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Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2018 Osun State governorship election was not thinking about politics until the sudden and controversial death of his elder brother, Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, who died on April 23, 2017. Isiaka a former governor of Osun State died of a heart attack while he was a member of the Nigerian Senate. He represented Osun West Senatorial District of the state. The need for a by-election to fill the vacuum left by the elder brother brought Ademola to the political limelight because he was largely unknown. Ademola,…

• We will abide by grazing law, Osun herders assure govt Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has urged his Kaduna State counterpart, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, to desist from plot to plunge the nation into anarchy. The governor, in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure, yesterday, by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, said the comments of the Kaduna governor on anti-grazing laws not being implementable was unfortunate. “From all indications, Governor el-Rufai, if he was properly quoted and his views not misrepresented, is struggling hard to export banditry to…

Tayo Oke Let me make an easy prediction you can lock away in the vault. The next presidential election in Nigeria will not be won on how well the All Progressives Congress government has done in attracting high-profile political defections, restructuring, domestic terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, ethnic division, corruption, police brutality, or anything of the sort. It will be won on the economy. It will be the kitchen table, (money in the pocket) type election. In other words, the decisive factor will not be any of the sensational news headlines now, and in the run-up to 2023. It will be bread…

Jide Ojo When the National Assembly resumed from its two months’ annual vacation last Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the lawmakers were greeted with a request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for approval of another external borrowing. According to a media report, President Buhari is said to be seeking the approval of the National Assembly to borrow fresh sums of $4,054,476,863 and €710 million in an addendum to the 2018 – 2020 borrowing plan. The President also asked the lawmakers to approve grant components of $125 million. Recall that in July, the National Assembly approved $8.3 billion and…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has forwarded Nigeria’s President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s nominees into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for screening. Also forwarded were the names of appointees into the newly established Boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and Upstream Regulatory Commission to the Committees on Petroleum (Downstream) and (Upstream), respectively. The nominees were referred to the relevant committees for legislative action on Wednesday during the start of plenary proceedings, following the receipt of three separate requests from the President…

Premier League and Championship clubs will be able to offer licensed standing areas from January 1 as part of a pilot programme, it was announced on Wednesday. The introduction of designated safe standing areas would mean an end to the blanket ban on standing in the top two divisions of English football, which has been in place for more than 25 years. The Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) set out the plans in a statement. Clubs must apply to be part of the “early adopter” programme by October 6, and if approved will be able to operate a licensed standing…

Samuel Eto’o is running in December’s election for the presidency of the Cameroon football federation, the former Barcelona star said on Wednesday. The role as football chief in the country set to host January’s Africa Cup of Nations became vacant when the incumbent Seidou Mbombo Njoya saw his tenure cancelled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Eto’o had supported Mbomo’s election campaign, but two years after his retirement from playing the 40-year-old says his passion for the game is driving him back. “I am honoured and pleased to announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the Cameroon Football Federation.…

• Says populist anti-grazing laws by Southern govs not implementable • Southern presidency can rebuild the North, Ohanaeze replies NEF • NEF’s position capable of setting Nigeria on fire, Gani Adams, Yoruba groups say Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, declared that only a huge investment in the country’s education sector by the nation’s political leadership will avert the scenario in Afghanistan and stave off the deteriorating security besetting the nation, especially the northwest region. He spoke yesterday at a forum tagged, ‘Human Capital Development Communications Strategy Validation Meeting’ organised by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led National Economic…

The Northern Elders Forum has said that it regrets throwing its weight behind then candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election, instead of Goodluck Jonathan, adding that Buhari has let down a majority of Nigerians who trusted in his leadership prior to 2015 polls. According to the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the forum wants the next president of Nigeria to be one who would act in the “opposite direction” of the incumbent Nigerian leader. Speaking on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ breakfast programme monitored by The Guardian, Baba-Ahmed said: “Is there any Nigerian who…

Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state says ranching remains the recipe for the recurring problem of conflict between farmers and herders in the country. The governor, who spoke to reporters at the national secretariat of the All progressive congress (APC) in Abuja, argued that the measure remains the most sustainable means to boost livestock production. El-Rufai urged those pushing for the immediate ban on open grazing to exercise restraint as time and resources are required to put in place ranches across the country. “We must move towards ranching. But moving towards ranching cannot be done overnight. We have to…