As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for its 2022 National Convention, the party National Headquarters has released the list of APC States Chairmen that have been recognized as authentic as seen in the image below. Recall that some months ago, when the party conducted the states congress across the country, the majority of the states had parallel congresses, leading to two states chairmen. The most worrisome part is that the chairmen in each of the states claim to be the authentic chairman. Now that the party has released a list of the chairmen they recognized, what now becomes…
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The Bada Balogun of Ibadanland, Chief Adegboyega Adegoke has commiserate with the people of Ogbomoso land, royal house and Oyo state over the death of Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba (Dr) Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade IIl, who died on Sunday at the age of 95 after 48 years on the throne. Oba Oyewumi was born on May 27, 1926 in Ogbomoso to Oba Bello Afolabi Oyewumi Ajagungbade IIl and he ascended the throne of his father on October 24, 1973. While extoling the virtue of the Monarch during his reign, Adegoke said the late monarch stood for unity, equity, fairness and justice.…
As former governor of Osun State and pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, got ready to launch his autobiography in Lagos last Friday, a day before the launch, one very unAfrican event occurred in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Christophe Joseph-Marie Dabiré, the West African country’s Prime Minister, presented his letter of resignation to the country’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. It was accepted. Dabiré threw in the towel on the heels of persistent demonstrations against his government’s inability to stop the bloodletting Burkinabe faced from ceaseless jihadist attacks. With the PM’s resignation, according to…
The Saudi Arabia Government has suspended Nigerians from entering into the kingdom in its bid to prevent further spread of Omicron variant of coronavirus after six reported cases in Nigeria. The government said that the move, which would come into force immediately was coming as part of the kingdom’s precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the variant designated as virus of concern by the World Health Organistaion (WHO). A source from the kingdom noted that the Saudi government suspension of flights from Nigeria into the country was in order to check the spread of omicron in the holy land.…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the country. The simulated auction, which took place on Friday, December 10, 2021 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, was preparatory to the main auction scheduled to take place on Monday, December 13, 2021 at same venue. The conduct of the simulation exercise was in line with the requirements stipulated in the Information Memorandum (IM) for 3.5 GHz spectrum auction. The IM is a document that defines the process for the…
The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau has dismissed the suit filed by 10 former Local Government chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to a former Zamfara State Governor, Abdul’Aziz Yari. One Abdulaziz Danmaliki and nine others had instituted the suit in July to challenge the dissolution of the state’s caretaker committee of the party by the Gov Mai Mala Buni-led APC National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). Ruling on the case on Friday, Justice Aminu Bappa said the Federal High Court has no jurisdiction over the internal affairs of a political party. He added that the…
The permanent secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, has been suspended over the delay in payment of the November salary of local government workers. This is contained in a statement by the secretary to the state government, Kenneth Igwe, issued on Friday. “The governor has noticed with dismay the delay in the payment of local government staff salary for November. “In view of this, the governor has directed the immediate suspension of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development and the Accountant, JAAC, for one month without salary.…
The pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday bemoaned the rising act of cultism and hooliganism amongst secondary school students across the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Afenifere National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, in the aftermath of the recent rampage by students of Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo state, because they did not want to sit for the first-term examination. He decried the students’ attack on the policemen who were called in by the school authority as well as beating up of teachers and setting the school…
Former Governor of Osun state and ex-interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, yesterday narrated how Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as he then was, the presidential candidate of the party at the time, promised to pick Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his running mate in the 2015 election. Chronicling the events that led to the eventual selection of Professor Yemi Osinbajo Akande, in his autobiography, “My Participations”, published by Gaskia Media Limited, disclosed how Buhari who was then under pressure to drop the former Lagos governor, later reneged on the agreement. In the book which was launched…
Gunmen have killed the traditional ruler of the Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Edwin Azike, who was kidnapped last Thursday. The Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Command Micheal Abattam confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday. The police said: “Yes, the man was killed and his body found in a car. The investigation has commenced getting the full details.” It was gathered from the community that the tension has enveloped the area as villagers in fear of not knowing the next line of action. However, a source close to the…