Tag: Gov Ahmadu Finitiri

The wreck in Adamawa By Lasisi Olagunju

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There are books and films on the life and times of Efunsetan Aniwura, the second Iyalode of Ibadan. She was rich, powerful and cold-hearted. Her success as a woman; her manly carriage and ruthlessness made her a perfect mark for envy and destruction. And she lost everything. But Iyalode did not say goodnight gently; she did what real men do. On one occasion, one of her favourite slaves, a female, laced her food with poison. That slave was stupid. She should have known that no one became Iyalode raw and…

Binani, Buhari: Hurt, guilt and forgiveness By Festus Adedayo

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, asked Nigerians who he might have hurt in his near-eight-year misrule, to forgive him. Similarly, a section of the social media is asking for forgiveness for Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani. Dahiru is the woman who, before the April gubernatorial election re-run in Adamawa State, was considered a political exemplar and one who typified the assumed political purity of the female gender. Very few narratives of the concept of hurt and forgiveness are as gripping as the grisly story of Father Michael Lapsley. As…

BREAKING: Aishat Binani wins Adamawa guber poll

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‘Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has lost his second term bid to Senator Aishat Binani of the All Progressives Congress.   Binani was declared winner of the election after polling 409,909 votes ahead of the incumbent governor, Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party,who scored 406,617 votes.   Binani who currently representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District,made history as the first female elected governor in Nigerian politics.