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Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu has denied reports that he has been appointed as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Reports were rife on Tuesday that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Odumosu as the substantive Chairman of EFCC.

The appointment according to the reports is subject to his confirmation by the Senate.

However, Odumosu in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday night debunked the news.

He said the information must have emanated from mischief makers and should be totally disregarded.

Tinubu has suspended indefinitely the former chairman of the anti-corruption body, AbdulRasheed Bawa on Wednesday, June 14.

According to a release from the presidency on, Bawa’s suspension is “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. This follows weighty allegation of abuse of office leveled against him.

https://newsday.com.ng/breaking-president-tinubu-appoints-former-lagos-police-commissioner-odumosu-as-chairman-of-anti-corruption-body-efcc/

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has commenced demolition of buildings reportedly built on public lands.

The exercise which commenced in the wee hours of Saturday has already claimed a three-storey building with 90 shops on race- course (Filin Sukuwa), Nasarawa GRA.

It was gathered that the massive building was brought down around 200am.

The governor who led the demolition exercise was reportedly accompanied by the Police Commissioner, Muhammed Gumel.

It could be recalled that Yusuf shortly after been declared governor elect had vowed to clean up Kano and threatened to demolish buildings erected on public properties.

This is the first demolition carried out after assuming office on Monday, May 29th.

The governor had also on Friday directed the developer carrying out construction works at the Hajj Camp to stop ongoing construction.

https://newsday.com.ng/abba-kabir-yusuf-begins-demolition-of-illegal-buildings-in-kano-photos/

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said that Friday’s visit of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers to President- elect, Bola Tinubu was meant to lobby for appointment.

Wike and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde on Friday paid a visit to the President-elect Bola Tinubu, at the Defence House, Abuja.

Wike and Makinde, who are members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), met with the president-elect alongside other governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The APC governors are Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State

Wike and Makinde are members of the G5 governors, which include Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia States, all members of the PDP.

They worked against their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and supported Tinubu of the APC in the 25 February election.

Tinubu won the presidential election in Oyo State, and pulled a surprise result in Rivers State, by defeating Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku.

Speaking after the meeting, Makinde said elections are over, and the country must move toward governance.

“We are here to let him know that elections are over – this is governance and we will do our best to give him support,” Mr Makinde said.

Wike also expressed support for the incoming Tinubu administration and expressed optimism that he (Tinubu) will turn the country around.

“Just like my friend (Mr Makinde) said, a winner has emerged and therefore it is alright to give necessary support in the interest of Nigeria. I have the confidence that he has what it takes to turn Nigeria around,” he said.

Reacting to the visit of the two governors, Tambuwal in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle said ‘they’re lobbying for appointment’.

He accompanied the tweet with his picture laughing.

https://newsday.com.ng/tambuwal-mocks-wike-for-visiting-tinubu-says-rivers-governor-lobbing-for-appointment/

A massive crowd of Labour Party supporters in Abia State on Wednesday staged a rally to celebrate the declaration of Alex Otti as the governor-elect of the state.

They carried a mock coffin to bury the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in the state as they marched through the streets of Aba.

Abia residents bury PDP #ObiIsComing #CongratulationsObidients pic.twitter.com/zLNSyBGzVD

— NewsDay Nigeria (@newsdaynaija) March 22, 2023

Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor , has lost in his polling unit at PO 045 in Anifowoshe, Ikeja.

He lost to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the APC.

Sanwo-Olu got 29 votes to defeat Rhodes-Vivor , who got 18 votes at the polling unit.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran came third at the polling unit with two votes.

Earlier after voting , Rhodes-Vivor had said he was confident of victory at the poll.

https://newsday.com.ng/sanwo-olu-wins-rhodes-vivour-polling-unit/

Some women have taken to the streets of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to protest against what they perceive as a deliberate ploy by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig Saturday’s governorship and State House of Assembly election in favour of Governor Nyesom Wike’s candidates

The women, who marched through major streets before heading to the commission’s state office demanded that INEC should not succumb to Wike’s intimidation

The protesters who were clutched with placards had inscriptions like “INEC, Rivers State is not for Sale; INEC, We are watching you, Mahmood Yakubu, Resist Wike’s blackmail against you”.

