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Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation has called President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up to his responsibilities and stop terrorists and other criminals from daily wasting innocent lives in the country. The group also described the handling of the security situation in the country by the Federal Government as tantamount to ceding …

The factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has won his case challenging the emergence of Ladi Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate in the state. Justice Chide Nwaoma Uwa of the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, ruled in Showunmi’s favour in a …

The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba Ahmed has distanced himself from selling the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Northerners. Baba-Ahmed said he can only sell presidential candidates who meet his own standard of a potentially good leader to Northerners. He spoke while replying …

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on security. Ndume spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, saying the government should prioritise the security of Nigerians. “The earlier we prioritise this seriously and even declare a kind of …

Adamu Garba, a former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, has suggested why Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate would not call the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, terrorists. Garba claimed Obi cannot call IPOB a terrorist group because it may affect his 2023 presidential ambition. In a tweet, …

The Senator, representing Kaduna Central, Sen. Uba Sani, has described a media report on the purported sponsorship of bill to rename Kaduna State to Zazzau State as a lie from the pit of hell. Sani made the refusal in a statement in Abuja on Monday. ‘The senator expressed dismay at …

The paramount ruler of Iwoland, His Royal Majesty Abdulrosheed Akanbi has urged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to reconcile with aggrieved Yoruba leaders, stakeholders and politicians ahead of the 2023 general elections. In his statement entitled ‘2023: Forgive Each Other, Oluwo Urges Yoruba Leaders, …

Kenya’s incumbent Vice President, William Ruto, has been declared the winner of the just concluded presidential election in the East African country. Mr Ruto polled 7,176,141 votes in last Tuesday’s election representing 50.07 per cent of the total votes cast and he achieved the minimum 25 per cent of votes …

WE are living in interesting times in Nigeria. Issues of public discourse never cease to amaze one in this country. When you think that you have seen and heard it all, something risible would just pop up like a bolt out of the blues to add to the dramatic turn …

The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that the state’s local government elections will take place on October 15, 2022. At a press conference on Monday, Mr. Segun Oladitan, the chairman of OSSIEC, announced the date and said it would be a direct election. In addition, Oladitan stated that …