Category: Politics

The deputy governor of Oyo State, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan has been impeached by the state’s House of Assembly over allegations of gross misconduct and financial impropriety, while in office. The Oyo State House of Assembly, during its emergency sitting recommended that, having considered the report of the seven-man panel constituted by the Chief Judge of the state to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor, it has found him culpable of all allegations. The recommendations stated further: “I hereby, recommend for the approval of the house, pursuant to…

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has denied endorsing the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It stated this while reacting to a story, captioned: ‘Ohanaeze Ndigbo dumps Peter Obi, declares support for Tinubu’. According to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, “the purveyor of the above remarks is Chief Solomon Aguene, the immediate past president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Lagos State Chapter.” The statement reads in part “Ohanaeze Ndigbo informs the general public that the current president of Ohanaeze…

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Sanwo-Olu described Oyebanji’s landslide victory as a testament to the good work the APC-led government has done in Ekiti State, as well as the sterling qualities of her candidates. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement, yesterday, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said: “I congratulate Mr. Oyebanji for emerging victorious in Saturday’s gubernatorial election and returned as duly elected next governor of Ekiti…

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Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, has said Okowa’s choice as his running mate was a very difficult decision in view of the fact that the other two persons whose names were submitted to him were equally qualified. He made this known at the party’s national caucus meeting attended by three other governors and other prominent leaders of the party. On Tuesday, a committee set up by Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) met and voted 16-3 in favour of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. After…

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In a veiled statement yesterday referring to a former Lagos State governor and presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said many people, not one single individual, could lay claim to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as president. Recall that Tinubu recently declared that nobody in the party could match all the sacrifices he had made for continued existence of APC – from the days of the defunct Action Congress (AC) and Action Congress…

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Kashim Shettima, former Governor of Borno State, on Sunday morning apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, saying he did not mean to denigrate them. Shettima’s apology comes barely 48 hours after his interview on a television programme on Friday. The former governor, who is a strong ally of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had described Osinbajo as a decent man who should be selling popcorn and ice cream. He said, “Osinbajo is a good man; he’s a nice man.…

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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, Ondo State Governor, has warned the All Progressives Congress against giving its presidential ticket to a northern candidate. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, charged the party to work hard to retain power by rotating the Presidency to the South. “APC must work to retain power. We must rotate power to retain power !!! Rotate to the South. …Shikena (That’s all),” he said. Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola…

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Former governor of Lagos State, and one of the leading presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday, during a political tour to woo delegates in Ogun State, talked about the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in 2015. Tinubu also spoke on how he made the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun became governor in 2019. He said, “Buhari would not have been president. It is over 25 years that I have been serving them. This one sitting by me, Dapo…

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Tanko Sabo, a Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna. Sabo said he wasn’t afraid that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might come after him, adding that he “satisfied my conscience and all my people are happy”. According to him, he made a promise to his constituents to give back whatever monetary benefits he got at the PDP primary if elected as…

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