Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Court Refuses Application To Unfreeze Gov. Fayose’s Accounts

A Federal High Court sitting in Ekiti has refused an application to unfreeze Gov. Fayose bank accounts and also summoned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to appear before it on July 4 to explain why it should not unfreeze Governor Ayodele Fayose’s account with Zenith Bank.

Monday, 27 June 2016

Court orders Governor Ikpeazu Of Abia State Removed From Office Over Fake Tax Clearance

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, to vacate office immediately for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s governorship primary in December 2014.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja asked the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria to cede the certificate of return to his opponent Uche Ogah, who polled the second highest number of votes in the primary.

Friday, 24 June 2016

British Prime Minister Cameron Resigns After Losing Brexit Vote

UK Prime Minister, David Cameron
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Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two.

Britons filed into polling stations across the United Kingdom on Thursday to vote on the referendum that decided whether or not the UK will remain a member of the European Union.

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Sheriff - Factional PDP chairman cancels party’s primaries in Edo

pdp factional leaders

Factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ChairmanAli Modu Sheriff has cancelled the primary elections which held in Edo State after describing them as illegal.

The faction of the party led by a former Governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, conducted the primaries on Saturday, June 18, 2016 which produced Pastor Ize-Iyamu as the party’s candidate.


In a statement on Tuesday, Sheriff urged members of the party nationwide, especially in Edo State, to disregard the primary.