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  Don't Set Nigeria On Fire , Olagoke Warns OBJ  The founder and spiritual head of Shafaudeen in Islam Worldwide  has  The founder and spiritual head of Shafaudeen in Islam  has condemned as irresponsible the attempt by the former Head of State and President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,  to truncate the ongoing electoral process. In a release he signed and made available to journalists he  said that the former president has demonstrated his partisanship by not only endorsing the Labour Party presidential candidate, but by also warning of dire consequences that could surface, should his candidate fail to emerge as winner The religious leader said  he has thus forfeited his right of mediation because he has become an impartial arbiter The release said Chief Obasanjo, who was not known to be an avowed democrat because he once sought a third term in office against the prescriptions of the Constitution and presided over the worst election before leaving o...

  2023 Election: Oyo REC Secures Cash From CBN To Conduct Poll ...REC The resident electoral commissioner REC in Oyo State, Dr. Adeniran Tella has disclosed that the Commission has secured cash from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to conduct an itch free  elections in Oyo State. Bearly four days to the Presidential/National Assembly elections, the Oyo state Resident Electoral Commissioner ( REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed this while featuring on the NUJ Correspondents Chapel's guest platform tagged "Speak Out" To buttress the readiness of the Commission to conduct the election in view of the cash crisis, the Resident Electoral Commissioner disclosed that the Commission has secured provision of needed cash from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ease movement of electoral materials and other logistics to various polling units across the state.  He disclosed that a total of 2,305,903 electorates are expected to vote in the forthcom...

  2023: I Am On A Rescue Mission To Save Ogun State....Oguntoyinbo  The governorship candidate of the All Nigerian People's Party, ANPP in the gateway State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has called on President Mohamed Buhari to rescind his decision to make only the two hundred notes a legal tender  stating that his pronouncement is capable of igniting crisis in the country. Olufemi Ajadi disclosed this while featuring on the guest platform tagged "speak out" an initiative of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) correspondent chapel held at the Mokola, Ibadan office of the Union . Ambasador Ajadi who insisted that the result of the presidential election will not compel him to  step down for any candidate in the forthcoming election also disclosed his readiness to make Ogun State a pride in the country. According to him, " I am on a rescue mission to make life better for the citizens of Ogun State and immediately I resume office, I will put in place a healt...

 Group Warns FG Over Funds Scarcity, Calls For Prompt Improvement  A civil society organization, The Democratic Movement (TDM), on Wednesday noted that the lingering Naira notes crisis is capable setting the country on fire, if not properly addressed. National Coordinator of the organization, Comrade Adesina Akinpelu, gave this warning while reacting to pocket of protests that erupted in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, over the refusal of banks, filing stations and other commercial outlets to collect old Naira notes from customers. The National Coordinator of TDM warned the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to have a rethink over the Naira policy, which he described as anti - people. Akinpelu maintained that insistence of President Muhammodu Buhari and the CBN Governor, Godwin Emiefele, that the old Naira notes are no longer legal tender in Nigeria when new notes have not been made available to the people is condemnable and should be reversed. T...

  Cash Crunch: Oyo APC Accuses PDP Of Fuelling Crisis In Ibadan  The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has fingered Governor Seyi Makinde and the state chapter of the People's Democratic Party PDP as the brains behind the pockets of protest being witnessed in parts of Ibadan ostensibly to express dissatisfaction with the current scarcity of fuel and the redesigned naira notes nationwide. Residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo state, woke up on Wednesday to see assemblage of some youths in popular junctions such as Orita Challenge, Sango, Eleyele, Iwo Road, Ojoo, Agodi-Gate, Bodija-Oju'rin, Total Garden and Beere where they mounted road blocks while chanting anti Federal Government and APC songs.  While reacting to the development through a statement issued today and made available to journalists in Ibadan by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, Oyo APC appealed for calm and patience among the citizenry warning that violent protests and unrest would not solve the...

  Excitement As Olagoke Visits Ejigbo Ancestral Home, Begins Reconstruction  Of Mediation Centre  It was  celebration galore  recently when the Arole OgunElu , Aare Alasa Dynasty, Prof. Sabit Ariyo Olagoke JP visited his ancestral home in Ejemu Ologun compound Ejigbo in Osun State. Residents of the Ejemu Ologun compound and its environs trouped out in their large numbers to welcome their own Prof. Sabit Ariyo Olagoke who has made them proud in Ibadan by being installed as the fourth Mogaji (Arole) of the Aare Alasa Dynasty. While speaking at the elaborate event which brought together the ten communities that formed the compound, the Mogaji OgunElu , Aare Alasa Dynasty, Alhaji Prof. Sabit Ariyo Olagoke JP disclosed that his purpose of visiting the ancestral home of the OgunElu was to promote unity of purpose and to bring together the sons and daughters of the Dynasty for meaninful development.  Prof. Olagoke however revealed that the Ejemu Dynasty of Ejigbom...

 Olagoke Charges FG To Take Proactive Measures Against Cash Crunch, Fuel Scarcity The Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen In Islam Worldwide, Professor Sabit Ariyo Olagoke JP has called on the Federal Government to take proactive measures urgently to alleviate the sufferings of the masses occasioned by naira swap and fuel scarcity before the protests against the crisis are hijacked by hoodlums. The cleric, in a statement made available to journalists, warned that the protests in some areas of the country, as reported in the social and regular media, could lead to another "End SARS " which is likely to claim the lives of innocent Nigerians. Professor Olagoke noted that the initial plan of the Federal Government was to curb the activities of moneybag politicians, who might want to win the election at all cost through vote buying, but according to him, the  process has been hijacked by the so-called politicians. He noted that the crisis has created an insinuatio...

  Tinubu, Most Qualify  To Lead Nigeria- Ex-Minister Police Affairs Former Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has described  Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, as the best  candidate with the best credentials to lead  Nigeria. Adesiyan made this known on Monday in Ibadan, while featuring on the Guest Forum of the Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of the  Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The  former Minister is also a member of the APC President Campaign Council (PCC). He described Tinubu as the best among the presidential candidates, saying that his emergence as president would help the country. Adesiyan said, “a replication of Tinubu’s administrative prowess as Governor of Lagos would ensure a Nation devoid of ethnic and religious bigotry.” He said that Tinubu, as a former Senator and Chieftain of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has all it takes to provide succour to Nig...

  I Will End  Thuggery From Oyo If Elected . Folarin  The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 11th March 2023 election in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin has said that the Park Management System, PMS, introduced by Governor Seyi Makinde is alien to the law. The third term senator however express his satisfaction that the law enforcement agencies are up to the task to curtail any form of hooliganism during and after the election . He made this declaration recently while speaking at a guest forum organised by the correspondents’ chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State council. Some APC chieftains who were among the entourage of the distinguished senator were former CPS to late governor Lam Adesina, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, Alhaji Sina Alabi a former chairman of the State's owned transport company and comrade YSO Olaniyi .  Straight Times recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde  had, a few years ago, proscri...

  I Will Remove Thuggery From Oyo If Elected . Folarin  The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 11th March 2023 election in Oyo State, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin has said that the Park Management System, PMS, introduced by Governor Seyi Makinde is alien to the law. The third term senator however express his satisfaction that the law enforcement agencies are up to the task to curtail any form of hooliganism during and after the election . He made this declaration recently while speaking at a guest forum organised by the correspondents’ chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oyo State council. Some APC chieftains who were among the entourage of the distinguished senator were former CPS to late governor Lam Adesina, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, Alhaji Sina Alabi a former chairman of the State's owned transport company and comrade YSO Olaniyi .  Straight Times recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde  had, a few years ago, proscribed...