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STAY AWAY FROM COUNCIL SECRETARIATS – GOV ADELEKE TELLS NEWLY SWORN-IN LG CHAIRMEN Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the newly elected local government chairmen to stay away from local government council secretariats in order to avoid a breakdown of law and order in the state. Adeleke also charged the officials to work within the manifesto of the Peoples …

WHY WE REMOVED BUHARI’S GOVT IN 1985 — IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, retd, has said that former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, was overthrown in 1985 because he personalised leadership. Sunday Vanguard recalls that Buhari was one of the leaders of the military coup of December 1983 that toppled ex-President Shehu Shagari. But 40 …

I’M NOT DESPERATE FOR 2027 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET – PETER OBI Labour Party presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that he did not exhibit any sign of desperation to make the leadership of the party believe he craves a ‘free ticket’ or ‘special treatment’ ahead of the 2027 election. Obi, who spoke through his media aide, Ibrahim …

FIREWORKS OVER BABANGIDA’S JUNE 12 CONFESSION Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB), may have stirred the hornet’s nest with his open confession on Thursday, February 20, that the late Chief MKO Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, which he eventually annulled. Babangida, during the launch of his autobiography, titled: “A Journey in Service,” had …

FORGIVE BABANGIDA OVER JUNE 12 ELECTION ANNULMENT, HE IS REPENTANT – OZEKHOME Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on Nigerians to forgive former military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) for annulling the 1993 presidential election. Speaking on Friday, Ozekhome said Babangida’s public admission of regret over the annulment was a significant step towards national healing. During …

NIGERIA TO WITNESS FIRST LUNAR CRESCENT FEBRUARY 28 – NASRDA The National Space Research and Development Agency has said that Nigeria would likely witness its first astronomical lunar crescent on February 28. The Director of Media and Corporate Communications of NASRDA, Dr Felix Ale, said this in a statement on Saturday. He said that the lunar crescent had been calculated …

NIGERIA TO WITNESS FIRST LUNAR CRESCENT FEBRUARY 28 – NASRDA The National Space Research and Development Agency has said that Nigeria would likely witness its first astronomical lunar crescent on February 28. The Director of Media and Corporate Communications of NASRDA, Dr Felix Ale, said this in a statement on Saturday. He said that the lunar crescent had been calculated …

POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION DROPS ENUGU POLICE COMMISSIONER, KANAYO UZUEGBU FROM AIG PROMOTION LIST OVER ALLEGED CORRUPTION CASES AGAINST HIM The Nigerian Police Service Commission (PSC) has reportedly suspended the promotion of Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) due to multiple corruption allegations against him. According to a source, the final straw was …

PDP WINS ALL CHAIRMANSHIP, COUNCILLORSHIP POSITIONS IN OSUN LG POLLS The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won all the local government and councillorship positions in the recently concluded local government elections in the state. The Chairman of the Commission, Hashim Abioye, made this announcement via a Facebook Live broadcast on Saturday …

WHY BUHARI DIDN’T ATTEND BABANGIDA’S BOOK LAUNCH – VATSA Days after the public presentation of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida’s autobiography titled “The Journey of Service” in Abuja, a relative of the late Mamman Vatsa and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Comrade Jonathan Vatsa has revealed why former President Mohammadu Buhari decided shunned …