, but the fallout of that process has certainly left sour taste in the mouths of most of the aspirants in the APC.
Re-instate ‘sacked’ prisons officials
The grave impact which insurgency has had on the nation this year, may make many Nigerians think of nothing else that marks year 2014. But there are associated developments that would also go down in history as monumental. Incessant jailbreaks across the country would no doubt be one of them. If we are lucky to have no new cases before the year runs out in a couple days, we can then say we had no less than 5 breaks during the year.
Wicked Thieves! ‘We stole old woman’s goat to make barbecue for birthday party’
TWO friends, Seun Agagu and Gbenga Adedipe, are cooling their feet at the Ondo State Police Command headquarters for allegedly stealing a goat to celebrate the birthday party of one of them.
2015: Nigerians should decide
“You can fool some of the people all of the time,and all of the people some of the time,but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time
‘Chime is an asset to Enugu’
Kieran Gozie Enechi is the legal adviser to Lagos-based Adada Media Forum, a collection of media professionals of Enugu extraction with a commitment and drive to cross fertilize experience and exposure in order to meaningfully contribute to the social, political and economic advancement of Enugu State and her people. He speaks on issues of interest in the state
Karis Award: Orji, Irukwu hail Okotie on Chibok girls
ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji and renowned legal luminary, educationist, author and former president of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prof. Jo Ogbonnaya Irukwu last Sunday congratulated Rev. Chris Okotie and members of the Household of God Ministries for G.R.A.C.E. 2014 describing the programme as a brilliant concept.
A dispassionate account of Okowa’s victory
The surprise emergence of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as the PDP flagbearer for the Delta state governorship election has continued to generate attention. Okowa, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, shocked political pundits when he beat 14 other contestants with 406 votes out of a total of 1,074 votes.
What growing up in the slum taught me — Ruth Kadiri
Ruth Kadiri is one of the fast rising actresses cum scriptwriters you would love to meet some day. Soft-spoken, easy-going and highly articulate Ruth has built for herself a name that may get the likes of Geneiveve and Omotola going green with envy in no distant future. The Edo State born actress who debuted as an actress in “Sincerity”, a movie that she also wrote, in recent times, has upped the ante. She opened up on her relationship, lessons she has learnt as an actress, childhood experiences and other interesting revelations.
