Governor Bello Muhammed Matawallen has received 69 former Councillors and 14 Local Government Council secretaries who dumped former Governor Abdulaziz Yari and the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state. The party men who served as elected Councillors between 2012, 2015 to 2019 respectively defected from the All progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP under the auspices of the state chapter of the Ex-councillors Forum leader of the Ex-councillors, Alh Tukur Muhammed Magami said the decision to leave Yari followed their strong belief in the leadership style of Governor Bello Muhammed Matawallen, especially in…
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Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K, advocates for an establishment of a Unit under Nigeria Diaspora Commission, that will facilitate a less costly and more efficient remittance process and documentation. In her goodwill message during the Annual General meeting of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization Europe, held on today, November 16, 2020, Akande-Sadipe, who chairs House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs posited that the establishment of a remittance arm of business under the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission will drive more remittances to the country. Akande-Sadipe said all hands must be on deck for a concerted efforts to harness Diaspora remittances potentials towards…
In line with its quest to become financially autonomous , the Oyo State House of Assembly has passed the Oyo State Legislature Funds Management Bill, 2020 into Law. The bill was passed after the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Public Account, Finance and Appropriation read by its Chairman, Hon Akeem Mustapha (Kajola State Constituency). The Law is to provide for the management and administration of the finances of the House by the Legislature without having to go cap in hand to the Executive arm. This will enable the Legislature to carry out its own projects and…
State, local government and ward leaders of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Ebonyi State have joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman, Joshua Chinedum Elekwachi, made the announcement on Tuesday in Abakaliki, the state capital. He told newsmen that the PDP is the only political party that truly resonates with the masses, not only in Ebonyi but nationwide. Elekwachi said he is joining PDP to team up to retrieve the state from the hands of mercantilist politicians who have personalized governance and impoverished the masses. The politician condemned the state of the nation under the All Progressives Congress…
The All Progressives Congress has stepped up moves to persuade more governors from the South- East region to join it following the decision of the Ebonyi State Governor , David Umahi, to dump the Peoples Democratic Party . The PUNCH gathered on Monday that the APC Caretaker /Extra- Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee led by the Yobe State Governor , Mai Mala Buni , had directed the party ’ s leaders in the South – East to reach out to more governors and National Assembly members in the region . It was learnt that among those being targeted by the…
A fed-up man is divorcing his wife over her refusal to have sex with him because she is “pregnant by the Holy Spirit”. The Zambian man has claimed his wife has refused to have sex with him since July because a prophet she has been consulting since 2018 told her not to as she is “pregnant by the Holy Spirit”, Zambia Daily Mail reported. The man alleged that his wife, 38, listens to the prophet more than him, and consulted the prophet every time her husband asked for sex. The couple have been married since 1990 and share two children.…
About one hundred and twenty shops at the popular Sasa market in Akinyele area of Ibadan have been razed in a fire outbreak that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The said the fire outbreak emanated from one of the shops. The affected part of the market is the area designated for sellers of pepperand frozen items. GOALPOACHER NEWS learnt that the fire, which was caused by an electrical surge, started at 4 a.m. The Caretaker Chairman of Akinyele South LCDA, Hon Ahmed Adekunle Kazeem, told GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent that the fire started immediately the electricity company restored…
Mr Adedamola Kuti, the Southwest Director of Highways, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, has declared that roads infastructural development in the Southwest zone and other zones in Nigeria remains a priority to the Federal Government. Kuti made this remark, while addressing newsmen at the end of a two-day inspection tour of ongoing Federal Government road projects in Oyo state. The Director who was accompanied by the Oyo State Controller of Works, in the Ministry, Mr Kayode Ibrahim, said it was the policy of Federal Government to complete all the road projects soonest. He said completion of the road projects…
The crisis rocking the South West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not unconnected with the battle for the presidential election of 2023 in Nigeria, Starnews Nigeria can report. Given the above, the emergence of Mr Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in Ondo State in October 10 governorship election and his defeat at the poll according to the election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also caused by the war in the PDP southwest over 2023 presidential race, Starnews Nigeria has authoritatively gathered. It is public knowledge how June…
The Forum of Chairmen of Oyo State Local Governments has denied media reports which indicated that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is investigating four of its members over alleged diversion of funds. The Forum, in a statement endorsed by its Chairman, who is also the Chairman of Ibadan South-East Local Government, Alawode Emmanuel Oluwole, said that contrary to a report in the media, the ICPC is currently investigating the purchase of excavators for the local government councils under the immediate past administration of the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Media reports over the weekend had indicated…