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2023: Uncertainty Trails Jonathan’s Candidacy In APC

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Uncertainty Trails Jonathan’s Candidacy In APC

Goodluck Jonathan The consultation between former President Goodluck Jonathan and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress for Jonathan to emerge as the presidential candidate has been rejected by support groups working for some presidential aspirants of the party. Groups loyal to presidential aspirants of the party, including the APC National leader and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; in separate interviews with The PUNCH, dismissed the consensus plot for the ex-President. It was also gathered that those who were behind the plot and some members of the National Working Committee of the party feared that it might not sail through. It was learnt that although the plan had been announced, opposition to it w...

I’m On A Mission To Stop Excessive Use Of Cash, Peter Obi Tells Delegates

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

I’m On A Mission To Stop Excessive Use Of Cash, Peter Obi Tells Delegates

Peter Obi Anambra State former Governor Peter Obi has advised the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) delegates to collect the money offered by aspirants, but should think about their children’s future when voting for their preferred candidate. Obi, a presidential aspirant in the PDP, who said he was on a mission to stop monetisation of the political process, noted that he would not give money to delegates. He spoke yesterday in Akure when he addressed Ondo State delegates as part of his nationwide tour to woo delegates ahead of the primary election. Obi urged the delegates to probe the past antecedents of the aspirants. He said Nigerians needed somebody with capacity, good behaviour and character as their president and not just the ability to talk and make promises. Read...

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

Classroom No fewer than 300,000 teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the country may miss benefiting from the new welfare package the government wants to implement for teachers in its payroll. Findings by the Vanguard revealed that the development is because such teachers are not licensed, certificated and registered by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN.It was gathered that the government has made registration with the TRCN a condition for benefiting from the scheme. From investigation by our correspondent, the TRCN, which conducts Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, four times a year, has so far registered and licensed about 800,000 teachers out of the about 1.1 million teachers in public schools. Speaking on the matter, Registrar of the ...

Traditional Worshippers Decry Open Display Of Alaafin’s Dead Body

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Traditional Worshippers Decry Open Display Of Alaafin’s Dead Body

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III Traditional worshippers have decried the open display of the body of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, during the Muslim prayer session, which they said, was against the tenets of traditional respect for a deceased king. They also urged Yoruba monarchs to promote traditional religion, which is the basis of their crowns. The traditionalists said the late Oba Adeyemi never minced words in condemning the open display of any Yoruba Oba’s remains for any purpose while he was alive and even went against an attempt by the Ogun State House of Assembly to alter the state’s burial rites procedure to weaken the power of traditional religion and practitioners in taking the needed roles at the burial rites of any deceased king. In a statem...

Mothers’ Sunday: Mrs Soludo Asks Mothers To Refocus On Sound Child Rasing, Moral Institution

24Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Uncategorized

Mothers’ Sunday: Mrs Soludo Asks Mothers To Refocus On Sound Child Rasing, Moral Institution

Nonye Soludo The wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo has asked mothers to refocus on bringing the best out of their children by being the right reflection of morality and hard work. Mrs Soludo who made the appeal in a message to commemorate the 2022 Mothers' Sunday of the Catholic Church, explained that as co-builders of the home, mothers have a great deal to cover in terms of what their children learn from them and their associations. According to the Governor's wife, "as a mother of six successful children, I understand, first hand, the immense task of raising a child that remains conscious of what is right or wrong. Of his or her society, moral expectations, and how to react to issues around them. Mothers have an enormous duty to mould the best children tha...

Atiku Not Part Of Northern Consensus Arrangement — Dokpesi

24Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Atiku Not Part Of Northern Consensus Arrangement — Dokpesi

Ramond Dokpesi Former Vice President and leading presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he was never a party to the northern consensus arrangement. The Technical Committee for the Actualization of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidency in 2023, in a statement by its chairman, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, said the former VP did not subject himself to any purported consensus process and thus not bound by any of the recommendations and conclusions of the report. “As an avowed nationalist, Waziri Atiku Abubakar strongly believes that Nigeria has never been as divided as it is today. “He strongly believes that any ‘consensus’ arrangement premised on any regional, zonal, ethno-religious, and/or sectional gang-up will further deepen and widen this divide, and worsen the woun...

Tinubu, Umahi, Mohammed, Ngige, Other Attend Aisha Buhari’s Iftar Dinner

24Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu, Umahi, Mohammed, Ngige, Other Attend Aisha Buhari’s Iftar Dinner

Aisha Buhari National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governors Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, are among the presidential aspirants at the Iftar dinner hosted by the First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari. The dinner took place at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the First Lady had sent out invitation to all presidential aspirants of different political parties, ministers, governors and some other personalities for Ramadan Iftar dinner on Saturday. Read Also: 2023: Osinbajo Seeks Oyo APC Delegates’ Support For Presidential Bid As early as 6:20p.m., some of the expected dignitaries had started entering the venue of the event, which w...

Alaafin Adeyemi: Ortom, Obaseki Condole With Makinde

24Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Alaafin Adeyemi: Ortom, Obaseki Condole With Makinde

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Saturday commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State over the transition to the great beyond of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. In a condolence message to his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, the governor described the late Oyo monarch as a courageous king who did everything possible to preserve the culture and tradition of his people. Ortom noted that Oba Adeyemi’s reign witnessed peace and unity of the kingdom, which created the enabling environment for growth and development, not just in Oyo State but also in Nigeria. The governor lamented that the late monarch departed at a time when his wisdom and wealth of expe...

2023: Lamido Slams PDP Elders Over Endorsement Of Saraki, Bala As Consensus Candidates

24Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Lamido Slams PDP Elders Over Endorsement Of Saraki, Bala As Consensus Candidates

PDP Former Governor of Jigawa State and one of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in the country, Sule Lamido, has slammed northern elders over the recent endorsement of two aspirants as the party’s consensus presidential candidates. Lamido stated this in a statement, which he personally signed and issued to Daily Post on Saturday. He was reacting to the outcome of a northern leaders’ meeting in Minna, Niger State, where former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed were shortlisted as northern consensus candidates. In a communique signed by former Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the northern leaders said the election of Saraki and Bala Mohammed was arrived at based on certain criteria adopt...

Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Dies at 83

23Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Dies at 83

Lamidi-Olayiwola-Adeyemi-III The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has passed on. He was 83 years old. The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday, according to palace officials. Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children had received the monarch’s remains at Idi-Igba, Oyo town early Saturday morning. Palace sources confirmed that traditional rites had begun without giving details about his burial arrangement yet. Adeyemi ruled for 52 years before his demise, making him the longest-reigning Alaafin. By tradition, the head of the Oyomesi, Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Ayoola, would take over pending the appointment of a new Alaafin. Read Also: Buhar...