THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 17, 2018 Lagos 2019: Group Mobilises 1m Votes for Ambode (ThisDay) As the 2019 general elections draw closer, a group, Epe Division Indigenes has endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for another four-year term in Lagos…
Deadlock in nPDP over defection plan (Nation)
Plans by members of the nPDP to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears stalled for now, seven days to the crucial national convention of the ruling party. Leaders of the group have come under pressure from their supporters to let…
Ortom will lose re-election if he contests under APC (Punch)
Former chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC in Benue state, John Akperashi has advised the state governor, Samuel Ortom to seek alternative platform to actualise his second term aspiration. The house of representative aspirant said that the governor would lose woefully if he…
Frame-up allegation: APC, PDP Reps disagree on Obasanjo, Buhari (Punch)
Members of the All Progressives Congress and the opposition People’s Democratic Party in the House of Representatives have disagreed over the alarm raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration planned to frame him up. While the…
* June 12: LASG to re-examine restructuring (Punch) * APC members seek sanction against Banire (Nation)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 11, 2018 June 12: LASG to re-examine restructuring (Punch) The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it would use the 2018 celebration of June 12 to examine the issues raised by the 1993 presidential…
Bamidele’s shooting won’t derail our focus -Loyalists (Vanguard)
Inspite the shooting of Opeyemi Bamidele, his loyalists have declared that the situation won’t derail their focus from actualizing the victory of the All Progressive Congress in the July 14 governorship election. Bamidele a member of the seventh House of…
Ekiti 2018: Election ‘Fire’ will consume Fayose, says Fayemi (Nation)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has declared that Governor Ayo Fayose will not be able to survive the heat of the July 14 election. Fayemi declared that “the coming fire will consume…
Only God saved me, others from death, Reveals Fayemi (ThisDay)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the July 14 election in Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday relived how he and other top notches of the party escaped death during last Friday’s rally organised in his honour…
APC leaders over rated John Oyegun’s capacity – Okorocha (Vanguard)
The Chairman Progressives Governors Forum and Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the beginning over rated the capacity of the party’s Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Okorocha in a statement…
Bamidele: Confusion as Ekiti CP says Mopol is dismissed (Punch)
There was confusion on Monday about the news of the dismissal of the policeman that released the shots that injured a former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele. Bamidele and five others were shot at a reception rally…