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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By C. Todd Lopez Army News Service WASHINGTON – Prominent African-Americans from all walks of life have served as a bridge between the past and today, as well as a bridge to the future, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said on Friday February 6, 2015 at the 10th annual Stars and Stripes recognition dinner in Washington. The Air Force …
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* Speaks on the house Yar’Adua gave him, life in retirement ANTHONY Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie was born on June 16, 1936 to the royal family of Uromi in Edo State. His father was Esan and his mother Yoruba. Okogie was ordained as a Catholic priest on December 11, 1966. He was drafted into the Nigerian Army, and served there as …
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The United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, has expressed disappointment over the postponement of the Nigeria’s general elections. According to Kerry,“The United States is deeply disappointed by the decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, which had been scheduled for February 14.” “Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government …
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The 2015 general elections in Nasarawa State suddenly took a new dimension with the emergence of Labaran Maku, a former Minister of Information, who recently decamped from the PDP to All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to pick the governorship ticket. The two major political parties – PDP and APC – and contenders least expected Maku to join the race after …
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STATEMENT ON THE TIMETABLE FOR 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY THE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROFESSOR ATTAHIRU M. JEGA, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 07th, 2015. Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general elections. Let me state …
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