Killing local governments, finally
TWENTY-THREE states — Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara — voted against local government financial autonomy. Their votes meant the required two-third majority required to change the law was not met.
Mikel wins African Player of December award
Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel has been named the English Premier League’s African Player of the Month of December.
In a statement by the organisers New African Soccer, Mikel was voted and selected ahead of West Ham’s Cameroonian Alex Song and Southampton striker, Senegalese Sadio Mane in a tight vote process.
Glo-CAF Awards: P-Square, Omawumi promise a night of endless entertainment
A cross–section of Artistes lined up to perform during the forth-coming Glo-CAF Awards gala have promised to make it a night of fun, glamour and endless entertainment.
We’ve employed 50,000 youths in 43 months —Amosun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has disclosed that his administration has in 43 months of its emergence employed no fewer than 50,000 youths in the state through direct and indirect employment.
Group urged to mobilize voters for Okowa
Ahead of the 2015 governorship election in Delta State, Okowability Prosperity Network, with over 2,000 membership strength across the 25 local government areas of the state, has directed its executive and members to mobilise at least, 20 voters each to vote in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, saying that he remains an unbeatable candidate who will bring prosperity to the state.
Crack in MOSOP deepens
The crack in the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, was very visible yesterday, as Ogoni gathered at separate venues in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, for this year’s Ogoni Day.
Amaechi’s NGF condoles with Jonathan over sister’s death
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has condoled with President Goodluck Jonathan and his family over the death of his younger sister, Nancy Jonathan-Olei.
We’ll deliver Kano’s five million votes to Buhari — Ganduje
Kano State’s Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for the forthcoming general elections, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has given assurance that Kano will deliver its over five million votes to General Muhammadu Buhari during the presidential election.
Primaries: Bauchi APC assures aggrieved members of justice, fairness
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, yesterday said more than 335 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, were residing in the state.
Imperative of a Jonathan 2nd term
THOSE who are familiar with my political discourses know that I am an unapologetic supporter of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ph.D., GCFR. I have been a “GEJite” or, if you like, a “Jonathanian” (a term coined by Nasir El Rufai thinking it is derisive) since October, 2009, when it became clear that late President Umaru Yar’adua was unlikely to continue as Nigeria’s President due to ill-health.
75 Nigerian students selected for Microsoft partners
Effort to retool Nigerian students for 21st century learning environment using Information Communication Technology has started yielding the expected results as over seventy-five more students from twenty-five Nigerian universities have been selected as Microsoft Student Partners (MSPs) at this year’s Microsoft Nigeria Student Partner on-boarding event which held at Elizade University, Akure, Nigeria.
