Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

There are different reactions across All Progressive Congress party camps in Ogun State as the long awaited Chairmanship Candidate’s list was released in various Whatsapp Group across the state.Though the veracity of the list has not been confirmed as we speak, Pm Reporters Correspondents have spoken to different stakeholders who all had divergent views about the list.Stay tuned for more Updates

  Fairness is a virtue that not everyone possess. The Leadership in Ifo Local Government has exhibited this virtue in their choice of Vice chairman of the second most populated Local Government in Ogun state. The choice of Hon. IDRIS KUSHIMO by our leadership has settled all rifts and grivances that may arise from the initial zoning of the chairman to a certain Constituency. I use this medium to also appreciate our listening Omoluwabi Governor for giving the people of Ifo to make their choice. Congratulations Idris Olalekan KushimoCongratulations Hon. Kike DelanoCongratulations Ifo Local Government. Tunde Glasses Deputy coordinator APC…

Members of the funeral committee of the founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua whose death was announced over the weekend have been advised to honour the late Pastor whose wish was to spend the later days of his life to transform Akoko land where he had planned to retire as a Guru while he would still be touching the lives of millions around the world; but if this advice is turned down and he is made to rest in a foreign land, he would turn in his grave.These and many other revelations were communicated…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans harmonise reports from states on Polling Units (PUs) expansion, to ensure that they are in conformity with its guidelines.INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Friday.Okoye said that this followed the conclusion of verification relating to the expansion and relocation of PUs across the country.He said that INEC was operating in tandem with its timelines for the conversion of voting points to polling units in the country.“Prior to the verification exercise, the commission issued clear…

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday, rescued another one-month-old female child that was abandoned at the junction of a popular petrol station, by Orile Bus Stop, Lagos.Time was about 8am when the baby was sighted by some passers-by who alerted the Police operatives attached to Orile Division of the Command before she was rescued and handed over to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja. The baby was taken to the office of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu by the Officer in charge of the Gender Unit where CP Hakeem Odumosu directed that…

Members of the House Representatives have resolved to invite the Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed in a bid to investigate the legality of the Twitter ban by the Federal Government.The decision was reached on Tuesday during plenary.The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, in his speech directed the House Committees on Justice, Commerce, and Information to investigate the process that led to the suspension of the microblogging site.The Speaker said the House recognises that Twitter is a very important means of communication.According to him, the social networking service has been used for both good and bad and the…

Magawa, a giant African pouched rat, alerts de-miners by scratching the earth [File: AFP] The award-winning seven-year-old rodent has detected 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance, according to his employers. Magawa, an award-winning giant African pouched rat, is retiring after five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia.The seven-year-old rodent, originally from Tanzania, was trained by the Belgian charity APOPO which says Magawa helped clear mines from 225,000 square metres of land in his career, the equivalent of 42 football pitches.But after detecting 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance “he is getting…

This comes as an expression of the resolve of the government to enforce the widely condemned ban on Twitter, which is seen locally and globally as an attack on freedom of expression. Despite the widespread condemnation of the Nigerian government’s ban on Twitter operations in the country, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Saturday, issued an order for its enforcement.The minister, in a statement by his spokesperson, Umar Gwandu, ordered the prosecution of “violators” of the suspension of the operations of Twitter in Nigeria.This comes as an expression of the resolve of the government to…

Professor Wole Soyinka says if President Muhammadu Buhari has a problem with the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, then he should sort it out privately.Reacting on Friday to the ban placed on Twitter by the Federal Government, the Nobel Laureate said the move is a “petulant gesture” that is “unbecoming of a democratically elected president”.Soyinka noted that a Twitter ban in the country is a “technical issue Nigerians should be able to work their way around”.He added that “the field of expression remains wide open, free of any dictatorial spasms”.Below is the brief communique as put out by the…

First lady, Aisha Buhari, has deactivated her Twitter account after an announcement on Friday evening.“I will be deactivating my twitter account for now. Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she wrote before deactivating her account.The first lady’s action follows the Federal Government’s proclamation that it is suspending the activities of the social media platform in the country. Saturday morning saw many Nigerians unable to access the site, except through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), who gave the opportunity to establish a protected network connection while using the now blocked networks.As such, their Internet footprint does not bear Nigeria but the country…