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By Kamil Opeyemi A former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against expelling Nyesom Wike. Wike, a chieftain of the PDP, worked against the party in the 2023 presidential election and has since been appointed as a member of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Speaking on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, Fayose warmed his party not to make any attempt of discipline Wike despite the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister’s alleged anti-party activities. “Some people say fight Wike, expel Wike, sack Wike. I think they do that at their own peril. You see,…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the Federal Government’s palliatives following the removal of subsidy on petroleum. While the Federal Government had months back removed subsidy on the commodity, it gave food palliatives to state governments for onward distribution to Nigerians. It also gave N5bn to them. But hours after declaring a two-day nationwide strike owing to the impacts of fuel subsidy removal, the labour chief described the palliatives as “mere tokenism”, maintaining they cannot cushion the impacts of the subsidy removal policy. He added that the distribution of food palliatives is inadequate to combat the…
By Kamil Opeyemi There are indications that the suspended chairman of the Ijebu East Local Government Area Wale Adedayo is in the custody of the Department of State Security as he did not come out of the agency’s office on Friday after honoring its invitation. The DSS had invited Adedayo over his allegation that Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has not been releasing allocations meant for the councils in the state. NPO Reports also gathered that the Governor was also at the office of the security service at about 8pm Friday night shortly after Adedayo was taken in. Abiodun had…
Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods boss whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, has died aged 94. Born in Egypt, he built a business empire in the Middle East before moving to the UK in the 1970s. However, he never realised his ambition to gain a passport for his adopted country. He spent his later years questioning the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Dodi and Diana. Mr Al Fayed had remained largely out of the public limelight in the past decade, living in his Surrey mansion with his wife Heini. In a…
By Kamil Opeyemi Amidst fears of escalating crisis of coups in Africa, soldiers in Garbon, a few moments ago, are said to have seized power suspending democratic rule in the country. The unfolding drama in Garbon , according to reports, has seen Army officers showing up on national television in Gabon to announce that they have taken power. Complaining about the irregularities in the country’s elections, They stated that they were annulling the results of Saturday’s polls, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. There are reports of heavy gunfire in the country especially the capital. BBC reports…
By Halimah Olamide The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday expressed surprise how President Bola Tinubu allegedly attended the Chicago State University without primary and secondary certificates. In a tweet posted on Sunday, Atiku, who had earlier written to source for the certificate of Tinubu at the CSU, wondered how Tinubu attended the university without having primary and secondary school certificates. Atiku wrote, “I woke up this morning wondering how we got to this cul de sac. In 1999, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu claimed he attended St. John’s Primary School,…
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday issued a 48 hour deadline to President Bola Tinubu to restore the accreditations of some media houses recently barred from covering the presidential villa. SERAP asked Tinubu to use his good offices position to immediately reverse what it called “the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa.” In the letter dated 26 August 2023 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “Barring these journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa is to prevent them from…
By Chido Nwakanma History in exciting colours is one of the main attractions of Courage & Character: The Definitive History of Osun State. The 460-page tome comes in an arresting coffee table format, enabling it to incorporate valuable and rich primary and secondary sources in books, articles, and letters that provide a comprehensive overview. The deluxe edition in my hands will befit the coffee table in elevated sitting rooms. It has a limited print run and is customised. Erudio says it will roll out an edition for mass circulation. The Erudio Alphabet Company published Courage & Character (2023) and…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, has assured Nigerians that the reform agenda of President Bola Tinubu was genuine and in the interest of the nation. Fagbemi gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja at a reception organised in his honour by his friends and associates. The AGF craved the support of Nigerians to ease the deliverance of President Tinubu’s goals. He described the President as a true democrat ready to work in the interest of Nigerians and return the country to the path of progress. “If you look…
Halimah Olamide President Joe Biden of the United States, has requested to meet Nigeria’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the sides of the next United Nation’s General Assembly. This was conveyed to Tinubu today by U.S. Presidential Envoy & Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee. She stated this during her courtesy call on the president. This was just as Tinubu advised the U.S. Presidential Envoy to ensure that U.S. policy is intentionally collaborative with independent African democracies at a time when they are under assault by anti-democratic forces within and outside of the continent. “We appreciate your…