There is no end insight to the crisis rocking the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State as a chieftain of the party, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan claimed former minister Elder Wole Oyelese instigated Senator Ayo Adeseun to take Governor Seyi Makinde to court immediately after the governorship primary elections of the party ahead of 2019 general elections. Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan on Sunday registered his disappointment in Elder Wole Oyelese over his open letter to aggrieved party leaders in the state. Olopoeyan described Wole Oyelese is a total disgrace to PDP both in Oyo state and at national. Elder Wole…
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The Nigerian government has stated that the administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of the recent incidents of unrest in Plateau State. The federal government in a statement released by Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity noted that to achieve total crushing of the perpetrators, the communities in the state must unite against horrific attacks, saying that retributive violence is not the answer. Parts of the statement read: “While these troubled communities are being reinforced with security personnel, our religious, traditional and other community leaders must…
Senator Andy Uba, 2021 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that more political heavyweights from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other political parties would be joining his party. Uba spoke through the coordinator of his media office, Arinze Igboeli. This revelation is coming days after the senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Stella Oduah, defected to the APC and also weeks after a Board of Trustees member of the PDP, Senator Joy Emordi, defected to the party. “More people are coming into the APC from the major and minor political…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it recovered N53 billion from a real estate developer for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye who made the disclosure during a meeting with the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee Investigating the Operations of Real Estate Developers in FCT, said that the developer took the money without providing houses for its subscribers. He stressed that the Commission will always deploy its mandates against developers who took public funds with the promise to provide houses for public or civil servants without doing…
Again, some bandits have reportedly killed three persons in a separate attacks in two local government areas of Kaduna North and Kajuru. The victims included a pilot and two other persons. The pilot, Captain Abdukkarim Bala Na’Allah, said to be the eldest son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, was killed by the hoodlums in his Malali (GRA) residence in Kaduna North LGA on Sunday. Senator Na’Allah represents Kebbi South Senatorial seat in the Senate and was the Deputy Majority leader in the Eighth Senate. An aide to Senator Na’Allah, Malam Garba Mohammed, confirmed the killing of the trained pilot. “Suspected Kaduna Bandits…
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lauded the performance of Raphael Varane after making the Frenchman made his debut for the club. Our summer signing from Real Madrid helped the Reds to an important clean sheet, as part of a tense 1-0 victory against Wolves. With the result at Molineux, United also set an English top-flight record by going 28 consecutive matches unbeaten. It was a busy afternoon for 28-year-old Varane, as Wolves looked to make things as uncomfortable as possible, but he passed the test with flying colours. “This was ‘welcome to the Premier League’ – tempo, hustle…
The invasion of Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is indeed embarrassing and extremely unsettling. But what is more unsettling is the fact that this high-level security breach is said to be orchestrated by “bandits”. While I had never underestimated the lethality and offensive capacity of these bandits, I still find it hard to believe they orchestrated this attack. And here is why: Although most of us are unaware of the very nuanced categorisation of bandit groups operating in North-West and North-Central Nigeria, still, whenever we hear the word “bandit”, our minds go to the Fulani militia that have been meting out…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the reported shooting of a civilian market boat ferrying foodstuff and other household goods, allegedly by a military helicopter in Dutch Island area of Rivers state. The PDP, in a statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said she is is alarmed by reports of how the said military helicopter allegedly circled, targeted and shot at civilians, who were ferrying foodstuff and household items from Nembe-Bille jetty, in a bloody assault, in which the traders sustained gunshot wounds. Our party calls for an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the terrifying…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is shocked and saddened by the death of highlife music maestro, famous sculptor and academician, Sir Victor Uwaifo. This is contained in a statement released by National Publicity Secretary, Mr.Kola Ologbondiyan and made available to journalists on Saturday Victor Uwaifo PhD, was a highly talented Nigerian, who used his music, intellect and creativity to promote unity, and peaceful co-existence as well as our rich cultural heritage as a people. “Guitar Boy” as Victor Uwaifo was popularly called, was a rare gem; a nationalist, who, for decades, ruled the airwaves, and used his music and arts…
An early morning inferno broke out in Circus Maximus, Rome on June 19, 64 A.D. It spread like bushfire through the ancient city. Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar’s reaction was immediate: he scapegoated Roman Christians of the time and inflicted a persecution scarcely heard of in Roman history on them. Highly chagrined by the nauseating no-holds-barred interview granted by Retired Commodore Kunle Olawunmi on Channels television last week which exposed its security underbelly, the current Nigerian government found the template of this Roman emperor, renowned for debaucheries and political murders, fascinating. It thereby went on a route similar to Nero’s, unleashing…