Running mate to the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa, has given reasons why he would be entirely loyal and committed to the vision of his boss, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN. Ayedatiwa said the disposition of his boss towards him, few weeks after the later experienced political betrayal, left him elated and relaxed. Speaking when he received members of the State Working Committee of the party from the South Senatorial zone, on a solidarity visit, Ayedatiwa emphasised his disdain for cosmetic lifestyle. He noted that the governor’s comments and assessment of his…
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Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin, has said that the various developmental projects scattered across the state would speak for the governor Rotimi Akeredolu during the October 10 governorship election. Adetimehin said this in Akure when the State Chairman of Universal Primary Education Board, SUBEB, Princess Oladuni Odu donated some campaign materials to the State secretariat of the party. He said that the people of the state are wiser and knows that Akeredolu had performed by taking the dividend of democracy to all the 18 council areas of the stateless then four years. Adetimehin…
GOVERNOR Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state has hinted that he is not going to seek or stand for the presidential election in 2023. He also said that the best thing is for power to go to the South after President Muhammad Buhari must have completed his tenure. El-Rufai made his views known while speaking with BBC Hausa on Saturday. “Many people have said I am interested in vying for the highest office in the land since I was a minister in Abuja. But I think this is wishful thinking. But I have never sought to be president of Nigeria. “I…
A former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has criticised a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, over his comment on Buruji Kashamu’s death. Mr Kashamu, a former Ogun senator and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, died Saturday at the First Cardiology Consultants Hospital in Lagos. His friend and former colleague at the Senate, Ben Murray-Bruce, confirmed that he was hospitalised at the facility after contracting COVID-19. Mr Kashamu was the founder of Western Lotto Limited, one of Nigeria’s lottery operators. He served as the senator representing Ogun East in the eighth National Assembly and for years was wanted in the United States for alleged…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reminded the military of their sacred duty to protect Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic or religious backgrounds. Mr Buhari spoke at the Passing Out Parade of 114 medics of the Nigerian Air Force Short Service Course 29, in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 114 cadets included medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses, veterinary doctors, dentists, and radiologists, among others, who underwent six months training at the Military Training Centre (MTC) Kaduna. “Let me remind you that we are in a democratic government where you are subjected to both military and civil laws. “Hence, you…
Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Commander, Ondo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has stressed the importance of support and credible information from residents and traditional rulers to ensure adequate service delivery. Newsmen report that Amotekun is a security outfit based in all the six South West states and aimed at curbing banditry and kidnapping in the region. Adeleye, speaking with newsmen in Akure on Saturday, said information and support from conventional security agencies in the state and everybody were also important to ensure safety. According to him, the security outfit needs all the support and credible information it can get to…
A former lawmaker, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has died of COVID-19 complications, YemieFash medium has learnt. Kashamu, who represented Ogun-East senatorial district between 2015 and 2019, died at First Cardiology Consultants, Lagos. The hospital is the same facility where a former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi; and the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, died. It was learnt that Kashamu, who had diabetes and high blood pressure, was admitted at the hospital for over a week before giving up the ghost. Confirming his death, a former lawmaker, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, said the deceased would be sorely missed. He wrote, “I have…
Eyitayo Jegede, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, has sought the support of former president Olusegun Obasanjo ahead of the October 10 poll. The former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state made this known on Saturday via Twitter. “Seeking support of the elders, the next 63 days will no doubt be decisive, we will succeed. God our help!” Jegede captioned a photo of himself with the Hilltop man and one other person. Jegede had during the PDP governorship primary in July defeated other contestants having polled 888 votes, while the deputy…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to retain the current armed force service chiefs against the backdrop of calls from several quarters to replace them. Umahi gave the advice on Friday in Abakaliki while laying the foundation stone of the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Abakaliki. The governor said that instead of replacing the service chiefs, the president should increase military funding and other logistics as well as enhance programmes that would make them work optimally. “The president should also increase his meetings with them and enhance mechanisms that will make the…
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, weekend, listed some of the contracts the Commission was allegedly coerced to pay by the National Assembly before its 2019 annual budget could be harmonized. He alleged further that some Lawmakers, especially members of adhoc Committees held the Commission hostage over the years with the annual budget approval. According to him, most of the contracts they were arm-twisted to pay, “were never done or sometimes, never completed.” Pondei in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Edgar Ebigoni, listed the contracts and benefitting…