The outgoing Majority Leader of the House, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has nominated Tajudeen Abbas for Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. Abbas is the choice candidate of the All Progressives Congress, while Ado-Doguwa is a speakership aspirant who stepped down for the party’s candidate. Nnolim Nnaji seconded the motion. (PUNCH)
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Senator Godswill Akpabio, senator-elect from Akwa Ibom has emerged as the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. PROMPT NEWS reports that Akpabio and a former governor of Zamfara state, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, were nominated for the senate president position. The former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Akpabio garnered 63 votes to defeat his rival, Yari, who polled 46 votes. Prompt News recalls that Senator Akpabio is the annointed candidate of the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Godswill Akpabio
Ekiti-based Nigerian chef, Damilola Adeparusi, has surpassed Hilda Baci’s 100-hour Cook-a-thon record. The chef, on Tuesday, shared the new record on her Instagram page while celebrating the feat. The PUNCH, on June 9, 2023, reports the chef began her 120 hours cook-a-thon. She became a cynosure in a viral video after she reportedly completed 15 hours of the 120 hours earmarked for the cooking. While some netizens have criticised her for attempting to break Hilda’s ‘yet to be confirmed’ attempt by the Guinness World Record, some have showered praise on her for believing in herself. The PUNCH also reports that…
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu, for allegedly defiling a two-year0old minor in the state. The suspect on June 7, reportedly lured the minor into his room and defiled her. The spokesperson of the Edo Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community in Uhunwonde Local Government Area of the state. Nwabuzor said the police received a report that Ogenowchukwu had defiled the two-year-old baby. According to him, investigation on the matter is ongoing under the gender unit of the criminal investigation department.…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, says some of his colleagues have resolved to support the choice of President Bola Tinubu for Senate President for the 10th National Assembly, scheduled for Tuesday. Makinde stated this on Monday in Ibadan during the post-second term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service, organised in his honour by the state chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the thanksgiving service, organised in conjunction with Fathers of Faith in Oyo State, was held at Oritamefa Baptist Church, Ibadan. The governor said that the governors came together and resolved to support Tinubu’s…
Concerned Parents of Chibok Girls have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to help facilitate the release of 92 abducted girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity. The parents made the appeal in a a letter issued on Monday by Yana Galang (mother to Rifkatu Galang still in captivity) and Zanna Lawan (father to Aisha Lawan still in captivity). They also congratulated Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on their assumption of office as president and vice president respectively. They begged the president to use his honourable office to help in releasing the remaining girls still in captivity. “Mr. President, as you are well…
The Presidency on Monday made clarification on Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s remarks on support for southern Senate President. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice-President, stated in Abuja that the vice-president’s remarks were taken out context. The vice-president met with senators campaigning for the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Barau Jibrin to lead the 10th Senate on Sunday. Shettima said at the interactive session that the nation’s current political structure demanded the emergence of a southern Christian and a northern Muslim as the fairest balance to promote inclusivity at the centre. “Shettima’s statement was motivated by a…
As we celebrate the 2023 Democracy Day declared as a public holiday in Nigeria, to honour Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola (MKO) Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, the Ajileyes in this encounter shared an interesting story of one of Chief MKO Abiola’s son, Kolajo Suleiman Abiola. Read the interesting story: This is Kolajo Suleiman Abiola (KSA), one of Chief MKO Abiola’s son. For many years people thought he is my first son because after his father’s sudden death, the lot fell on me by providence and God calculation to step up to help raise and nurture this…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed plans by his administration to develop a plan of action for the making of Osun State Electricity Market policy and legislation. Speaking on recent signing into law of a constitutional amendment empowering state governments to regulate electricity market within their boundaries, Governor Adeleke in a statement on Monday directed the setting up of a technical committee to prepare the state policy plan on the management of state power sector. The Governor noted that the committee is to come up with a detailed plan to create Osun State Electricity Market…
Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has sought the intervention of the World Bank to address environmental issues in the state. The governor made the call on Monday, when he undertook on-the-site inspection of some erosion sites in the state capital, Calabar. Otu, who was accompanied on the inspection by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, bemoaned the danger posed to residents of the affected areas, and pledged short to medium intervention to safeguard lives and property. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Emmanuel Ogbeche, quoted Senator Otu as saying that the inspection had become…