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Gov. Sanwo-Olu to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others

Nov 10, 2020 topnews

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced his intention to Tuesday to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. In his word, he said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House, in light of keeping the costs of governance low and to signal selflessness in public service, we will be sending a draft executive bill…

INEC: Yakubu hands over to Mu’azu pending Senate confirm as chairman

Nov 9, 2020 topnews

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, handed over to Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Mu’azu (retired) to run the affairs of the commission. Mu’azu would oversee the INEC pending the confirmation of Yakubu by the Senate. Yakubu said, “You may recall that the current Commission was inaugurated in three batches. The Chairman and five Commissioners were sworn-in on 9th November 2015, followed by another six Commissioners on December 7, 2016, and one more Commissioner on July 21, 2018. “The commission is a constitutional body whose…

US election: Joe Biden promises unity in victory speech

Nov 8, 2020 topnews

America’s presidential election winner, Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing not to divide but to unify the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s election. President Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat was announced while he was playing golf. The result makes Mr…

Ladoja to OBJ: “Your comment has absolute disregard for truth”

Nov 7, 2020 topnews

The book launch of an autobiography of former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala in Ibadan, Oyo State was well attended, but the controversies that trailed some comments by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akala’s predecessor, former Governor Rashidi Ladoja is not something to forget in a hurry. Obasanjo, who attended the book launch personally while making some comments from the book, had said that, Ladoja’s inability to manage the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekini Adeojo were responsible for his impeachment. Barely 24-hours after Obasanjo’s comment, the former governor, Senator Ladoja, yesterday…

Two Nigerians win in US election

Nov 5, 2020 topnews

The United States of America’s general elections have recorded two Nigerian-Americans that won the respective positions they contested for. Although, about nine Nigerian-Americans vied for different positions in the election, but two have been declared winner. At the federal level, Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara and mother from Oyo, is aiming for a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) seat in the House of Representatives. The 31-year-old politician Wednesday won the election. Similarly, Esther Agbaje, has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives. She pulled a total of 17,396 votes, which…

Desmond Elliot apologises for referring to Nigerian youths as “children”

Oct 30, 2020 topnews

Desmond Elliot, popular actor turned Lagos House of Assembly member representing Surulere constituency, yesterday apologized to the Nigerian youths after heavy backlash from a video of him speaking during a plenary session at the House of Assembly where he referred to Nigerian youths as children. Elliot who was speaking on why Nigeria needs a social media regulation called on the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly to “address certain things” like “the Nigerian youth, the social media, the social influencers.” Elliot referenced the recent #EndSARS protests in the…

Ondo 2020: Akeredolu defeats Jegede again, wins second term as governor

Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020 topnews

The incumbent, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has been declared winner of the just concluded Ondo State Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) . He defeated his main challenger and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, and his Deputy Governor and candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, to emerge the winner. The incumbent governor won 15 of the 18 Local Government Areas results declared by INEC while his closest rival, Jegede, won in three local government areas…

Ondo 2020: SDP crumbles as chieftains abandon party for APC, PDP

Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020 topnews

As the Ondo State gubernatorial election draws near, the real political players and jokers are being identified in the race for the governorship seat. Political experts that predicted that it’s going to be a two horse race between the incumbent, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Peoples’ Congress, APC and the Peoples’ Democratic Party ((PDP) candidate, Prof. Eyitayo Jegede were not wrong after all. In less than a week to election, the party chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr. Dele Ogunbameru, led the chairmen of 10 other political…

Nigeria@60: Buhari has divided the country, turned it to poverty capital of the world -Tambuwal

Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020 topnews

In response to President Buhari’s Independence Day speech, the PDP Governors’ Forum led by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, said Buhari’s actions had divided Nigeria. The forum, in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘Reflection on Nigeria @ 60: The past, present and way forward…We need a national dialogue,’ issued by Tambuwal, said Buhari supervised the nation’s slide into extreme decay within just five years in power. It said in spite of enviable strides recorded since independence 60 years ago, the nation appeared to be on reverse gear with the…

PDP should retire Bode George from politics to win Senate seat -Fayose

Sep 30, 2020 topnews

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose warned the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State to retire Chief Olabode George from politics if the party must achieve anything meaningful. He said this in a statement on Wednesday by Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, titled ‘Lagos PDP must retire Bode George to make progress, urges support for BOG to win senatorial bye-election – Fayose’. The statement quoted Fayose as speaking during the inauguration of the PDP Campaign Committee for the Lagos-East senatorial by-election on Tuesday. Fayose emphasised that Bode George should…