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PDP ignores Rivers court ruling on Amaechi

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has ignored the ruling of a River State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, restraining it from taking any further action against the State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. The party said it is not aware of any ruling, saying what happened in the court was merely an …

Fashola’s job isn’t significant, he does sanitation and traffic control only- Information Minister Maku

The Minster of Information, Labran Maku, on Monday at the kick-off of the 2013 ministerial platform in Abuja said Lagos is the luckiest of all the 36 states in Nigeria as it has benefitted so much from the Federal Government’s Infrastructure. Mr. Maku said apart from Lagos, Edo is another state that has benefitted a …

VIDEO – The re-election of Governor Rotimi Amaechi that led to a war of governors

We now bring you an amateur footage of the May 24 Nigeria Governors’ Forum election during which Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was reelected chairman after he defeated his only challenger, Jonah Jang of Plateau State 19 votes to 16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i4I2ggNkfQ8 Courtesy of PremiumTimes.

God approves election rigging – Plateau State governor Jonah Jang

“God is a democrat, does not support rigging but if you rig and succeed, that means God approves of it.” Yes, you heard that right from the mouth of the Plateau State governor whose action to declare himself chair of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum is “making dangerous waves” among Nigeria’s governors. Jonah Jang described his self-declared …