ABUJA – The Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Barr. Festus Keyamo SAN has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) of trying to truncate the General Election, thereby throwing the country into chaos. According to a statement issued by the APC …
Read More »Despite Glitches, YIAGA Africa Scores BVAS Over 80%
ABUJA – YIAGA Africa said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed in presidential and National Assembly polls in Nigeria on Saturday, February 25, 2023, functioned properly in 88 per cent of the polling units it monitored across the country. Recall, there are 176,606 polling units nationwide. Yiaga Africa’s Watching …
Read More »Election Monitoring: EFCC Deploys Officers, Releases Incident Reporting Hotlines
ABUJA – As part of efforts to ensure the integrity of the Saturday, February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has deployed officers of the Commission to the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, to monitor the polls. …
Read More »2023: BUHARI, ATIKU – THE DE KLERK & IAN SMITH OF NIGERIA!
Opinion: BY ‘WOLE OLADIPO Their Excellencies, Atiku Abubakar and Muhammad Buhari, belong to the Hausa-Fulani of Northern Nigeria ethnic extraction, while late Frederik Willem de Klerk and Ian Douglas Smith were white racist South African President and Rhodesia, (now Zimbabwe), Prime Minister, respectively, from the then apartheid political enclave. In …
Read More »Barrister Olubiyi Oladipupo Otegbeye (BOT): A Role Model And Beacon Of Hope To All People Of Goodwill
…Sets To Take Ogun State To Greater Heights Some are born great; some achieve greatness, while some have greatness entrusted in them. That’s the story of a gentleman and philanthropist per excellence who at the age of 20 graduated from University of Lagos; became the CEO of an Insurance Brokerage …
Read More »2023 General Elections: Olu Of Imasayi-Yewa, Oba Lukmon Kuoye Organises Stakeholders’ Peace Meeting For His People (+photos)
BY ABUSATAR HAMED IMASAYI-YEWA – The entire people of Imasayi-Yewa in Yewa North of Ogun State have unanimously agreed that the ancient town shall remain the land of peace which shall continue to witness development in all spheres. This resolution was contained in a communique reached at the …
Read More »HISTORY, MKO AND I
By Snr. Chief ‘Lekan Alabi One of the deep-rooted Yoruba idioms is:”L’owe, l’owe ni a nlu ilu agidigbo, ologbon lo njo o, om’oran lo mi a mo o” (Beats and idioms that ooze out of the Agidigbo musical instrument is for sages to decipher and understand). The title of the …
Read More »2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: IGP ORDERS RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT ON ELECTION DAY, REAFFIRMS BAN ON VIP AIDES, ESCORTS, STATE SECURITY OUTFITS PARTICIPATION
…Urges Citizens To Be Law Abiding, Assures Of Unhindered Exercise of Electoral Franchise ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to …
Read More »Lisabi Festival: Eagle Schnapps Adds Colour, Glamour As Chief Ebenezer Obey Serenades At Grand Finale
ABEOKUTA – The week-long activities for the 36th Lisabi Festival ended on a high octane in Abeokuta at the weekend with veteran music icon, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, dishing out melodious songs to serenade participants and fun-seekers at the festival’s grand finale ceremony. Lisabi Festival is the historic festival and cultural …
Read More »Ogun Govt. Enhances Capacity Of Zonal Secretaries
ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government has prioritised human capacity development in all education agencies, towards enhancing the work performance of academic heads, teaching, and non-teaching staff of schools. The Chairman Teaching Service Commission, Evang. Olalekan Ifede disclosed this while delivering a welcome address in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta during a seminar …
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