The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, has raised the alarm that the pre-election violence that engulfed the state, is becoming an epidemic for the health sector to manage. Dr. Parker, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, lamented that the number of casualties,
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He is referred to as the most experienced and the legislative encyclopedia of Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon Kolawole Taiwo known as HKT is the Deputy Speaker of the House and the longest serving state lawmaker in the country, having been elected into the house since 1999 and still gunning for another term. In […]
The Zamfara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has embarked on a massive mobilisation of women to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April gubernatorial election. The wife of the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Hajiya Saratu Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, who was on a campaign tour to women strongholds, across the […]
Youths numbering about three thousand, on Tuesday, marched through major streets, in the Onitsha metropolis, urging their counterparts to obtain their permanent voter cards and vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, in the March 28 election. At about 11 o’clock, in the morning, the youths, who had converged at the Chuba Ikpeazu Stadium, Awka Road, marched […]
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 to endorse the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in next […]
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
