Three explosive devices went off on Tuesday February 17, near the All Progressives Congress, APC, rally ground in Okrika, Rivers State. The explosives were said to have been planted somewhere behind the Okrika Secondary school venue of the rally while members of the party had gathered waiting for the party leadership. Hundreds of party members…
PDP Is Behaving Like A Punch-drunk Boxer – APC
The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is behaving like a “punch-drunk boxer” who is flailing at everything and everyone but his opponent. In a statement signed by Lai Mohammed, APC’s national publicity secretary on Tuesday, the party likened the PDP to a victim of self inflicted…
Our Mandate Is To Protect Lives, Not Kill- Police IG
In an apparent response to the recent threat issued by controversial Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, who promised to kill 20 civilians in retaliation for attacks on any policeman during the upcoming elections, Suleiman Abba, the Inspector-General of Police, has warned Policemen against the use of firearms during the elections “except in extreme…
APC Accuses PDP of Buying PVCs
The All Progressives Congress, APC has raised an allegation that some agents suspected to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have devised means of purchasing Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs from unsuspecting members of the public. In addition to this, the party said some registered voters are being intimidated and their PVCs seized by…
APC Condemns Inciting Statements
For supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan, there is no law, police nor Department of State Security, DSS, Lai Mohammed, national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC has said. Mohammed stated that a support for the President’s second term bid is a licence to lawlessness and irresponsibility. “For supporters of President Jonathan, there is…
APC Alleges Plot to Postpone Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that proponents of a shift in the 2015 election date are planning to sponsor nationwide protests against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The APC says the protests are planned as a means of coercing INEC to shift the elections, billed for February 14 and 28. This was…
APC Alleges Fresh Plot to Frustrate Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC has expressed concern over its latest discovery of a fresh attempt to use the courts to postpone or frustrate next month’s general elections. In a statement issued by Lai Mohammed, the party’s national publicity secretary in Lagos on Tuesday by Lai Mohammed, the APC said after all attempts to stop…
Stay Away From Bold Ignorance, Deception – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has described as a demonstration of “bold ignorance and deception” the claim that the Lagos State government allocates only 3 per cent of its education budget to primary education. The governor stated this in reaction to an allegation credited to Jimi Agbaje,governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fashola…
Ambode Unveils Plan For Lagos
Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos has said his plans to turn around the fortunes of the state positively would be hinged on four strategic developmental goals, which he identified as economic development, infrastructural development, social development and the improvement of security. A release signed by Steve Ayorinde,…
Agbaje, Ambode Disagree Over Lagos Tax System
Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos State have disagreed over how the state’s tax collection process should be run. Speaking at a forum organised by the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, with the focus, “Private Sector Interactive…
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