Day: April 14, 2024

Call for PDP National Chairman’s resignation ill-timed and inappropriate – Sen Abba Moro

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Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Patrick Moro, has described the call for resignation of PDP acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Lliya Damagum as ill-timed and inappropriate. Senator Moro was reacting to the call for Amb. Damagum’s resignation by Member representing Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, Hon. Ugochinyere Ikenga who accused the National Chairman of working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and his failure to call a National Executive Council (NEC) since he replaced Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the PDP National…

Akpabio meets South South APC State Chairmen ….. Harps on party Unity, Cohesion

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President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has charged the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the south south geo-political zone, to work harder so that the visibility of the party in the region will grow from one state to more states.   Akpabio gave the charge while receiving in courtesy, APC chairmen from the south south region, in Abuja on Sunday.   Akpabio, who noted that he understood the challenges being faced by the chairmen, assured them that “in the days ahead, a meeting of critical stakeholders comprising State chairmen, National…

Needed: One standard hospital per state (1), by Hassan Gimba

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I never thought I could attend the Eid prayer held on 10th April, a day after I clocked the definitive age of 60: I have now joined the senior citizens’ rank. Not being confident I could attend the Eid prayer seems an understatement; for actually, in February, the way I was feeling within me, it was looking to me that I would not witness Ramadan, not to talk of participating in the Eid marking its end.   I easily get exhausted from the littlest of tasks, making me always gasping…

Ondo’s Pigeon and Dove certificate war By Festus Adedayo

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When it was time to play denigrating politics, Chief SLA Akintola, premier of the Western Region, was not one to shy away from it. The Ondo Province of the Region once came under his lacerating tongue. When it was time to take a swipe at the likes of renowned economist, Professor Sam Aluko, who hailed from the Ekiti part of the Province, Akintola had the right innuendo to singe his flesh. The Province was busy producing all manner of birds, in the name of academics, said the Premier – with…

Adebanwi’s Guggenheim by Festus Adedayo

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In a world where virtually every news item that emanates from Nigeria is of depressing cases of bloodshed, banditry, government’s sleazy insensitivity and all-what-ought-nots, when news about Nigerians who go outside the perceptional loop flow in, they do the reverse. One that hit the airwave last weekend was that of Nigerian professor, political scientist, and anthropologist, Wale Adebanwi, who bagged the 2024 edition of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. The fellowship is usually awarded on the awardee’s trajectory of prior career achievement and exceptional promise. Adebanwi is the Presidential Penn Compact…

The Lagos Boy’s coastal highway By Festus Adedayo

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Whether real or imagined, none of the metonyms for “Lagos boy” is complimentary. The “Lagos boy” moniker once came up in the late 1980s. Commodore Olabode George, then Military Governor of Ondo State, had just been removed from office after spending two years. The African Concord magazine then did a post-mortem of his turbulent rule. Newly purchased boats for the coastal part of the state were alleged to be second-hand. By then, for analysts writing about the George years, rigor-mortis hadn’t set on another uproarious component of his time in…

Rev. Dr. Babatunde A. Idowu declaration in his sermon: “Overcoming The Storm”.

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By: Dr. Afolabi Olajuwon     Today’s service at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Wuse, Abuja, was a spiritually enriching experience that commenced with an engaging choir ministration and culminated in a profound sermon by Rev. Dr. Idowu, the Senior Pastor and District Overseer. The atmosphere was charged with divine presence, reflecting a community deeply anchored in faith and fellowship.   The day began with the soul-lifting choir ministration led by sister Taiwo Asebieko from 9:00 am to 9:30 am. The ensemble presented a harmonious rendition titled “Overcoming The Storm,”…