Author: Adekunle

The South East All Progressives Congress (APC) women on Wednesday successfully held their one million-woman march in Owerri, the Imo State capital, for the Party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kazeem Shettima, with Governor Hope Uzodinma saying the APC menfolk are solidly behind their women. The Governor spoke when his wife, Barr. (Mrs.) Chioma Uzodimma who is the leader of the Presidential Campaign for APC women in South East defied the heavy rain and presented her colleagues to him after they successfully marched round the city in support of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidency. Receiving the women who…

“No National Women Leader in history has ever come to the NorthEast to carry out such interventions, its not the numbers but the intentions; Borno state appreciates your humanitarian gestures – Governor Zulum National Women Leader of the all Progressive Congress APC, Dr Betta Edu and her team Stormed Borno to provide empowerment for over 3000 Indigent less privileged and Vulnerable women. In a statement by the Special Adviser on political matters to The National Women Leader, Seun Bosede Osamaye, Dr Edu while speaking at the event reiterated that the empowerment program which took place in Maiduguri of Borno…

‎ Launched in March 2008, the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system provides Lagos commuters with a clean, affordable and reliable means of getting around in the city. The BRT is a bus-based mass transit system that delivers fast, comfortable and cost-effective service. Like with nearly every other public infrastructure in modern Lagos, it was conceived and conceptualised by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. Before leaving Office, he had keenly observed the chaotic transport system in the state. The flagrant disregard for traffic rules led to the creation of LASTMA, however, the new parastatal was a window…

With the sad passing, today, of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom has lost one of its greatest ever monarchs and the world has lost a much cherished, revered and admired Icon. Her Energy, dedication, deep sense of duty and firm belief in the glory of the United Kingdom, particularly in the most troubling and troubled times of her long and distinguished reign, are the lasting legacies for which she shall always be remembered. As the first British monarch to reach seven decades on the throne, her patriotic role birthed and sustained warm and enduring friendship between the United Kingdom…

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, during an interview on Friday, mocked Arise TV presenter, Rufai Oseni, concerning an incident where he drove against traffic. This was as Rufai asked Umahi a question during ‘The Morning Show’. Rufai asked, “Your party is fielding the Muslim-Muslim ticket, as a Christian, a born-again Christian, defend that to me.” Responding to the question, the governor said, “Rufai, I think I have answered this question and I wouldn’t want to go back and I don’t know whether the fact that you broke the law of driving against traffic is the problem, I have…

Benji Obi writes on Peter Obi’s Politics of Principle and asks … Is Afenifere “Leader” right ? “Afenifere Leader, Ayo Adebanjo, says Peter Obi is better than Atiku and Tinubu in terms of “Politics of Principles” What does he mean by Politics of Principle ? Since joining active Politics, Peter Obi has cross carpeted from APGA to PDP even after enjoying 8 years as Anambra Governor in the Party. And now from PDP to Labour Party. So, where is the principle ? As a matter of fact, he invested his State money to the tune of $12.24m into International…

Last Saturday, a symbolic religious ceremony took place at St. Peter Basilica in the Vatican. The Pope inaugurated 20 new Cardinals including Peter Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese. Cardinal Peter Okpaleke, whose episcopal journey has been fraught with bumps and controversies following his rejection by the Ahiara Catholic Diocese of Mbaise in Imo State and subsequent redeployment to Ekwulobia Diocese was elevated as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church – the fifth Nigerian to be appointed a Cardinal. However, what should ordinarily be a purely religious ceremony was turned into a ground for a political roll…

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike outside the country in preparation for the 2023 general elections. According to The Cable, Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and his Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in France. Sources close to Wike who confided in our correspondent said the meeting held in another country other than France. “Yes, we left Nigeria to meet with Tinubu on Monday. We initially thought it would hold in France because that was where Tinubu went the last time he left…

An investigative journalist, Dr. Kemi Olunloyo has called for the immediate arrest of Rinu Oduala, David Hundeyin, and DJ Switch for their leadership role in the October 2020 #EndSars protest. Tweeting early this morning, Dr. Olunloyo listed the names of the three individuals and further wrote that “all need to be arrested, prosecuted by the Nigerian government for the October 20th 2020 insurrection in Lagos.” Dr. Olunloyo who has had a long-running record of exposing prior unknown issues to the public equally claimed that Oduala, Hundeyin, and Switch “shared N340M cash and bitcoin donations with the others, fled and…

The government of Anambra State has approved into effect the payment of 10 Million Naira by presidential candidates in the coming 2023 elections. The payment, it was explained by the government, is a levy for the permission of printing, distribution, and advertising of campaign posters within the state. The order by the government also includes all other political candidates beyond the presidential aspirants. National Assembly candidates, both aspirants for the Senate House and national House of Representatives, are to pay 7 Million Naira for the permission of campaign poster use in the state. Candidates of the State House of…