ADC blames Tinubu for Fadahunsi’s ‘kill Accord members’ remark
Abdullahi argued that statements made by political leaders could influence how their followers interpret the limits of acceptable conduct during elections.
Ogboru rises from political death
THE permutations by the All Progressives Congress, APC, was that the party would win the senatorial bye election held in Delta Central senatorial district , Delta state on October 12 , 2013, if Chief Great Ogboru joined forces with it to battle the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Omisore, Akingbade fault Aregbesola’s education policy
CANDIATES of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and Labour Party LP, Senator Iyiola Omisore and Alhaji Fatai Akinbade respectively have faulted the Rauf Aregbesola administration re-classification education policy in the state.
Critics’re jealous of Orji’s achievements in Abia — Ajunwa
Mr. Charles Ajunwa, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, in this interview speaks on the efforts of the state government to transform the state and challenged critics of the governor for a debate on TA Orji’s laudable achievements. Excerpts: What is your take to critics’ comments that Governor Orji […]
1,000 Accord Party members decamp to SDP
IT was a bumper harvest for Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun State as the entire members of Accord Party (AP) numbering over 1,000 yesterday in Ejigbo Local Government of the state decamped to the party.
Why Wukari people must shun violence— Kente, Taraba Speaker
Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Josiah Sabo Kente, who represents Wukari I constituency, in this interview, bares his mind on the Wukari crisis and the way out. BY JOHN MKOM WHAT are your views over the recent crises that engulfed Southern Taraba state ranging from communal to religious crises? Honestly speaking, I […]
Interests, politics tear S-South govs apart
POLITICAL activities for 2015 and disagreements over oil among the states in the South South geo-political zone, have split the governors into two opposing blocs.
Nyako is as good as gone – Ardo
The battle to impeach Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa reached a crescendo last week with the state legislature and the governor playing hide-and-seek over the service of the Impeachment Notice. In this interview, Dr. Umar Ardo, a former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and one of the major opposition figures says that no one can save the governor from the impeachment, insisting that Nyako is as good as gone.
2015: Ikorodu battles for Lagos guber slot
The race for Governor Babatunde Fashola’s job in Lagos State has taken new dimension with chieftains, elders and traditional rulers in Ikorodu Division harping on producing the next governor. Apart from using the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), they are ready to throw their support to any party that will actualise their dream.
The example Obasanjo showed the world in peace making — Ita Giwa
Senator Forence Ita-Giwa, daughter of one of the country’s pioneering female journalists, Mrs. Beatrice Ita and a former wife of one of the country’s most vibrant journalists ever, Mr. Dele Giwa, could be said to be a media baby. But beyond birth and marriage, Florence Ita-Giwa has unarguably earned her own name in the field of politics and community agitation.
One year after Ewherido: New Permutations in Delta
Senator Pius Ewherido emerged as a phenomenon in Delta State when he reshaped the political configurations in his native Delta State with his election as a senator on the platform of the opposition Democratic Peoples Party, DPP. He was a man many said was destined for higher office in Delta, but all the hopes on him crumbled at the point of death a year ago today
