Former Osun State governor and ex-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, has stated that President Bola Tinubu had little knowledge of Nigerian politics before assuming office.Speaking on State Affairs, a podcast hosted by journalist Edmund Obilo, Akande described Tinubu as a financial expert rather than a political expert. “He is a financial…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed why he is not part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain stated that he was never interested in any ministerial position and he had already informed Tinubu about it. It will be recalled that the Senate, in August 2023, declined to confirm El-Rufai…
Activist and politician, Senator Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, calling him a “midget professor” who is jobless and frustrated after being denied a role in the Tinubu’-led administration. Sani was responding to El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he accused Tinubu’s administration of attempting…
Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has disclosed his resolve to reject administrative bail granted him by the Nigerian Police. The activist was summoned following a viral video he posted on social media, of his encounter with officers of the Nigeria Police. Sowore, who arrived at the Force headquarters…
Mudashiru Obasa was absent from plenary on Monday despite insisting that he remained the speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly following his impeachment. This was after Channels Television reported that the Assembly instructed its officials to henceforth, present valid identity cards to access the premises, signalling tightened security at the complex. There was also…
Legal icon and elder statesman, Afe Babalola, has said that he is ready to withdraw his criminal defamation suit against rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Babalola had sued Farotimi in an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court following Farotimi’s publication of a book which allegedly defamed him. Babalola’s decision to withdraw his suit followed the visit to him…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged the Yoruba race to guard their culture which he described as authentic and never allowed it to go into extinction. Obasanjo disclosed this at a luncheon he organised to celebrate the 50th birthday of the renowned woman drummer, Aralola Olamuyiwa held at the Green Legacy of the Olusegun Obasanjo…
Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, has called for a public apology and retraction from Olufunke Ayokunle, a content creator and gospel musician, for sharing an old video of her dancing following the recent deadly stampede in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to Naomi, the video, originally recorded in 2022 was…
The Omoluabi Progressives, a political group led by former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has announced its decision to exit the All Progressives Congress. In a statement signed by the group’s Organising and Publicity Secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede, and obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, the resolution to leave the APC was said to have been reached…
Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of Ogun State, has recounted how he discovered the bodies of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and the then Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh in the bush after the January 15, 1966 coup. Osoba, in a Vanguard interview, first published in 2010, narrated how he was informed of…
