By Adeniyi Yusuf After Hashim Abioye, the Osun State Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, declared the 30 chairmanship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party as winners in Saturday’s local government election, opposition groups have voiced their disagreement with the conduct of the election. This is as Abioye, in a short video, noted that the PDP cleared the 332 councillors seats in the poll. He said, “From the available results as obtained from the field, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 332 wards emerged as winners. Their names as listed, I as the returning officer of the…
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President Donald Trump has fired Air Force General CQ Brown Jr., the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a sweeping shake-up of military leadership that has sparked controversy over the administration’s stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Brown, who had been widely respected for his leadership and combat experience, was abruptly removed on Friday as part of a broader effort to purge top military officials who supported diversity initiatives within the armed forces. The move follows remarks by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, who had openly questioned whether Brown was…
By Alade Adisa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set for a showdown in Osun State on Saturday over the conduct of the local government election. This follows a ruling by the Osun State High Court in Osogbo on Friday afternoon, granting approval for the election to proceed. The PDP, the ruling party in the state, is determined to contest the election, while the APC is relying on a directive from Abuja stating that no such election should be held at this time. This development comes against the backdrop of a court order mandating…
By Muhammed Adeniyi Some Nigerians have criticised former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida for annulling the June 12, 1993, presidential election, which resulted in Moshood Abiola losing his victory. This is as Babangida expressed regret over the annulment of the presidential election, acknowledging that the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, MKO Abiola, won the poll. In the concluding section of the 12th chapter of his autobiography launched Thursday in Abuja, titled, ‘A Journey In Service,’ the former leader described the annulment of the election as an “accident of history.” Recall that Abiola, a successful businessman, showed his commitment to creating jobs,…
BEIJING – In a major geopolitical shift, China has expressed support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to negotiate a peace deal with Russia to end the ongoing war in Ukraine. The announcement came during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa on Thursday, where U.S. allies reaffirmed their backing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Less than a month into his presidency, Trump has drastically altered U.S. policy on Ukraine, reversing a long-standing strategy to isolate Russia. His approach has included direct engagements with Russian President Vladimir Putin and high-level discussions between U.S. and Russian officials—moves that have largely…
The UK needs to develop a pipeline of construction skills and knowledge After months of delivering confidence-sapping messages on the British economy, the Labour party has begun to change its tune. Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled plans to build new towns across the country; part of a broader promise to construct 1.5mn homes within the current parliament. That followed announcements last month to revive the development of a third runway at Heathrow airport and the science-rich Oxford-Cambridge Arc. Forthcoming plans to cut red tape in the planning system could also unlock the government’s goals to decarbonise the…
Neither the US nor China is willing to assume the responsibility “The 1929 depression was so wide, so deep and so long because the international economic system was rendered unstable by British inability and United States unwillingness to assume responsibility for stabilising it.” Such was the economic historian Charles Kindleberger’s conclusion about why the Depression became an international catastrophe. The world economy, he argued, needs a hegemon: a leader willing to incur some cost and risk for the sake of the whole. “For the world economy to be stabilised,” he wrote, “there has to be a stabiliser, one stabiliser.”…
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The apex Ijaw socio-cultural organisation, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has declared three days of mourning to honour late Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. President of the INC, Prof Benjamin Okaba, who disclosed this in a statement Tuesday night in Yenagoa also called on Ijaw people at home in the diaspora to fly the Ijaw national flag at half mast during the mourning period. He described the demise of Pa Clark as a huge loss to Nigeria, the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta. The statement read: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved leader…
The Russian president thinks he is a better poker player Judged by the din of Russian propaganda, Vladimir Putin has never been closer to winning his war on Ukraine. Yet three years after his invasion, it is not clear what “win” means. His goals are elusive. His “special military operation” was planned in secret. His government was kept in the dark, as were the Russian people. Mr Putin talks of defending Russian sovereignty, but what happens next depends in part on factors outside his control: politics in Ukraine, Europe’s re-armament effort, and above all Donald Trump. Negotiations with the Trump administration began formally…
