The Publicity Secretaries of the All Progressives Congress in the South West geopolitical zone have congratulated Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on his appointment as the South West Coordinator for the Tinubu/Shetima Presidential Campaign Council. The spokespersons also urged the party to avoid fake news and hate speech and foster peace in the interest of the country. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Conference of APC states spokesmen in the South West, Alex Kalejaye, on Thursday. The statement read, “At a meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday, the APC…
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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to use his media chat on Friday to expose ill characters in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) priding themselves as national leaders. He said after the chat it would be left for Nigerians to decide if such people were still worthy of the ovation being accorded to them. Wike wondered how the PDP, which could not unite the party was promising to unify Nigeria. The Governor spoke on Thursday during a meeting with stakeholders of the party across the 319 wards of the state at the Banquet Hall of the Government…
A woman has been killed after a truck crushed her at First Gate bus stop along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Thursday. The truck veered off the road and climbed the curb, where the woman, a beggar was sitting. According to a trader, whose business is close to the scene of the accident, Martins Zenab, some transport workers, who wanted to collect money from the truck driver made him veer off the road. Zenab said, “The incident happened about 10 minutes to 12. The ‘agberos’ collecting trailer money were harassing the driver for money when he swerved and went…
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Alkali, has directed heads of police formation across the country to ensure that all state-run security agencies are not engaged in electioneering activities towards next year’s general elections. Mr Alkali gave the directive on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a conference for Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above. “All quasi-security outfits that were established by the various state governments and local communities, operating under different nomenclatures, structures and orientations have no legal roles in the Electoral Act 2020,” the police inspector general pointed…
GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has taken over as the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, held at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja transferred power of the NGF to the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. A statement by the Director, Media and Public Affairs of NGF, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo read, “Tambuwal has served meritoriously and harmoniously as Vice Chairman of the Forum under Dr Fayemi in the last four years. “Dr…
Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has reacted to a purpoted video making the rounds showing the equivalent of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun Corps) in Katsina, obtaining the approval of the Federal Government to bear arms. The Governor said such approval is fraught with great dangers. According to him, denying Amotekun the urgently needed rights, to legitimately bear arms is a repudiation of the basis of true federalism which we have been clamoring for. He said if the katsina situation conferring advantages on some, in the face of commonly faced existential threats, it means that…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has told all All Progressive Congress, APC, candidates vying for elective positions in the upcoming general elections in 2023 that his government would not do anything to favour or help them win at the polls. The President said the candidates are on their own and that all of them, including Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential flagbearer, governorship, senate, House of Representatives and state assembly hopefuls, should go and work hard and not expect the Presidency or the government to manipulate the electoral process for their benefit. President Buhari made this declaration recently when he met…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba is meeting with top police officers in Abuja over security concerns. Deputy Inspectors General of Police(DIGs), Assistant Generals of Police(AIGs), Commissioners of Police from the 36, States and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) among other senior police officers are attending the meeting. The one-day meeting is expected to deliberate on the 2023 general elections, assault on policemen on duty, upcoming police retreat and conference and police gamesamong other critical issues. Details Shortly …
An Abuja youth group, Noble Youths Mass Support Association, has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities to obey the resumption order issued by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Godwin Onmonya, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gwagwalada, Abuja. He said the strike was having negative impacts on students. The union, through its President, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, had embarked on a nationwide warning strike since February 14 to press home its demands, stressing that the action would continue until their demands…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has reacted to the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, which, Wednesday, ordered the lecturers to resume academic activities. In a WhatsApp chat with The PUNCH, late Wednesday, the Chairman of the Obafemi Awolowo University branch of ASUU, Dr. Adeola Egbedokun, described as a waste of time and scarce resources, the idea of using the court to adjudicate on the strike. ASUU, led by its President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, had on February 14, embarked on nationwide strike action to press home the demands for improved welfare conditions for its members, adequate funding for…