The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Sunday, acknowledged the contribution of OBIdient movement to his “mission”. He said the passion shown by the youths who are members of the movement was a source of inspiration for his presidential ambition. The former Anambra State Governor stated this in appreciation of the Saturday’s rally by his supporters in Calabar, Cross River State. In a series of post on his Twitter page on Sunday, Obi wrote, “To the millions of young people in our country who have continued to advance the cause of our OBIdient Movement, I say Thank you. “To

OGHENOVO EGODO-MICHAEL writes on activities in the third week of the ongoing reality TV show   Day 16: Disqualification and evictions   One of the housemates on the show, Beauty Tukura, was evicted from the show. This was after she had an altercation with another contestant, Groovy. The week before, she had got a strike for her ‘fight’ with Ilebaye over Groovy.   Shortly after her disqualification, two new housemates— Chizzy and Rachel— were ushered into the house. According to Big Brother, the new housemates would be known as ‘The Riders’ and they will stay till the end of the

The handlers of pop icon, Innocent Idibia, aka 2Baba, have described as mere rumours the report that the singer is expecting a baby from another woman.   Many had insinuated that the singer had impregnated another woman after he made a post on social media apologising to his wife, Annie for ‘messing up’ and embarrassing her.   In the post that went viral on the internet, 2Baba wrote in part, “This is no stunt. I am sorry for all the embarrassment I’ve caused my wife, my kids, my mother and all our families, and my management team. I am not

John Shiklam in Kaduna The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) will embark on a peaceful protest on Wednesday in Abuja to demand the resignation of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Mungono, over the lingering insecurity in the country.In a statement in Kaduna Sunday, the group maintained that for the past seven years that Mungono was appointed to the sensitive position of NSA, the security situation in the country has been abysmal, as terrorists and other criminal elements unleashed mayhem on Nigerians. The statement signed by the spokesman of AYA, Ali Mohammed, said there are enough reasons for Mungono to have

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan  The Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Mr. Michael Lana, has assured residents of the state of running an all inclusive government if elected as governor.He gave the assurance at the weekend during a courtesy visit to the Seriki Sabo of Ibadanland, Alhaji Aliyu Dahiru Zungeru, at his palace in Sabo, Ibadan. He said he is at home with all the tribes in the state who he believed are contributing their quota to the development of the state, adding that the time has come for government at all levels to be interested in

Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has named his former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, as his Special Assistant on Digital Communications.This was contained in a letter of appointment dated July 20, 2022 addressed to Ahmad by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who said the appointment took effect from July 19, 2022. Ahmad had resigned his previous position as Personal Assistant to the president earlier this year in line with the presidential directive urging all political office holders wishing to contest elective office to resign.The presidential media aide lost his bid to

Indications that the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun may be probed emerged at the weekend when the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state met and expressed their displeasure over his outburst in Abeokuta. The chairman of Ogun APC, Yemi Sanusi berated the former governor over his statement on the 2019 election, saying such outburst was not only unsenatorial, but also unbecoming of a supposed statesman. After a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the ruling party in the 20 local government areas of the state on Friday, it was learnt that the party

John Shiklam in Kaduna The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore at the weekend disclosed that it had filed a suit against Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom before the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC), Hague for allegedly seizing 25,000 cows belonging to its members.Miyetti Allah, a Fulani socio-cultural group, wanted the ICC to intervene in the detention of 4,000 Fulani herdsmen, who violated the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law, 2017. The National Secretary-General of Miyetti Allah, Mr Saleh Alhassan revealed the decision at the weekend at a session with journalists on Friday. After inaugurating the state’s Community

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has lamented the federal government’s inability to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Atiku therefore promised that incessant strike by the ASUU would be a history when the main opposition party forms the next government. He gave the assurance at the commemoration of the 2022 International Youth Day in Abuja on Friday, noting that the most important and fundamental right of any youth is the right to education. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure to