Kogi Election - Yahaya Bello Sworn In Without A Deputy

Kogi State made history today as Governor Yahaya Bello was sworn in without a deputy.

Alhaji Yahaya Bello was seen at the swearing in ceremony without a deputy.

James Faleke, the deputy nominated by All Progressives Congress (APC) disappointed Bello as he had promised not to present himself for swearing in as deputy in with the governor.

Faleke was absent and no replacement was announced at the swearing in ceremony.

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OSUN SACKS 141 POLY, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STAFF

No fewer than 141 members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, in Osun State  owned tertiary institutions have been sacked by the government.

It was gathered that the sacked workers were victims of the on-going controversial restructuring of tertiary institutions in the state.

The two institutions affected by the gale of sack are Osun State College of Education, Ila and Osun State College of Education, Ilesa.

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JIM NWOBODO, FIDELIS OKORO DUMP PDP FOR APC

A former Minister of Information and governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, on Friday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.

Nwobodo, who attended an APC meeting reportedly convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Jeffrey Onyeama, in Enugu, declared his membership of the APC to the surprise of most of the party’s members present at the event.

A former PDP senator from Enugu State, Chief Fidelis Okoro, who was in the Senate between 1999 and 2007 also defected to the APC at the meeting.