By Abiola Olawale The Ondo State Government has announced plans to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who passed away on December 27, 2023. The probe, initiated 18 months after the demise of the former governor, comes in response to petitions alleging suspicious circumstances, with some pointing fingers at Akeredolu’s…
By Abiola Olawale President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria was conferred with the prestigious title of Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia (KCOSL), the Caribbean nation’s highest honor. The conferment was announced in a press statement issued by the Government of Saint Lucia. “The Government of Saint Lucia is pleased to announce that,…
Crude oil prices fell at the start of the week due to an anticipated increase in OPEC+ supply and the disappearance of the wartime premium after the Israel-Iran ceasefire. The global economic outlook remains cautious, with bearish sentiment also influenced by recent manufacturing data from China. US active drilling rig counts for both oil and…
By Kolawole Ojebisi Acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali Dalori, has appealed to members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC) to remain united and not allow the resignation of the immediate National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to cause disaffection in the party. Dalori also urged…
By Abiola Olawale The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has relocated its Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting to the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja’s Central Business District. The development followed a dramatic police siege at the party’s Wadata Plaza headquarters. The BoT meeting, originally scheduled for 10 a.m. at the PDP’s NEC Hall, was disrupted…
By Abiola Olawale The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is grappling with a deepening internal crisis as its Deputy National Chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, has publicly challenged Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum’s attempt to postpone the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Arapaja, backed by key National Working Committee (NWC) members, insisted that the…
By Kolawole Ojebisi The security in and around the Wadata Plaza, the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been beefed up ahead of the party's National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for today. According to Channels Television, armed police officers swarmed around the opposition party's headquarters amid rising tension over a proposed event that…
By Abiola Olawale The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed his willingness to serve a single term as president under a coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Obi, a two-term governor of Anambra State said the move is a strategy aimed…
By Kolawole Ojebisi A former military governor of old Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has advised President Bola Tinubu against surrounding himself with sycophants. Dangiwa described sycophancy as a "scourge" which needed to be tamed before being mistaken for a norm in the country's polity. The retired military officer made this call in…