Day: August 21, 2025

Makinde: “I Won’t Go Into the Gutters With Anyone”

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PDP: Oyo, Osun People Waiting To Teach APC Lesson - Gov Makinde

Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, stated on Thursday that he refuses to “go low with anyone who decides to go into the gutters.” Shortly after the Peoples Democratic Party’s South-West zoning consultation session in Lagos, he made this comment in a press conference. “I personally don’t go with people when they go low or into the gutters,” he stated. Now, some people are entering the gutters. We’ll get in touch with them. Democracy is that. “There shouldn’t be any personal animosity here, even though I can disagree with…

NELFUND Halts Student Upkeep Loans During School Breaks

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On Thursday, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund announced that maintenance loan payments are now closely linked to each institution’s academic year. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the NELFUND‘s Director of Corporate Communications, signed a statement announcing this. Students will only be eligible for maintenance loans for the current academic year in accordance with this guideline. Upkeep fees for that session will automatically stop at the end of an institution’s academic year. Oluwatuyi added in the statement, “As a result, students who transfer to a new school year will no longer receive upkeep disbursements…

Wike: “I’ll Support Anyone Who Backs Tinubu”

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Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory’s Minister, has urged citizens to “support those that the government will listen to,” saying he will back those that back President Bola Tinubu. Wike said this while praising Christopher Maikalangu, the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council, and Philip Aduda, a former senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, at the flag-off of Lot 2 of the Water Supply Projects in Karu on Thursday. In addition to praising both men for their ability to help the people, the minister promised to build a 2…

US Court Overturns $464M Fraud Case Against Trump

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A $464 million civil penalty against President Donald Trump was thrown out by a US court on Thursday. The judge determined that Trump had overstated his personal worth, calling the amount “excessive,” but the court upheld the conviction against him. At the height of Trump’s reelection campaign, in February 2024, Judge Arthur Engoron rendered a decision against him. At the same time, there were multiple ongoing criminal prosecutions, which the Republican denounced as “lawfare.” Trump stated on his Truth Social platform Thursday that “everything I did was absolutely CORRECT and,…

Kano Aims to Rehabilitate 1,600 Thugs with Amnesty

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Under its “safe corridor” project, which aims to address political thuggery and young restlessness in the state, the Kano State Government has announced plans to extend amnesty to remorseful thugs. During the program’s inauguration on Wednesday at the state police command headquarters, Ibrahim Abdullahi-Waiya, the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, revealed this. According to him, 718 young people had already been profiled, and 960 more were pending police approval before being enlisted. Because the development is so unsightly and does not reflect well on the state, His Excellency…

2027 showdown: Wike-Makinde rift threatens high-stakes PDP convention

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Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, threatened to cancel the Peoples Democratic Party’s November national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, raising serious concerns that it would be cancelled. It is thought that Wike’s disagreement with his former ally, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, and other unsolved party issues are the reasons behind his resistance to the convention. However, the PDP has strongly warned the minister for his actions that go against the party’s intentions ahead of the November 16 election convention. In an interview with a few journalists in…

Oyo NIQS chairman: ‘No Major Project Can Happen Without Us’

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Qs Oluwode Kolawole, the chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Oyo State branch, has advocated for increased public understanding of the vital role that quantity surveyors play in Nigeria’s building sector. Qs Kolawole, who started his position as Chairman in 2024 and has over 30 years of professional expertise, clarified in an exclusive interview that many individuals mistake quantity surveyors for land surveyors. He pointed out that quantity surveyors specialise in cost management for building projects, whereas land surveyors concentrate on mapping and land borders, and estate…

Olubadan coronation for Sept 26 as Makinde visits Ladoja

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On Wednesday, former state governor Oba Rashidi Ladoja was nominated as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. The coronation ceremony was scheduled on Friday, September 26, 2025, one day after Ladoja’s 81st birthday. Makinde made this announcement while visiting the Olubadan designate at his Bodija home in Ibadan. Following his predecessor Oba Owolabi Olakulehin’s death on July 7, Ladoja became the Olubadan designate and returned to Ibadan on Monday. Ladoja claimed that his announcement on Monday that he would be meeting with Araba, Oluwo, and…