In his bid to ensure the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections in Lagos State, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Monday, 13 March, 2023, visited the Hausa Community, Artisans and the Traditional Leadership of Ojokoro in Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Area of the state. Aregbesola, accompanied by party leaders and stalwarts in the area, urged the people to come out en-masse and vote for the APC in the Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Elections. The visit, which traversed to the Abattoir as well as a door-to-door…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Accord Party in Lagos State on Tuesday opted out of its alliance with the Labour Party (LP) and endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as their preference for Saturday, 18 March, 2023, gubernatorial election. The party also announced the decision of the Accord Party candidates to step down for Governor Sanwo-Olu and all the APC flag bearers in the Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Governorship and House of Assembly Elections. The Chairman of the Accord Party in Lagos State, Mr. Oladele Oladeji, made the declaration at a press conference held at Lagos Airport Hotel,…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday, 14 March, 2023 heard how a former minister of power, Mohammed Wakil and others shared a sum of N450million meant to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election in Borno State. The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 re-arraigned Wakil alongside Garba Abacha, Ibrahim Shehu Birma, Dr. Abubakar Ali Kullima and Engr. Muhammad Baba Kachalla. They are alleged to have received the said sum from the $115million disbursed by a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to…
A two-time Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro has described as a blatant lie, a part of an article stating that he promised the Igbos some yoruba chieftancy titles during his Gubernatorial Campaign in 2007. Reacting to an article titled “OPEN LETTER TO GBADEBO RHODES VIVOR, LP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE”, Obanikoro stated that nothing can be farther from the truth in relation to the claim that he ‘promised the Igbos, Yoruba chieftancy titles’. The former Nigerian High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana stated further that “I am a member of the Obanikoro and Eletu-Odibo families…
Ahead of the Saturday, 18 March, 2023, Governorship and State Assembly polls, prominent politicians from opposition political parties have endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate and state Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu for second term. One of them is Dr Ade Dosunmu who was the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011 said it is home coming for him to join the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state. He said what is best for Lagos is to remain in the hands of the progressives since the party had retained the government at the central. Dr Dosunmu explained…
Frontline Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, numbering over 130, have resumed their call for the sack of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, over alleged politicisation of the Commission, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human Rights of Nigerians, among others. The activists who were joined by over 20 Constitutional lawyers, led by Barr. Mogbojuri Kayode of the Citizens Rights Advocacy Group, noted that the desperation of Bawa to save his face after dishonourable acts in office had taken a laughable turn, insisting that no amount of “purchased CSOs’ vote of confidence” would cover…
Men of the Ogun state police on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for allegedly killing her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele, over a minor squabble. Ifeoma was arrested following a report lodged at the Nigeria Police Divisional Headquarters Sango Ota by Mr Olaleye Taiwo, who reported that his brother, Monday Oladele had a quarrel with his tenant over the non payment of electricity bill. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, states that the Police PRO disclosed that Ifeoma grabbed the deceased’s private parts and dragged him along…
A Nigerian man, Onyeghani Dumkele, who allegedly murdered an up-and-coming artiste, Shaun Douglas Chabalala, 23, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. MSN reports that the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court also sentenced 37-year-old Dumkele to an additional 15 years imprisonment for aggravated robbery, plus a 12-month suspended sentence on the condition that he be deported to his native country after he completes his concurrent sentence for murder and aggravated robbery. The South African Police Service spokesperson, Captain Daniel Mavimbela, said Chabalala and his friend, Given Mzamane, were lured to the Tambotie block of flats in Sunnyside, east of Pretoria, in May 2018…
The National Director of Grassroots Engagements and Orientation of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), Amb. Hajiya Sa’adatu Garba Dogon Bauchi, has urged the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make the Secretary of the APC PCC, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke as his Chief of Staff when he is sworn into office. Dogon Bauchi, made the appeal in collaboration with the Chairman 100% Focus, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed, in an open letter to Tinubu obtained by LEADERSHIP. She appealed to him not to forget the APC supporters who have been with him for over 30 years of his journey…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will visit Nigeria and Benin Republic between March 31 and April 2nd to inspect facilities for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria and their close-door neighbours, Benin Republic have put up a joint bid to co-host Africa’s flagship soccer event. The CAF team is expected to inspect stadia, training facilities, hotels and other important facilities that will ensure smooth running of the competition. Morocco, Algeria, Zambia and South Africa are the other countries who have submitted bids to host the biennial event. Guinea were originally scheduled to host the competition…