Nigerian Gazette

The Ado Progressives Union (APU) Youth Wing has counseled leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state to stop the party’s social media attacks on the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rufus Adejugbe over the installation of the State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose as the Apesin of Ado Ekiti. In a statement on Sunday, by its National President, Roland Adewale Falade, the APU Youth Wing, which described any media attack on the Ewi as an attack on the entire people of Ado Ekiti, said the social media attack launched against Oba Adejugbe and the Ewi-in-council yesterday, by the APC was uncalled for and in bad taste. The APC, through its social media agents like Orebe Sunday Kola, Adesoji AngelGabby, Olufemi Aduloju and others had circulated a write-up titled; "Ado Names Fayose Prime Minister, Lawrence Anini, Oyenusi, Monday Osunbor, Evans Also Honoured" credited to The Falconer, an APC propagating New Media brand while Olufemi Aduloju, an indigene of A...

Sunday, 20th August, 2017 Award winning Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Jide Egunjobi has charged drivers in Ekiti to make investing in the education of their children their topmost priority. He made the remark while addressing drivers from Ekiti South West Local Government who had gathered at Ilawe Ekiti, the LG headquarter on Saturday to celebrate the 2017 Ogun Festival. Stressing the importance of education in the present age, Egunjobi told the gathering that the best legacy they can bequeath their wards is quality education. He said "Driving is my hobby, driving is what I enjoy doing most, if not for education, I would have been a professional driver. All the same, my advice for us all is that we invest very seriously in the education of our children so they can become better than we are in whatever profession they choose". The commissioner also reiterated the need for the drivers to continue to support the policies and agenda of the state governo...

A political group in Osun State, Osun Shall Rise Again (OSRA) has counseled the former factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr Soji Adagunodo to in the interest of the party, seek prayers from men of God to break his blood oath with Ogun East Senator, Buruji Kashamu. This is according to a release issued after the group’s meeting in Ikirun, Osun State on Friday and signed by the Chairman, Comrade Oladeji Samuel Oladele. The OSRA noted that it appreciates the commitment of Adagunodo to the progress of PDP in Osun State, but his major constraint has remained the oath he took when he collected N25 million from Senator Kashamu. The group said that all those used as plaintiffs by Kashamu in the suit that caused PDP the Ondo State governorship election were paid N25 million each and they were made to swear to an oath inside coffin before the N25 million was paid. It is the fear of dying like others, who have reneged on the oath they took with Kasham...

Ekiti Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has cautioned the federal government over its categorisation of hate speeches to act of terrorism, “This appears as another plot to silence the opposition and I make bold to say that saying the truth concerning the country and its rulers cannot be termed as hate speech.” The governor, who accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the number one promoter and beneficiary of hate speeches in the country, noted that; “When the APC was looking for power, several provocative statements were made. Nigerians are yet to forget President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood’ hate speeches and the threat by the APC to form a parallel government.” In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Friday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose, who said he was totally against hate speech and will support any effort to curb it, added that it was important to caution the federal...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the attacks on the 'Resume or Resign', protesters, describing it as the height of dictatorship and demonstration of intolerance to opposing views by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The governor, who declared support for the call for President Muhammadu Buhari to either “resume or resign” said; “Nigeria can no longer afford a diaspora president or a president that is seen once in 100 days. If they say the President is now well, he should return to Nigeria or is Nigeria now in the hands of the President’s doctors?” Governor Fayose said that he was particularly miffed by what he called orchestrated attack on the protesters at Wuse market, Abuja yesterday, adding that; "By arranging hoodlums to attack Nigerians who were exercising their fundamental rights to protest against the government, the APC government has shown that it has lost support and trust of Nigerians.” Special Assistant to the governor...

PRESS STATEMENT 15 August, 2017. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN OFFICE ARE UNDENIABLE - PDP 1. We have read comments made by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Alhaji Bolaji Ojo-Abdullahi, Mallam Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President on Media, and other senior members of the Ruling Party such as former Governor, Segun Oni and Dr. Osita Okechukwu, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria where they attempted to rubbish the comments made by former President Goodluck Jonathan that his Administration performed well during his term in office. 2. It is our firm belief that these statements were borne out of ignorance, lacking in depth and are devoid of the Sort of critical thinking that one would expect from highly placed government officials. However, these officials seem bent on continuing what has become an official position of the Ruling Party to reduce commentary on public issues, and indeed the art of governance to comedy. 3. It is sh...