EKITI: PREVENTING APC GOVERNORS FROM CAMPAIGN WAS ‘ACT OF WAR’ – SOYINKA

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has condemned the stopping of some governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from attending a campaign rally in Ekiti State describing it as an act of war.
At a press conference in Lagos, Saturday, Mr. Soyinka urged the affected governors to seek redress in court, noting that it was a violation of their human rights.

Fayose leads as Adebayo is defeated in his own ward by Bamidele

Former Governor Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti State on Saturday lost his Elera Compound Unit 003 polling booth to the candidate of the Labour Party, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele.
At the polling unit, the All Progressives Congress scored 36 votes, while the LP had 61, and the Peoples Democratic Party, 15.

Niger APC lacks articulate security agenda – Aliyu

The Niger State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has been described as a baseless political group of people with hollow disposition towards an articulated security master plan in protecting the lives and properties of the people.
This position was contained in a statement on Friday by Israel Ebije, the Chief Press Secretary to the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu.

RIVERS JUDICIARY AT CROSSROADS

Things fell apart in Rivers State Judiciary since the exit of the immediate past Chief Judge, Justice Iche Ndu, in August, 2013, and the centre can no longer hold. At least, the crisis in the state’s judiciary took a turn for the worst, after the retirement of Justice Iche Ndu. The crisis, however, did not come to many as a surprise. This is because, while the body of Jurists, the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the retiring Iche Ndu, had in mind who would become the next Chief Judge of the State, the governor of the state, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, knew who would.

TINUBU WARNS AGAINST RIGGING

Former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu in a statement on Friday warned that the Inidependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must not botch today’s election in Ekiti as it did Anambra governorship election last year.
Tinubu, in a statement, stressed that the election would be easily won by the All Progressives Congress (APC) if it is free and fair.

2015: ABACHA SET TO CONTEST KANO GOVERNORSHIP

Kano— The Presidency may have finally cleared the coast for Mohammed Abacha, the son of late General Sani Abacha, to join forces with pro Jonathan supporters and win back Kano State for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, next year.
Competent sources told Vanguard that Wednesday’s withdrawal of the N446.3 billion money laundering charge against Abacha was aimed at giving him a clean bill to be able to run as PDP gubernatorial candidate in the next election.

NFF, NFSC IN REPLICA JERSEY SCAM . Fans demand $150 refund each

 

Some Nigerians in Brazil are accusing the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Nigeria Football Supporters Club of fleecing them of $150 each, which they allegedly paid to be provided with the new jerseys of the Super Eagles.
The Nigerian residents told National Mirror that the failure of the NFF and NFSC Rafiu to supply the jersey replicas to them had contributed to the poor turnout of the Nigerians at the stadium during the Iran versus Nigeria match on Monday.

BOKO HARAM: PRESIDENTIAL PANEL SUBMITS REPORT

Presidential fact-finding committee on the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State, submitted its report today.
While presenting the report to President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja today, the chairman of the committee, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Sabo (rtd) said his team gathered that 219 students remained unaccounted for, noting that of the 276 abducted, 57 escaped and had been reunited with their families.
He said his committee discovered that during the siege on the school on April 14, 119 students escaped from the school premises, before the insurgents took away others.

Ekiti 2014: My victory is certain – Bamidele

One of the three frontline candidates in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, of Labour Party, has said that he would emerge victorious in the race.
Bamidele expressed this assurance in a goodwill message sent to his teeming supporters across the length and breadth of Ekiti State, just as they move into the election proper in less than 24 hours.
He said his hope of a landslide victory in the poll was hinged on God’s purpose and unflinching popularity he enjoys among Ekiti State voters over the years.

PRESIDENCY DISPELS APC’S ACCUSATION OF REPRESSION

The Presidency has dispelled accusation by the opposition APC that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was repressive ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday that the accusation was absolutely wrong.