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Obi Cubana remarked, "Portable no get enemy." while another prominent follower of Portable said, "Election no be war… In the spirit of sportsmanship celebrating the winner." These, and many more were the mixed reactions that filled up the page of street-pop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, (a.k.a. Portable), not long after he made a post on his social media handle, congratulating Senator Ademola Adeleke for winning the Osun's Gubernatorial election that was conducted on Saturday.  According to a report from The PUNCH, Senator Ademola Adeleke who is a PDP candidate has now been declared the winner of the Osun governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  Adeleke was said to have beaten the incumbent governor of Osun State Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC party who had a total of 375,027 votes, after getting a total vote of 403,371.  However, following the declaration of Adeleke as the winner of the election, Portable didn't take long t...

Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reacted to his victory in the 2022 governorship election in Osun state. Shortly after he was announced as the winner of the poll by INEC ,Adeleke took to his verified Twitter page to send a message to his followers and other Nigerians on the social media platform. "I have brought light to Osun State," he tweeted. In the early hours of Sunday, July 17, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Ademola Adeleke of the PDP as the winner of the election. Adeleke unseated the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP's victory in Osun has slightly altered the political dynamics as the opposition party has now gained control of one more state ahead of the 2023 general elections. The PDP won in 17 of Osun’s 30 local governments while the APC won in 13. None of the other 13 candidates who took part in the election won in any local governme...

Following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Muhammad Tanko as the Chief Justice Of Nigeria, the Red Chamber has on Tuesday, 28th of June, 2022, promised to probe the legal luminary. This motion to probe Justice Tanko was moved by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Judiciary Matters, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, from Ekiti State and a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The motion which was moved by Senator Bamidele was tagged, State of Affairs In The Supreme Court Of Nigeria and Demand By Justices of the Court. Recall that the senate had earlier charged the aforementioned senate committee to look into the affairs of the Judiciary last week which the senate now agreed to let the committee proceed on finding a listing solution to the issue at hand by the consultation of various stakeholders. They are now ready to answer to the complaints laid before them by the Justices of the Supreme Court. The Senate also tasked the committee with interacting wi...

Popular Nigerian journalist and former presidential spokesperson, Dr Reuben Abati has reacted over the comments made by the national leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Tinubu few days ago when he met with some delegates from the south West.  It would be recalled that Asiwaju claimed that without him, Buhari wouldn't have become the president. The former Lagos State governor also stated that he told Buhari that after his tenure, power would move to South West, and he would be the one to go for the position of the Presidency.  Speaking on the development on Arise Tv, Reuben Abati stated that the agreement Asiwaju had with Buhari should not be applicable to Nigerians.  He said Nigerians should be left alone to choose their next president.  Hear him "Tinubu needs to be reminded that nobody have the sense of entitlements about the Presidency of Nigeria. The best he can ask for is the ticket of the APC. Even the ticket of the APC is not something that he can f...

Thursday, 26th May 2022  TOPIC: MINISTERING TO YOUR OWN NEEDS  FOR READING & MEDITATION:  ACTS 20:33-35. 33 “I have never been hungry for money or fine clothing— 34 you know that these hands of mine worked to pay my own way and even to supply the needs of those who were with me. 35 And I was a constant example to you in helping the poor; for I remembered the words of the Lord Jesus, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” MEDITATE  Yesterday we advanced two reasons why we need to work: (1) to make a living, and (2) to help you develop your God-given potentials. Today, we shall consider more reasons why work is so very important.  Apostle Paul gave us the third reason from our text why we should work: it is to gain a sense of satisfaction, fulfilment and accomplishment that make up for essential, healthy living.  There is a sense of fulfilment that comes to you when you commit and do something with your hands and succeed. It makes you less depende...

The gross monthly distribution by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the three tiers of government and public agencies amounted to N725.6bn in April (from March revenue). This shows an increase of 4.4% or N30.6bn from the previous payout. Based on data in the local media, we learnt that companies’ income tax (CIT), petroleum profit tax (PPT), value added tax (VAT), oil and gas royalties, import and excise duties recorded increases over the previous month. The FGN received a total of N277.1bn and state governments received N227.2bn, including N53.4bn representing the 13% derivation for the few oil producing states.  The headline figure consists of N337.4bn in gross statutory distribution, N165.6bn from the VAT Pool, and excess bank charges of N7.5bn was recovered. The total deductions for cost of collection was N44.4bn and the total deductions for statutory transfers, refunds and savings was N382.8bn. The committee disclosed that the balance in the Excess Crude Ac...