Following the Federal High Court judgements sitting in Abeokuta on Tuesday 27th September, 022 which nullified the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Hon. (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu has called on members of the Party and the general public to remain calm as there is no cause for panic. Hon. Adebutu noted that while the Party awaits the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgements, its legal team will review the court verdict and necessary actions shall be communicated to the public in earnest. However, it is important to note that a Federal High…
Author: Adewale Ade
When Oladipupo was born on that very beautiful and glorious day of Sunday, February 25, 1962, little did anybody know that the baby was a child destined to be great in life. One who would later become a force to reckon with in the political landscape of Ogun State and business world. One who would become a blessing to humanity and a source of joy to the people. Because they are mortals, the father, Sir Adebukunola Kesington Adebutu and mother, Lady Caroline Oladunni Adebutu, couldn’t envisage perfectly what the future held for their son. They were not gifted in clairvoyance…
Hon (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu FCPA launched himself into gubernatorial reckoning in Ogun State in 2016. He has never hidden his desire to serve the people in a more challenging higher capacity. He craves for it. His entire life has been defined in the concept of service to humanity and upliftment of the society. He has always being highly passionate about entrenching good governance at every level of opportunity given to serve in any public space. His passion for public service is exemplary and second to none. If there is anything that Ladi enjoys most in life, it is public service…
Veteran Actor, first National President of TANPAN, Chief Dele Odule joins the Ogun State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele in Ijebu Ode on Tuesday. Joining the State Chairman of the party to welcome Odule to the party were the State Gubernatorial Candidate, Hon. (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu, Deputy Governorship Candidate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, the Senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly candidates and other party leaders. Odule before receiving the flag of the party extolled the good virtues of Hon. Adebutu, citing his experience of Adebutus’ selflessness and commitment to the development of…
BudgIT, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE Nigeria) and Paradigm Initiative (PIN) will hold the fifth edition of the bi-annual Pan-African New Media, Citizens, and Governance Conference (NMCG) on November 17, 2022, themed Protecting Digital Rights in Closing Spaces. Recently, there have been several attacks on digital rights in Africa. Digital rights are human rights in online spaces. These rights include the right to privacy, freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of information and communication, gender rights, and the right to freedom from violence. Citizens’ digital rights are breached if they are the subject of digital surveillance; if they are covertly…
Member of APC Legacy Projects Media Team, erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has exposed schemes by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to use the crisis he is pioneering and consciously championing in the PDP to negotiate his way into the party’s Presidential ticket for 2027 elections after failing woefully to grab the party’s ticket for the 2023 Presidential Election and his inability to emerge as the Vice Presidential Candidate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a statement made available to media…
The Rivers Conscience Initiative (RCI), a non-partisan forum has urged all well-meaning Rivers People and residents alike to speak up on matters affecting the governance of the state. In this regard, RCI on Thursday 18th of August 2023, alongside other concerned stakeholders, human rights advocates, media practitioners and social activists from across the state met in Port Harcourt at its maiden edition of open forum to deliberate on issues affecting political representation in Rivers State and the impact on lives of indigenes and residents. Reflecting on the past, the forum noted that the founding fathers of Rivers State were able…
To those who have been asking for my views on the last Osun governorship election, let me confess that the keenly contested election is a story worth telling. Deservingly so, yours sincerely will give a bird’s-eye view at an appropriate time. Soon! Surely! That said, there is something about political orientation in Nigeria, which is also affected by the level of civilization. Inside that civilization are the levels of literacy and standard practice of the people’s norms and values. Whenever we mention politics, what is in the mind of an average Nigerian is an abstract phenomenon, yet, critical to public…
Following the release of the recently concluded salary and pension survey in all the 36 states in Nigeria, we have received mixed reactions from state governments concerning issues raised, including outright denials and rebuttals that the salary and pension survey is biased and misleading. We affirm that we conducted this survey in the interest of Nigerians who have faithfully served and are still serving in the public service. To reiterate, this was not a random survey. We adopted a mixed-method of quantitative and qualitative research techniques. Using the stratified sampling technique, we surveyed 1,042 respondents across the three senatorial districts…
The attention of the LADO/AKINLADE Campaign Organisation has been drawn to the surreptitious news being paraded claiming the court of appeal has declared Mr Segun Showunmi as the candidate of PDP in Ogun State. Recall that Mr Segun Showunmi filed a case at the high court in Abeokuta and the case was thrown out at the high court, he proceeded to the appeal court. The court only admitted his appeal, against our lawyer’s plea to throw out the suit like it was done at the high court. We appeal to our teeming members and supporters not to be misled by some…
