National Secretary, Labour Party, Barrister Kayode Ajulo, in this interview speaks on what informed the decision of his party to adopt the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential polls. REMI OLADOYE was there. Excerpts: How did your party arrive at the decision
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The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, said, on Tuesday, that his kinsmen would not express tribal sentiment against President Goodluck Jonathan, in the March 28 election. Jonathan is faced with stiff opposition from the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s Presidential candidate, Gen.
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians that he was ready to subject himself to democratic norms and principles if elected later this month. The former Head of State said this during a parley with media executives in Abuja. Gen. Buhari, who pleaded for understanding for the roles […]
A group, the Council of the Wise, has condemned all ethnic militias’ calls for the sack of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. The council, who visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, at his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, described the protests staged by armed ethnic militias […]
About 120 Atiku Abubakar Support Groups formally defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja. This came barely 24 hours after former members of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) joined the PDP. The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Professor Rurfai Alkali, while speaking at a cer-emony where […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC), Ijesa North Federal Constituency, has expressed displeasure over the alleged attacks on its members. The Chairman, Campaign committee of Ijesa North Federal Constituency, Wale Bolorunduro, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, in Osogbo. Displaying photographs of brutalized victims, Bolorunduro said the APC has asked its loyalists not
Some supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday during a rally in honour of the wife of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Mrs Jonathan was represented at the event by the wife of Vice President Namadi Sambo, Hajiya Aminat […]
Members of the youth wing of the Hausa Community in Oyo State on Tuesday lauded Governor Abiola Ajimobi, saying that the policy thrust of his administration has been of immense benefit to non-indigenes. The youths, including Bureau de Change operators, Okada riders and others, who thronged the Governor’s Office in their thousands, said they came […]
Despite the rumours in some media (not Daily Times) of division in the opposition party top hierarchy, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress( APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and top leaders of the party met with media executives in Abuja. Buhari ruled out any presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan stating
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the police in the Birniwa council area of Jigawa State to discontinue the incessant harassment and intimidation of its members in the area, saying the police is a national institution that should always be neutral and non-partisan. Speaking through a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by […]
The All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has on Monday described as disheartening the level of continued suffering by Nigerians due to the worsening fuel supply situation in Nigeria and failure of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration under President Goodluck Jonathan to address the ugly situation in the country. Deputy
Over 1000 youth used as thugs and for snatching of ballot boxes lost their lives during the 2011 general elections across the country, Peace Ambassador Agency said at the weekend. Speaking during its 2015 Peace Summit in Abuja, President, Peace Agency, Ambassador Kingsley Amafibe, said statistics available to them shows that people who died during […]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been endorsed for another four-year term by the Nigerians In Diaspora Integration (NIDI) project. This was made known at a press conference by the president of the body, Dr Caro Nwosu, in Abuja. She said NIDI, under the aegis of Global Crusaders for Growth in Africa, was endorsing Dr Jonathan […]
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) had deplored the frequent resort to violence to deal with perceived grievances by the people. Reacting to the incident at Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, where dozens, mainly women and children were killed in cold blood by suspected herdsmen, the APC Presidential said in a […]
As the 2015 general election gathers momentum, the Justice, Development and Peace Commission/ Voice to the People Project targeted at (JDPC/V2P), Nnewi Diocese and the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Anambra South senatorial zone, have organised a political forum to enable candidates of the various political parties in the area to unveil their manifestoes. The event was held […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has, again, cautioned the Presidency against peddling lies as a state policy while it frowned at the problems confronting Nigeria’s healthcare system under the Jonathan administration. APC also called on President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to tender unreserved apology to Nigerians based on the
It’s a great relieve for the National Leader All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, when a court, in Lagos, restrained the African Independence Television (AIT) from airing a controversial documentary “Lion of Bourdilion.” Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe of the Lagos High Court, in Ikeja, gave this order granting an interim order stopping […]
Cross River State Labour Party candidate, Dominic Aqua Edem, has been kidnaped. He is contesting to represent Calabar South, Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas, in the House of Representatives. He was also a former deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly. Daily Times reliably gathered that at about 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, Edem […]
Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has charged the opposition in the country to emulate the qualities the late Malam Aminu Kano, who, despite being a mainstream opposition leader, still found time to work for the development of the northern part of the country. He said that while Malam Aminu Kano campaigned vigorously for […]
Chief Olu Falae, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has lambasted General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his recent comment on the outcome of last year”s National Conference and its funding. General Buhari had last week, while speaking with thousands of youths at a meeting […]