Month: June 2022

As Atiku Begins Search for Running Mate

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With the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, he has commenced search for a running mate with many party chieftains and political analysts clamouring that the South-east should be considered for the sake of equity and justice, Ejiofor Alike writes   With the successful conduct of the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flagbearer for the 2023 presidential election, political horse-trading has begun among the southern politicians, especially…

2023 : Oyo Deputy Governor dumps PDP for APC

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Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, on Sunday, announced that he had defected to the All Progressives Congress.   The announcement of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party was made in his private office, Ojoo, Ibadan, while addressing journalists.       His announcement came after weeks of speculations that he was going to leave the party because of the frosty relationship between him and his boss, Governor Seyi Makinde.     There were reports on Thursday that Makinde had dropped Olaniyan as his running mate for the 2023…

Has Tinubu read the story of S. L. Akintola’s last days? By Festus Adedayo

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The war of the First Republic had reached a feverish height. Those it consumed were wheeled to the sepulchre by the day. Blood of political party faithful painted the sky crimson.   According to Femi Kehinde, a former member of the house of representatives and biographer of the last premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, in the book, ‘S.L. Akintola In The Eyes of History’, (2017), Akintola knew that his standing up to the octopodal political machine in the Action Group was akin to suicide. Death bestrode…

2023 Presidency : Yoruba Muslim Scholars lauds Northern APC Govs’ support for Southern candidate

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The Concerned Yoruba Muslim Scholars In Nigeria has expressed excitement over the resolution of the 11 APC Governors from the Northern Region to zone its Presidential candidate to Southern Region in line with the agreement of the founding fathers of the party.   The group said; “It could be recalled that the Concerned Yoruba Muslims Scholars in Nigeria have been calling for candidature of Muslim from Southwest for sometime and we see the present zoning decision as a step in the right direction. It is on record that a Muslim…

APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY : FCT Police reveal traffic diversion points ….. assure residents adequate security of lives, property

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The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory FCT Command has announced traffic diversion points,as part of the emplaced security architecture for a hitch- free 2022 APC Presidential primary election.   The All Progressive Congress ( APC) Presidential primary election is scheduled to hold from Monday 6th June to Tuesday 7th June 2022 at Eagle’s Square. The event is often associated with a high influx of different calibers of people especially the politicos thereby required an argumentation of the working security architecture of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)   The FCT…

FCT Police restore normalcy in Lugbe,as hoodlums kill man,30 over religious argument

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The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory FCT Command,has restored normalcy to Lugbe ,an Abuja surbub after the break down of law and order as a result of argument on religion which led to the death of a 30year old man. According to a statement signed by FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh,one Ahmad Usman a 30years old member of the local vigilante around Tipper garage at Federal Housing Estate in Lugbe Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), today 4th of June 2022 at about 13:00hrs got…

NBA’s TREATMENT OF MUSLIM LAWYERS AND ISLAM IN NIGERIA: A Trajectory Of Complicity In Stereotype and Intolerance.

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1.0 Introduction   After exercising a great deal of restraint as a professional body, Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) is compelled by a catalogue of developments to make this statement on the self-inflicted journey into perdition embarked upon by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) regarding the stereotypical and intolerant manner it treats her Muslim members and matters having to do with Islam. In the past few years, we have observed, with dismay, that successive leaderships of NBA have continued to treat her Muslim members with ignominy and reckless abandon…

Security, Welfare Of People My Priority, says Gov Ortom

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Benue State Governor ,Samuel Ortom has approved immediate drilling of four standard boreholes for the people of Kwenev in Kaambe Council Ward of Guma Local Government Areas to address their water challenges.   He gave the approval on Saturday, June 4th, 2022 when the community hosted him for his efforts in developing the community and the State at large.   The Governor also vowed that no amount of intimidation and deprivation by enemies of the state will deter him from fighting for the rights of the people .   The…

IOM sharpens techincal skills of NIDCOM’S pioneer staff.

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A three-day capacity building workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation is underway in Abuja. The training organized by the International Organisation for Migration, (IOM) is designed to build skills set and competences of Staff of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. Declaring the workshop open on behalf of Hon (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Engr Dr Sule Yakubu Bassi, Secretary to the Commission, said Monitoring and Evaluation was a critical component of NIDCOM’s Programmes, Policies and activities, added that participants should take advantage of the opportunity to improve their…

NHRC Boss harps on capacity building training for journalists

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The National Human Rights Commission has said that continuous training of journalists was imperative to enable them to keep a tab on the ever-emerging challenges and development in the journalism profession.   The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN) stated this during the opening ceremony of a capacity building training tagged, “Defending the Rights of Journalists and Media Practitioners through Safety Mechanisms”, which was organised by the Commission for the Staff of the Corporate Affairs and External Linkages Department and journalists in Abuja between 1st and 2nd…