Azu Ishiekwene I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their interest as of today, a few still in the closet and more coming out, the field has never looked more crowded. And last week, the decision by former President Goodluck Jonathan […]
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Victoria Ojugbana, Lagos Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that his administration would ensure that the Lagos Blue and Red Rail lines commence operation by the last quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The Blue line from Okokomaiko in Lagos West on Lagos – Badagry Expressway after Lagos State University (LASU) […]
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Victoria Ojugbana, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who died on Friday at 83. Governor Sanwo-Olu commiserated with his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, the people of the ancient town of Oyo and the entire Yoruba both home and in the Diaspora over the […]
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Victoria Ojugbana, Lagos The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Akran of Badagry Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, De Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi I, on his 45th coronation anniversary. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, on Friday to celebrate 45 years of Oba Menu-Toyi I on the […]
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Statement of Northern Elders Forum on Outcome of PDP’s Consensus Efforts It has become necessary to address the impression created in part by mischief, and in part by genuine confusion over the role of the Convener of Northern Elders Forum, in the efforts to create consensus among four aspirants for the Presidential ticket of the […]
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Anthony Kila The leading opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is, in these days, in the process of determining the individual that will bear its flag as presidential candidate and other candidates for the 2023 elections. The orthodox method of choosing candidates at all levels is to go through primary elections which […]
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VICTORIA OJUGBANA, LAGOS The Greater Nigeria Conference (GNC), an Igbo global think-tank group geared toward good governance in the South-East, has disclosed its readiness to dialogue with all Nigerians in Abuja on Igbo Presidency in the 2023 elections. Head of Media, GNC, Collins Steve Ugwu, speaking with Daily Independent during the delegation’s visit to the […]
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BY YORUBA GLOBAL ALLIANCE The saddening news of the royal passage of His Imperial Majesty Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi hit us like high voltage thunderbolt. Totally unexpected and unanticipated. The Alaafin Oba Adeyemi lll was a veritable inspirer and an inspiration to Yoruba self-consciousness. He was a towering pillar of support and great defender […]
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A former governor of Jigawa state, and leading Northerner politician Alhaji Sule Lamido, has rejected the two presidential aspirants, Dr Bukola Saraki and the governor of Bauchi, Bala Mohammed as the consensus aspirants put forward by the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, adding that it was his personal opinion. Lamido in […]
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Victoria Ojugbana, Lagos The Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex decision-making body within the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday approved the second term for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at its meeting this afternoon at State House, Marina. The GAC is led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of the state […]
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