Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has described the late former military governor of the Old Ondo State, Rear Admiral Sunday Abiodun Olukoya (rtd) as a man who marked a phenomenal moment in many ways. According to Akeredolu while reacting to the death of the former governor, Olukoya’s untainted humility, self discipline and incurable desire for a better society stood him out as a dependable ally in the journey towards Nigeria’s quest for an egalitarian society. The governor stated this in a statement issued by his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. Olukoya who died on Tuesday served as…
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Former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has insisted that Nigeria has comparatively fared better during the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, than what it is currently facing under the All Progressives Congress led by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Alhaji Abubakar who stated this Tuesday when he paid a visit to Akwa Ibom State as part of his tour across the nation to ascertain the state of affairs decried the downward economic situation of the nation. The former Vice president said the PDP-led government did not only increase the GDP and…
The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said anyone who decides to contest in the 2023 election, is putting his head inside hot water. Bakare stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday night. The fiery cleric revealed that he and a group of Nigerians are building a formidable team, like a shadow cabinet, for the next administration. According to him, some members of the team are members of the current President Muhammadu Buhari administration. “Anyone plunging into the election in 2023 is just plunging his head inside hot water, and therefore…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed their number one condition for the Taliban was granting safe passage to Afghans who wanted to leave the country beyond an August 31 deadline. “The number one condition we’re setting as G7 is that they’ve got to guarantee right the way through, through August 31 and beyond safe passage for those who want to come out,” Johnson said after an emergency virtual meeting of the leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations. “Some of them will say that they don’t accept that, some of them I hope…
Yemi Akinwonmi, has declared himself as the authentic National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akinwonmi said providence has bestowed on him the leadership of the former ruling party. Speaking at Wadata Plaza, the PDP’s National Secretary in Abuja, Akinwonmi, however, declared that there is no victor, no vanquish. He appealed to members of the party to team up with him as he takes over the party’s leadership mantle. “I am a man of peace, not a man of crisis. PDP has a good succession order. There is an order here. The chairman is followed by the deputy national…
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Senior Pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, has said a Northern Hausa or Fulani can still emerge as Nigeria’s president in 2023. Bakare said the emphasis should be on competence of the next president and not the zone producing him. Speaking on Channels Television, the clergyman stressed that there is nothing wrong with the North still producing Nigeria’s next president. He noted that political parties should field their best candidates and allow the electorates decide. According to Bakare: “Let the best of the best emerge, it doesn’t matter which part of the country the person comes…
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwomi on Tuesday, suspended the scheduled National Working Committee (NWC), meeting of the party till further notice. In a statement signed by the Deputy National Chairman Elder Yemi Akinwomi on Tuesday, he said the immediate suspension followed the restraining order by a Harcourt Court, against the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus. He said the Deputy National Chairman, South, Elder Akinwomi, acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the responsibility of presiding over the activities of the party and issued the directive. According to…
The Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has asked the state’s Caretaker Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, to discontinue the court case against some chieftains of the party who had invaded the party secretariat with armed thugs a fortnight ago. Recall that on Monday, the Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Rasaq Salinsile and former Chairman of the party, Adelowo Adebiyi and five others were arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court. The other five persons arraigned include; former Commissioner for Works and Transports, Kazeem Salami, former Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Com. Biyi Odunlade, former…
Airbnb offered free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally on Tuesday and sought more assistance from hosts who rent property through the home-sharing company. The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. We feel a responsibility to step up,” said CEO Brian Chesky on Twitter. I hope this inspires other business leaders to do the same. There’s no time to waste.” The UN Refugee Agency said last month that an estimated 270,000 Afghans had been newly displaced inside the country since January primarily due to insecurity…
The Anambra State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has said that he consulted widely before choosing members of his campaign council. Ozigbo was probably reacting to insinuations in some quarters that he failed to consult some big names in the party before naming them as members of his campaign council, leading to their resignation from the council. The PDP campaign council which was inaugurated two weeks ago, with Senator Uche Ekwunife as the chairman, had suffered a setback when some notable names, including Hon Chris Azubogu, Senator Stella Oduah and others resigned, saying they…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has insisted that his comment that a candidate with questionable NECO certificate should not be allowed to govern Anambra State was in order. Soludo was reacting to a challenge posed to him by the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who recently challenged him to a public debate. In a press Statement by the former CBN governor which was signed on his behalf by his media aide, Mr Joe Anatune and made available to the media, Soludo said he was fully prepared for…
Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has declared that the party would return to power in 2023. Atiku said PDP would be strengthened to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. He made the declaration during his visit to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House in Benin on Tuesday. The former presidential candidate disclosed that the meeting with Obaseki “centred on governance, current issues in the country and how to strengthen” the former ruling party ahead of 2023. On his part, Obaseki commended Atiku for his leadership and support…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has reacted to the court ruling restraining him from parading as the National Chairman of the party. Recall that a Rivers State High Court on Monday restrained Secondus from exercising the functions of the National Chairman of the PDP. The judge, Justice O. Gbasam who gave the order, also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. Reacting, Secondus in a statement issued by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, vowed to defend himself in court…
More than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are stuck because of Kabul airport restrictions, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Aid agencies say it is critical that medical and food supplies reach some 300,000 people displaced in Afghanistan over the past two months amid advances by Islamist Taliban insurgents that culminated in their capture of Kabul on Aug. 15. Nearly 18.5 million people – half the population – rely on aid and the humanitarian needs are expected to grow due to drought. But the…
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has faulted claim by Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC chairman, that the two major parties in the country have failed Nigerians. Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, PGF, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Jega had in a BBC Hausa Service interview on Aug. 2, claimed that the two parties- the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had failed Nigerians and should not be trusted again. But Lukman said Jega had no evidence to support his submission. “He had submitted that the two big parties had failed to engender good…
Following a resolution on fast tracking the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the battle on who will succeed Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman, has moved and started in earnest within the power blocks of the main opposition party. The power blocik that is most in contention for the position is the former Governors Forum of the party. Other power blocks being lobbied by the former Chief Executives are the PDP Governors Forum, former Minister’s Forum, former Senators Forum and the PDP National Assembly members Forum. It was gathered that the former Governors who are angling for…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was in Benin, the capital of Edo State on Monday as part of consultations on how to strengthen the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP can take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the 2023 presidential election. After the meeting, Atiku confirmed to journalists that his discussion with the Obaseki centered around governance, situations in the country and how PDP could be strengthened to take over power in 2023. “Basically we discussed about governance, the situation in the country, we discussed about our party, how our party should be strengthen and…
The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, worsened on Monday as High Court in Rivers State has restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The order was given by Justice O. Gbasam of the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State. The judge also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. The order followed a complaint brought before the court by some aggrieved members of the party. The suit…
China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a positive role in helping the war-ravaged country amid global pushback to stop funding to Kabul until the Afghan militant group modified its hardline religious policies. In his media briefing on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hit out at the US saying it is “main perpetrator” for the Afghan crisis and Washington cannot leave without doing anything for Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Asked for his reaction to comments by Afghanistan’s exiled central bank chief stating that the Taliban may go to China…
The Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Rasaq Salinsile and former Chairman of the party, Adelowo Adebiyi and five others have been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court. The other five persons arraigned include; former Commissioner for Works and Transports, Kazeem Salami, former Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Com. Biyi Odunlade, former Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon Idowu Korede, one Alaba Popoola and Azeez Adekunle. The suspects are leaders of a caucus group in the Osun chapter of the APC. Recall that some members of the APC on August 14 besieged the…