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Akeredolu Frustrating My Campaign – Ondo Deputy Gov

September 15, 2020 4:39 pm

Twenty-five days to the October governorship election in Ondo State, the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Mr Agboola Ajayi, on Tuesday accused the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, of frustrating his campaign move.

He alleged that the governor refused to approve the venue to kick off his campaign in Akure, the state capital.

Ajayi, who is also the Deputy Governor of the state, alleged that the agency to approve the venue for the political campaign flag-off refused to approve the venue for the ZLP, in spite of the party’s readiness to pay the amount charged.

The ZLP candidate alleged …

Panic In Bauchi As Residents Await Result Of Gov. Bala

March 24, 2020 5:47 am

There is panic in Bauchi State as the people await the outcome of the coronavirus test conducted on the state governor, Bala Mohammed.

Governor Bala placed himself in self-isolation after he made contact with Mohammed Atiku, son to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku’s son tested positive for the deadly virus after he got back to Abuja.

NAN reports that the Bauchi state Commissioner of Health, Dr Aliya Maigoro, is expected to give update Tuesday (today) on the outcome of the test conducted on the blood sample of the governor.

NAN observed that the issue had dominated discussions among the

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El-Rufai’s Apology A Display Of Hatred Of Southern Kaduna

March 10, 2020 1:40 pm

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Kaduna State, said the apology by the State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, to the people of Igabi and Giwa Local Areas of the State over bandits attack, showed a double standard played, on the part of the governor.

Penultimate Monday, Governor El-Rufai had apologized to residents of communities attacked by bandits in the Igabi and Giwa LGAs of the state over the killing of more than 50 persons.

But in a statement by the National President of SOKAPU, Jonathan Asake, the people insisted that the governor’s action was an apparent display of hatred

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