The primary election to select the flag bearer and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party-PDP, leading to gubernatorial election in Anambra state 2021 is now by the corner. And as such, different aspirants have come for different purposes; both clean and unclean, seen and unseen. Some have cross carpeted from other political parties just to boost the vibe and frenzy of the moment. But this is where Dr. Okonkwo is different. He is a man of integrity, trusted and accessible by party members both the low and high. The grassroots and the people know him. He is the sole…
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Mother of the man allegedly killed by members of Park Management System (PMS) in Iwo-road, Ibadan on Wednesday, Alhaja Salimot Azeez and the entire family have called on the state government to hep them get justice. Insideoyo reports that Alhaja Salimot pleaded for justice on Friday while speaking with journalists in Ibadan. She said the family has visual evidences where the leader of PMS in the state, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi popularly called Auxiliary asked his members to attack traders in the complex. It was reported that two people including Rahman Azeez were killed on Wednesday when members of the PMS…
‘Sacking’ appointees and dissolving executive councils by Governors is not new but what surrounds the sacking/dissolution seems to be a mystery to many political observers. Governors including AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia; Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe; David Umahi of Ebonyi and some others have either dissolved their cabinets and retained some persons or sacked their political appointees. Checks by The Nation revealed that many Governors see this process as ‘rejigging’ their cabinets. Some others for the best reason(s) known to them change their cabinet members altogether. Here are Governors that have either sacked their appointees, dissolved their…
The leadership of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and public officers elected on its platform, on Friday, identified and affirmed that Governor Seyi Makinde is the authentic leader of the party in the state and the South-West. Newscoven reports that the affirmation was contained in a communique issued at the end of a ‘State of the Party’ meeting held at the state Secretariat of the party, Molete, Ibadan. The meeting, held in response to the one held by the Oyo PDP stakeholders, last week, warned those it described as “dissident voices that are fanning the…
Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has put plans on top gear to stage a rally in Lagos to further drive home his agitation for Yoruba Nation. Igboho, in a telephone chat with Vanguard, expressed anger over the continuous killing and kidnapping of Yoruba people by the killer herdsmen in the recent time. He noted that the time was now for the Yoruba to jointly reject the dominance of the Fulani people from Yorubaland. His words: “My friend, if we are not bastards, we must speak now. We will no longer tolerate them South West again.” “We…
Oyo PDP stalwart, Dare Adeleke has described a statement ascribed to Professor Adeolu Akande over violent disturbances in Iwo Road, Ibadan, Thursday, as unfortunate and demeaning for a man of his statements. According to Adeleke, the “misleading statements which were published on-line diminished the person who uttered them and showed him to be a desperate being who would seek power at the cost of tragedy”. Professor Adeolu Akande who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), had inferred that the constant breakdown of law and order in parts of the state was because of Governor Seyi Makinde affinity…
It has been a tradition of the progressive party anytime they are in the opposition, to manipulate information about insecurity to discredit sitting Governors, especially the working and performing ones. Meanwhile, the tragic part of the progressive party and their Governments is lack of performance, they always use lies and propaganda to hijack power but fail to perform or improve the standard of living of the citizens. These people will always refer to Lagos State as their evidence of good performance but we have not all forgotten that Baba Jakande and military Governments had developed the state, being the capital…
Prominent indigenes of Eruwa and Lanlate in Ibarapa East Local Government paid glowing tributes to the Late Philanthropist, Business Mogul , Community and Political Leader , Chief Adeseun Oguntona Ayisa Ogundoyin, the father of the Oyo State Speaker who died 30years ago. This is just as the Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin further demonstrated and replicated the good nature and gesture of his late Dad by distributing foodstuffs and clothes to over one thousand widows, indigent and people with special needs in his Constituency. At a remembrance programme organized by Hon Adebo Ogundoyin in honor of his Late father held at…
OMOLUABI AND OMO ORITA: A POLITICAL NEXUS ? Omoluabi is originally someone who received and imbibed good training from homes and schools ( formal and informal sector). He is someone who understands the law and the norm ( *lameto and lamofin*) He has finest of manner and beautiful character and he is the toast of everybody. *Omoluabi* is wanted by all and a prayer point of all parents. Most community wanted people of such caliber and make-up as leader and ambassador, leaning on them as reliable parley. The most critical of assignment and the heaviest of trust are placed on…
The Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Students’ Affairs, Honourable Victor Olojede, in partnership with the Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS on Thursday, organized HIV/AIDS sensitization and awareness program for Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan. The event which started around 10am had students from various departments and faculties in the Institution at the Assembly Hall, Polytechnic Ibadan. The event had in attendat the Dean of students and some other lecturers . At the event, HIV /AIDS club was formed in the Institution which according to the Governor’s aide, will be a platform for students to be…