The Founder, O’odua Peoples Congress, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has said the recent spate of insults hurled by the national coordinator of the group, Chief Gani Adams against former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is well-deserved. According to Fasehun, the duo gave Adams the wings with which he is flying. The OPC coordinator last week lampooned Obasanjo for refusing to acknowledge the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the leader of Yoruba, and Tinubu for allegedly incurring the wrath of other Yoruba leaders because the ex-governor undermined their authorities. However, Fasehun, in an interview…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has condemned the Chairman of the now defunct Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference, Senator Femi Okurounmu, for his criticism of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.Okurounmu had blamed the ex-Lagos State governor for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to win the Presidency, saying the latter tricked Tinubu into getting power back to the North using the APC. “The keys to the chains of slavery we (Yoruba) thought we could use to break free were given back to the North by the APC. The APC became an agent of oppression and…
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor and current Senate majority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed his appreciation to Nigerians for their show of concern following his involvement in a motor accident last week.The senator, who was rushed to the National Hospital in Abuja, was later flown abroad for further treatment. In a couple of tweets on Saturday, where he shared a photo from his hospital bed in an undisclosed hospital, Akpabio specifically thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his concern. “Thank you Nigerians for your prayers. Appreciate President Buhari, VP Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki and others for their calls”,…
Thalia Almodovar was born a man and remembers crying when she had to use the boys’ toilets instead of the girls’ at school. She transitioned to female when she was in her teens, and had surgery on her chest and bottom in her early 20s. After having the surgeries, people began telling her that she resembled Kim Kardashian. She says she did not see it at first but was delighted that others did. Thalia, a make-up artist, has had her bottom enhanced as well as chest implants to match Kim’s. She has also spent thousands on clothes and shoes so…
Popular transgender and Kim Kardashian, Caitlyn Jenner recently confided in her friend Jennifer Finney Boylan about the idea of dating a man in a new clip from I Am Cait. The forward to a date with a man, finally got her wish granted as she steps out all looking beautiful for her male date. The 65-year old Caitlyn disclosed that, he hopes to find love again and is not sure whether it will be a woman or a man. However, Caitlyn stepped went to dinner with friend and writer Buzz Bissinger, in order to find out what I will look like to date.…
Following the recent interception of cocaine trafficked by an Arik Airline cabin crew member at the London Heathrow Airport, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has decided to beam its searchlight on cleaners, air traffic controllers and other workers believed to have enjoyed special treatment at the nation’s international airport.The NDLEA said with the latest discovery that hard drugs could be smuggled by airline and airport workers through items like food, the move had become necessary. The Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, who made this known yesterday, pointed out that the anti-narcotics agency was usually the last line…
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has denied the alleged killing of members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra by its operatives in Anambra State.The CNC, which has its headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, is in charge of Anambra, Kogi, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states. The Flag Officer Commanding, Rear Admiral Stanley Ogoigbe, who spoke to reporters at the command’s headquarters on Saturday, said it became necessary for him to personally clear the air on the rumoured killing of the MASSOB members, which he described as untrue. There had been conflicting reports…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Saturday that it would review its membership policy to accommodate more youth in the party. The move would enhance the participation of youth in political activities, and would see many young Nigerians clinch tickets for senior political positions across the country, the party said. Accordingly, the PDP National Directorate of Youth Affairs has set up a committee to examine the level of youth involvement in the party’s administration, and recommend ways of supporting more young Nigerians to aspire as the party’s candidates in future elections, a spokesperson said. Members of the Youth Restructuring Committee…
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Saturday said the Federal Government bailout of N26.6bn to the state is inadequate to offset all outstanding salaries owed the state workers. Ajimobi, who made this known during a programme on Splash FM, Ibadan said the state government must source for more funds from other areas to ensure all outstanding salaries of workers were paid this month. He also disclosed that the state would access the FG bailout this week. “Next (this) week, we should be able to access the Federal Government bailout of N26.6bn. Local Government workers will get N9.3bn from the…
Over a month after the passing of Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, another prominent monarch, the Olu of Warri, Godwin Edomi, Ogiame Atuwatse II, has died.He was said to have passed on in Lagos on Friday night of an undisclosed ailment. Atuwatse became the paramount ruler of Warri in 1987. According to an online news portal, TheWill, the monarch might have died from a brain injury he suffered after reportedly falling from the stairs of his Warri residence in Delta State. TheWill reported that Atuwatse was due to have a surgery at Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos, where…
Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has expressed full support for the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari. He says it is the best for the country. Speaking at a radio programme monitored in Ibadan on Saturday, Ajimobi said Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade would take Nigeria to greater heights. “I fully support Buhari. I thank God now that we have him in power. He is a man that is determined to wage relentless war against the malady of corruption. “If we do not fight corruption as a nation, then we cannot grow,” the governor said. He attributed the non-constitution of his cabinet…
First civilian Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s asset declaration showed that the president is a wealthy man and can no longer pretend to be poor. “Before the last election, Buhari had given us the erroneous impression that he was a poor man, requiring bank loans to buy nomination form and run his campaigns but now he has shown that he has cash of N30 million, huge investments in companies and banks and farm assets. “By this declaration, it is clear that Buhari is one of the wealthy and influential Nigerians, who wield…
A group, Concerned Elders of the North (CEN) has reacted to the accusation of lopsided appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari, made by some aggrieved people from the South. In view of this, the group has released a list of some appointments made by the Goodluck Jonathan government. It claimed that what Buhari has done is that he has merely chosen people he knows well as his personal staff “which is to be expected of any serious President”. The list of the appointments by the Jonathan administration, sent to Sunday Vanguard by the group, at the weekend, is made up of…
Organised labour in the electricity sector has warned that the current power supply in the country is not sustainable. It has also given reasons Nigerians are experiencing improved power supply. Speaking through the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), labour said the raining season, the President Muhammadu Buhari factor and steady supply of gas to power plants were the major reasons for the improved power supply. “During this time of the year, there is always a slight improvement in power supply because of the rise in water level. That is, the lake goes up and hydro power stations generate more…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set in motion, machinery to further open the party and pave way for greater participation of youths in electoral activities, including emerging as candidates at various levels across the country. The PDP National Directorate of Youth Affairs has, therefore, set up a Youth Restructuring Committee to examine the level of youth involvement in the various organs of the party’s administration and recommend ways to increase same. The Committee will be inaugurated by the PDP Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the PDP National Secretariat, Abuja.…
The 31 Artillery Brigade, Minna, said it had arrested a suspected cattle rustler and recovered 97 cows and 41 sheep in Sarkin Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of Niger. Capt. Agwu Njideka, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Minna, said this while briefing newsmen in Minna on Saturday. “A total of 97 cows and 41 sheep were recovered during the operation by the soldiers. Some of the rustlers ran away on sighting the soldiers”, she said. Njideka said the suspect, Abubakar Hassan, was arrested last Thursday in an operation led by Lt.Col. Adamu Yakubu, Commanding Officer, 313…
A two time former Governor of old Bendel State and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, said yesterday that Nigerians will not forgive President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails them. He also cautioned Nigerians against criticising the president over his recent appointments. The former governor described as unnecessary, attempts by some Nigerians to assess the Buhari administration in its 100 days in office, “when they knew that the man said he met everything in bad shape and in such situation you need to clean up the system so as to start on…
The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of the Nigerian Navy in Calabar, Cross River, on Friday received a new warship, the NNS Centenary. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who was on ground to receive it at the NNS Victory jetty, said the ship was the newest in the navy’s fleet. Ibas said that the ship would further reinforce the presence of the navy in the eastern flank of the country’s maritime domain. He said that the ship was acquired to patrol the maritime domain of the Eastern Naval Command in order to keep the water safe…
The Legislative Houses Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos on Saturday upheld the election of Senator Jonah Jang of the PDP as senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mrs Ayisa Sambo of APC had filed a petition seeking to nullify the return of Jang by INEC as winner of the March 28 Plateau North senatorial polls. The three-member tribunal presided over by Justice Justice O.O. Akeredolu dismissed the petition for lacking in merit. The tribunal held that the petitioners failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubts. Delivering the judgment,…
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Yobe, Alhaji Lawan Ibrahim, has described as ‘unjustifiable’ the call for increase in electricity tariff by the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (Yola Disco). Speaking on Saturday in Damaturu at a consultation forum with consumers, the chairman noted that even the current tariff needed to be reviewed downward. He advised the company to place emphasis on the provision of prepaid meters to customers, instead of advocating for increase in tariff. According to him, the prepaid meters will enable customers pay for exactly what they consume. Earlier in his remark at the forum, the…