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A man whose name was used to sign an advertorial over the crisis rocking the Osun chapter of the All Progressive Congress has come out to say he never authored the content of the said advertorial. The man, Akanni Omo Oba said be a prince of Osogbo was said to have been the author of the piece which called on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos state to urgently intervene in the crisis rocking the party. In the piece, the author had raised fears that the division between loyalists of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola and the incumbent…
The chairman of the All Progressive Congress reconciliation committee Senator Abdulahi Adamu has confirmed that there was no petition from Lagos state chapter of the party. This is in spite of alleged cases of internal bickering within the APC. Three chairmen emerged for the party in the state during the last Congress. However, one of the factions led by Jide Adediran Lagos4Lagos, has joined the People’s Democratic Party. A third faction is believed yo be loyal to formal Governor, Akinwumi Ambode. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while hosting the committee in his office on Thursday, charged members to unite…
By Gboyega Akosile I have read a lot reactions and media reports on the engagement between the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the residents/property owners in Magodo Phase II Estate and a certain Chief Superintendent of Police, who was sent from Abuja to lead the supposed execution/enforcement of the Supreme Court Judgment on the embattled plots of land. First, we must appreciate the leadership style of the present Governor, as a man who listens. A man of peace, down-to-earth and one who takes all shades of opinion before making decisions on any matter. Secondly, Mr. Sanwo-Olu, apart from building…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N2.23 trillion revenue in 2021 against its target of N1.67 trillion. NCS spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the amount represented a 43.45 per cent rise over the N1.5 trillion collected in 2020. ”Nigeria Customs Service generated the sum of N2,240,880,308,195.77 for the year 2021. ”The amount generated is over the target of N1,678,715,016,014.00 set for the year. “It is over the sum of N1,562,115,419,216.32 generated in 2020, representing 43.45 per cent increase,” he said The spokesperson also said that the…
55 Journalists Killed in 2021 – UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says 55 journalists and media professionals were killed in 2021, noting that impunity against journalists is alarmingly widespread. Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed in 2021, according to latest UN data released on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved. “Once again in 2021, far too many journalists paid the ultimate price to bring truth to light,” UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said. “Right now, the world needs independent, factual information more than ever. We must do more to ensure that those…
Eight cases of death were recorded on Thursday as the country listed a total of 791 infections nationwide. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control in its latest statistics, said Lagos State recorded the highest figure as it accounted for 523 cases of the total. Below is the breakdown of the cases as listed by the NCDC: FCT-84 Oyo-48 Ondo-35 Kano-22 Borno-16 Delta-15 Edo-15 Ogun-9 Jigawa-7 Bauchi-6 Plateau-5 Rivers-4 Bayelsa-2 246,195 confirmed 217,509 discharged 3,066 deaths
The Police in Bayelsa have confirmed that a 20-year-old barber stabbed a motorcyclist to death on Thursday in Sagbama Local Government area of the state. The incident happened barely two days after Police arrested three teenagers for attempted ritual murder in the same area. SP Asinim Butswat, the Police Spokesman in the state, confirmed that detectives arrested a Barber who stabbed a motorcycle rider to death over a minor misunderstanding in Sagbama. “The unfortunate incident occurred on 6 January, 2022, at about 14: 00 hours, at Sagbama community. “One Lucky Diri ‘m’ 20 years, a Barber, allegedly stabbed one Emeka…
Former Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has been named the chairman, Governing Board of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. This was just as Governor Gboyega Oyetola made fresh appointment in the fourth year of his tenure. In all, the governor, in statement signed by his media aide, Ismail Omipidan, appointed 10 board chairmen and members of boards of some agencies of government. Apart from the former Health minister, Isaac Adewole, others include an All Progressive Congress leader in Ijesaland, Elder Kunle Odeyemi, (Osun College of Education, Ilesa), former Osun Deputy Speaker, Akintunde Adegboye (College of…
Two arrests have been made after 10 bodies were found inside a car in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas. The discovery came after the vehicle was left outside a historic local state governor’s office in the middle of a public square. Officials became suspicious of the car, a Mazda SUV, and found the bodies early on Thursday morning. David Monreal, governor of the central state, later confirmed on social media that two suspects had been detained. “They came to leave them here in front of the palace,” he said of the crime, adding the victims were “apparently beaten”. EXPLAINER:…
President Joe Biden has heavily criticised former President Donald Trump on the first anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol. In a televised speech Mr Biden accused his predecessor of spreading “a web of lies” that led to the mob’s assault. Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on 6 January 2021 as Congress gathered to certify Mr Biden’s presidential election victory. Live footage of US politicians cowering from the mob shocked the world. Mr Trump had urged protesters at a rally outside the White House shortly beforehand to “peacefully” march on Congress, but he also encouraged them to “fight”…