As they marched towards the office of the commission, the protesters were heard chanting “INEC, we no go gree, we no go gree’

Some of those who spoke to NewsDay said that it had become clear that the commission wants to rig the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in favour of Wike’s candidates.
https://newsday.com.ng/rivers-women-storm-inec-office-in-protest/


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Mariam Adediran, wife of the governorship candidate of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, aka Jandor, says reports that she moved out of her matrimonial home are false.

There has been some political propaganda about the family of the 45-year-old frontline contender for the number one seat in the state.

In a country where politicians' private lives were once off limits, media speculation about Mariam's role in her husband's bid to govern Lagos abounded since the 2023 electioneering began.

Mariam, who is based in the United States of America, had not been featuring in the political activities of her husband, fueling rumour that all is not well in their marriage.

Now, Mariam has come out to quashed all rumours suggesting trouble in her marriage and confirmed that all is well with Jandor.
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Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye has said nobody should take former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose serious over claims that the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar rejected the one term offer presented to him for peace to reign in PDP.

Melaye noted that anyone who knew the antecedents of Fayose would not take him serious.


Recall that Fayose while appearing as a guest on ARISE TV on March 2 revealed that, Atiku rejected the offer of one term in office to get the G5 governors’ support.

“I was invited by His Excellency Atiku Abubakar to a hotel in Lagos. I told him four things, that there were four demands they made of you. One, you are seventy-six as of last year. The G-5 said, you are already a candidate, you can’t abort a child that has been given birth to.

“But let us go back and tell the Southerners that you will spend four years so that it would not look like it will be eight to eight years back to back for the North because Buhari is leaving and he is representing the North irrespective of the party.


“They told his excellency to make his official announcement, not that he should hand it over to any member of the G-5. That you are going to spend four years and at that time you will be 80 years, all the people surrounding him disagree, that they can’t say such, when he becomes President he will say it, who does that?

Atiku lost the G5 governors’ states to APC’s Bola Tinubu who won three and Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi won two states.

However, Melaye has come out to puncture Fayose’s claim.

Speaking in an interview with Punch, Melaye said Nigerians should never take Fayose serious.

He stated that it was impossible for Fayose to sit in front of Atiku and say the G5 governors were offering him one term before they can suppport him

He said Nigerians should ask Fayose where he met Atiku and what was Atiku’s response.

‘Take anything from Fayose seriously at your own peril. Where did he sit down with Atiku to offer Atiku one term? Can Ayo Fayose sit in front of Atiku and say we are offering you one term? And what was Atiku’s response?

Melaye added that Fayose was only trying to curry favour from the APC
https://newsday.com.ng/pdp-crisis-dont-take-fayose-serious-dino-melaye/

A moving train rammed into a BRT bus at Ikeja area of Lagos on Thursday.

The accident occurred around 7.30 a.m.

Train rams into BRT bus in Lagos#BreakingNews #SanwoforLagos pic.twitter.com/jR0BgJo0nT

— NewsDay Nigeria (@newsdaynaija) March 9, 2023

Supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi on Sunday chased away the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Peter Mbah from church.

Mbah had attended the Ugwu Di Nso Annual Youth Lenten Retreat with other worshipers.

The annual event under the Catholic Diocese of Enugu was held at the Diocesan Pastoral/ Catechetical Centre, Ugwu Di Nso

When the presiding Priest called on Mbah to speak, supporters of Obi popularly called Obidients started shouting Obi, Obi Obi

All attempts by the priest and Vicar General of the diocese to prevail on the supporters to allow Mbah talk were rebuffed.

