The South West Agenda for 2023, (SWAGA) in Ekiti State, has taken a swipe at the Ado Ekiti Local Government Area chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), over the recent suspension move to oust the caretaker chairman of Ado Ward 8, Mr. Clement Afolabi, over alleged affiliation with the pro-Ahmed Tinubu presidential group. Chairman of Ekiti State Chapter of SWAGA, Sen. Anthony Adeniyi, reacting to the move, said; “it is a myopic manifestation of a few, blinded by greed, to the sorry consequences of a selfish action taken too far.” Afolabi, was invited to face a disciplinary panel…
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By Abiodun Komolafe One of the assumed attributes of people in government – elected leaders – is that they are holders of the people’s trust; and the only way to verify the assumption is to look at what the ‘trust-holders’ are doing with that trust, so willingly surrendered by the people. Due to the fact that these elected ‘trust-holders’ have access to a plethora of opinions and ideas, including the truth about specific subjects, they are presumed to be more knowledgeable than the ordinary man on the street. The thinking is that the resources of state are at their disposal, giving them access…
Factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has appointed Abu Muhammad as the new Amirul Jaysh “Commander of War, for the faction he is leading after killing the former Commander, Abu Fatimah. PRNigeria gathered that Shekau personally shot and killed Abu Fatimah, last week, for allegedly betraying their terrorists’ sect. A source disclosed that two other senior Commanders were also eliminated by the ‘daredevil’ Shekau. “Following an internal dispute, Shekau killed Abu Fatima, one other Commander and Amirul Fi’ya, who is a son to a renowned Bama businessman, Alhaji Modu Katakauma,” the source said.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has made a case for the establishment of more maritime universities across Nigeria. He made this submission in Abuja when he hosted prominent citizens of Oro Nation from Akwa Ibom State, led by the paramount ruler of Udung Uko Local Government Area and Ahta of Oro, His Royal Majesty, Odidem Bassey Etim Edet, Eti Oyo Okpo II. Senator Omo-Agege expressed his support for the bill to make the Maritime Academy in Oron, Akwa Ibom State a degree awarding institution. The bill, sponsored by the lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Osun State Governor, Mr Isiaq Gboyega Oyetola; Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; and All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, were among eminent personalities that came to launch a book coordinated by the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), at Radisson Hotel, Ikeja GRA. Also in attendance were: Oluwo of Iwo Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi; Oniru of Iruland Oba Wasiu Gbolahan Lawal; Ogun State Deputy Governor Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele; and Founder of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)…
The Lagos State Government has handed over Mary Daniel, the amputee sachet water hawker, to the leader of the Igala (Kogi State) community in Lagos State. The Special Adviser, Office of Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, while handing over Mary to her kinsmen disclosed that the State government will continue to protect all residents in the state, especially the vulnerable. Recall that Miss Daniel, whose story has attracted widespread attention, particularly in the social media, has been in the safe custody of the State government in the past two weeks. Princess Adebowale said Government took the step to shield…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday, 29 April, 2021 departed Abuja for Kano to condole with the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, on the death of his mother, Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero. Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, also the mother of Emir of Bichi, Basiru Ado Bayero, died on Saturday. They will also visit Sokoto to commiserate with the Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba also over the demise of his mother, Hajiya Aishatu Ahmadu Bello. Hajiya Aishatu who died on Friday was the second daughter of the late Premier…
The former Lawmaker representing Epe State Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Segun Olulade has submitted that the agitations of Nigerians on the insecurity of lives and properties in Nigeria at this point is genuine and deserving quick measures by the Muhammadu Buhari led government. While reacting to the spate of killings across the country, he charged President Muhammadu Buhari to particularly respond to the sensitive allegations coming from a sitting Governor over plans to encourage Fulani to take over the country. “The allegation made by Governor Ortom is critical to our co-existence as a…