The Publisher of The Drum Online, Prince Akanni Segun has urged the Nigeria press to be accurate in the reportage of the 2019 elections. Delivering a lecture organized by the All Nigerian United Nations Students and Youth Association’s Conference (University of Ibadan Chapter). Akanni posited that ‘’there is no gain saying that the media has a big role to play, ... Read More »
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INEC transfer Ekiti REC:
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti state, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji has been moved to Ogun. This is coming barely 20 days to the 2019 general elections. The News Agency Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the State Administrative Secretary, Dr Omoleke Muslim, has taken over on acting capacity. The Public Affairs Officer of INEC in the state, ... Read More »
DAPO ABIODUN CONGRATULATES OGUN SWAN
27th Jan., 2019. In commemoration of the celebration of the SWAN WEEK 2019, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Ogun State, Prince DAPO ABIODUN, sends a congratulatory message to the State Branch of the SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (SWAN). In a Statement issued in Abeokuta today by the Spokesperson to the Governorship hopeful, Rt ... Read More »
Constitutional Breaches: PDP Accuses Buhari, APC of Moves To Bribe Senators
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alerts of moves by certain agents of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency to bribe Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) extraction to protect embattled President Buhari from imminent parliamentary sanctions for constitutional breaches and gross misconduct. Intelligence available to the PDP shows that this is the reason the jittery Presidency had summoned all APC senators ... Read More »
Lagos police clarifies issues On robbers killings
The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edgal, has been drawn to the Guardian Newspaper publication of Sunday, January 27, 2019, on page 4, with the headline “Robbers kill three in Lagos.” The command wishes to note that the robbers had engaged the police in a shootout during which one of them, Damilare Adegbayi, 31, ... Read More »
NASS Reconvening SARAKI , EKWEREMADU, DOGARA , DINO TO BE ARRESTED BY MONDAY MIDNIGHT.
The CUPP is once again raising alarm having received incontrovertible facts over a fresh plot that has been hatched and which has received the go-ahead nod of President Muhammadu Buhari led APC govt for a violent, undemocratic, unlawful, illegal and demonic takeover of the leadership of both Chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, 29th January, 2019. The APC ... Read More »
WE CONDEMN OVERREACTIONS OVER CJN’S SUSPENSION*
MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC) 26th January, 2019 A tornado of reactions has followed the suspension of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Among such reactions was the suspension of campaigns by the People’s Democratic Party, the purported shutdown of the National Assembly (NASS), as well as the threat of public demonstrations and boycott of the ... Read More »
The Executive is wrong on the CJN removal Jite Ogunleye San
By Jite Ogunye On Friday, January 25, 2019, the President of Nigeria , Muhammadu Buhari, suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkannu Samuel Onnoghen from office, and immediately administered the judicial oath of office to the most senior Supreme Court Justice , next in rank to him, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed as the Acting Chief Justice of ... Read More »
Onnoghen: Buhari will not bend rules nor allow meddling, Presidency replies UK, US
The Presidency has said that the Buhari administration will not bend the rules in regard to its fight against corruption, adding that it will not tolerate interference from international community in Nigeria’s internal affairs. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, in a statement, was reacting to the United Kingdom and the United States’ condemnation of the ... Read More »
When pmb and pyo stormed Ibadan
Yesterday when the poor people’s champions, President Buhari and Prof Osinbajo came to town….for miles from Mapo to Agodi Gate Ibadan, the people kept following the campaign caravan. This was for over 5 miles. I’d give an example so you understand this distance… it’s like walking from Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi to University of Ibadan International Conference Centre. (I ... Read More »