INEC Chairman Alive,’ Commission Refutes Yakubu’s Death Rumour The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted reports circulating on social media about the alleged death of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The reports, which surfaced on Monday, December 9, 2024, claimed that Yakubu died in a London hospital. However, in a statement on Saturday, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, appealed to the public to disregard the rumours, confirming that Yakubu is alive, well, and in good health. “Our attention has been drawn to a fake news narrative circulated by a section of the social media…
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Right Activist, Dele Farotimi, Distance Self From Obi’s, Others, Obasanjo’s Intervention Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has distanced himself from anyone seeking to mediate with legal luminary, Are Afe Babalola, on his behalf in a defamation case related to his book, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.” Farotimi on Friday made it clear that he opposed any attempts to mediate or beg for his release, stating that the legal process should take its natural course. The activist, who said this while speaking with fellow human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, who visited him, specifically addressed reports of visits to…
Wike Was Only 14yrs old When We Got Here, I Would Rather Die Than Appeal To Him Or Tinubu Over Abuja Land – 84-Year-Old Woman(widow) The widow of late Col. Paul Ogbebor, Mrs Rita Lori Ogbebor, has stated that she prefers to die than beg President Bola Tinubu or the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike over a land dispute in Abuja. Mrs Ogbebor made the declaration on Friday during a press conference in Abuja, in which she spoke about a demolition notice issued to the residents and management of Paullosa Nigeria Limited, an estate management company…
Right Activist, Dele Farotimi, Distance Self From Obi’s, Others, Obasanjo’s Intervention Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has distanced himself from anyone seeking to mediate with legal luminary, Are Afe Babalola, on his behalf in a defamation case related to his book, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.” Farotimi on Friday made it clear that he opposed any attempts to mediate or beg for his release, stating that the legal process should take its natural course. The activist, who said this while speaking with fellow human rights lawyer, Tope Temokun, who visited him, specifically addressed reports of visits to…
President Emmanuel Macron of France appointed François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician and one of his top allies, as the new prime minister on Friday, as he struggles to bring the country’s protracted political turmoil and growing economic anxiety under control. Mr. Bayrou, who becomes France’s fourth prime minister this year — an ominous record — must now form a cabinet capable of shepherding bills through a fractured, cantankerous lower house of Parliament. Most urgently, the new government will have to finalize an emergency budget by mid-December to avoid a shutdown of essential state services. And Mr. Bayrou must do…
Bishop Phillips Academy Old Students’ Association Inaugurates National Executive Members The Bishop Philips Old Students Association will on Friday, 13th December, 2024, inaugurate its recently elected National Executive members. In a statement by the National Public Relation Officer, Kehinde Akinyemi and made available to journalists in Ibadan, the event will hold at the Seyi Makinde School Hall by 2pm at Monatan, Ibadan. The event will host important dignitaries, which includes the Oyo state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, Chairman, Board of Trustees BPAOSA, Engr Alaba Diji, the Bada Olubadan of Ibadanland, Barrister Olumuyiwa Makinde, Chairman, Oyo state local government chairmen forum,…
“I Stopped My Son Twice From Contesting Election” – Oshiomole ..he’s qualified to be commissioner A former governor of Edo State and current senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared that his son, Cyril, is qualified to serve as the commissioner for health in the state. Oshiomhole stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. Cyril, a medical doctor, was nominated as the commissioner of health by Monday Okpebholo, the state governor and close ally of Oshiomhole, and was subsequently sworn in on November 19 at the Government House in Benin City. When asked if he supported…
Bravo To FG Over Bungling Of Gov Adeleke’s Relocation Of Ido-Osun Airport To Ede – Osun APC The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Federal Government for its proactiveness in acting timeously over the proposed relocation of the MKO Abiola International Airport from Ido-Osun to Ede, the hometown of the ruling Governor Ademola Adeleke. The futile relocation of the 88-year-old airport by Governor Adeleke to his town has been causing series of crises in Ido-Osun, the host community, where there had been protests and demonstrations by the women, the youths and different…
Nigeria Born Badenoch Lashes Out At Vice President, Shettima The leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has berated Vice President Kashim Shettima, over his reaction to her comments about Nigeria. Badenoch was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents. It would be recalled that Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of 16, before she was elected Conservative Party’s leader, described Nigeria as a nation brimming with thieving politicians and insecurity. However, Shettima, while speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the Presidential Villa…
Tinubu Receives German President Steinmeier At Aso Rock In Abuja Accompanying him were business delegation of CEOs and high-ranking board members of some of Germany’s most successful companies in the fields of IT, high-tech and energy. German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has been received at the Aso Rock Villa by President Bola Tinubu. Although Steinmier arrived in Abuja on Tuesday evening, he met the President on Wednesday. Accompanying him were business delegation of CEOs and high-ranking board members of some of Germany’s most successful companies in the fields of IT, high-tech and energy. Steinmeier is the second German leader to visit…