By abiodun KOMOLAFE Once upon a sociopolitical space, there was an unknown ‘Edo Boy’, who came into limelight through the Textiles Industry, where he was a paid secretary of its Union. (Conventionally, paid secretaries are never made political heads. But Adams Oshiomhole became the political head of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which, in itself, was an anomaly). The emergence of the Iyamho, Edo State-born politician Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has disclosed why ex-Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi was picked as the party’s new National Deputy Chairman, Southwest. Oshiomhole hinged reason on the choice of Ajimobi following votes garnered from the West Region of the country. Ajimobi replaced the Minister of Trade and Investment, Read more
Candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP) in the in the 2019 governorship election in Lagos, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi, has formally defected to the state chapter the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The state Chairman of the PDP, Mr Deji Doherty, who received Gbadamosi and his supporters at a ceremony in the party’s secretariat on Monday Read more
A court of appeal sitting in Abuja has restrained the All Progressive Congress (APC) from executing the judgement of a federal capital territory high court which ordered the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the ruling party. Danlami Senchi, a judge of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Abuja, had on Read more
…why he is fit to be the next chairman of Ado/ado Ota local government His love for the people of Ado/Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State can never be overemphasized. Prince Aina Kazeem Owolabi believes that the people of Ado/Ado Ota Local Government deserve the best at all times and he has made Read more
“Kano Government dethronement letter was poorly written…“ Former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said his dethronement was so badly done and that he could have challenged it in court if he had wanted to reclaim it back. Sanusi, a former Central Bank of Nigeria Bank, was dethroned as the emir of Kano on Read more
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has appealed to South West members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to bury all forms of acrimonies, unite and reposition the party. Makinde made the call at the PDP region’s stakeholders’ meeting attended by Olabode George, Eddy Olafeso, ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, among other party stakeholders. The Read more
Professor Munzali Jubril, a former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University and Emeritus Professor of English, has disclosed the actual reason Muhammadu Sanusi II, was dethroned as the Emir of Kano. Prof. Jubril, who revealed that he taught the current Emir Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, during his Read more
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Yekini Nabena, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other party leaders to wade into the crisis rocking the party. Nabena, who made the call on Monday, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, said that everything must be done to restore peace and orderliness to Read more
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led government of Kano State has announced the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi as the emir of Kano “for total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”. The announcement was made at a special sitting of the Kano executive council chaired by Governor Ganduje on Monday. Usman Alhaji, the State Secretary to Read more
