The Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), Abdulsalami Abubakar, has urged stakeholders to ensure a peaceful and credible election in Ondo State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Mr Abubakar, a former head of state and retired army general, made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said it was the duty of the political parties, electorate, umpire and civil society groups to ensure a hitch-free and credible election in the state. “As stakeholders, we should live up to the principles of…
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The African Action Congress has refuted reports that it had endorsed candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, for Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The party described the reports as false. In a statement by its National Chairman, Mr Omoyele Sowore, the AAC said the party would never be a part of any “unholy alliance” for the election. The statement reads, “We want to make it categorically clear and loud that as a revolutionary party, we are not and will never be part of an alliance or endorsement whose only objective and goal is to continue to…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just-concluded Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday, hinted that he will not contest the outcome of the poll at the Election Tribunal. He said he would rather pursue all pre-election cases against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki. A statement issued by Chairman of APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki, quoted Ize-Iyamu as saying that he had decided not to commence the process of challenging the result at the election petition tribunal. BESIDES, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, has instituted…
Controversial rapper, Azeez Fashola popularly called Naira Marley has taken it upon himself to lead a protest to end the menace of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, SARS, which in recent times has dominated the discourse on the country’s social media space. In a series of tweets on Monday night, Naira Marley announced that the EndSARS protest will be holding on Tuesday, October 6. According to him, the take-off point is 2nd Tollgate, in Lagos. Recall that the rapper had earlier called out Nigerians including himself for only voicing their concerns on social media without taking…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday urged the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to use his victory to unite the party as well as the people of the state. National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, made the plea when Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, paid a thank-you visit to party leaders in Abuja. Secondus said, “Your Excellency, our advice for you is that the election is over, the expectations are very high. You must now show the experience you came with from the private sector. In the political world, it is your ability to lead everyone together especially…
Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former governor of Anambra State, has said God has approved the emergence of a Nigerian President of Southeast extraction. Ezeife asserted this on Monday in Awka, Anambra State during a summit for the grand opening of the Global Movement for Igbo Presidency 2023. The elder statesman noted that people of the Southeast are change agents who believe in developing any region they find themselves. He stated that the Southeast makes Nigeria looks like a nation, hence should produce the next president in 2023. “It appears God in heaven is saying it is time for a Nigerian President…
There were strong indications on Monday that students of public universities in the country would stay at home further as the Academic Staff Union of Universities dismissed the Federal Government’s directive that all educational institutions in the country should resume on Monday next week. The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, said the Federal Government was not sincere about negotiations with the union, adding that lecturers would not resume on an empty stomach. Ogunyemi specifically took a swipe at the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, for violating a directive…
The struggle for the seat of power in Ondo State, witnessed a new twist on Monday, as the candidate of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr. Peter Fasua stepped down from the race to support the Incumbent Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, saying that “ I share the same vision with Akeredolu”. The SDP member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye, also endorsed Akeredolu for reelection, saying “Mr. Governor has assured me that he would develop Idanre”. Adefisoye, popularly known as Small Alhaji, who addressed his supporters in Idanre on Monday, said “after…
With five days to the governorship election in Ondo State, the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured that the October 10 poll in the state will be an improvement of the recently concluded governorship poll in Edo. Prof. Yakubu gave the assurance on Monday during the INEC Stakeholders’ meeting for the Ondo Governorship Election. According to the INEC Chairman, with the success recorded in Edo State, the commission can’t afford to low the bar in Ondo State come Saturday. While emphasizing that the commission has reviewed the last electoral process in Edo…
The member representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has openly declared support for the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The support for Akeredolu was openly declared by Adefisoye on Monday in Idanre where he however made it clear that he would only work for the reelection of Aketi and not decamping to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Adefisoye added that he had consulted widely before taking the decision to work for the re-election of Governor Akeredolu. He further said that the decision to support Akeredolu was primarily informed by the need to complete all the ongoing projects in…