They continued with the chants until Mbah left the event venue with the help of some security operatives and his supporter

https://newsday.com.ng/peter-obi-supporters-chase-away-enugu-pdp-guber-candidate-peter-mbah-from-church/

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is leading Atiku Abubakar, his Peoples Democratic Party rival in Sokoto State.


Although there are 23 Local Government Areas in the state, Tinubu has gathered most of the votes in 10 LGAs.


While he polled 101,608, Atiku garnered 98,080 while Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) y came third with 314 votes and Peter Obi of Labour Party secured 171 votes.

Here are the results so far announced by INEC:
https://newsday.com.ng/tinubu-leading-atiku-in-sokoto/

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the Presidential election results from 11 local Government Areas out of 17 LGAs.

Results of 11 local Governments areas out of 17 LGAs so far released by INEC indicate that Peter Obi of the Labour Party had 160,868 votes, Atiku had 18,571 votes and Tinubu had 6,635 votes.

Below are the results from the various LGAs as released by INEC:

https://newsday.com.ng/obi-leads-atiku-tinubu-wins-11-local-governments-in-abia/

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has taken the lead in the result of 2023 presidential election in 14 out of 20 local government areas of Bauchi State.

While the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the notorious Toro local government area with a slim margin.

The results collated by the Bauchi State Returning Officer for the Presidential election conducted Saturday, Professor Ahmed Sarki Fagam at INEC office in Bauchi.

Here are results so far announced:
https://newsday.com.ng/atiku-leads-in-14-lgas-in-bauchi-tinubu-wins-1/

[quote author=FreeStuffsNG post=121285372][/quote]You must be sick upstairs. You keep posting Fake Alert whenever APC loses.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in six out of the ten local government areas announced in Akwa Ibom State.

There are 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom but only results from ten had been announced at the INEC State Collation Centre at about 8:00 p.m.

Atiku won in Ikono, Udung Uko, Uruan,  Obot Akara, Ibesikpo Asutan and Mbo LGAs

The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu won in three  local governments (Ika, Etim Ekpo and Urueoffong/Oruko) while the Labour Party won one (Ibiono Ibom) .

Below is the result declared so far by INEC.

https://newsday.com.ng/nigeriadecides2023-atiku-leads-in-akwa-ibom-after-results-from-nine-local-govts/

This is the result sheet

That is the true result. Waiting for party agents so sign the result sheet for me to upload

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila failed to deliver his polling unit to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi won the unit.

Tinubu  got 69 votes while Obi garnered 89 votes at the polling unit located at  Elizabeth Fowler Primary in Surulere.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar got only 5 votes.

The turnout at the unit was not impressive as only 184 people were accredited in the unit that has 668 voters.
https://newsday.com.ng/gbaajabiamila-fails-to-deliver-polling-unit-for-tinubu-as-obi-wins/

The Kwara State Governor, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has allegedly ordered the arrest of the immediate past Chairman of the Okada Riders Association, Kwara State chapter, Alh. Abdulfatahi Oladimeji for supporting the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Oladimeji and some members of the group had in video condemned the administration of AbdulRazaq for neglecting Okada riders in the state.

Oladimeji had in the video, which has now gone viral praised the PDP in the state for supporting members of the union despite not being in government in the state

According to him, the opposition has consistently continue his welfarism programmes to the riders even after leaving government in 2019.

He decried the perceived neglect of members of the union by the APC-led government, noting that the government rather imposed different taxes and levies on the riders.

In the video, some members of the union could be heard saying ‘O’su wa,’ meaning we are tired.
https://newsday.com.ng/gov-abdulrazaq-allegedly-orders-arrest-of-okada-riders-over-video-supporting-opposition-party-in-kwara/

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G5 Governors appear to have been divided over who to support in the February 25 presidential election between Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party(LP).

Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuayi (Enugu) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) are not with their party’s flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on account of the refusal of the PDP national chairman, Dr.Iyorchia Ayu to quit his office despite promising to leave in the event of the emergence of a northerner as a presidential candidate.

