Unity Forum: Why We’re Leaving Oyo APC
The All Progressives Congress leaders who organised parallel congresses which produced separate executives in some states are planning a mass defection if the Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee of the party fails to address their grievances. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH correspondents in the affected states showed that while some state factions of the APC were perfecting strategies to dump the party, others preferred...
APC Crisis: Ex-Oyo Assembly Member Reiterates Commitment To Unity Forum
A two-term former member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Murphy Adigun-Hammed has reiterated his commitment to the break-away faction of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, The Unity Forum. Adigun-Hammed, who represented Akinyele State Constituency 2 between 2007 and 2015 said that contrary to claims by Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his men that...
Abiola’s Campaign Spokesman To Buhari: Put MKO’s Portrait On A National Currency Denomination
A Director of Information, Hope ’93 MKO Abiola Campaign Organisation, Mr Obafemi Oredein, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure a denomination of a national currency carries the portrait of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola. Oredein, in a statement commended President Buhari for officially acknowledging that Chief Abiola won the June...
Ogundoyin: Internal Wrangling Within Oyo APC Also Assisted My Victory
Winner of last Saturday's Ibarapa East State Constituency bye-election, Adebo Ogundoyin has revealed that the internal wrangling within the members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, aided his victory. Contrary to claims that some stalwarts of the ruling APC worked for his victory, 31-year old Ogundoyin, who is of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, revealed that the leadership crisis within...
PHOTOS: Sunday Dare’s ‘Ramadhan Rice’ Hits Ibadan
As part of his efforts to lend helping hands to fasting Muslims across the state, Ogbomoso-born Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, commissioner in charge of stakeholders' management, Mr Sunday Dare, has started distributing rice and other food items. The gesture is one of the programmes under his Daniel Ayoola Dare (DAD) Foundation which he established early this year. Dare, a former special...
Wasii Emiola Out, Wasiu Adeleke In As PDP Harmonises Oyo Excos
At last, peace seems to have returned to the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with the harmonisation of the executive committee members of the party. Wasii Emiola of former governor Rashidi Ladoja's faction has been replaced with Wasiu Adeleke of Seyi Makinde's faction as state secretary of the party. Omokunmi Mustapha, who was elected chairman at Ladoja’s...
The Ibarapa Bye-Election And The Looming Trajectory, By Prince Dotun Oyelade
The name of the hit was ''AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW''. The year was 1979 just before summer and two years before Stevie Wonder released his cracker, ''HOTTER THAN JULY'' whose lead single ''Happy Birthday'' was able to halt 'Ain't no stopping' on its box office track. After the shock victory of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, or more aptly put,...
Saidi Osupa’s Ramadhan Lecture Holds Tomorrow (SEE LIST OF EXPECTED GUESTS)
Tomorrow, June 9, 2018, ace fuji musician, Alhaji Saheed Osupa aka Saidi Osupa will host his annual Ramadhan lecture. Billed to hold at Mauve 21 Events Centre, RingRoad, Ibadan, popular Ilorin-born Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sanu Sheu will deliver a lecture on “The Role of Islam in Politics.” Expected at the event are the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola, Olubadan of...
JUST IN: Buhari Replaces Bayo Adelabu With Shonubi As CBN Deputy Governor
President Muhammadu Buhari today approved the nomination of Mr. Folashodun Shonubi as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, subject to Senate confirmation. He is replacing Adebayo Adelabu, who resigned last month to kickstart his gubernatorial ambition. The Ogun State indigene is said to be close to Governor Ibikunle Amosun. The approval was contained in a statement by the Senior Special...
The War Of The Niger: June 12 Is Victory Day, By Muyiwa Gbadegesin
Nigeria is a nation at war. This war is being waged between the friends and enemies of Nigeria; between the true patriots who love Nigeria and its people and those who love only themselves; and between those who want a better life for Nigerians and those who only want a better life for themselves and their families. There have been...