The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday joined his counterparts in the South West to renew the call for the creation of State Police as one of the major steps to stem the growing tide of insecurity in the region.
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The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has debunked media reports that power must shift to the South West in 2023.
A socio-cultural group, Tiwa n Tiwa L’Osun Development Association, has lent its voice to calls for concerted efforts aimed at tackling the rising cases of kidnapping across the South West of Nigeria and the need to be proactive before the disturbing menace becomes an intractable national crisis.
Lagos State, South West Nigeria is number one among the Highly Indebted States in Nigeria in both external and domestic debts, with N1.043 trillion in 2018, in a latest report by the Economic Confidential.
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has cautioned “a certain South West political leader” and “his collaborators in the All Progressives Congress Federal Government” to steer clear of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and jettison “the new plot to unleash the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other anti-corruption agencies in order to intimidate the man.”
Armed bandits attacked, killed and burnt houses in Kakangi village, South West of Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State on Saturday in broad daylight.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the Yoruba race needs to be more tactical in order to actualise the call for restructuring .
The Muslim Rights Concern has faulted a statement credited to the Federal Government on the hijab saga.
Seye Oyeleye, Director-General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, and other Pan-Yoruba groups have called on the newly elected political leaders in the South West to make regional integration their focus.
A heavy security cordon was thrown on many of the South West states as voting and accreditation in the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections got underway in the zone.
The South West chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, an umbrella body of cattle dealers association in the nation, on Wednesday declared support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Former Senate Minority, Godswill Akpabio, says God has ordained the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in the February 16 election.
Ezekwesili spoke on Tuesday in Akure while flagging off her South West presidential campaign that drew party members from Ekiti, Osun and Ondo states.
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, on Tuesday continued their hostility by inaugurating parallel campaign councils for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The representative Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, has faulted the claim by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that President Muhammadu Buhari would hand over power to the South West in 2023.
This was contained in a statement signed by its Zonal Co-ordinator, Chief Stanley Ohajuruka, and Acting Secretary, Godwin Onwusi, in Enugu on Wednesday.
George, a one-time Military Administrator of Ondo State, gave the advice while speaking to newsmen in Lagos.
The issue of who succeeds Buhari in 2023, which the South East has consistently laid claim to, has become heightened based on the reasoning that if the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, wins, he might contrary to promise opt for a second term, delaying other zones taking a shot at the presidency till 2027.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023.
Daniel, a former governor of Ogun, made the declaration in an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.