The governors had vowed not to campaign for Atiku, hinting that they would reveal the presidential candidate they would support, few weeks to the February 25 presidential poll

ALSO READ: PDP crisis: G5 meets in London again

Although the five governors have agreed among themselves to support a presidential candidate from the South, they are, however divided over who support between the two leading candidates from the South.

While Wike is said to be leaning towards Tinubu, Ortom and Makinde have indicated their preference for Obi.

Confirming this development, the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Diran Odeyemi said Makinde may have a soft spot for Obi but expressed doubts that he would ever make his stand public.

“A lot of political games are going on. In Oyo State, the deputy governor, Bayo Lawal, has been attending events of the Atiku campaign organisation even though his boss is a member of G-5.

“Seyi (Makinde) is not ready to lose his re-election bid and is therefore keeping his choice close to his chest. He may have instructed his foot soldiers on what to do but he would be wise enough to go with the crowd in the end.

There are, however, strong indications that Obi may be favoured by the group.

To arrive at a consensus and fashion a strategy for the 2023 presidential election, the five governors on Monday travelled to London in continuation of their meeting.

With the governors trip to London, the meeting between the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and Ortom could not hold.
https://newsday.com.ng/tinubu-obi-divide-g5-governors-as-group-meets-in-london-again/

The Lagos State Government has finally succumbed to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which allows students to wear Hijab to school, if they so desire.
Use of Hijab in public schools had become a controversy in the state leading to the Muslim Students Society taking the matter to court where they eventually got victory at the nation’s highest court.
The state government, on Monday, 5 December 2022 sets machinery in motion to implement the judgment of the Supreme Court.
A memo to this effect signed by the state Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola was released on Monday, 5 December 2022.
The memo stated that while the state Government will soon release a comprehensive guideline on the use of Hijab in the state public schools, it directed all accounting officers not only to comply with the ruling, they must also give it the widest publicity.
The government also warned that all schools in the state that the ruling is binding on them, noting that as a law-abiding institution, it will implement the ruling of the court.
The supreme court had in its judgment on June 17 affirmed the rights of Muslim female students in Lagos state to wear hijab to school.

In October 2014, a Lagos high court ruled against the wearing of hijab in schools, a decision that was overturned by an appellate court in July 2016.

Delivering judgment, five out of a seven-member panel of the apex court held that banning the use of hijab is discriminatory.

“No student should be discriminated against in any form on the basis of religion.”

The Lagos state government had banned the use of hijab on the premise that it was not part of the approved school uniform for students.

https://newsday.com.ng/finally-lagos-succumbs-to-supreme-court-ruling-approves-use-of-hijabs-in-schools/

The popular Yoruba musician, Alhaji Saheed Osupa, popularly known as Saridon P, on Monday, thrilled PDP supporters at the campaign rally of the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar in Lagos.

At the mention of his name, the atmosphere at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), venue of the rally became charged, with PDP supporters displaying different dance steps.


Osupa thrilled the cheering crowd to some of his popular hit songs.


Present at the event were dignitaries including former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, amongst others.
https://newsday.com.ng/saheed-osupa-thrills-pdp-supporters-at-atikus-campaign-rally-in-lagos/

There was a mild drama on Monday as former presidential media aide, Reno Omokri declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Omokri, who stormed the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) where Tinubu was speaking could be see shouting Tinubu for President.
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A video that appears to show women fighting for rice from a cooking pot has gone viral on social media.

In the video shared by Senator Shehu Sani on his social media page, hungry women from a certain part of the north were seen scrambling for rice from a cooking pot while still on fire.


Their kids could be heard crying in the background, while their parents jostle to scoop rice from the cooking pot.

He captioned it: "Where’s the Rice pyramid?

He, however, did not specify when and where the video was taken.

