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Okpanachi, a youth leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, was killed on Saturday in his home town, Alloma

According to the Assembly, the allegations were made by the Obio/Akpor stakeholders from the 17 wards of the local government area. It explained that the petition was weighty and required a thorough investigation which would require the suspension of the accused for proper investigation to take place. The assembly therefore added that the suspension was pending the outcome of the investigation

Kolawole said the PAAM campaign office in Ado-Ekiti will be formally declared open after the submission of letter of intent at the party secretariat

A statement by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Oluyinka Akintunde, quoted the minister as explaining that the initiative was aimed at assisting the farmers, women and youths in their agricultural businesses

For instance, you all know that for the first time in the history of Ekiti State, our State is being run on credit. Funds that should accrue to the State in the next 20 years are being taken in advance through questionable loans and bond, with the implication that future generations of Ekiti people will be saddled with the task of repaying loans already spent even when they were yet to be born

The National Convention Planning Committee of the ACN on Wednesday said the timing of Jonathan’s visit and the attendant disruption of traffic expected to come with it, will only be seen as a continuation of the attempt to frustrate the merger plan by the Peoples Democratic Party

Justice Ishaq Bello on Monday declared as legitimate the state executive committee led by Felix Obuah

Abati said Jonathan was concentrating on his Transformation Agenda and not future elections

Anenih, after a meeting on Monday with Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the PDP will continue to wax stronger in the state once Obasanjo remains the leader

The sacking of the executive committee on Monday, by the court presided over by Justice Ishaq Bello, is believed to be a fallout of the face-off between Amaechi and the Presidency

The governor, who lamented the unnecessary loss of lives and wanton destruction of properties during a condolence visit to the families of the victims on Monday, said anyone found culpable will be brought to justice, no matter which political party he belongs to

Another top leader of the PDP and proprietor of Paragon Demonstration Group of Schools in Edo State, Martins Osakwe, has also joined the ACN

In a statement issued in Benin City, Edo State on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN said the harassment and intimidation of Chief Awe was part of a grand plan by the PDP to muzzle the ACN in Ekiti State and trigger a breakdown of law and order in the state, which the instigators hope will culminate in a state of emergency, as boasted by the impeached ex-Gov. Ayo Fayose, who said no Ggvernor after him would finish his term

The ACN said it is aware, all along, that all the attempts to derail the registration of the APC, by some impostors who have been loaded down with dirty funds by their ‘ogas at the top’, were masterminded from the seat of power and the highest echelon of the PDP, by those who have totally abandoned governance for dirty politics, even though there are almost two years to go before the next elections

The ACN said in order to buttress its point on the abuse of the SURE-P funds, most – if not all – state coordinators for President Jonathan’s campaign in 2011 are also the current state coordinators for SURE-P, adding that this is not a mere coincidence but a well-orchestrated attempt to give the Jonathan campaign an unfair head-start ahead of 2015 – with public funds

Njoku, in the notice, said he was dissatisfied with the ruling of Justice M.N. Oniyangi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on the matter

Faluyi and Ipinlaye were shot dead on March 23, 2011 at Kota Junction, Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State by the policemen who were drafted to quell a crisis over the alleged defacement of posters of political opponents

Instead of taking a cue from Akpabio, the opposition chieftains have become lapdogs to their godfather to whom they channel resources meant for the development of their states

Even when Tukur called him on the telephone to return to the meeting, Amaechi did not heed the plea, it was learnt

In the poll held on Saturday, the PDP won in five out of the six council areas