Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser Andrew Owoye Azazi apparently died in a helicopter that crashed today in Bayelsa State, a reliable source has told SaharaReporters. Governor Yakowa and Mr. Azazi, a retired military general who served as chief security adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, were among passengers in the ill-fated helicopter. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) had earlier indicated that the agency had activated Read more [...]

KADUNA — Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State ,yesterday, said the aim of the suicide bomber that blew off himself and killed eight worshippers at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Badarwa, Kaduna last Sunday was to kill the entire 1000-plus worshippers attending mass that day. The governor, who returned from a one-week holiday, Sunday evening, took a tour of the bombed church and visited the injured taking treatment in five different hospitals, saying government will foot their bills and “assist” Read more [...]

  The Ondo State Governorship Election Result has been released. This is the updated result made known or released  by the Independent National Electoral Commission. As shown below, it is obvious that Mimiko, the flag bearer of Labour Party carry the day. He is surely the true winner of the governorship election in Ondo   S/N LGA ACTION CONGRESS PARTY LABOUR PARTY  PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY SN LOCALGOVT AREA ACTION CONGRESS PARTY LABOUR PARTY  PEOPLES Read more [...]

Now that the election has been won by Mimiko, it is pertinent to ask if the election was free and fair. ACN is crying foul on how the election was handled In two separate statements, the Action Congress of Nigeria drew attention over some foul play in the governorship election in Ondo state, western Nigeria. The party’s publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, among other things revealed the arrest of Ondo state commissioner for special duties, Niran Sule and the chairman of the Owo local Read more [...]

Ondo State Governor and Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Saturday won the election in the polling unit of his arch-opponent and Action Congress of Nigeria candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu. In results declared at the Ijebu 2 Ward 5 Unit 6 in Owo, Ondo State, Mimiko got 144 votes; Akeredolu, 139; Olusola Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, 35; while the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria garnered three; COngress for Progressive Change, three; and Better Nigeria Peoples Party, two.

A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched.Miss Ibisobia Elkanah, elder sister of Tekena Friday Elkanah, revealed yesterday that policemen visited the scene where the students were burnt to death after they were severely injured and that one of the law enforcement agents told the perpetrators of the dastardly act “to burn them alive” The Read more [...]