Three persons were reportedly killed in Ile Ife during a fight between supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that one person was killed in the fight, which erupted in the ...
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Adamawa PDP candidate, Nuhu Ribadu, concedes defeat, releases concession statement
With final result in the Adamawa state governorship election yet to be declared, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election has conceded defeat. Below is his concession address to the people of Adamawa state. Mr. Ribadu, a ...
Read More »INEC releases statement on State Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections across the country on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Governorship elections were held in 29 States of the Federation, while State Assembly elections were held in 36 states. ...
Read More »Photos of people attacked in Rivers state
Politics issues should never be a do-or-die thing people, why the anarchy? There were various political conflicts in Rivers state (and different parts of Nigeria) yesterday. Here are a few pics of a percentage of the loss in Rivers. Keep ...
Read More »“Stay where they are, & form a formidable opposition party”- APC tells defecting PDP members
John Oyegun, the national chairman of APC said today Saturday April 11th that the gale of defections by politicians was not good for Nigeria’s political development. Mr. Oyegun, who spoke to newsmen in Benin shortly after casting his vote, advised ...
Read More »Fani-Kayode predicts victory for Osun PDP candidates
Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said the candidates of the party will win some seats in the Osun State House of Assembly. Fani-Kayode said this in an interview with ...
Read More »Chibok girls in Sambisa forest —Shettima
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, in an interactive session with journalists spoke on diverse issues including the Boko Haram insurgency, abduction of Chibok schoolgirls and his future plans. KAYODE IDOWU was there The last four years of your administration have ...
Read More »Parties need miracles to beat APC in Bauchi – Rep-elect
House of Representatives member-elect for Dass, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Constituency of Bauchi State, Yakubu Dogara, has declared that it will take a miracle for any other party to win the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections in the ...
Read More »Soldiers beat up voter for taking pictures
There was pandemonium at Polling Unit 046, Sam Sonibare Street, Surulere, Lagos, as a team of soldiers beat up a youth for taking their pictures. It was learnt that the soldiers, about 25 in number, were in a big truck, ...
Read More »Piracy: 99 per cent of the people that are trading there are Igbos – Movie Marketer
Only four days after Kunle Afolayan took a shot at Igbos saying they are exclusively behind motion picture theft in Nigeria, a film marketer, Gabosky who is additionally an Igbo man, has said there’s no requirement for estimations and Igbos ...
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