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By Our Correspondent  The Ogun State chapter of Labour Party has warned the caretaker committee led by Engr. Lukman Jagun  to stop parading self as the executive in the state saying that the Party will not hesitate to use all legal means to enforce the resolution reached at the NEC meeting of the Party recently held in Bauchi . Addressing the Press in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Chairman of the Party, Comrade Michael Ashade said the Party is been reposition in line with the current realities on ground.  While unveiling new additions to the Executive, Comrade Ashade said the Executives led by Comrade Michael Ashade is the only authentic leadership coordinating the state of affairs in the Labour Party Ogun State.  He affirmed the expulsion of Kehinde Sogunle, the gubernatorial aspirant of the Party in the State and others based on the NEC resolution. He said following the suspension of Barr. Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party and three others and the re...

By Our Correspondent    Labour Party has reacted to the calls for the Judiciary not to swear in the President elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, saying that the agitation may derail democratic process. The Party in a press conference addressed by the spokesperson of the Party, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi said those fanning the unpopular demand may be rooting for the illegal derailment in the democratic process calling on the law enforcement agencies to beam their searchlights on the proponents. Read the full statement below: Following series of agitations and call for the restraining the President elect from been sworn in on May 29, 2023, Labour Party hereby allayed the fears of Nigerians that the swearing in of the President Elect may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the Presidential Election involving our party , APC and INEC You will all recalled the television interview by a legal luminary Femi Falana, SAN, who explicitly posited the position of the law on ...

By Our Correspondent  An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, dismissed the stay of execution application by the state House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, against the judgment of the court which nullified the suspension of a lawmaker, Dare Kadiri. The court, presided by Hon. Justice O. A. Onafowokan of the High Court 3, Abeokuta Judicial Division, refused the Speaker's application and also awarded a fine of N100,000 against him. It will be recalled that the court had, earlier on March 31, 2023, nullified the suspension of Kadiri, a former Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, and directed that all emoluments due to the lawmaker be paid immediately by the House. In September 2022, the House, at a plenary presided by the Speaker at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, suspended Kadiri and another lawmaker, Solomon Osho over allegations bordering on breach of the rights and privileges of the state legislature. The House further declared that ...

By Our Correspondent Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) have arrested two persons, identifed as Akinyele Adebayo (49) and Idosu Gbalo (30), at Ijagure village, in Sagada area of Imeko -Afon Area of the state, over the murder of a Fulani herder, Umaru Aliu. The state Commandant of Amotekun Corps, CP David Akinremi (rtd), in a statement made available to Salient Times, said the suspects conspired and murdered Aliu, on a farmland belonging to Chief Ogunlana Fagbemi. While Aliu was unlucky, his co-herder, identified as Umaru Takake escaped the scene of the incident unhurt. The incident, it was gathered happened on Sunday 30th April, 2023, while the deceased and his colleague were grazing their cattle in the bush near the village. Akinremi further said that one Fagbemi Kareem (now at large) armed with a locally made single barrel gun was accompanied by four other persons, namely: Olorunto Segun; Baba Shele; Lana Ojugbele and Ashipa trailed the herders, and...

By Our Correspondent  The legislative arm of Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday, handed a 3-month suspension to the Council's Chairman, Hon. Ayorinde Abdul-Salam Adebayo over allegations of fraud, absent from office, as well as acts of obstructing the legislative council from performing its statutory functions among other gross misconduct. Ayorinde's suspension was part of resolutions arrived at by the Council's legislators at the end of her plenary session held on Wednesday at the Legislative Chamber of the local government. In a "Notice Of Allegations Of Misconduct" duly signed by 10 out of 16 Councillors of the Local Government Area, the council's Executive Chairman was accused of commiting four punishable offences which also bothered on high handedness and fraud, and thereby contravening Sections 209; 52 (c) and (i) of the Local Governments' Law of Ogun State. In the said notice, which was presented before the Abeokuta Nort...

