Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday joined his colleague Governors from Ogun State and Imo State to attend the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Convention held at the Eagle Square Abuja, charging the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to write its name in history by ensuring that it is seen to have acted [...]
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’ meeting held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. During the summit the governors drummed up support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition. Although Amaechi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, was represented by his [...]
Two of Nigeria’s opposition parties, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) agreed Saturday to merge into an electoral behemoth, the All Progressives Congress(APC), which they vowed would defeat President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015 polls. The two parties approved the move in separate [...]
The political crisis rocking Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, took a new dimension when on Thursday the State Police Command ordered the withdrawal of Mobile Policemen guarding the Okrika Local Government boss and the council secretariat. The withdrawal of the policemen from Mr Tamuno Williams, the chairman of Okrika Local Government Council, who is Governor Rotimi [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra Chapter, has pledged to provide a level playing ground ahead of the governorship election scheduled for January 2014. The state chairman of the party, Mr Kenneth Emeakayi, made the pledge in Awka while receiving the report of the Harmonisation and Reconciliation Committee. The committee was set up by the [...]
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and eight other progressive counterparts including the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday converged in Owerri for a rally to mark the second year in office of Owelle Okorocha, with Governor Fashola reiterating that the All Progressives Congress (APC) represents the choice for change for a [...]
The recent trials of Governor Rotimi Amaechi, manifesting in different layers of drama, are targeted at impeaching him as Rivers State governor The political war between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State gets worse by the day. Analysts observing the drama came out with the scenario of a pincer attack on [...]