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https://newsday.com.ng/nigerians-are-starving-senator-shehu-sani-shares-video-of-women-scrambling-for-rice-from-a-cooking-pot/

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday in Lagos met with business leaders, investors and captains of industry across various sectors to present his economic agenda for the country, ahead of the 2023 polls.

The event, an interactive session with industrialists, business executives, entrepreneurs and foreign investors, was held at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island.


Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; foremost entrepreneur and investor, Tony Elumelu, and founder of Zenith Bank, Mr Jim Ovia, led the pack of business leaders that graced the event, which was also attended by Atiku’s running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP governors and party stalwarts.

Speaking at the event, Atiku said the 2023 presidential election presented another opportunity for Nigeria, which, he said, stands at the threshold between indifference and greatness.
https://newsday.com.ng/atiku-meets-business-leaders-in-lagos-presents-economic-blueprint/

Some major markets in the Lagos State were closed for business on Saturday.

The markets were closed by market leaders because of the mega rally by the All Progressives Congress (APC).


The rally is scheduled for today at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere area of the state.

The leaders of the markets were forced to close the markets according to orders from the Iyaloja-General of Lagos, Folashade Ojo.

Ojo is the daughter of the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu.

Markets like the popular Ojuwoye market in Mushin and the Oshodi market were closed when our correspondent visited the markets this morning.

It was however learnt that there was no government directive in that regard except the one passed on by market leaders in the state.


The 24,000-capacity stadium was already filled to the brim as at 8 am by the APC faithful drawn from the 20 Local government areas and 37 LCDAs of the state.

The major roads leading to the stadium were blocked to traffic while vehicles were diverted to other convenient routes.

Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor has berated the alleged order to shut down the markets for the mega rally by of the APC.
https://newsday.com.ng/markets-forced-to-close-for-tinubus-home-coming-rally-in-lagos-today/

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday harvested tens of thousands of defectors from opposition political parties in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, in what observers say further underlines the popularity of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and his government.

The defectors were led by dozens of erstwhile generals in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party, NNPP, African Democratic Congress, among others — all attesting to the impressive performance of the administration in education, healthcare, workers’ welfare, rural-urban infrastructural development, women and youth empowerment, and safety nets for the poor and the vulnerable.


The Banquet Hall Ilorin — venue of the event — and its expansive precincts were filled to the brim as the defectors drawn from north, south and central districts of Kwara filed to the hall in a carnivalesque atmosphere.

They were received by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq alongside several top government officials and party chieftains such as Kwara APC chairman Sunday Fagbemi; and Director General of the APC Campaign Alhaji Yahaya Seriki; among others.

The big fishes among the defectors included former Deputy Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly under PDP Hon. Mathew Okedare; former Commissioner for Tertiary Education under PDP Barrister Abdullahi Alikinla; former Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Engr Musa Yeketi; Personal Assistant to the former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Political (PAPOL) Alhaji Hassan Gegele;
PDP Women Leader in Ifelodun LG Adenike Ayilara; former Special Assistant to Senator Bukola Saraki on Domestic Hon. Bolakale Ajanaku; Otunba Olabode Oyedepo popularly called Bode Deway; SDP House of Assembly aspirant from Offa Mr. Ahmed Akorede; Hon. Dolapo Hamza; Hon. Ahmad Solagberu; PDP House of Rep aspirant for Asa/Ilorin West Hon. Ahmed Bayero; YPP Vice Chairman in Asa Hamzat Dolapo; Abu Jimoh Plumber; Bola Afolayan from Ekiti LG; and Alhaji Abdullahi Sarumi, among others.


Officially welcoming the defectors, AbdulRazaq congratulated the new members of APC for their decision and assured the decampees of fairness and equal treatment.

“We welcome all the decampees and appreciate you for your conviction and your trust in our party. We are going to work together to achieve success. We will treat you all fairly as members of our party. As you can see, PDP is now empty. They only deploy social media to feign popularity,” he said.

