Alhaji Bisi Olopoeniyan is a grassroots politician in Oyo State and one of the pillars of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was key in Governor Seyi Makinde’s emergence as governor in 2019. Unfortunately, they both fell apart just after the governor assumed office. He spoke to SEYE OLUMIDE (Southwest Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper) on the party’s internal crisis and the chances of the incumbent getting a second term in 2023, among other issues. Oyo State chapter of PDP risks losing the next governorship election if it fails to resolve its internal crisis before 2023. What is…
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Senegalese-American singer, Akon, has admitted that he was heartbroken when Nigerian music duo, P-Square, broke up. “It broke my heart because we are family. These are brothers and they shared the same womb and I always felt money should not get in between them,” he told Channels Television on the sidelines of the Expo 2020 Dubai. According to him, the duo’s separation may be due to a lot of pressure in their careers and relationship, noting that a whole lot happens in the music industry. “It was being together that made them who they were. But sometimes you have differences…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said there is no provision in law that empowers the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to overrule the decisions of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry. In a communique titled, ‘Comments On LASG White Papers On Endsars Panel Reports’, the senior lawyer also argued that no provision exists for the issuance of a White Paper under the law setting up the Panel. “Under and by virtue of section 15 of the Tribunal of Inquiry Law, upon conclusion of any inquiry, the Governor is only empowered to issue directive for the enforcement…
In his bid to ensure adequate security of lives and property, the executive chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, Hon. Olaide Settle has laid a foundation for Omituntun Police Station in Ward 9 Onigambari of the council area. Performing the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the police station, Hon. Settle recalled how the Royal fathers of Onigambari requested for a police station. According to the council boss, the royal fathers emphasised how the construction of a modern police station constitute one of the topmost need of their community because of its location along the busy but…
Ralph Rangnick has been granted a work permit to start his reign as Manchester United manager, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. The 63-year-old German will be introduced to the media on Friday and take charge of the team for the first time at Crystal Palace on Sunday. “As all paperwork has now been completed, we will hold an in-person press conference with Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford at 9:00 am tomorrow morning,” said a United statement. United confirmed the appointment of Rangnick as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s short-term replacement on Monday. But Rangnick, who was manager of sports and…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will experience turbulence in selecting their 2023 presidential candidates. Governor Wike made the disclosure during an interview on a national television in Port Harcourt on Thursday. In his words, “Let nobody come and tell you that in arriving at a presidential candidate that it will be easy. No way, it can never be. You know, there are two types of turbulence. “There is turbulence that will not have a crash, which is a normal turbulence. There is turbulence that there will…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of corruption charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted Alao-Akala, Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local Governments under the administration and Femi Babalola, a businessman, for 11.5bn fraud charge. The State Affairs NG reports that the defendants faced 11-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, awarding contract without budgetary provision, acquiring property with money derived from illegal act among others.The defendants had pleaded not guilty to the charges. The judge ruled that Alao-Akala was cleared because the case against…
The Nigerian government has dared the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to disclose where it gets money for publicity stunt against the government. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, asked the NGO to desist from putting out its “divisive, irresponsible, and bare-faced publicity stunts”. The statement, according to Mallam Shehu, was aimed at addressing the repeated ridiculous claims from SERAP “that it is bringing legal action against the Government and/or President of Nigeria”. Deepening his argument, the spokesman argued that “very little is known…
The fight for the control of structure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State took another dimension on Tuesday as an FCT High Court upheld the party congresses conducted by former governor Ibrahim Shekarau-led faction against the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The State Affairs NG reported how parallel congresses were held in Kano, with Abdullahi Abbas emerging as Chairman of the Ganduje-led faction and Ahmadu Zago emerging Chairman of the Shekarau-led faction. Delivering a ruling on the reliefs sought by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Justice Hamza Muazu, granted all the reliefs sought. The Shekarau faction sought a declaration that…
A multi-billion naira advanced medical diagnostic centre built by the Sokoto State Government has been completed and ready for commissioning. The Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, will commission the centre on Wednesday. He will be assisted by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, other government dignitaries and officials of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). Governor Ifeanyi A. Okowa , who is a medical doctor, is visiting Sokoto to take part in a meeting of the NMA holding in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Mohammad Ali Inname, who disclosed this in a press…