Fondly called Baba Kekere, Jakande was the governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983 on the platform of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria. He later became Minister of Works during the Sani Abacha military regime between 1993 and 1998.
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As it was with Awujale in Ijebuland 39 years ago, the end of this chapter of Sanusi’s life is not the end of the story. Whether, like the Awujale, Sanusi returns to his throne or not, whether he returns to Kano or not, the book is not finished, yet
The Unity Party of Nigeria has described the statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on alleged “Fulanisation’’ and “Islamisation’’ of Nigeria, as tactic to divert government’s attention from probing his administration’s expenditure on power sector.
Oba Hamzat died on Sunday evening
The Unity Party of Nigeria on Saturday elected a farmer, Alhaji Ahmed Sakil, as its presidential flag bearer for the 2019 general elections.
Bade-Gboyega, who was the sole candidate in the primary election of the party, was unanimously adopted by all the 80 delegates across the 16 local government areas of the state.
This emphasis on ideology, party politics, and Awoism is important as an entry point into the interrogation of Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s politics
The Interim Chairman of CCPP, Dr. Onwubuya Breakforth, made this known to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
Breakforth, who is the National Chairman of Freedom and Justice Party, said the group was concerned about boiling national issues, including killings by herdsmen and restructuring
For Ondo State that owes its survival to the monthly statutory allocation from the Federal Government and where industrial development is at its nadir, the truth is that the government cannot and should not be expected to single-handedly shoulder the burden of financing education
Babatope, a former Director of Organisation in the defunct Obafemi Awolowo’s Unity Party of Nigeria, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that he was fully in support of George’s ambition.
‘His death is very painful and a blow to us all. He is leaving a void in us…’
Declaring the results, the commission’s Chairman, Risikat Ogunfemi, said the ruling All Progressives Congress won all the Chairmanship positions in all the 20 local governments and 37 LCDAs
Sokoto explained that Adelaja-Okuwa was elected by delegates to UPN’s first national convention held in Kaduna to replace the former Interim National Chairman, Dr. Frederick Fasehun
The National Organizing Secretary of the party, Dr. Ola Olateju, who disclosed thison Friday, pointed out that the party has not set up any disciplinary committee in Ogun State or any state of the federation
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Adedeji Salau, said in a statement in Abuja on Sunday that the outcome of the poll was a true reflection of the choice of the people
The National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Sokoto, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that Mamman slumped and died at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on June 12
This was contained in a statement signed by Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the Commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity
The party said it was confident of partaking in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States this year
Fasehun made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos following the release of the timetable for the Ekiti and Osun States governorship elections and the 2015 general elections
“If a Governor is elected on the platform of a political party, the honourable thing for that Governor to do is to respect the mandate given to him by the people and complete the tenure under the platform of that party; or else he should quit the post if he thinks that he no longer believes in the party under which he was elected,” the statement said