“They came up with a slogan – ‘O Suwa’ (We are fed up). They are truly shameless for comparing their 16 years to our three and a half years in office. They boast of constructing a fly over bridge at the post office. They are liars. They never told Kwarans that the Federal government funded the project. The same thing applies to Ilesha Baruba – Chikanda road construction and the Airport. We are building huge projects with our own money as an administration while delivering basic amenities to our people, including workers’ welfare. We cannot entrust the future of our state to those who once ruined a bank. They will destroy our state, if we make that mistake. Let them know that you’re not tired of good government and steady spread of infrastructure across the state,” the Governor told the mammoth crowd.
https://newsday.com.ng/kwara-apc-welcomes-thousands-of-defectors-from-pdp-sdp-adc-others/

Saraki speaking at the at rally

The Labour Party (LP) Presidential flag bearer, Mr. Peter Obi on Sunday attended The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries’ two-day crusade in Lagos.

His attendance elated faithful at the crusade ground.


The crusade, being held at the church’s headquarters in Ijesha Lagos, which was to seek God’s face for the congregation’s progress and the good of the society had as theme: “The King Has Decided To Honour You”.

The event, which had people from across the globe in attendance, was also used to offer prayers for countries undergoing transition in governance and with special prayer for Nigeria’s stability.

Speaking at the event, Obi requested for prayers for God to make him a vessel to use public funds for public good in Nigeria.
https://newsday.com.ng/again-obi-storms-lords-chosen-charismatic-revival-ministries/

In less than a week, Ademola Adeleke will drop the “elect” from his title and become Governor Ademola Adeleke , Osun State’s 5th elected governor.

Adeleke will be officially sworn on Sunday, November 27 at the Osogbo City Stadium, in the state capital at 10 a.m.


Activities celebrating Adeleke’s inauguration have already begun.


Ahead of Sunday’s swearing-in ceremony, Adeleke did a walk-out exercise to thank God and the people of Osun.

Adeleke won the July 16 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

Adeleke will take over from Adegboyega Oyetola, who came into power on November 27, 2018.
https://newsday.com.ng/video-osun-governor-elect-adeleke-prepares-for-swearing-in-ceremony/

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has clarified his statement in Port Harcourt misunderstood to mean that he and former Rivers State governor Peter Odili were classmates.
Obi was in Rivers State on Thursday to commission the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo flyover on the invitation of Governor Nyesom Wike.


Obi had said, “Dr. Peter Odili was my Senior Boy in Secondary School. We couldn’t have played football in CKC without Odili. Any day he is not in the match we’ve lost, so we know. I have people in Rivers state that went to school with me, some people nobody have seen people who went to school with them. So we must say this.”

Obi’s statement generated a lot of controversies because publicly available records said Mr Odili, governor from 1999 to 2007, was born in 1948 and graduated from high school in 1967.

From the record, Odili graduated more than a decade before Mr Obi and barely six years after the Labour politician was born in 1961.


Responding to the controversies, Obi in a series of Tweets on Saturday said his comment was “deliberately” taken out of context.

“My remarks when I visited Port Harcourt have been wrongly interpreted by some people. The former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili and I, are among other prominent Nigerians that schooled in Christ the King College (CKC) Onitsha, and we remain alumni of the school.

I did not say that former Governor Odili was my classmate, rather I said that he was a great footballer in my school, and we all cherished and had good memories of his football exploits when we got into the school.


I was in CKC from 1973 to 1978 and Dr Peter Odili had graduated before I got into the school. He was such a fabulous footballer whose image still loomed large even in our time, especially considering the fact that my Primary School was very close to CKC

The Primary School that I attended, Santa Maria School/Holy Trinity School, were both owned by the same Catholic Church that owned Christ the King College (CKC), Onitsha. In fact, both Primary Schools were feeder schools to CKC,and a large number of pupils who passed through the schools ended up in CKC for secondary education. – PO
https://newsday.com.ng/obi-clarifies-statement-on-peter-odili/