Month: April 2021

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday welcomed the beginning of Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan, which marks the commencement of 30 days of fasting. In a message to the nation to mark the occasion, President Buhari prayed to Allah to accept our sacrifices and increase the unity, solidarity, peace and prosperity of the nation.…

  There was pandemonium at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zonal congress on Monday evening in Osogbo, capital of Osun State. The incident occurred around 6:45pm when some suspected hoodlums advanced towards the gate of the WOCDIF Event Centre where the congress was taking place in an attempt to invade the premises. Ex-Ekiti Governor…

Over ten armed hoodlums mobilised from Ibadan, the Oyo state capital with different rifles were reportedly apprehended in Osun State on Sunday evening. The were arrested in connection with the South-West zonal congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) taking place today in Osogbo, Osun State. Starnews Nigeria gathered that those arrested were members of…

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday broke his silence over the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. Obasanjo, who described Abiola as his school mate at the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, lamented that the cancellation of June 12 election had robbed of…

  Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has stated that he desires to be judged by the legacy he would leave behind and not by what critics say. The Minister stated this during the courtesy visit of the Alumni of the University of Calabar led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Banku Obi,…

  There was jubilation on Sunday when the Senior Shepherd-in-Charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, Genesis Global, Prophet Israel Ogundipe, who was granted post-conviction bail, returned to the church. Members burst into shouts and songs of appreciation when he entered the church premises. In a video posted on Instagram by the church, the convicted…

Ask Secondus To Sign On Ballot Papers Insist Ballot Papers must not exceed the number of delegates Demand public analysis of the number of ballot papers released and the serial numbers before the election Request for Observers/Monitors to save the party from impending anarchy Ahead of the Southwest Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party…

Names of dead people found on Oyo Delegates list Five names were duplicated Oyo has no elected chairmen but 33 names included as elected council chairmen Five members of other political parties found on the list Fictitious names included as Elders’ Committee in Oyo State PDP where such didn’t exist Ahead of the Monday April…

Bunmi Olugbade and Partners Globa Law Firm have petitioned the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, alleging grave anomalies in the delegates list released for Ekiti State ahead of the Southwest Zonal Congress of the PDP slated to hold in Osogbo, Osun State, on April 12, 2021. Starnews Nigeria reports that the petition was…

* We’ve been assured of fairness, equity and transparency – Group  The group in the South West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that Senator Dino Melaye, who was appointed as Chairman of the South-West Congress Screening Committee has assured of fairness, equity and transparency of…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially announced a new date and venue for its Zonal Congress in the Southwest. Starnews Nigeria reports that the party has now rescheduled the congress for Monday, April 12, 2021 with the venue fixed in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital. In a tweet by Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Thursday,…