Question Of The Day:- Do You Think The PDP Can Take Over Osun? (Aregbesola vs Omisore)

<br /><br /> <img alt="AregbesolaOmisore 500x250 Question Of The Day: Do You Think The PDP Can Take Over Osun? (Aregbesola vs Omisore)" class=" wp-image-19689 aligncenter" height="275" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.naijaloaded.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AregbesolaOmisore.jpg?resize=548%2C275" title="Question Of The Day: Do You Think The PDP Can Take Over Osun? (Aregbesola vs Omisore)" width="548" /><br /> <br /> <br /> The People of Ekiti has Decided.. Ayo Fayose of PDP has been Elected as Governor of the State, He won with a wide Margin against the APC Candidate, Fayemi and others.<br /> <br /> Osun State Election comes next, The Ekiti Scenario will put the Mind of APC Family on a Slim Chance.<br /> <br /> <strong>From your Own Point, Do you think PDP can take over Osun from APC this year?</strong><br /> <br /> Drop your Comment.<br />

Question Of The Day:- Do You Think The PDP Can Take Over Osun? (Aregbesola vs Omisore)

The People of Ekiti has Decided.. Ayo Fayose of PDP has been Elected as Governor of the State, He won with a wide Margin against the AP...

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Breaking News:- Gov. Fayemi Accept Defeat, Congratulates Fayose As The New Governor Of Ekiti State

<img alt="fayemi ekiti Breaking News: Gov. Fayemi Accept Defeat, Congratulates Fayose As The New Governor Of Ekiti State" class="wp-image-19697 aligncenter" data-recalc-dims="1" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.naijaloaded.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fayemi_ekiti.jpg?resize=496%2C306" title="Breaking News: Gov. Fayemi Accept Defeat, Congratulates Fayose As The New Governor Of Ekiti State" /><br /><br /><br />Former Governor of Ekiti state and the All Progressives Congress, APC gubernatorial candidate for the just concluded Ekiti governorship election has congratulated Ayo Fayose, Ekiti Governor-elect while also biding the good people of Ekiti farewell.<br /><br />In a statement issued this Sunday morning, Fayemi said,<br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><blockquote><b>” If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti People, I stand in deference to your will. If the result of the elections is an expression of the voice of our people, we must all heed your voice.I have just spoken with my brother, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, congratulating him on his victory. In a few hours from now, I would be meeting the Governor-elect to discuss the future of our dear state and how we would work together to institute a smooth transition programme.”.</b><br /><b>“It has been a hard fought election. As expected, in the course of the campaigns, there were unsavory episodes as the candidates toured the nooks and crannies of the state to sell ourselves to the people. Elections tend to be highly divisive affairs that often see brother rising against brother. Despite our diverse party affiliations, and regardless of which way we voted on Saturday, we must remember that we are all sons and daughters of Ekiti State. Ekiti is ours to build together.</b><br /><b></b></blockquote><br /><blockquote><b>“On our part, over the course of the campaigns, we presented our scorecards before the people of Ekiti State. We never at any point took your support for granted. We campaigned, we canvassed and we traversed the nooks and crannies of this State. Our performance and achievements in office will remain the backdrop against which the next government and indeed future governments will be assessed. We are proud that with the support of Ekiti people, we have raised the bar of excellence in governance. In all, we gave our best, for conscience and for posterity.</b><br /><b></b></blockquote><br /><blockquote><b>“Indeed a new sociology of the Ekiti people may have evolved. However, the task of understanding how the outcome of this election has defined us as a people will be that of scholars. For us as an administration and a cadre of political leaders in Ekiti State, we have fought a good fight, we have kept faith.</b><br /><b></b></blockquote><br /><blockquote><b>“To members of our party, our campaign team and indeed all Ekiti people who defied the siege on our state to cast their votes for our party, I salute your exemplary courage and doggedness in the face of harassment. Thank you for staying the course. The incidences of brazen harassment, intimidation and allied infractions on fundamental humanrights, which many of you suffered in the hands of agents of the state, would be documented and communicated to the appropriate authorities, for the records.</b></blockquote>I thank you all for listening.<br /><br />May God bless the land of honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria.<br /><br />May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Breaking News:- Gov. Fayemi Accept Defeat, Congratulates Fayose As The New Governor Of Ekiti State

Former Governor of Ekiti state and the All Progressives Congress, APC gubernatorial candidate for the just concluded Ekiti governorship el...

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National Conference Wants Death Penalty For R*pist

<b>Delegates at the ongoing National Conference on Thursday unanimously agreed to death penalty for anybody convicted of r*pe charge.</b><br /><br /><b><img alt="" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/09/9/national_conference_09.jpeg" data-zoom="1" height="180" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/151x85c/n/09/9/national_conference_09.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 10px;" vspace="5" width="320" /></b><br />^{<b><i>National Conference Delegates</i></b>}<br /><br />The delegates sitting at Plenary, however, gave the option of life imprisonment with hard labour to rape convicts in order to serve as deterrent to people with r*pe tendencies. <br /><br />The decision was taken following the recommendations by the Bola Ogunrinade- led Committee on Civil Society, Labour, Youths and Sports. <br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br />A mild drama, however, occurred during the deliberations as Bolaji Akinyemi, who is the Vice Chairman of the Conference, asked Asabe Baba Nahaya, a delegate representing National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), to go out from the plenary. The action was propelled by her refusal to use her tag in the plenary of the Conference during consideration of Committee report.<br /><br />But as security personnel, a policeman and an official of the Department of State Security (DSS) approached the delegate to walk her out, former PDP women leader and former Minister of Women Affairs, Iyom Josephine Anenih, quickly intervened to bring the situation under control.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Conference delegates turned down the committee's recommendation to allocate 30 per cent of decision making in the country to youths, as well as the recommendation asking government to phase-out Higher National Diploma (HND) programme.