By Our Correspondent  Two persons have been confirmed dead after drinking tea prepared with local leaf popularly called, Zakami, at a wedding ceremony, weekend, in Sheka, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State. The ward head of the area, Usman Musa Zakari, confirmed this to journalists who visited the area yesterday. This was contrary to unconfirmed reports from the area that put the figure of persons who lost their lives at seven or more. Zakari gave names of two victims as Mubarak Bala, also known as Diga and Ibrahim Khalil. According to him, “It is true that the incident happened. It happened when the persons drank a tea prepared with a local leaf called Zakami and a combination of other drugs. Two persons died and eight others were hospitalised. “Although, there are different versions of the stories being peddled, but I delegated persons who went on a fact-finding and what we gathered was only two persons lost their lives. Someone told me four lost their lives and I asked...

By Our Correspondent Men of Ogun State Police Command on Saturday 6th of May 2023, apprehended three members of a robbery syndicate, who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmac, in Oke-Ilewo area of Abeokuta, on the 12th of April 2023. The robbers, killed one of the traders at the market and carted away several highly valued phones.  The suspects, according to the statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi included; Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu and Temitayo Oresanya. Oyeyemi said, "the suspects were arrested, following an information received by policemen attached to Kemta divisional headquarters that the suspects have been hibernating at Abule Ake area of Kemta for quite some time in order to evade Police arrest".  "Upon the information, the DPO Kemta division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the three suspects were apprehended".  He disclosed that two among the suspects have confessed their ...

... Warns against undemocratic utterrances  By Our Correspondent  Labour Party has condenmed the call by some individuals and groups agitating for the distortion in the on going transition programme of the present administration saying that the call may affect the democratic gains that Nigeria have achieved years back. The National Publicity of the Party, Dr Abayomi Arabambi who was reacting to the recent statement credited to the spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Yunusa Tanko while appearing on Channels Television programme recently. Dr Arabambi said the forceful takeover of government as being agitated for after the duration of President Muhammad Buhari administration in May 29, is a serious threat to democratic norms which must be condenmed by well meaning lovers of democracy. It could be recalled that Dr Yunusa Tanko while reacting to the recent Presidential Election said the President Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu should not be sworn  rather...

By Our Correspondent  The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Zamfara State has warned its supporters to desist from vandalizing properties belonging to the All Progressives Congress, APC as the PDP has taken over the state. The Party’s secretary, Faruk Shettima Rijiya said the fact that PDP won the governorship election in the state does not give anybody the power to destroy properties belonging to the opposition or individual properties. In an interview with DAILY POST in Gusau, he said, “We are not part of such arrangements and will never support such kind of inhumanity in any form. ”Zamfara State needs to be repositioned and not destroy the existing properties, the party distances itself from anybody found doing such.” He said the incoming government does not have the intention of witch-hunting anybody, adding that the speculations making the rounds in the state that Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle is being targeted are false. “We are not targeting anybody but whosoev...

By Our Correspondent  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi has congratulated King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation. Obi said he believed his ascension will give better support to poorer ones, especially in Africa. The congratulatory message was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Recall that King Charles III was officially crowned on Saturday in Westminster Abbey. Also, Camilla was crowned as the Queen consort. The former Anambra State governor in his message said he is confident King Charles would champion the protection of global environment. He wrote, “I most heartily congratulate King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation today. As one who is honoured to have personally met and discussed with you, especially on your campaigns for development and climate issues, I am confident in your desire to champion the protection of our global environment for good. “I...

By Our Correspondent  The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Nigerian government are eyeing N38.3 billion ($83.16m) to develop the country’s agricultural sector. The figure was contained in an FAO report from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Friday. According to the data, the FAO Nigeria Country Programming Framework 2023-2027 already has N7.54 billion for the agriculture initiative. The initiative’s priority would be to spur capacity for value chain analysis, upgrading commodity value chains. “The funding gap would be solved through resource mobilisation and partnership with multilateral and unilateral donors including governments at federal and state levels,” it said.