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Sunday, 23 May 2021 05:53

Akintoye to Southwest APC govs: 'It's time to stand with the Yoruba nation’

PRESS RELEASE We welcome the meeting of significant leaders of Southwest APC in Lagos on Sunday May 23rd 2021 to discuss the unsavoury state of Nigeria. By the grace of God your political party APC is the strongest political party in the Yoruba southwest. It is the party of the most important Yoruba political leader of today. Of the six states of the Yoruba southwest your party controls five of the state Governorships and State Assemblies. In this party also are most Yoruba high officials in the Nigerian federal government. Therefore the APC is the party that is in charge…

Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:43

Cross River gov, Ayade, decamps to APC

Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after months of speculations that he would do so. Ayade announced his departure from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday while hosting six APC governors who visited him in Calabar, the state capital. The visiting governors were Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti. It is not exactly clear why the Cross River governor left the platform that brought him to power…

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 05:45

PDP govs met yesterday in Ibadan. These are their resolutions

Governors under the banner of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have demanded devolution of power to states. The governors, who met in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, also endorsed the ban on open grazing and the call for restructuring. The meeting took place at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Speaking on insecurity, the governors in the communique signed by their chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, said President Muhammadu Buhari should “summon an immediate meeting of the Nigerian Police Council, which comprises Mr President and all State Governors and other critical stakeholders to evolve and implement strategies to…

Monday, 17 May 2021 05:53

PDP governors meet today in Ibadan over security, economy

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will converge on Ibadan today to discuss the nation’s worsening insecurity. It is the second of such meetings after the one the governors had held in Makurdi, Benue State capital in April, 2021. Agenda of the meeting released by Director-General of the PDP Governors Forum, CID Maduabum, on Sunday, indicated that the meeting to be presided over by its Chairman and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, will also fine-tune strategies to render the party a viable alternative to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). “The meeting will further review the current state of the nation…

Monday, 17 May 2021 05:51

Southern speakers back govs on restructuring, ban on open grazing

Speakers of the southern states’ Houses of Assembly have pledged their commitment to giving legislative strength to the ban on open grazing as proclaimed by the 17 governors of the southern states of Nigeria. Besides, they said they were ready to galvanise their respective parliaments to legislate on other resolutions of the southern governors for the country to overcome its current challenges and make progress. The speakers made their position known in a resolution signed by Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Sheriff Oborevwori, who doubles as Deputy National Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria. Others…

Sunday, 09 May 2021 05:50

El-Rufai a sycophant, religious bigot who hates anyone not of the same religion with him - Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has fingered his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai as one of the real enemies of Nigeria and the very few persons misleading President Muhammadu Buhari. He maintained that the Kaduna state Governor is a sycophant, ethnic champion and religious bigot who hated anyone who did not share the same faith with him. The Benue state Governor who in a statement weekend in Makurdi by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, was reacting to a statement credited to the Kaduna state Governor who alleged that Ortom was attacking the federal government over insecurity in his…

Sunday, 09 May 2021 05:47

Scottish nationalists vow independence vote after election win

Pro-independence parties won a majority in Scotland’s parliament on Saturday, paving the way to a high-stakes political, legal and constitutional battle with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the future of the United Kingdom. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the result meant she would push ahead with plans for a second independence referendum once the Covid-19 pandemic was over, adding that it would be absurd and outrageous if Johnson were to try to ignore the democratic will of the people. “There is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for Boris Johnson, or indeed for anyone else, seeking to block the…

Saturday, 08 May 2021 05:35

Supreme Court rules INEC correct to have deregistered 74 political parties

Supreme Court on Friday upheld deregistration of 74 political parties by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for their inability to win any election after the 2019 general polls. Adamu Jauro, who delivered the judgment of the apex court in a virtual court session on Friday, held that the deregistration of the affected political parties, including National Unity Party (NUP) was in compliance with the extant provisions of the Constitution and Electoral Act. The judgment has to a large extent, sealed the fate of the remaining 73 parties many of whom have their appeals still pending in the Supreme Court and…

Saturday, 08 May 2021 05:34

Supreme court overturns Makinde’s sack of Oyo LG chairs, councilors

Supreme Court on Friday overturned the decision of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to sack local government chairmen and councillors in the state. The apex court also noted that the replacement of the sacked officials with caretaker committees was illegal and fined Makinde’s administration N20 million. While the court agreed that the tenures of the sacked council chairmen and councillors have expired, it ordered that all their outstanding salaries and allowances must be paid with immediate effect. Few hours after his inauguration as governor in 2019, Makinde sacked the officials who were elected in 2018. He told them to…

Thursday, 06 May 2021 05:54

Obasanjo opposes secession moves, says minority ethnic groups will be ‘exterminated’

A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described calls for the disintegration of Nigeria as unmindful and insensitive to the plight of the minority groups in the country. Obasanjo made the observation when he received the Tiv Professional Group (TPG) from Benue State, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abeokuta. The former President recalled a discussion between him and “a military friend” who, according to him, has described major tribes in the country as selfish and not sufficiently caring for the minority groups. Obasanjo, who aligned with his friend’s opinion, expressed worry over what would become of the minority…

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Sunday, 02 May 2021 05:28

If APC isn’t performing, kick it out - Fayemi

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has said there is need for a change of the strategy used in the fight against terrorism. Speaking in Lagos during the 2021 Pre-synod summit organised by the Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion, on Saturday, Fayemi described the insecurity in the country as “frightening”. He noted that Nigeria has shown “enormous resilience in confronting the challenges,” adding, “even though the ethno-religious crisis might not have been fully wiped out, the intensity of its occurrence has gone down considerably.” He said efforts of the government to contain the insecurity…

Saturday, 01 May 2021 05:39

Mbaka attacking Buhari because president turned down his request for contracts - Presidency

PRESS RELEASE An outsider distilling the avalanche of verbiage, will be surprised that after supporting the President two times to win the Presidency, Father Mbaka has made a complete U-Turn, preposterously asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or be impeached. Here is the point of departure: Mbaka asked for a meeting and to the shock of Presidential Aides, he came accompanied by three contractors. The President graciously allowed them in, and to everyone’s surprise, Mbaka asked for contracts as compensation for his support. Anyone familiar with Buhari knows that he doesn’t break the laid down rules in dealing with contracts…

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:33

Yoruba group of professionals, academics calls for unity of purpose even when strategies differ

PRESS RELEASE Yoruba traditional rulers, regional leaders and elders must ensure the unity of all Yoruba people notwithstanding the preference of any group or persons for either Restructuring, or for an independent Yoruba Nation, or for participating in the 2023 elections under the current Constitution. Since we are all motivated towards the same ultimate objective of Yoruba security and development – with only slight differences in strategies and tactics – all people of Yoruba descent must remain united in purpose and continue to rub minds in an environment of mutual love and respect. As our elders long taught us: once…

Saturday, 17 April 2021 05:32

Castro confirms he is passing Cuban Communist Party leadership to new generation

Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the all-powerful Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation that was “full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit” at its congress that kicked off on Friday. In a speech opening the four day closed door event, excerpts of which were broadcast on state television, Castro, 89, said he had the satisfaction of handing over the leadership to a group of party loyalists that had decades of experience working their way up the ranks. “I believe fervently in the strength and exemplary nature and comprehension of my compatriots, and as long as…

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