There are strong indications the Lagos State gubernatorial primary billed for Tuesday would be canceled a fourth time, as the election monitoring committee and party bigwigs in the state failed to agree on the mode of the exercise. The delegates…
Sanwo-Olu says ready for Lagos primaries with Ambode (Sun)
The Director-General, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu Campaign Organisation (BOSCO), Tayo Ayinde, on Sunday restated readiness of the organisation for the direct primaries rescheduled for Monday, October 1, 2018 by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos. In a statement issued by…
Buhari accepts OIC’s offer to help Nigeria fight insurgency (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the pledge by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to help Nigeria tackle the Boko Haram insurgency through sound education among others. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a…
Buhari sends Fayemi to woo Omisore for rerun poll (Punch)
The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, visited the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in Ile Ife to woo him ahead of the rerun holding in seven polling units in four local…
Epe indigenes must go spiritual for Ambode’s second term bid – Ikuforiji (PMNews) *PDP, others kick as INEC declares Osun poll inconclusive (Punch)
PDP, others kick as INEC declares Osun poll inconclusive (PUNCH) The Peoples Democratic Party and other stakeholders protested on Sunday after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive. The commission also fixed the rerun poll…
Nigeria’s young daughters are sold as ‘money wives’ (Aljazeera) *Presidency tackles Saraki for disparaging Buhari (Nation)
Nigeria’s young daughters are sold as ‘money wives’ (Aljazeera) In parts of Africa, girls as young as five are still being sold to settle their parents’ debt as part of a tradition known as money marriages. The so-called money wives…
Lagos guber: I’ll clear perennial gridlock, restore values – Sanwo-Olu (Sun) * I did not discuss Ambode with Tinubu, I am not a politician – Adeboye (Vanguard)
Lagos guber: I’ll clear perennial gridlock, restore values – Sanwo-Olu (Sun) Managing Director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has formally unveiled his 2019 governorship aspiration to Lagosians. Sanwo-Olu, who reportedly enjoys the support of the “Mandate…
Buhari said Abacha never stole, so what loot is HSBC keeping?
President Buhari launched a scathing attack on Saturday September 15, 2018 against HSBC through his aide, Garba Shehu. In a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the presidency described the global financial giant as a “bank that soiled its hand with…
Abeg, shut up and return our money- Buhari shades HSBC
The Presidency has launched a scathing attack on global financial giant HSBC over their advisory regarding the 2019 election. The bank is alleged to have issued a stinging projection that if Buhari is re-elected for a second term Nigeria “raises…
Onuesoke knocks Buhari, APC over Adeosun (Vanguard)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has condemned the stand of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while the controversy over exemption of former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun,…