Youths shut down Rivers PDP secretariat over senatorial primaries result
Activities were grounded, yesterday, for several hours at the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as hundreds of youths from the eight local government areas that make up Rivers West senatorial district, protested what they described as the sham primary election of the party for the senatorial district.
Okorocha urges prayers for Nigeria’s unity
OWERRI—Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State yesterday called on Nigerians of goodwill to work and pray together for the oneness of the country to prove those who had predicted the division of the country in 2015 wrong.
Amosun spends N27bn on pensions, gratuities
Responding, the state government said it had spent about N22billion as payment of pensions and N5billion as gratuities in the last three and half years and pledged that it would neither owe the pensioners nor its workers.
Okorocha presents N141bn ‘Budget of Total Rescue’ for 2015
Imo State Government has proposed a budget of N141,219,133,849, termed “budget of total rescue and sustainability,” for the 2015 fiscal year.
2015: Borno indigenes kick against imposition of Imam as PDP candidate
MEMBERS of Yerwa-Oodua socio-economic Society, yesterday kicked against the imposition of Alhaji Mohammed Imam as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State for the 2015 governorship election.
Ologunde appointed DG of Ambode Campaign Organization
LAGOS—An experienced political tactician, public administrator and Vice-Chairman of the Lagos West Senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Folusho Ologunde, has been appointed the Director General of the Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organisation.
Happy New Year
AS 2015 begins, people have high expectations. They dream their New Year ambitions. It is an annual ritual that helps brush aside failures of the faded year. The beginning of every year affords deep reflection on the past and the future. Some call these New Year resolutions.
Ecobank named Investment Bank of the Year
Ecobank has been named Investment Bank of the Year – Nigeria in the Wealth & Finance International magazine Finance Awards 2014.
‘Water pipes obstructing Lagos-Abeokuta pedestrian bridge’
Lagos—Mr Godwin Eke, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, said yesterday, that underground water mains had stalled the construction of a pedestrian bridge at Iyana- Ipaja on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
