Bayern Munich defender faces prison term in Spain
Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernandez must appear before a Madrid court next week and faces six months in prison, a justice spokesman confirmed on Thursday. France international Hernandez is to tell the court on Tuesday where he will serve the sentence that was handed down on Wednesday for violating a restraining order in 2017. The 25-year-old had violated the order while...
Oyetola, Aregbesola test might, hold parallel APC congresses
The crisis between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, came to the fore on Saturday. Both Oyetola and Aregbesola, the Minister of Internal Affairs, test their political strength as they held parallel congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo, the state capital. The congresses were to elect the new leadership of the party in...
Sunday Fagbemi is new Kwara APC chair
Prince Sunday Fagbemi has emerged the new chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. He emerged alongside 35 others as members of the state executive council of APC – all products of bottom-up consensus among party stakeholders. Fagbemi pledged that his team “would lead by example and work with everyone to strengthen the party”. Fagbemi, a long-standing ally of Governor...
Hoodlums vandalise 50 vehicles as Oyo PDP holds parallel congresses
Not less than 50 vehicles parked around the Jogor Centre, where Mulikat Adeola-Akande-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its congress, were vandalised by hoodlums. The hoodlums, in their scores, armed with sticks and cutlasses, were, however, prevented by security operatives from entering venue of the congress. Meanwhile, two parallel state executives emerged on Saturday in Oyo State when two PDP factions held...
Lai Mohammed’s faction holds parallel congress in Kwara
The faction loyal to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday held a parallel congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. Mr. Bashir Bolarinwa, former caretaker chairman of APC in Kwara, emerged as state chairman of the party. Bolarinwa, who was conspicuously absent at the APC delegates congress held at its secretariat on Reservation...
Congress: Tinubu’s anointed candidates emerge APC excos in Lagos
Thirty-seven anointed candidates loyal to former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were on Saturday elected unopposed as state executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos. Former Commissioner for Rural Development, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, emerged as Lagos State chairman of APC. Ojelabi and other 36 elected executive members of the Lagos APC were declared winners by the Chief...
NEC: Security operatives must undergo periodic psychiatric evaluation, drug test
The National Economic Council (NEC) has called on the leadership of the security agencies to ensure that their arms-bearing personnel undergo periodic psychiatric evaluation and drug test. This, the Council said, is to ensure that the personnel are psychologically fit to carry live weapons and to identify behavioural tendencies that may require psycho-social interventions. The Council also charged security personnel to...
Before parking that car…
What we usually see in almost everywhere we go, be it offices, hospitals, churches, mosques, cinemas, and banks, among others, is the inscription ‘cars or vehicles are parked at owners’ risk’. By this notice, owners and managers of facilities exonerate themselves from all liability in the event of a car or vehicle theft within their premises. Hence, there is a need...
EHICHIOYA EZOMON: Tainted threat of ’emergency rule’ in Anambra
President Muhammadu Buhari may've temporarily doused the tension generated by Wednesday, October 6, 2021, threat by the government to proclaim a "state of emergency" in Anambra State. *The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), threw the obviously discriminatory and politically-motivated proposal amid public expectation of de-escalation of tension nationwide.* According to Anambra Governor Willie Obiano, Buhari isn't in...
The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it!
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. You can even take it to the bank, as it’s a cheque that will never bounce. Last weekend in London, while speaking with top officials of the Nigerian High Commission, VP Osinbajo said of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Mai Gaskiya (Honest Man): “The President...
