Presidential aspirant, on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo, has purchased the Party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. The renowned legal practitioner via his official Twitter handle said he picked the forms on Friday to win election and put an end to poverty and insecurity across Nigeria Adebayo who described the move as a “leap of faith”, said history will record his foray in to the contest as the moment the fortunes of Nigeria and Nigerians turned around. “Today I took the leap of faith to invest in our future by obtaining the expression…
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The foremost traditional ruler in Oyo State, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has passed on at 83. The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday, according to palace officials. Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, The PUNCH was told. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children had received the monarch’s remains at Idi-Igba, Oyo town early Saturday morning. Palace sources confirmed that traditional rites had begun without giving details about his burial arrangement yet. Adeyemi ruled for 52 years before his demise, making him the longest-reigning Alaafin. Culled…
The Federal Government has said that it will commence the implementation of the National Youth Action Plan (YAP) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), across the 36 States of the Federation beginning with some pilot States.Director Press and Public Relations Mohammed Manga in a statement said it is with aimed at harnessing their potentials towards the promotion of lasting peace, security and sustainable development of the country.According to the Statement, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare spoke when he met with officials of the High Level Strategy United Nations System in Nigeria and Development Partnerson the…
Former Aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has urged Igbos not to de-market one of their best Presidential materials, Peter Obi for APC that will not zone the presidency to the region. Reno had reacted angrily to Ngige’s diatribes against Peter Obi saying Obi remains the best governor Nigeria has ever produced.He expressed disappointment with the minister of Labour Dr Chris Ngige who recently attack the frontline presidential aspirant, The Minister of Labour and Employment during Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ had accused Peter Obi of constructing roads that have been washed off by rain. According to Ngige, all the…
For jumping the boat from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a Federal High Court has sackedFormer Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State.Dogara had, on July 24, 2020, defected from the PDP to the APC when he submitted a resignation letter to the chairman of the Bogoro ‘C’ Ward in the state.While delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from PDP to APC, Dogara was no longer qualified to occupy the seat by virtue of Section 68(1)(g) of the constitution. Justice…
Scores of travelers have been reportedly kidnapped at Ijagbe community in Mopamuro local government area of Kogi state on Wednesday It was gathered that a passenger bus and a newly-imported vehicle were intercepted by the armed men, who kidnapped the passengers on board on the the federal highway. A passenger, Mr. Abdul Ohinoyi who said he escaped being abducted in a miraculous way told reporters that the kidnappers hijacked the passenger bus and abducted all passengers on board.He indicated that one of his in-laws was also a victim, saying the hoodlums are yet to establish contact with the victims’ families.…
By Tunde Olusunle That allusions, references and reminiscences are always, ever made to the music of the maverick Nigerian Afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, speaks to the immutability, even immortality of his work. Fela was in eternal battles with successive Nigerian governments, tirelessly speaking truth to them, even at the risk of his life. Trevor Schoonmaker in a 2004 critique of Fela’s work, notes that he “created Afrobeat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz, with traditional Yoruba and highlife music and used it to rail against corrupt Nigerian governments.” Fela’s notable, radical compositions include: “Authority Stealing,” “Army Arrangement,”…
For a lifetime of contribution to the development of medical laboratory science in Nigeria, some veteran Medical Laboratory scientists were honoured with awards in Delta State. Amongst the awardees, was Mr Alfred Ekpokpobe who bagged an ‘award of honour for outstanding quality in impacting knowledge to future generation of medical laboratory scientists in Nigeria’. With about 50 years of practice and contribution to medical laboratory research in Nigeria, Ekpokpobe, who spoke to newsmen, said the award was an incentive to continue on his oars. According to him, the history of medical laboratories science in Nigeria like almost every other sector…
BY Chief Mike Ozekhome The staggering sum of #100 million fixed by the APC NEC for its presidential nomination form has rightly sent shock waves of righteous indignation across the country. The APC had fixed #30 million for the “expression of interest form” and #70 million for the “nomination form”, making a total of #100 million. The party hopes to rake in #1.5 billion from the 15 aspirants that have so far declared interest in the presidential race. By this singular act, the APC has shown a shocking insatiable bacchanalian propensity to corrupt democracy, democratic ethoes, and also scam the…
***Asks Buhari To Meet ASUU’s N200bn Demand Erstwhile Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, condemned the N100million fee for the party’s presidential nomination form, describing it as a “clear depiction of deepened arrogance in both corruption and governance.” This is even as he called on President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly prioritise the nation’s tertiary education sector which is now lying comatose by paying the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) the N200billion they have demanded so that normalcy can return to ivory towers. Frank, in a statement in Abuja, decried what…