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…
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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…
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would not join issues with Progressive Youth Movement that declared itself as parallel Caretaker committee of the party, describing them as misguided group. The State Affairs NG reports that PYM announced Mustapha Audu as the Chairman of the new Caretaker team and President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the advisory committee, Speaker House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu among others as members of the new Caretaker Committee. The self-acclaimed Chairman said a reconciliation Committee would be put in place…
The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari mourns the passing of popular Kano-based industrialist Sani Buhari Daura who died on Sunday at the age of 90. The President expressed heartfelt condolences to the Daura families in Katsina and Kano, as well as Governments of both States. The late Daura was the chairman and founder of many companies such as Bayajidda Nigerian Limited, Standard Construction Limited, Buhari Properties and Development Company and Katsina Oil Mill. His company, Standard Construction Limited, built one of the most famous edifices in Abuja — the Ship House, which is now occupied by the Ministry of Defence. The…
Impeccable sources have revealed that the National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would hold on February 5, 2022. According to the BusinessDay, some members of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee are lobbying to retain their positions. “I can confirm to you that the National Convention of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will hold on February 5, 2022 where a new Exco will be elected,” a chieftain of the party said on condition of anonymity. APC members also disclosed that President MuhammaduBuhari had wanted the convention to hold on Decenber 28, 2022, but was persuaded by…
This is not the best of times for traders, artisans and shop owners at Bodija market in Ibadan as Governor Seyi Makinde-led government let loose bulldozers which roaring into big storey-building shopping complex (Ile Gogoro) and other surrounding shops. The State Affairs NG reports that government bulldozers are currently leveling the market with traders gnashing their teeth. More details to Follow….
As Babatunde Nurudeen Omidina, also known as Baba Suwe, returns to dust today, it is safe to conclude that it is no longer a laughing matter. He had “died” several times, only to bounce back to life. I recall a hilarious interview Baba Sala, (real name Moses Adejumo) granted the Nigerian Tribune in 1992. We had asked him if there had ever been a time where his life of comedy had caused people to doubt him as a serious person. He described an instance when he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital at the point of death. As…
Senator Kola Balogun has written a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, calling for a thorough investigation into the brutal murder of the Oyo State-born Timothy Adegoke Oludare. The late Oludare was reportedly murdered in the night of 5 November, 2021 in his room at the Hilton Hotel and Resorts, Ile Ife, Osun State where he had lodged to sit for his Executive MBA examination at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife. As contained in a release by his media aide, Dapo Falade, Senator Balogun, in the letter dated 21 November, 2021, called on IGP…
A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations have warned, that it will no longer tolerate, what it described as the series of orchestrated campaign of calumny, against the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi. The group in a Press statement on Friday in Lagos, said it has noticed the persistent call by some unpatriotic Nigerians, mainly sponsored under different groups, in the sustained campaign, where they’ve continuously demanded for the probe and sack, of Dr Audi, as the NSCDC Boss, over series of unsubstantiated allegations of corruption. The statement, signed on behalf…
Ralf Rangnick is the current managing director of sport and communications at the Russian side, Lokomotiv Moscow, and has had previous managerial roles at clubs such as Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig. Rangnick said at the start of the 19/20 season that United had been ‘underperforming’ when he was asked about the situation regarding Solskjaer. His last managerial role was at RB Leipzig and he left at the end of the 18/19 season with Leipzig finishing third in the Bundesliga and since then, he has moved into more off-field roles with Salzburg and now Lokomotiv Moscow. The 63-year-old is one of…