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By Our Correspondent  The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has described the purported suspension of the State Executive Council of the party as an imagination of the purveyors of fake news.  The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi, said this while reacting to a series of media statements credited to one Tokunbo Peters, that the State chapter of Labour Party under the leadership of Micheal Ashade has been suspended by the party’s National Working Committee. Arabambi, in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, said the party Constitution is clear on how to dissolve a State Executive Council. Read the full statement below Our party attention was drawn to a deliberate concorted  and  misleading information intercepted through multiple news medium written by one  former staff of NEPA  Tokunbo peters , LUKMON JAGUN an 80 years jobless political despots  and one Ignoramus ...

By Our Correspondent The National Universities Commission (NUC) has renewed the full accreditation it earlier granted the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme; along with six other undergraduate degree programmes of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos. In a release signed by Olawale Adekoya, Information, Media and Publication Specialist on behalf of the Institution said, the Commission granted full accreditation to the Psychology programme of the University. The accreditation was communicated in a letter signed by Arc. S.S. Ikani, Deputy Director of Programme Accreditation, based on the result of the November/December 2022 Accreditation visit. The University regulatory body renewed the full accreditation of the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programme, as well as the Bachelor's degree programmes in Accounting; Computer Science; Mass communication; Architecture; Biochemistry, Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology. In the same vein, the Psychology p...

By Our Correspondent  The vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to hold the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. Tinubu, the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the presidential election on March 1 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). But Baba-Ahmed, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, argued that the APC failed to meet the requirements of Section 134 (2)(a) and (b) of the Nigerian constitution for election into the office of the President. Addressing Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Baba-Ahmed said: “Mr President, do not hold that inauguration. CJN, Your Lordship, do not partake in unconstitutionality. “You cannot swear [in] people who haven’t met the constitutional requirements; you can’t do that. “If you do it, you have done something unlawful...

By Our Correspondent  The 2023 governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections may have ended and winners declared in most of the States of the federation but many questions have been left unanswered. Prominent among the questions is the capability of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections Nigerians can be proud of. Most Nigerians, international communities, non-governmental organisations, international and local observers of the 2023 general elections have expressed huge disappointment in the process that birthed new leaders to drive the country for the next four years. For instance, no fewer than 20 persons were feared killed during the governorship and houses of assembly elections across the country as violence, suppression of voters and apathy marred the process. These persons fell to various acts of electoral violence that happened in Delta, Lagos, Rivers, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue ...

By Our Correspondent  A group, ABATmovement/ICC Diaspora, has thrown its weight behind the second term bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The group, a political organisation based in Canada, USA, UK and other countries in a statement issued on Thursday, said it was moved by the achievements of Sanwo-Olu so far, and would want him return to accomplish what he has started. The group in a statement signed by its convener, Dr Femi Soluade said “the re-election of Sanwoolu is a task that must be delivered considering the impressive first-term performance of the governor and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat.  "Like they say, one good term deserves another, and we the ABATmovement lauded the Governor’s efforts in restoring corporate governance policy in provision of employment opportunities, social infrastructure and driving local and foreign investments in the State. The group noted that Sanwo-Olu’s administration is revamping institutions by improving the Stat...

By Our Correspondent  Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has applauded Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its performance during the last Saturday's governorship and State Assembly elections. The State Chairman of IPAC and People’s Redemption Party State Chairman, Mr. Samson Okusanya, gave the commendation in Abeokuta while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the elections. The chairman, who specifically commended INEC for the early mobilisation of both human and material resources at various polling units across the state, said the last governorship election was better organised than the previous elections. He noted with delight how the early transmission of results from most of the polling booths in the state helped to validate the integrity of the electoral exercise. “We commend INEC for early commencement of voting in majority of the polling units in Ogun State. We also commend INEC for the early transmission of results in most of the constituencie...