My response has not changed. We indicated that since the party has followed that perfidious direction, we are leaders of the people. We have defined territory of aspiration which is Ondo State, we know the desire of our people, they want change, this change is desirable because they want a government whose priority would be the welfare of the people.

Echoes of the Kiriji war between Ibadan and Ekiti Parapos, which ended on September 23, 1886 resonated again, last week, as prominent sons and daughters of Yorubaland including traditional rulers gathered at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, to review what led to the war and the lessons the South West geopolitical zone should learn from it.

Faith in Allah Faith is the sense of the heart as truly as sight is the sense of the eye.  Faith enliven the soul, power goodness into our trail and mend life’s challenges with assured triumph. A person without faith is lost for good. But those who possess and live by faith always claim divine […]

THERE was a political earth tremor in the camp of Governor Ayodele Fayose during the week and by the time the dust settled, the fate of two of his trusted allies and disciples in the Ekiti State House of Assembly were hanging in the balance.

SOME stakeholders in Delta, Bayelsa and Cross River states rose, yesterday, in support of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, saying that he was eminently qualified to summon a meeting of Niger Deltans to discuss any issue, as he did, last Saturday, while others still maintained that Amaechi has no such powers.

THE emergence of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has polarised the party both at the state and national levels.

While we Nigerians are still struggling, in the 21st century, to provide ourselves with basic amenities like round-the-clock electricity and spectacularly failing to deal with simple challenges like running free and fair elections, other nations in Asia and the Western World are relentlessly moving onwards and upwards.

THE Osun Government yesterday declared Monday, Oct. 3 as public holiday to mark the Islamic New Year, 1438.

Imo Assembly —The Imo State House of Assembly yesterday ended in a rowdy session with the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Acho Ihim, adjoining the sitting indefinitely.

MINISTER of Industry, Trade and Investment,Dr.Okechukwu Enelamah yesterday denied any involvement or knowledge of illegal transfer of funds out of Nigeria by MTN. The Minister in a statement signed by the Director Press, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Mr. Greyne Anosike said that the minister was never the owner of the company he is being alleged to own stating that Dr Enelamah was never the “owner” of Celtelecom as alleged by the Senator; neither was he ever a Celtelecom shareholder.