Author: Timilehin David

Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has taken a swipe at critics of the 10th National Assembly under his leadership, stating that senators and members of House of Representatives were never elected to fight the executive.  Akpabio who dismissed notions of the National Assembly becoming a rubber-stamp legislative arm insisted that the collaboration between the Executive and the hallowed chamber is for the good of Nigerians.  According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Akpabio voiced out his reactions while featuring in a documentary to mark President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary in…

An atmosphere of tension has engulfed Ore, a commercial hub and the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State as a motorcylist identified as Nazifi Ibrahim has been grotesquely murdered and his motorcycle taken away by assailants who are still at large.  The motorcylist who hailed from the Northern part of the country had taken a passenger to Alaafia Street, along Benin/Ore highway in Ore around 10:40 pm yesterday when the incident occurred. “We don’t know what transpired between the deceased and the unknown assailants before he was shot dead,”  a source said. The remains of the victim…

Naturally, one would think that after the long months of political drama and the eventual swearing-in of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as the substantive Governor of Ondo State, we would finally see focused leadership. Instead, what we are witnessing is a new brand of cosmetic governance and a total disregard for the Nigerian Constitution. Section 192 subsection 1 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, clearly states that a Governor must appoint commissioners within sixty (60) days of taking the oath of office. Not when convenient. Not when the political weather is right. Sixty days. It is a constitutional command, not…

Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has revealed that he was the first person to confront the then Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and tell him to his face to resign following the annulment of the historic June 12, 1993 presidential election. The ex-governor who was, at the time, the national secretary of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP) made this revelation in his recently released autobiography entitled, “Being True to Myself” which was launched on May 13. Recounting the incident in chapter 7, titled ‘June 12 Consumes IBB’, Lamido revealed, “I was at the Nicon Noga Hilton hotel…

Bill seeking to make Alaafin of Oyo the permanent chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas has suffered heavy pushback from traditional leaders, stakeholders and ruling houses in Ibadan and Ogbomosho. The bill which has passed second reading in the Oyo State House of Assembly and has proceeded to the committee stage, seeks to amend the existing chieftaincy law to make the Alaafin the presiding authority in the comity of Oyo State traditional rulers.  On the flip side, the bill provided that in the absence of the Alaafin, the Olubadan would preside; and in the absence of both monarchs,…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has hinted that the lifting of ban on sachet alcohol is only temporary and not in anyway permanent. NAFDAC made this clarification on Monday through its Director of FCT Directorate, Mr Kenneth Azikiwe, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. According to the agency, temporary lifting of the ban is necessary to give manufacturers and distributors of the product ample time to prepare ahead of full implementation of the ban which will commence after December 31, 2025. “There is a ministerial lifting on the ban of sachet…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will release the results of the just concluded make-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Wednesday.  Alex Onyia, the CEO of Educare, disclosed on X(formerly Twitter) that the   UTME results of the rescheduled 157 centers in Lagos and the five Southeast states will be released by JAMB on Wednesday, urging candidates to start checking their results from Thursday morning. The front line educationist also revealed that the examination body has sent an invitation to him to join in reviewing the results before they are finally uploaded for candidates to start checking.  “The…

At the climax of his political persecution, the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is reportedly on his way to joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following irresistible pressures from the presidency.  According to sources, the deal for Governor Fubara’s defection was sealed at a meeting christened ‘London Peace Accord 2025’ which he had with President Tinubu in London, where the president dangled the offer before his eyes in exchange for peace in Rivers State.  The meeting of allurement is the first interface the governor will have with the president since his suspension as Rivers State governor in…

At the climax of his political persecution, the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is reportedly on his way to joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following irresistible pressures from the presidency.  According to sources, the deal for Governor Fubara’s defection was sealed at a meeting christened ‘London Peace Accord 2025’ which he had with President Tinubu in London, where the president dangled the offer before his eyes in exchange for peace in Rivers State.  The meeting of allurement is the first interface the governor will have with the president since his suspension as Rivers State governor in…

As the Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares for another period of change in the baton of leadership, three political heavyweights and formidable candidates have signified their respective interests to lead the party in the succeeding dispensation.  The gladiators who shared their disparate vision plans for the ruling party however intersected in such pertinent areas as unity, transparency, grassroots inclusion, and internal democracy. The three APC chairman hopefuls are Alhaji Abdulazeez Oluboyo, Mr Kolawole Babatunde (politically known as Amaechi), and Mr Ganny Oluwadare Dauda.  On his part, Alhaji Abdulazeez Oluboyo, a staunch party faithful and veteran…