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Ekiti PDP rejects Olujimi, restores Fayose as leader

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has reaffirmed former Governor Ayodele Fayose as the leader of the party in the state. The SEC dissociated itself from the purported stakeholders meeting which had earlier declared the Senate Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, as the party leader. The SEC is the highest ... Read More »

I Support The NLC Strike

How can you be a Comrade, a Progressive or an Activist, and you are opposed to the legitimate demand of workers for better pay? How? I just can’t get it! Yes, there have been several inconsistencies and disappointments from the labour front in times past, but that can’t be enough reason to antagonize or frustrate the struggle for improved wages ... Read More »

ThisDay and El-Rufai’s “Muslim” Running Mate Controversy By Rasheed Abubakar

 November 4 When Samuel Ortom, the Christian Governor of Benue State named another brother-in-Christ, Benson Abounu as his running mate for the 2019 gubernatorial election, there was no uproar from Nigerians over their religion (Christianity). The headline of Punch, October 17, 2018 was lenient with the embattled Governor, whose supporters had likened to Jesus Christ for accepting to die for ... Read More »

BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS, ELEGUSHI ALERTS THE PUBLIC

The Elegushi of Ikate kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kusenla III) has advised members of the public to be wary of impostors who are purportedly acting or representing His Royal Majesty on different social media platforms. Let be known that Oba Elegushi do not own, operate or manage any Facebook account. Similarly, he has not commissioned anyone or group of ... Read More »

What does Atiku Abubakar want?

By Hope Eghagha Early in 2018 when Mallam Atiku Abubakar began to reference restructuring the nation’s polity as one of his cardinal goals I thought I should take him seriously. As a man from the Niger Delta whose region has been fundamentally shortchanged by the current quasi-federal arrangement I naturally took interest in this core northern leader who had decided ... Read More »

Nigeria not against African Continental Free Trade Agreement, says VP Osinbajo

Lagos, Nigeria, November 2, 2018 (ECA) – There is unanimity in Nigeria on the immense benefits of promoting intra-African trade for development, job creation and poverty reduction, Nigeria’s Vice President, Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday. In a keynote at the 2018 Africa Trade Forum in Lagos, Mr. Osinbajo, whose country is yet to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement ... Read More »

AGAIN, SOMOLU LG BOSS, DULLAR, GOES TOUGH ON VIOLENCE

November 4, 2018. The Executive Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Hon. Abdul Hamed Salawu, goes tough on all forms of violence in the local government area as the 2019 general election draws nearer. Dullar, as he is fondly called, stated this while addressing Somolu Political Leaders’ at the Somolu Local Government Secretariat few days ago. The LG Boss said law ... Read More »

Gabriel Ogbechie Wins Oil Industry Downstream Man of the Year Award

The Group Managing Director of Rainoil Limited, Dr Gabriel Ogbechie is the winner of Downstream Man of the Year for 2018. His choice was announced to an audience of energy experts, petroleum industry bigwigs, public sector personalities, a cross section of thought leaders and celebrities who attended the Nigerian oil industry at the annual Oil Trading and Logistics Conference 2018 ... Read More »

BY GOD’S GRACE, I’LL BE WITH YOU IN ABUJA FOR YOUR INAUGURATION AS HOUSE OF REPS. MEMBER,” ALAAFIN OYO ASSURES SHINA PELLER

The Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, has again endorsed Shina Abiola Peller as a member of the House of Representatives representing the Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa Federal Constituency in 2019. The revered traditional ruler made his position known again when Shina Abiola Peller paid him a courtesy visit in his palace on Friday, ... Read More »