Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will lead the 86-member campaign council announced yesterday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 16 Osun State governorship poll. Listed as members by the party are governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger) who will serve as Co-Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively. Malam Aliyu Ahmed will serve as Secretary to the council billed for inauguration tomorrow at the party’s Abuja National Secretariat. Also to serve on the council are governors in the APC-controlled state. They will sever as vice chairmen; Senate President Dr. Ahmad Lawan; House of Representatives Speaker Femi…
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The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has called on the international community to help Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. He also raised alarm that forests across the nation have been taken over by terrorists. Akeredolu’s comments came on a day that President Muhammadu Buhari directed increased kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to trace and bring back over 51 passengers who were kidnapped on a Abuja-Kaduna train. The Governor stated this while receiving members of the Council of All Saints Church, Jericho, Ibadan, who came on a condolence visit. He said: “We have terrorists in Nigeria. We…
The Senate on Tuesday named the lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Philip Aduda, as the new Minority Leader of the Senate to replace Senator Eyinaya Abaribe. Senator Chukwuka Utazi was also named as the Senate Minority Whip to take over Aduda’s former position. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced the appointments while reading two separate letters signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Samuel Anyanwu. Recall that the seat of the Minority Leader became vacant following the defection of Senator Abaribe (Abia South) from the PDP. Details later…
The Nigerian Senate has received the executive communication with the nomination of six names as replacements for ministers that resigned to contest the presidential election. In a letter that was read by the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawa,n on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the nominees would replace the former ministers that resigned from his cabinet. The letter read: “In accordance with Section 8 Subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I hereby forward the underlisted ministerial nominees for your confirmation.” The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State…
Anthony Joshua’s rematch against Oleksandr Usyk has been confirmed to take place on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. After months of speculation and continuous delays, AJ’s shot at redemption has finally been announced. The pair will meet again with AJ now with a new trainer in his corner and likely with a different game Joshua, 32, was dethroned of the unified WBA, IBF and WBO belts by Usyk last September at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Speaking after the rematch was confirmed Joshua said: “What a roller coaster journey, fighting for the Heavyweight Championship of the World…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has explained why there is fuel scarcity in Lagos and other parts of the country. In an interview with Channels Television, the Lagos Zonal Chairman of IPMAN, Akin Akinrinade insisted they were not on strike. Akinrinade noted that the operating environment has become hostile to their businesses. He also insisted the marketers had not embarked on strike as speculated. “Members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN have shut down their stations, not because we are striking; we are not on strike,” Akinrinade said. “Rather, the business environment…
The Federal Government cannot intervene in the rising price of diesel and aviation fuel as the prices for both products are deregulated, according to the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. Sylva stated this while speaking in Abuja yesterday. He explained that the prices of both products, which are imported, are being impacted by foreign exchange rate. “So, it is not within the purview of the government to fix the prices at all. And of course, the actual issue is also the foreign exchange. People cannot access foreign exchange to import this. For the time being,…
The Police in Ogun State have asked singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable to report for questioning over inciting violence or risk being arrested. The Zazu crooner was seen in a viral video asking his hangers-on to mercilessly beat up his former associate DJ Chicken. The musician placed a hand on the shoulders of his estranged associate and accused him of sending a message to his wife advising the boys around Portable be sent away. The singer said: “You said they don’t have glory, now tell us which of them does not have glory? Beat him mercilessly,” Portable said in…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has condemned the attack by hoodlums on a bus conveying journalists in the convoy of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday. It was reported that the incident occurred on Lagos Island while journalists followed the governor’s convoy from the Palace of Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, who received Tinubu at his palace. According to a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Monday, the governor directed that the hoodlums be fished out and prosecuted. The statement…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has applauded the Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for admitting the failure of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in providing security for the citizens of the country. According to a statement from the state secretariat of the PDP in Akure, the state capital, what Akeredolu said at the mass burial service of victims of the Owo terror attack was a confirmation of what every sensible Nigerian has said about the APC government and its agents. The statement by the state publicity secretary of PDP, Mr Kennedy Peretei, said “In the last two…