Traditional rulers in Lagos State have endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for president in 2023. They described the eminent politician as a national asset, resourceful and experienced leader, a bridge builder and good manager of men and resources. According to the monarchs, Tinubu is eminently qualified to serve in the highest office, adding that if elected, Nigeria will savour a glorious dawn. The former Lagos governor has not declared any ambition, although individuals, organisations and groups have been urging him to declare interest in the presidency. The Lagos traditional rulers endorsed Tinubu, a Third Republic…
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, is set to preside over the National Executive Committee meeting of the party scheduled to hold in Abuja on Saturday (today). The meeting was called to ratify the decision by the National Caucus of the party which had proposed October 30 and 31, 2021 for the party’s national convention. A top member of the party told one of our correspondents that leaders of the party met with Secondus and agreed that he would preside over the NEC meeting, where other decisions like the composition of members of its zoning…
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has appealed to the government of the Republic of Benin to free Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, currently in prison custody in the West African country. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Friday during an interactive session titled, “Sanctions on the loose: Chasing the gnat with a sledgehammer,” the elder statesman said the secessionist committed no known crime against Nigeria. Men of the Department of State Services on July 1, 2021, raided the Ibadan, Oyo State home of the activist, killed two and arrested 12 of his aides. Igboho later…
Following the series of attacks by gunmen in various communities in Plateau State which have led to the killings of many people and destruction of their properties, the state House of Assembly has called on residents to defend themselves. The House also gave Governor Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenge in the state. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun, who gave the ultimatum at a press conference in Jos, on Friday, said the decision was part of the resolution reached by the lawmakers during their plenary and had been communicated to the governor.…
Yoruba Nation agitators and other self-determination proponents have threatened that there will be a “never-seen-before mass revolt” in states that give room for grazing reserves in the Southern region of the country The agitators, under the aegis of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, made this known in a statement titled, “Governors in the Southern Region that welcome FG’s Grazing Reserves should prepare for a never-seen-before mass action”. NINAS is the coordinating platform for the umbrella bodies of self-determination groups in the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria with Ilana Omo Oodua representing the South West, Lower Niger Congress…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has said the party respects the rule of law. He said this in his brief remark following his return to his seat after a five-day absence based on a restraining order issued by a Rivers State High Court. He told reporters, “It’s good to be back. We are a party that respects the rule of law. We obey Court orders, we obeyed the order given last week and we are obeying the one given yesterday. We have a series of meetings today.”
The Rivers State High Court on Monday issued an order of interim injunction restraining Prince Uche Secondus from parading himself as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman. But, a Kebbi State High Court on Thursday ordered him to continue exercising all the constitutional powers of the office of Chairman of PDP “pending the hearing and final determination of applicant’s motion on notice”. Both courts are of coordinate jurisdiction. One cannot sit on appeal over the other. The Kebbi judgment cannot stand superior to the valid and subsisting order of the Rivers court. The affected party can get the Kebbi…
The Ekefa Balogun of Ibadan land, Akogun Sharafadeen Alli on Thursday congratulated the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogunguniso I as he turned 93. He described Olubadan as a rare gem whose time had brought numerous achievements to the stool of Olubadan and Ibadan land. The former secretary to the state government in a statement he personally signed in Ibadan wished the monarch a long life and prosperity. The statement reads; Kabiyesi, I congratulate you, I congratulate Ibadan land and also the Olubadan stool for witnessing today. As my father, I pray for long life and prosperity…
The Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Dr. Abdulganiy Salawudeen Adekunle Oloogunebi Ajinese 1 and the Iseyin local government traditional council as well as the Royal family committee, have picked Sunday 12th September, 2021 as the day for the 2021 Oro Festival in the town. The monarch also congratulated the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Soliu Adetunji, on the celebration of his 93rd birthday anniversary, describing the king as harbinger of modern development. In a statement signed by the Aseyin after the meeting with the traditional council and the Oro priests on Thursday at his palace, the festival, which comprised of three special…
Justice Nusirat. I. Umar a vacation Judge of the Kebbi state High Court on Thursday 26 August, 2021 ordered Prince Uche Secondus to return to his position as the National Chairman. Giving the order in a suit brought before her in Birinin Kebbi, the state capital in case KB/AC/M. 170/2021, Justice Umar said she was satisfied after reading the affavidit of the respondents that an interim order should be granted on the purported suspension of Prince Secondus pending the determination of the case. “An order of this Honourable court granting leave to the first respondent (Uche Secondus) to continue exercising…