Nigerian Gazette

The member representing Ekiti North in Senate, Senator Duro Faseyi has reiterated the need for all stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to focus on issues that will engender unity and cohesiveness of the party rather than selfish interest. This is even as Senator Faseyi challenged his colleague representing Ekiti South in the Senate, Senator Biodun Olujimi to come out openly to tell the whole world her role in crisis rocking the PDP in the state popularly known as Fountain of Knowledge. Senator Faseyi spoke in reaction to a recent unauthorized stakeholders' meeting of some few PDP members in Ekiti State, who claimed to have found some leaders of the party in the state guilty. Faseyi, who was a two-term member of the House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate, pointed out that it was important for members of the PDP in Ekiti State to put their house in order and work as one big family, particularly at this critical period that the g...

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s Bauchi South Senatorial District bye-election, Lawal-Yahaya  Gumau, says if elected into the Senate, he will work towards the amendment of the Constitution to make President Muhammadu Buhari president for life. Gumau, who is currently the member representing Toro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and in his eighth year, said his only mandate for aspiring to go to the Senate is to protect Buhari’s interest. He spoke at the closing of his campaign in Bauchi on Thursday. He said, “I, Lawal-Yahaya Gumau, want you to know that the mandate that will be given to me on Saturday is to go and protect Buhari’s interest in the Senate. This is the only mandate that I will be going to the Senate with, having fulfilled every other mandate to the best of my ability while in the House of Representatives for eight years. “By God’s grace, we will amend Nigeria’s Constitution to allow Buhari to be President for the r...

President Muhammadu Buhari according to Hope For Nigeria was enraged over the Failed coup carried out by Sacked DSS DG, Lawan And APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole against the National Assembly. The disgruntled President through his aides in the United Kingdom wondered why the Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan also failed to deliver not minding the police backing given to them. Buhari through his National Assembly conduits are demanding a refund $50million N19,250,000,000 reportedly given to Sen Lawan to impeach Saraki. President aides claimed that president Buhari was misled by APC senate leadership. (Google the Figures). According to Hope For Nigeria, No mention of the alleged $25million given to Sen Akpabio for defection to the APC and his promise of crossover with another senator and two governors from the South South and South East. - @Hope For Nigeria.

Adeyeye directs supporters to vote for SDP over humiliation from Fayemi A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples' Democratic party (PDP), Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has directed his supporters to vote for the SDP candidate, Mr Akin Ayegbusi in the gubernatorial election that will be held today. Adeyeye gave the directive yesterday evening during an emergency meeting held with his supporters at his Ado Ekiti residence. The directive may not be unconnected with the way and manner the APC gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, lashed out at him during a meeting on Thursday afternoon. An online media (not Nigerian Mirror) had broken the news of the disagreement between the two over allegations of diversion of funds levelled against Adeyeye by PDP defectors who were meant to be the beneficiary of the fund to use for 'mobilising' PDP members to vote for the APC. A source present at the meeting confirmed to our reporter that Prince Adeyeye was quite furious that Faye...

Ekiti state Deputy Governor, Professional Kolapo Olusola has urged Ekiti teachers to ignore lies circulating by APC, saying he has no plan to proscribe the activities of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Ekiti State. He made this known today when he paid an unscheduled visit to African Comprehensive High School, Ikere Ekiti. Addressing the teachers, he said; being an active Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) member, he knows and values the importance of unionism. The lies peddling around by the opposition party was that the PDP governorship candidate will ban ASUSS activities if he becomes the state governor. Disabusing the minds of the teachers from the wicked lies, Prof Olusola said he was not in the position to interfere in matter that had already been taken to court. He said as far as he is concerned, ASUSS has freedom of association. The PDP governorship candidate noted that secondary schools teachers in this present administration, have in no measure, be...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has berated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Fayemi over his reported statement that the only solution to the inability of over 25 States in the country to pay workers salary regularly was for States and Local councils’ workforce to be reduced. Fayemi reportedly said while presenting his blueprint to officials of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Abuja that “there were too many idle workers, especially in the Local Government system and that no local council in Ekiti State should have more than 200 workers.” Reacting, the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, said in a statement issued on Sunday, that “it is obvious that Fayemi has not purged himself of this hatred for workers in Ekiti State, especially teachers and local government workers.” The party said; “It is on record that as governor, Fayemi did refer to thousands of local c...

The Kolapo Olusola Campaign Organisation (KOCO), the campaign organization of the Ekiti State Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola has described as height of wickedness, the use of Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) to issue press statements in support of All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, saying; “What sane minds should be doing now is to pray for the restoration of his (MOB) health. The campaign organisation said it was wickedness promoted to the peak for Fayemi to have appointed Hon. Bamidele, who is still receiving treatment abroad as Director General of his campaign. In a statement on Sunday, Director of Media and Publicity of KOCO, Lere Olayinka, who said at no time did the Governor Ayodele Fayose’s government take any loan to execute capital projects, explained that the only N10 billion grant was received from the Federal Government from the Excess Crude Account to execute ca...