Music is important for most of us. You may download and store lots of music collections on your windows computer. And you want to pass them on to your iPhone so you can listen to music wherever you go. However, iOS doesn’t work well with Windows for data sharing. So, you want a way to transfer songs from Windows computer to your iPhone. You may try iTunes to sync your library to iPhone. But it doesn’t work every time. Sometimes, you may fail to transfer because of an updating error or running failure. In addition, iTunes also comes with some…
BudgIT raises serious concerns over the poor performance of the 2022 budget, implications of petrol subsidy on the national economy and precarious debt service to revenue ratio. BudgIT, a foremost civic-tech organisation leading advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public financial management, has expressed concerns over the poor fiscal performance of the federal government’s 2022 budget and the growing subsidy payments. According to BudgIT, the most pressing concern is the debt service-to-revenue ratio, which has reached alarming levels within the first 4 months of 2022. The country’s current debt service, which stood at N1.94 trillion naira from January -…
The Ministry of Police Affairs has inaugurated members of the Ministry’s Delivery Task Team to steer and facilitate the provision of first-hand information on the implementation status of the various policies, programmes, and policies being implemented by the Ministry in line with the present administration’s 9 -priority areas. The inauguration/workshop was declared open by the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi at the Minister’s conference room at the headquarters of the Ministry of Police Affairs, Abuja. In his address read by the Director, (Finance and Accounts), Mr. Aondoakaa Emmanuel stated that members of the Technical Team were carefully drawn across key…
Sequel to recent developments in the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a stalwart of the party, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside has barred his mind about the events that have seen some faithful resign their party membership. Dakuku who spoke at the Rivers State APC Stakeholders meeting said “I am a proud member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). I believe in the philosophy and ideals of the party. I am concerned, like other party stakeholders in Rivers State, about recent developments in APC, Rivers State. “I want to thank the people who have left the party…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has debunked the news purporting the defection of the presidential aspirant and former Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, from the ruling party. I have the full approval of the former Minister to describe the cocktail of lies spreading like wildfire across media platforms as the handiwork of mischief makers and desperate rumourmongers whose stock in trade has remained to sully the image of the former Rivers Governor whose landmark achievements in public service…
As political analysis and sundry reactions continue to trail the defeat of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by his rival, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded guber polls in the State of Osun, an APC Chieftain, erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and member of APC Legacy Projects Media Team, Chief Eze Chukwumeka Eze, has joined President Muhammadu Buhari and other high-spirited individuals and Nigerians of goodwill to extend a warm felicitation to the Governor-elect, the PDP family and the entire good…
Have you always wished you could become a singer? Many people have musical fantasies, but few learn to sing! Music is a worldwide language that expresses feelings and swiftly evokes emotions. Everyone’s life has been impacted by music in some way. If you enjoy singing, you could be interested in a job in the music business. Fortunately, there are a variety of careers that incorporate singing, including those as a vocalist and a singing teacher. But to have a career in music, one needs to learn various skills to perfect singing. And to learn innovative techniques like honing your head…
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) leadership has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini. In a statement released on Wednesday, 29th June, the group said that the State REC has derailed from his primary assignment. In his statement, Comrade Benson Iheanacho, the South-South coordinator of the group, stressed that Mike Igini had exposed himself as a corrupt and biased umpire. Part of the statement reads. “Mike Igini has constantly shown his hatred for the APC in Akwa Ibom State. His actions…
Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a result of the failure of the national leadership of the APC to settle the rift within the party in Ogun State. Akinlade, in a letter addressed to the former State Chairman of the APC, Chief Adeniyi Derin, the former House of Representatives member, maintained that he could not in good conscience continue to participate in a process that is characterised by injustice. “This is to formally notify you of the resignation of my membership from the All Progressives Congress, APC. This decision became…
Rights Group, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ, Nigeria), has petitioned the Osun Judge to National Judicial Council (NJC) over the alleged Miscarriage of Justice on Alawo stool case. Read the contents of the petition below: ################## Wednesday 29th June 2022. The Chairman, National Judicial Council (NJC), Supreme Court Complex, Three Arms Zone, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja-Nigeria. OUR LORDSHIP SIR, CHRSJ REQUESTS FROM THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL(NJC) TO INSTITUTE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPORT OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ON SUIT-NO: HED/48/2021 AND BIAS, JANKARA AND ONE-SIDED RULING OF OSUN STATE HIGH COURT JUDGE, JUSTICE KUDIRAT M. AKANO…