Obi picks Obasanjo’s ex-aide, Osuntokun as replacement for Okupe (Vanguard) The Labour Party has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its Presidential Campaign. This was announced by the party’s…
Third term, democracy and other tales: A review of Femi Oluwole’s “The Acts of Men” — Olukorede S Yishau
Tokunbo Afikuyomi was very popular in the Lagos politics of 1999-2007 era. In those eight years, he represented two different senatorial districts of the state at the National Assembly. He was one of the right hand men of Asiwaju Bola…
*Banker stops 64-year-old from delivering N600k to soothsayers (Punch)*Man kills mother-in-law, worshipper inside Lagos church (Vanguard)
Banker stops 64-year-old from delivering N600k to soothsayers (Punch) Two suspected fraudsters, posing as prophets, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for attempting to extort N600,000 from a 64-year-old woman in Lagos. According to the police, the…
Premium Times Editor, Musikilu Mojeed, releases book on Obasanjo’s letters
Musikilu Mojeed, Premium Times Editor has unveiled the book, The Letterman: Inside the “Secret” Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, which he says Is a narrative non-fiction curating some of the most significant and historical letters written by the…
Rights Group calls Ethiopian, Tigrayan truce a ‘crucial opportunity’
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week “provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe.” The cessation of hostilities…
Obasanjo, a democrat, peacemaker – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties on Thursday commended former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for successfully negotiating a cessation of hostilities between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayans, describing him as “a reformer, visionary and defender of democracy in Nigeria and…
Why Obasanjo, Sanusi, Segun Awolowo shed tears watching our historical plays – Edgar
Mr Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Shomolu Productions Ltd, specialist in historical plays, has revealed why former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Emir Sanusi 11 and Segun Awolowo shed tears while watching the plays. Others that have shed tears while watching the historical…
Chairman of the party — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The inimitable Peter Enahoro, aka Peter Pan, wrote in his classic book, How To Be A Nigerian: “Next to God, there is nothing that fills the heart of the Nigerian with greater awe than a Chairman.” According to Peter Enahoro,…
Ogbulafor, ex-PDP National Chairman, dies in Canada
A former National Chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, is dead. Family sources said Ogbulafor died on Thursday in Canada at the age of 73. He was said to have died from an undisclosed…
