Author: David Great

By Babatunde Obele The presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have come and gone, but the outcome of that political event will go down in the history of our nation as one of the greatest affronts to our national unity. For a heterogeneous country like Nigeria, fostering national cohesion remains the greatest challenge of leadership whether at national or at sub-national level. Thus, one would expect that all our national structures will ever be conscious of the need to create a balance and give national cohesion a place of primacy in all their choices. However, recent decision…

Days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries, some governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally behind the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo who is believed to fit the President’s description. As of Tuesday night, several of the APC governors have been seen in the Villa meeting with the VP and also the Chief of Staff to the President in what sources say is a move likely to result in a Consensus presidential candidate for the ruling party. Governors cited in the Villa between Wednesday and…

The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 2, 2022, visited the Kukah Center for Faith and Leadership for dialogue on how the Commission can partner with the Center in preventing corruption and fraud in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Center, Bishop Matthew Kukah who received the EFCC boss noted that interfaith dialogue is at the core of the Center’s work and involves actively promoting conversations among Nigeria’s faith communities, as well as between leaders in faith and public policy. He introduced Bawa to staff of the Center and conducted him round its facilities.…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential committee has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries scheduled for next week. Chairman of the Committee, Chief John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday. According to Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee. He added that only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants. Osinbajo meets APC chairman, three governors However when asked about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Oyegun declined to disclose the names. The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week. Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has denied endorsing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential primary, stressing that, a southern presidency is the target. In a press statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Richard Olatunde, the Ondo governor said the narrative that was circulated was false. “Our attention has just been drawn to a statement widely circulated and credited to the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, purportedly endorsing a particular aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “The statement, largely laced with partisan interest and fluid narrative was not authored by Governor Oluwarotimi…

Manchester United are to be presented with an opportunity to sign Real Madrid’s Spain winger Marco Asensio, 26. (El Chiringuito – in Spanish) Lyon want to re-sign France forward Alexandre Lacazette, 31, on a free transfer – five years after selling him to Arsenal for £46.5m. (L’Equipe – in French, subscription required) Arsenal are also keen to sign Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25, who will leave Leicester City this summer. (Fabrizio Romano, Twitter) Barcelona are set to turn their attention to Chelsea’s Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku, 29, if they cannot sign first-choice target Robert Lewandowski, the 33-year-old Poland forward who…

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has told the national leader and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that Ogun delegates would do the right thing at the presidential primary on June 6. Abiodun who refused to endorse Tinubu two weeks after endorsing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this time calls for all hands on deck. He stated this when he received Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, the state capital. He noted that Ogun are capable of identifying quality leaders, emphasising that the Ogun APC delegates would do the right thing…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday received three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu. According to a source close to the meeting, the governors were at the Office of the Vice President to inform him of the outcome of their meeting. The source told Chronicle NG that the governors have agreed on a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari after heated arguments at the Kebbi Governors Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja the previous day. The source said that some aspirants on the platform have already began visiting Osinbajo to tell him that they will…

June 1st okada ban compliance rate is encouraging but okada riders are not to be trusted The enforcement of the ban has come to stay Following the total ban on operation of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada on all highways across six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State by Governor Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, the chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye has said that the agency will on Friday crush another set of 2,228 impounded motorcylces to further make the enforcement of the ban thorough and effective. Speaking in his office at…

A leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says without him President Muhammadu Buhari would never have won the 2015 presidential election. The former Lagos governor also boasted that he nominated Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate. He spoke at presidential lodge in Abeokuta, the state capital, while addressing the APC delegates ahead of the party’s primaries. Tinubu was accompanied by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano and Senator Kasim Shettima. He said Buhari had offered him a running mate ticket, but some blocs rose against him,…