The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, as winner of Saturday’s poll. The electoral body made the announcement around 4:25am on Sunday, declaring that the former governor of the state scored the highest number of votes in all the 16 local…
Month: June 2014
Fayose Vows To Accept Ekiti Poll Outcome
Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election held in Ekiti on Saturday, Ayodele Fayose, has promised to accept any result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The former Ekiti State governor revealed this shortly after casting his vote on Saturday afternoon at Unit 001 Polling Centre located at St…
Juliet Ibrahim Announces Marriage Crash
After several attempts by Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, to keep her troubled union with Kwadwo Safo away from the media and her fans, the pretty movie star has finally confirmed that her marriage has since ended, putting a rest to several months of speculations. In a press statement released by her Publicist, Bunmi Odunowo, on…
How Isiaka Adeleke Collected N20m Monthly From Aregbesola To Betray PDP
Former governor Isiaka Adeleke of Osun State is a man many people have come to know as someone with his own style. The famous ‘serubawon’ has a unique style of wearing his cap, and not only that, his political move is also for the records. Just recently, the stylish politician dumped the Peoples Democratic Party…
No Division In Eagles Camp–Yobo
Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, has stressed that there is no trouble in the team’s camp as some people are speculating. The skipper spoke during a press conference in Brazil ahead of the team’s all important game on Saturday night against Bosnia. Yobo stated that the atmosphere in camp is lively, adding that everyone, including…
Gov Fayemi Debunks Arrest Tale
The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has denied reports claiming he was arrested by some security operatives ahead of Saturday’s (today) governorship election in the state. In a statement by one of his aides, Dimeji Daniels, the governor noted that he is in his country home in Isan-Ekiti, ready to cast his vote as…
Gov Fayemi Debunks Arrest Tale
The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has denied reports claiming he was arrested by some security operatives ahead of Saturday’s (today) governorship election in the state. In a statement by one of his aides, Dimeji Daniels, the governor noted that he is in his country home in Isan-Ekiti, ready to cast his vote as…
Ekiti 2014: Result Won't Be Announced In Abuja–REC Says
Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ekiti State, Halilu Pai, has disclosed that result of Saturday’s gubernatorial poll will not be announced in Abuja, but in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Pia was reacting to a rumour being speculated in some quarters that the result of governorship election in Ekiti…
Abducted Bayelsa Speaker's Mother-In-Law Regains Freedom
Mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly has been freed by her abductors. The woman was seized by some gunmen on May 30, 2014 at her Seibiri family compound in Korokorosei community, Southern Ijaw local council area of the state. A statement released on Friday by Special Assistant to the Speaker on…
Chibok Girls: FG Goes Tough On School Owners As C'ttee Submits Report
The Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, which was set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, has submitted its report. Chairman of the committee, Brig-Gen Ibrahim Sabo (rtd), presenting its findings to Jonathan, noted that some students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were truly kidnapped by some gunmen at their…