Ex-international footballer, Prince Collins Eselemo has raised an alarm of alleged pulling down of the multi-million naira, 500-meter-long perimeter fence he built for his alma mater, New Era College, Benin City in Edo State. Eselemo, an All Progressives Congress stalwart and scion of the Eselemo Ijaw dynasty in Warri, Delta State, in a signed statement made available to journalists in Warri on Monday over the alleged incident, noted with concern that “the action had political undertone”. According to the statement, the perimeter fencing of the school which he had constructed in response to a security call, was extensively pulled down…
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Barely three months to the governorship election in the state, the Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, has declared that the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa would win the November 16 governorship election in the state. Aiyedatiwa became the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state following his victory at the April 20 governorship primary of the party. Olabimtan who was a former speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly said the chieftains of the party across the state were ready to work and gathered massive votes for…
Political heavyweights and members of the All Progressives Congress from Edo South Senatorial District, Edo State, have closed ranks and vowed to stop Governor Godwin Obaseki from producing his successor in the September 21 governorship election. This position was taken at a meeting tagged “Edo South APC Leadership Family Conversation” convened by the APC deputy governorship candidate, Dennis Idahosa, and the former Edo South National Assembly member, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, on Sunday night. Leader of the party in Edo South, Pius Odubu, said Obaseki’s actions and policies have underdeveloped the state, with tales of unfulfilled promises, and urged party faithful…
A former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, faulted President Bola Tinubu’s national broadcast, seeking an end to the ongoing nationwide hunger protest. Dalung, who led the anti-government protest in Jos, Plateau State last Thursday, was again at an open-air Sunday church service held by the protesters in Jos. Speaking to journalists at the Sunday service held at the Old Airport Roundabout, with a large crowd of protesters, including Christian and Muslim leaders, Dalung described Tinubu’s broadcast as empty, insisting that the protest was far from finished. The ex-minister said, …
The Ondo State State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, inaugurated an 18-member caretaker committee in Ondo State to run the affairs of the party ahead of the November 16 governorship election. PUNCH Online reports that the National Working Committee of the party last week constituted the committee for the state chapter of the party. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Debo Ologunagba. The statement noted that the caretaker committee was constituted according to Section 29 (2) (b) of the party’s Constitution, and a former Speaker of the…
The leadership of the Labour Party has headed for the Supreme Court to seek the nullification of the November 11 Imo Governorship poll after its appeal for a fresh election was thrown out by the appeal court. The opposition party said it perceived bias in the judgments despite presenting evidence to back its claim of over-voting in the election that returned Governor Hope Uzodimma to office. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed this at a press conference held in Abuja on Monday. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress as the…
The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has cancelled various traders’ associations in markets in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, intending to remove their undue control of prices and ensure farmers have direct access to traders. Oba Adejugbe, who also ordered traders in the markets not to sell their foodstuff beyond stipulated prices, said the steps were necessary to regulate the high prices of foodstuff in the state capital. The monarch, leading the Ewi-in-Council, gave the directive in Ado Ekiti on Monday during a meeting with the leadership and some members of the market women association, warned of…
Opposition parties in the country have denounced the killings resulting from the use of lethal force to disperse civilians during the just-concluded hunger protests. Recall that The PUNCH reported that police authorities may begin the trial of 1,135 demonstrators arrested during the protest on Monday. The opposition vented their anger and frustrations in separate interviews with our correspondent. Their fear comes on the heels of the recent killing of a 16-year-old protester in the Samaru community, Zaria, Kaduna State. No fewer than 18 persons have so far been reportedly dead in Abuja, Kano, Niger, Borno, Kaduna and Jigawa during the…
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has emerged as a major voice in US politics but is accused of turning the platform formerly known as Twitter into a megaphone for right-wing conspiracy theories. “This is unscripted with no limits on subject matter, so should be highly entertaining!” 53-year-old Musk, who has an estimated net worth of $235 billion, posted in a preview of the interview on Sunday. Trump, 78, posted on X for the first time in more than a year ahead of the interview, sharing a campaign video in which he portrayed himself as the victim of persecution by forces…
The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Monday, appealed to all factions in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to sheate their swords. In a statement issued by his media aide, Terver Akase and made available to newsmen in Makurdi, Ortom said that in politics there are bound to be differing opinions but stated that all is to deepen democracy. The former governor said that he had shared a long-standing relationship and mutual respect with his predecessor, Gabriel Suswam. He said, “Chief Ortom says in politics, differing opinions and positions are inevitable, but the differences often serve to…