President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has completely neglected the APC in Oyo state. No doubt about that. There is equally no doubt that the president deliberately sold the APC in Oyo state out in favour of Governor Seyi Makinde of the PDP during the gubernatorial election. In his choice of appointments, he did not hide his consternation to the APC while favouring those who moved to the Accord Party from the APC before the 2023 general election. Both Zach Adelabu and Bayo Adelabu have left the APC for Accord Party and yet the president compensated them with juicy positions obviously in…
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That the mouse no longer sounds like one and the bird no longer chirps like a bird within the Oyo state APC is an understatement. “Nnkan o fi ara ro”. Things are not as they ought to be. As Yorubas believe, it is the hands that shells the melon that is supposed to eat the soup made with it. Unfortunately, the case for the APC in Oyo state is presently like the proverbial trouser which worked to buy an expensive fabrics fit for beautiful occasion but itself dumped in the farm. Why and is this so? President Tinubu, encouraged by…
Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in the North Central geopolitical zone have cautioned President Bola Tinubu against attempts to shortchange the zone in the selection of a new National Chairman for the party. Following the resignation of the erstwhile National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu from Nasarawa state, North Central Nigeria, there are reported attempts by the President and the APC Governors’ Forum to impose the immediate-past Governor of Kano state (North West), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on the party as Adamu’s replacement. However, the APC North Central Progressives Forum said if Osun State is allowed to replace the…
The nomination of Adebayo Adelabu as Minister by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a clear manifestation of the fact that the president is on a mission to ensure that the structures of the APC in Oyo state as presently constituted, goes in extinction. There have been indications to this fact since the president came to Ibadan for a Rally of the APC in Oyo state. Instead of such a day to be an avenue for the president as presidential candidate then, to market the APC and Its candidates running for elective positions in Oyo, he and his handlers ensured that…
Following the release of the list of ministerial nominees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last week, there is brewing tension between the immediate former governor of Rivers State His Excellency Nyesom Wike and the President, IgbereTV has learned. According to TheWill, Wike is deeply saddened at the moment. Rather than rejoice that his wish of finally being nominated as a minister by the government of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has been granted, he is disgruntled that he and members of the G5 governors have been shortchanged by President Bola Tinubu. The G5 governors, self-styled as the Integrity…
It is a fact that president Bola Ahmed Tinubu reserves the right to appoint people he deems fit to serve in various capacity in his government. Such rights are however fettered by circumstances if indeed the president chose not to be autocratic. Issues like due consultations, equity and fairness are enough to force the hands of a president who chose be Democratic in his choice of appointments. The nomination of Bayo Adelabu for the appointment of Minister by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu was done “malafide”, (in bad faith), with due respect to the president. The gentleman, Mr. Bayo Adelabu is…
Following the list of ministerial nominees which was unveiled today whereby the immediate past Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, Nasir El-Rufai and other individuals made the list. A few moments ago, Shehu Sani shared a new post cautioning Tinubu that appeasing a snake in a palace doesn’t spare the king. Speaking further, Shehu Sani added that Tinubu appointed some individuals with a known history of treachery According to his statement recently, he said this, “The Ministerial list; The President embraced some Serpents with a known history of treachery and rewarded some vultures for playing the Judas. Appeasing a snake in…
The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress for North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has officially resigned from his position. His resignation letter was submitted on Wednesday to the Acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari. The development is coming one week after the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, tendered their resignations. In the copy of the letter made available to our correspondent, the Kaduna politician hinged his resignation on the alleged illegal acts and interference in the affairs of the party, which he claimed, was at…
Obviously, president Bola Ahmed Tinubu have tough decisions to make with the choice of a Minister who will represent Oyo state in his Cabinet. Ordinarily, appointing a Minister from Oyo state ought not to pose much problems for the president but there are serious complications arising from the unresolved intra party disputes that bedeviled the All Progressives Congress, Oyo state chapter before, during and after the last general election. The issues within the party was made messier by intervening circumstances that eventually led to the unnecessary and avoidable loss of the gubernatorial election. I must say with due respect but…
Travellers are expressing their disappointment and frustrations as airfares continue to skyrocket, making it increasingly difficult for individuals to embark on their desired trips. The rising costs, coupled with economic uncertainties, have left many passengers in a state of dismay. About two weeks after President Bola Tinubu promised to unify the nation’s multiple exchange rates, the apex bank decided to float the naira at the Investor’s and Exporters’ Window of the foreign exchange market. Since then, the naira had fallen from N471/dollar to N867/$. With this development, Nigerians, particularly, intending international students hoping to resume school in September, had been…