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A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sobur Olayiwola Olawale has slumped and died in Jos, Plateau State. The lawmaker has the nickname ‘Omititi.’ Olawale was in Jos where he attended the APC’s presidential campaign flag-off. He was said to have died on his way back to Lagos, but still in Jos, sources said on Tuesday. The late Olawale was born in 1964. He represented Mushin Constituency II at the State House of Assembly, PM News reports. Last Friday, during a novelty football match to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, the…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday, said he did his little as governor of Anambra State and urged the incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo to do his best in the state as an economics professor. Obi stated this at the 2022 Lagos Business School (LBS) Alumni Conference in Lagos. The Anambra governor between 2006 and 2014 was reacting to Soludo’s comments that the investment he (Obi) left in government is worth close to nothing. Also, Soludo on Monday had tackled Obi, saying he can’t win the 2023 presidential election. Soludo Remains My Brother Reacting on Tuesday…

The improving fortune of the naira at the parallel market was reversed on Tuesday as the local currency depreciated to N790 per dollar. The figure represents a depreciation of N80 or 11.3 percent from the N710 it traded on Friday morning. The development is in sharp contrast to the N175 appreciation recorded a week ago when the parallel market exchange rate reduced from N885/$ to N710/$. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable on Tuesday in Lagos, attributed the depreciation to rising demand for the greenback by customers which worsened demand-supply dynamics. “People are…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expressed sadness over the sudden death of a former Abia State Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ndidi Okereke. Senator Kalu described Chief Okereke's death as a rude shock, coming at a time when Umunneochi LGA, Abia North Senatorial District, and indeed the people of Abia State had just started benefiting from his wealth of political and administrative experience. "The death of Chief Ndidi Okereke is sad, painful and shocking. I am deeply saddened by this devastating news of this fine gentleman who worked closely with me…

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted angrily to Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo’s diatribe against Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate. Soludo had in a lengthy letter, ruled Obi out of the presidential race, declaring that the LP candidate was merely catching a cruise. However, in a statement made available to Daily Post on Tuesday, by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, he described Soludo as a dog in the manger enrolled to discredit Obi’s legacies. The Ohanaeze scribe said based on the unjustified development, “Ndigbo have dragged Governor Soludo to the two famous…

The People of Amoji Imenyi Autonomous Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, have commended the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for fulfilling campaign promises made to them by providing them with a tarred road. Chief Ejike Kalu, in a thank-you message to Senator Kalu on Sunday on behalf of the community, said they were overwhelmed by the gesture. He said “We the people of Amoji imenyi autonomous community with enormous joy and gratitude, wishes to thank you for remembering your promises made as regards to the road construction which is currently ongoing since…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Senator Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Delivering Judgement, a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Danlami Senchi, held that Akpabio failed to file a proof of arguments within the time provided by the rules. According to Channels Television, the panel further ruled that Akpabio, being a presidential aspirant of the APC, could not participate in the valid primary of the party held on May 28 and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which produced Udom Ekpoudom as a…

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has declared that Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi will not win the 2023 poll. Soludo said this on Monday in an article titled ‘History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1)’. He said: “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too, and he knows that we know. “The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for…