APC, observer group disagree on Edo election
AN election observer group under the aegis of Alliance for Credible Elections, ACE, yesterday, in Abuja, alleged that the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, where Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner, was heavily rigged.
Fashola, get Julius Berger off Lagos-Ibadan road
ON behalf of all users of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, I am calling on the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to immediately get German Construction company Julius Berger to stop the wickedness in high places that has been going on for months now on that major road.
Insurgency: Army launches motorcycle battalion
The Nigerian Army has launched Operation Motorcycle Battalion aimed at the use of motorcycles in its operation against insurgency, especially in rough terrains and reduction of response time to emergencies.
Hotel Presidential: The seventh heaven where celebrities unwind in Rivers
PORT HARCOURT—SOME weeks ago, I travelled from Asaba in Delta State, the Regional Head-quarters of my company, Vanguard newspapers in the Niger Delta region to Rivers State on an official assignment.
CLO backs NJC on sack of Enugu CJ, wants him prosecuted
The Civil Liberty Organization,CLO,Enugu Chapter, yesterday, lauded the Nigeria Judicial Council, NJC, over last Friday’s sack of the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Innocent Umezurike over abuse of his office by accepting gratifications from litigants.
Ondo Gov Poll: Alasoadura berates aggrieved APC aspirants
ONE of the governorship aspirants that participated in the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Ondo State, Tayo Alasoadura, yesterday, said he was disappointed at aggrieved aspirants, who rejected the conduct of the primaries.
Creation of LCDAs in Oyo, plot to avoid council polls – LADOJA
Ibadan—FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja has described the proposed creation of 35 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state as a plan to avoid the conduct of local government elections, which is yet to be conducted five years after assumption of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in office.
State Police’ll curb herdsmen’s menace – OMMTA President
ENUGU—PRESIDENT of Ogbete Main Market Traders Association, OMMTA, Chief Temple Ude, has posited that the institutionalisation of state owned police in all the 36 states of the Federation, will curb the menace being caused by Fulani herdsmen.
Ekiti, Osun APC in war of words over Aregbesola’s visit to Fayose
THE crisis in the South west chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, took another turn after the Ekiti State chapter flayed Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State over his recent visit and commendation of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
Delta APC crisis deepens
ASABA—THE crisis rocking All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State took a dangerous twist, yesterday, as the Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor faction accused the other faction of placing charms at the entrance to the party’s secretariat in Asaba, the state capital.
Gov Umahi to CAN: Check activities of fake pastors
ABAKALIKI—Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has advised the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, to check fake pastors whose activities have continued to constitute a threat to true Christian worship.
