Tag Archives: Ekiti State
Reports reaching Dailypost indicate that the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka is dead. It was gathered through a family source that Mrs. Funmilayo lost the battle to cancer few hours ago. She was 52 years old. Until … read more »
By Favour B. Afolabi “So, to answer your question, I will not be “joining government”. I am not interested. Public pedagogy of the sort that I am doing is a higher, nobler calling than prostitution in government. There is nothing … read more »
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Tagged Dora Akunyili, Ekiti State, Femi Fani-Kayode, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Reuben Abati
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Ekiti State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) description of 2015 general election as “a war” in Nigeria. Chairman of ACN in Ekiti State, Chief … read more »
by Comrade Daniel Aremu Do or die politics! Below is a list of high profile political assassinations in Nigeria in modern Nigeria. Must politics be a do or die affair in Nigeria? cry cry cry! In 2003, Dr. Ayo Daramola, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Ekiti State, Ibadan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria, nigerin news, Ogun State, Osun State, Oyo State
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By Moses Alao,Nigeria Tribune Apart from attaining 52 years of nationhood this year, Nigeria should also be celebrating 13 years of return of democracy after military interregnum. But it appears that the nation is battling many challenges. Indeed, the ruling … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Abia State, Action Congress of Nigeria, Ekiti State, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Nigeria, Ondo State, Orji Uzor Kalu, PDP, People Democratic Party
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Three years ago today, on African Liberation Day, 25 May 2009, we of the continent were robbed of one of our finest liberation fighters. And that was the irony of the death of Dr Tajudeen Abdul –Raheem (affectionately called Taju), … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged African Liberation Day, Birmingham, Ekiti State, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Pan-Africanism, UN Charter, University of Birmingham
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Court jails undergraduate over fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it has arraigned a suspect, Nasiru Yahaya Gusau before Justice M.B. Abubakar of Kano State High Court for criminal diversion of N64.8million belonging to one Alhaji … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Ekiti, Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Ekiti State, Funtua, Gusau, latest Nigerian news, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Ogun State, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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December 30, 2010 by benim
Unity of Nigeria as an entity will be further strengthened if Nigerians elect the first president from the minority South-South geopolitical zone in 2011, the Ekiti State chapter of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation has said. State coordinator of the organisation, … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Ekiti State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Namadi Sambo, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news Papers, Peoples Democratic Party, President of Nigeria, Vice President of the United States, World news
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November 29, 2010 by benim
The Ondo State Government yesterday said the swearing in of Rauf Aregesola as the governor of Osun State is a clear indication that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is no longer relevant in the south west. The state government,in a … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Akure, Alliance for Democracy, Ekiti State, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ondo State, Osun State, Peoples Democratic Party
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November 10, 2010 by benim
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – A Nigerian appeals court has overturned the 2007 election of the governor of one of the country’s main oil-producing states just months ahead of the end of his term, officials said on Wednesday. The court of … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Benin City, Delta State, Democratic Party, Ekiti State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Port Harcourt
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November 7, 2010 by benim
NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic party,(PDP), Dr. Okwesilezie Nwodo has asked aspirants contesting the 2011 general election to steer clear of sectionalism and ethnicity declaring that Nigerians want issue- driven campaigns. Nwodo, who stated this in Osogbo at a … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Chairman, Ekiti State, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria politics, Osogbo, Osun State, Peoples Democratic Party, Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives
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October 28, 2010 by benim
The former Governor of Lagos State, and a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, declared that his party will send the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) packing from Nigeria’s Southwest region come 2011. Mr Tinubu, … read more »
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Tagged Action Congress, Africa news, Bola Tinubu, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ekiti State, Indepth Africa, Kayode Fayemi, Nigeria, Nigeria election, Olusegun Oni, Peoples Democratic Party
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October 28, 2010 by benim
The 39-year old Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Saliu Adeoti, is dead. Mr. Adeoti died at about 8.30am yesterday at the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, after a protracted illness. The deceased, according to … read more »
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Tagged Action Congress, Africa news, Ekiti State, Ibadan, Indepth Africa, Kayode Fayemi, Nigeria, Oyo State, Peoples Democratic Party, University of Ado Ekiti
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