The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, 25 January, 2023, revealed that the scarcity of fuel currently being witnessed across the country as well as the unavailability of the new naira notes are a ploy to scuttle the February 25 and March 11 general elections. Tinubu made this revelation in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during his ongoing presidential campaign tour while assuring that he will win despite the attempt to sabotage the election, noting that his administration would put an end to the issue of strikes in the university system, if elected.…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ojo Federal Constituency Campaign Council remained consistent in its engagement and interaction with relevant stakeholders in its bid to showcase its candidates for the February 25 and March 11 elections. On Tuesday, 24 January, 2023, the Campaign Council met with the leadership of Lagos State Council of Tradesman and Artisans (LASCOTA) in Ojo Local Government Area Chapter, as well as party stakeholders in Ajangbadi (Ward C). Ojo Multipurpose Hall, venue of the meeting with LASCOTA was filled to the brim, while Hon. Rosulu Olusola Idowu, Director General, of the Campaign Council expressed happiness at the…
It is another bloc of support in the bag for the foremost Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as traditional leaders and worshipers in Lagos State declared their support for the party. The event was presided over by Chief Oyinlomo Danmole, Director General of Lagos Religion Committee of APC-PCC. They also declared their commitment to the victory of the state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other candidates of the party at the engagement session organized by the Directorate of Religion Affairs of the state Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The event held at the…
French Ambassador to Nigeria Emmanuelle Blatmann has said she is impressed by the clear vision of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and his deep understanding of contemporary issues of sustainable development and governance. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Government House in Ilorin on Tuesday evening, 24 January, 2023, Blatmann said the governor’s focus on agribusiness, garment production, tourism, ICT, renewable energy, and entertainment shows he is a visionary who truly understands the direction he is headed as a chief executive. Blatmann said the French government is open to immediate partnership with Kwara under him, beginning in February with a…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to end the perennial fuel scarcity in the country if elected president. Tinubu made the promise while addressing party faithful who thronged the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta for the Ogun State APC presidential rally. The APC candidate was led into the waiting arms of the joyous party supporters who had waited several hours, dressed in various party attires and carrying support banners by Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun. Tinubu in his speech, praised the party supporters for coming in their large numbers to receive…
Following the incessant attacks on the leadership and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council has condemned in strong terms the assassination attempts on loyalists of the party in the last few months. The Presidential Campaign Council described as inhuman, diabolic and outrageous the extra-judicial killings and maiming of the members of the party since November last year after the immediate past Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola temporarily stepped aside. This is even as the APC Senatorial Candidate for Osun West Senatorial District, Dr. Amidu Tadese alleged that the PDP Candidate for Osun West…
A 99-year-old man has wedded a woman, 40, after 20 years of dating. Glamtush reports that when 99-year-old Kenyan, Johana Butuk, decided to take a wife for the first time, it made headlines. This online platform understands that the nonagenarian over the weekend, married his girlfriend, Alice Jemeli, 40, after 20 years of dating. The lovebirds tied the knot in a colourful wedding ceremony. Kenyan newspaper, ‘The Standard‘, reports that when they first met in 2003, Jemeli (bride) was only 20 years old while Butuk (groom) was 79. Despite their age differences, their love blossomed as they dated. The nonagenarian…
Media practitioners have been advised to always follow the ethics of the profession and be ready to learn from respected senior colleagues. This advice was given at the book launch and award recognitions organised to mark four decades of Hajia Aminah Muhammad in broadcast journalism. It was indeed an outpouring of commendations as great men and women from different walks of life recently celebrated Hajia Aminah Muhammad’s four decades in the field of broadcast journalism. The event, chaired by the Founder, City of Knowledge Academy and former Chairman, Access Bank Plc, Dr. Mrs. Mosun Bello-Olusoga, was held at the Nigerian…
Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has approved the employment of 2,670 persons with degrees, diplomas and National Certificate of Education (NCE). Buni, while speaking on the approval, said the employment would provide graduates with job opportunities, and to fill existing gaps for efficient service delivery in the state. The breakdown of the beneficiaries include 890 holders of university degrees, 890 Higher National Diploma and National Diploma holders, and 890 NCE holders. According to a statement by the spokesman to the Governor, Mallam Mamman Mohammed, the beneficiaries were drawn across the 178 political wards of the 17 local government…
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi has said that the continued attacks of offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in parts of the country would no longer be tolerated. Audi, also that the Corps would be evolving strategies in collaboration with other sister security agencies to ensure that elections are peacefully conducted in the South East, even as he disclosed that all men and officers of NSCDC would be deployed for the elections. Speaking at a 2-day capacity building workshop in Abuja for all State Commandants and the Corps’…