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The All Progressives Grand Alliance has debunked the rumours making the rounds in Anambra State that the incoming governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, would fall apart with the current governor, Willie Obiano. In a statement in Awka on Monday, the National Co-ordinator, APGA Media Warriors Forum, Evang Chinedu Obigwe, said those wishing Soludo and Obiano’s relationship to be strained would be disappointed. Obigwe added that Soludo is the God-ordained successor of Obiano and he is determined to protect their relationship from being strained by agents of discord. He pointed out that the choice of Soludo as Obiano’s successor remained the best choice, assuring the people of…

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has advised traditional rulers and political leaders to use their positions to strengthen the unity of the country for the benefit of all citizens. The monarch, who spoke in his palace in Oyo at the weekend, during the conferment of traditional chieftaincy title of “Fiwajoye of Yorubaland” on the Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. George Moghalu, said that the time has come to build bridges across ethnic and geo political zones of the county in order to foster oneness among the people. He said he conferred the title on Moghalu,…

A political group, Rescue Nigeria Mission (RNM), yesterday held a one-day induction training programme for supporters of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, as a build-up to the 2023 presidential race. The one-day induction training programme for Bello’s supporters brought together members of the group across the six states of the North Central zone and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Speaking at the one-day induction training programme, the North Central Coordinator of the group, Tauhid Haruna, explained that members of the group across the six states of the North Central zone and the FCT converged…

* Puts FG on notice Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday begged a Federal High Court, Abuja to order his release from the custody of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), pending the hearing and determination of his fundamental human rights suit before the court. The police had last week arrested and handed Kyari to the NDLEA for further investigation and prosecution over drug-related offences. The agency had released a video to confirm Kyari’s alleged involvement with an international drug syndicate and attempt to compromise officials of the NDLEA. He has been in custody of the…

Eze Onyekpere Countries rise and develop through the quality of the leadership as well as the meticulous demands of their citizens on the leadership. Citizens’ demands are usually for accountability and improving the software and hardware of democracy and development. In times of grave national crisis such as the current Nigerian mega-crisis, the quality of discourse is elevated and everyone conscious of the looming disaster on the horizon redoubles efforts to avoid the undue suffering and move the ship of state unto new pathways of economic, political and social renewal. But the Nigerian leaders and followers seem inexorably bent…

According to him, the opposition PDP and ruling APC have nothing to show Nigerians to win the 2023 general elections. He said it was important for Nigerians to pitch their tent with another formidable third force that could rescue the country from her current travails. “I didn’t see anything that either APC or PDP will show or tell Nigerians to get convinced and vote for them in the coming 2023 elections. So I think people should now come to think of the right party and people to support and vote for so that we can rescue the present situation. “In…

Various prominent Yoruba youth groups under the umbrella of Yoruba Youths Assembly (YYA) have called on major political parties in Nigeria to ensure they zone their presidential tickets to the Southern region of the country, in the projection of patriotic spirit, “for a firm establishment of equity and fairness in the Nigeria polity.” The coalition, which demanded the total restructuring of the Nigerian state, also stated that for democratic values to be holistically demonstrated, “we canvass that political parties should give priority to democratic balance in their internal electioneering engagements, by ensuring that they don’t compromise equity and fairness in…

Ondo State Government has confirmed 125 cases of Lassa fever in six local government areas in the state between January 1 and February 18, 2022. Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic disease, is transmitted to humans through contact with food, household items contaminated by infected rodents or contaminated persons. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) situation report for January 17 to January 23 shows that Ondo State topped the list of states with 28 new infections, followed by Edo and Bauchi State with 18 cases each. Also, the World Health Organisation in its latest report published on February 14,…

• VP canvasses considerable developmental gains for Niger Delta The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has bemoaned the delay in the delivery of justice in the country, describing it as one of the cankerworms eating up the judicial system in the country. Osinbajo said this at the 20th Memorial Anniversary Symposium of Bankole Olumide Aluko (SAN), who died on 18th February, 2002, held in Lagos, at the weekend. The theme of the symposium was: “Administration of Justice: The Ideal Standard, The Nigerian Reality and our Potential.” In his keynote address, Osinbajo, was quoted in a statement, to have given conditions…

Fresh facts have emerged on the process leading to the arrest of “super cop” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and his subsequent hand over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) last week. In a dramatic move on February 14, NDLEA at a world press conference declared wanted Kyari, who had been suspended from his duties months ago following his indictment by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for alleged involvement with Internet fraudster, Hushpuppi, in cyber-criminal activities. The move became necessary following the reluctance by the police high command to accede to the request…