By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole received over three thousand Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defectors , led by President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Security Chief in Edo State, Mr. Fred Ikhuebor into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin City on Sunday. Other former PDP stalwarts who decamped with their teeming supporters to APC at a rally held in …
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President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct as it is the terminal date of his first term in office. In a statement yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, quoted the president as saying that the adjustment by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should be accepted …
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Nigeria’s former colonial masters, Britain has added its voice to the controversy surrounding the recent postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, describing it as a situation that calls for concern”. In a statement by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Phillip Hammond, Britain called for calm during what it said was a period of frustration, saying the decision …
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday, made a statement on the postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, appealing to all stakeholders to accept the shift in the dates as announced by INEC on Saturday in good faith. The president assured of his commitment to the sanctity of May 29th, 2015 as the terminal date …
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The Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, on Tuesday said the Federal Government is to ground private jets registered in foreign numbers, but engage in commercial operations in the country. Also to be affected by this new policy are Nigerian registered private jets that engage in “hire and reward”. This new policy will come into effect as from Thursday, February …
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By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has flagged off a N5.7billion Auchi Erosion project to tackle the menacing gully erosion threatening to consume the community, describing it as a historic intervention that will change the fortune of the kingdom. In his speech at the commencement of the project, a World Bank-assisted initiative last Friday, Oshiomhole said, “We have …
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A foremost Bayelsa monarch, His Royal Highness, Serena-Dokubo Spiff, has warned those plotting to unseat Governor Seriake Dickson to desist from their sinister plot. According to Spiff, such dastardly plot to unseat Dickson would be resisted vehemently by the people and those behind the plan would incur the wrath of the people. The warning was giving on the heels of …
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Following the postponement of the general election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined Nigerians and indeed all his supporters across the country to exercise restraints and remain calm. Below is the full text of his press statement: Following the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission …
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The frosty relationship between First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State again manifested itself over the weekend with the staging of a protest by a political pressure group, Network for Bayelsa People’s Agenda, NBPA, for the removal of the later as governor. The group claimed that the booing of the Governor during the Peoples Democratic …
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The three man panel of Osun state Election petition tribunal, Justices, Elizabeth Ikpejime, Victor Ofesi and A. I. Kutigi, have unanimously thrown away the petition of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the August 9, 2014 governorship election, Senator Iyiola Omisore. Reacting to the judgment, Governor Rauf Aregbesola described it as triumph of the will of the people …
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