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Chief Tunji Shelle, PDP Chairman, Lagos State Lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) in the Lagos State House of Assembly have appealed to party leaders to close ranks ahead of the forthcoming state’s council polls. They said that if the party chieftains failed to work as a team but divided, it would rob the party of electoral fortunes in the forthcoming council polls. They made this plea on Saturday in Lagos following the State Congress held at the party’s secretariat on Friday in Ikeja by a faction of the party. According to them, the party must show its readiness for future elections rather than fanning the embers of disunity and personal interest through imposition of candidates. A lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu (PDP-Oshodi/Isolo II) in the House urged the party’s chieftains to close ranks and sheathe their swords to build a formidable party. “Factions will never help the party, it will create divisions but if all factions come together and have consensus candidates ...

Jethro Ibileke/Benin:An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 10 governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that it would be a sin against God and the people of the state, if he refused to work for Edo people after the tenure of incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Obaseki who allegedly has the backing of Oshiomhole for his ambition, stated this on Friday in Benin at the public declaration of his intention to run on the platform of the APC. He declared: “It will be a sin against God and my people if I walk away from Edo State with the knowledge and experience that I have gathered. It will be unpatriotic not to stand and be counted. Over the last thirty years, I have had successful experience in the private sector and over the last seven years I have been part of the most successful administration in Nigeria. As this administration comes to an end, we are faced with new challenges. As you all know the price of crude oil has reduced si...

Ali Modu Sheriff, PDP national chairman The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its South West zonal congress scheduled for May 14, in line with the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos. The National Secretary of the party, Prof. Adewale Oladipo stated this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Oladipo said that the South West re-elected Zonal Secretary of PDP, Chief Gbenga Otemolu, had approached the court urging it to stop the congress, arguing that the current executives in the zone were yet to complete their tenure. He said that Otemolu went to court on behalf of his colleagues, insisting that they were elected in 2014, and that their four years tenure as specified in the party’s Constitution, would end till 2018. “We are in receipt of an order from the Federal High Court in Lagos which had ordered us to put a stop to the exercise, pending when the case filed is heard and resolved. “As a law-abiding political party, we have been served this order. “I, as ...

Chidi Onumah: Nigeria is Teetering on The Brink of Disaster, journalist Chidi Onumah,  and coordinator, Africa Centre for Media & Information Literacy warns. Chidi will present his third book, ‘We Are All Biafrans’ in Abuja on 31 May. In this interview with AYORINDE OLUOKUN , Onumah gives an insight into the book which he said focuses on the crises of nationhood in Nigeria and the need to urgently restructure the country in line with true practice of federalism to avoid a looming catastrophe.  We Are All Biafrans is your third book, what is the motivation for it and how is it different from the two you have written earlier? The reason is the same, but a little bit more. I have always focused on the structure of Nigeria, our federalism- my argument for many years have been that Nigeria is a very flawed national, structurally. And that many, if not all of the problems that confront us emanate from the flawed nature of our federalism. So, this is just one more in...

David Cameron, UK Prime Minister By Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has been caught on camera making reference to Nigeria as one of the two most corrupt countries in the world among other derogatory statements. He made the statement while speaking with the Queen of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Commons Speaker John Bercow. As expected, many, including a UK Government spokesman, have defended this statement using excuses including the fact that President Buhari described a situation in Nigeria where corruption became a way of life. But the truth is the world is missing some points as regard this issue and this is not surprising. Take a look at some points if you are one of those who do not consider Africans too inferior to get the most basic of respect: Mockery is not same as a Statement of Fact Let’s assume for a second that all Cameron said of Nigeria is true. He was not just saying it, he was mocking the count...

efcc logo Popular Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an alleged N61m scam. The EFCC announced on its official Facebook page that Adegboruwa allegedly conspired with some persons to lease a property in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The property in question, according to the anti-graft agency, is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court. According to the statement which read in part, “Lagos lawyer, Adegboruwa, has been arrested by operatives of the EFCC for dealing in a property which is a subject of an Interim Forfeiture Order by a Lagos State High Court without due authorisation. “He allegedly conspired with some other persons to lease the property situated at House 105 Nicon Town Estate, Lekki Lagos, to one Shelf Drilling Nigeria Limited, in the sum of N61, 631,944.65. The said money was credited to his Zenith Bank’s account, from where he made disbursements. The matter will...

Simon Lalong, Plateau State Governor The Plateau Government on Tuesday said it generated N2.06 billion as revenue in the first quarter of the year. Mr Dashe Arlat, the Acting Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS), disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Jos. Arlat described the revenue collected within the period as “very encouraging’’ compared with the N1.84 billion realised in the corresponding period in 2015. “From the amount so far realised this first quarter of the year, it is glaring that we have improved with our revenue generation having surpassed that of last year with N219, 506, 232. “In fact, by what we just realised, it is a clear indication that we shall definitely meet our target of N13 billion for this year; this is because we have not yet included our arrears of tax liabilities of about N5 billion,” he said. Analysing the collection for the period under review, the chairman disclosed that the amount generated was made up of N350, 720, 319 P...