National Conference Wants Death Penalty For R*pist

Delegates at the ongoing National Conference on Thursday unanimously agreed to death penalty for anybody convicted of r*pe charge. Nationa...

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FG Freezes All Bank Acconts Of Adamawa State Government

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>Federal government has frozen all bank accounts being operated by Adamawa State government amid impeachment moves allegedly sponsored by the presidency against the state governor, Murtala Nyako.</strong><br /><br />According to Daily Trust, the Director of Press and Public Affairs in Adamawa Government House, Ahmad Sajoh, confirmed the development which he said has exposed the desperate efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to witch hunt officials he perceived as enemies even if it means subjecting the electorate to hardship.<br /><a name="more"></a><br />He said the closure of accounts would affect workers and salaries and social services especially during Ramadan fasting.<br /><br /><em>More details later...</em></div>

FG Freezes All Bank Acconts Of Adamawa State Government

Federal government has frozen all bank accounts being operated by Adamawa State government amid impeachment moves allegedly sponsored by t...

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Nigeria To Get Back N37bn Of Abacha's Loot From Liechtenstein

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>A small European country of Liechtenstein has agreed to return over N37bn in equivalent (€167m / $227m) stolen by the late military rule General Sani Abacha, Financial Times reports.</strong><br /><br />This decision ends Nigeria's longest running battle to recover money that the late military dictator laundered through European banks.<br />The saga started in 2000, when Nigeria first requested assistance of the tiny (population is about 37,000 people), but incredibly rich county (GDP per capita is 2nd in the world) in recovering the assets transferred out of the country by Gen. Abacha.<br /><a name="more"></a> <br />But the recovery process has not been easy. Companies linked to Abacha's family put lots of legal obstacles. Liechtenstein's constitutional court dismissed a final appeal over the return of the funds in March 2013, which infuriated the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who accused Liechtenstein of "aiding and abetting corruption".<br /><br />However, an official statement by Liechtenstein's government dated June 17, 2014, Tuesday, read:<br /><blockquote>"In May 2014, the complaint pending in Strasbourg was withdrawn by the four Abacha companies, clearing the path for repatriation of the assets once and for all."</blockquote><br />Criminal investigations and subsequent forfeiture proceedings established that the Lichtenstein funds originated from bribes paid by Germany's Ferrostaal AG to companies whose ultimate beneficiary was Abacha. They related to a grossly inflated contract for the construction of an aluminium smelter.<br />So far, Nigeria has recovered $1.3bn, the largest tranche of which - $500m - came from Switzerland in 2005. A further $1.1bn - in France, the UK, Luxembourg and the Channel Island of Jersey - is still tied up in legal proceedings.<br /><br />In the beginning of March 2014 the <strong>United States ordered a freeze of $458m in assets</strong> stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and his accomplices.<br /><br />In a surprising development, the government <strong>dropped embezzlement charges against Mohamed Abacha</strong>, the late dictator's eldest son, who was accused of receiving N100bn ($600m) of the late dictator's money. </div>

Nigeria To Get Back N37bn Of Abacha's Loot From Liechtenstein

A small European country of Liechtenstein has agreed to return over N37bn in equivalent (€167m / $227m) stolen by the late military rule G...

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Okada Mechanics Protest Over Illicit Confiscation Of Bikes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><strong>The mechanics under the aegis of Federal Motorcycle and Generator Mechanical Association of Nigeria (FEDMGMAN) stormed Babatunde Fashola's Office to express their displeasure over arrest and impoundment of no fewer than 1,000 motorcycles from their workshops.</strong><br /> <br /> The protesters paralysed activities at Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, claiming that the policemen, while enforcing the Road Traffic Law 2012, would storm workshops where motorcycles were being repaired and impound any 'okada' they see.<br /> <br /> The Road Traffic Law 2012 was enacted by the state government to return sanity to roads in the state.<br /> The motorcycle (okada) mechanics stormed the Governor's Office at about 4:00 pm, chanting several anti-government songs and displaying placards with inscriptions such as "Enough of police harassment,"<br /> <br /> "Police leave us alone," "We are doing our legitimate business," "Repairing okada is our legitimate source of income," among others.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br /> A letter to state governor Babatunde Fashola, signed by the National President of FEDMGMAN, Ganiyu Jimoh, says: "Following the ban on okada in Lagos, officers of the Nigerian Police, Lagos State Command have been arresting my members and impound any okada found within their workshops.<br /> <br /> "We understand that okada riders are banned from plying some specific roads in Lagos but certain roads were exempted by the law. Okadas plying these exempted roads go through wear and tear, hence they need repair. When these Okadas are brought to our workshops for repair, policemen come to the workshop and impound any okada found within the premises."<br /> <br /> According to secretary of FEDMGMAN, Jimoh Sulaymon, they embarked on the protest to expose the illicit act of the policemen.<br /> <br /> The solicitor to FEDMGMAN, Mr. Segun Ayodele, lamented that several motorcycles had been impounded by policemen in workshops under the pretense that they were enforcing the road traffic law 2012.<br /> Superintendent Wale Ajao addressed the protesters saying that they should come back in another fortnight to meet with the governor.<br /> </div>

Okada Mechanics Protest Over Illicit Confiscation Of Bikes

The mechanics under the aegis of Federal Motorcycle and Generator Mechanical Association of Nigeria (FEDMGMAN) stormed Babatunde Fashola...

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