Barring any unforseen developments, Osun State now seems ready to have 66 local councils. This development followed the passage by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday of the bill to create 36 additional local council development authority. According to a statement which emanated from the Osun Assembly Speaker and made available to the media by his media aide, Mr. Goke Butika, on Wednesday, the lawmakers passed the bill to create the additional councils because of administrative convenience. The statement read in part, “Osun State House of Assembly has finally passed the law creating additional 31 local council development authorities, three Area councils and two administrative units. " “At a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, the parliament explained that the creation of local governments, Area Councils and Administrative units became imperative in order to bring government closer to the grassroots. “The primary purpose of t...

The controversies surrounding the Osun State Governorship election has been put to rest finally as the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Sen. Iyiola Omisore, challenging the Court of Appeal’s judgment, which affirmed Gov. Rauf Aregbesola’s election victory in Osun. Omisore, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the election held on August 9, 2014, had challenged Aregbesola’s victory at the Election Petition Tribunal, and lost. He had earlier appealed against the tribunal’s judgement at the Appeal Court but lost again as the court upheld the tribunal verdict. Not satisfied, Omisore approached the Supreme Court to set aside the Appeal Court’s judgement, claiming that there was miscarriage of justice in the process. He was however further proved wrong as the apex court’s panel of seven justices, in its judgement read by Justice Centus Nweze on Wednesday held that Omisore’s appeal was devoid of merit ...

The People's Democratic Party, PDP took Nigerians by surprise last Monday,as it  endorsed Former Minister of Defence, Haliru Mohammed  as the new acting chairman of the Party's Board of Trustees. Haliru Mohammed choice was made contrary to expectations and calculations within and outside the party that President Goodluck Jonathan would automatically evolve to become the new BOT chairman in accordance with an earlier recommendation by Tony Anenih. The endorsement of Haliru Mohammed, was made  at a meeting which held at the Aso Rock Presidential villa, in Abuja on Monday night, May 25. Haliru Mohammed had once served as chairman of the party as well as chairman of the team which organised Jonathan's declaration for Presidential reelection PDP had been engrossed in crisis following its abysmal outing in the 2015 general election resulting in former Chairman of the BOT, Tony Anenih, resigning as well as the party’s national chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, stepping do...

About eight people were killed and 26 others injured on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device at the entrance of the Damaturu Central Motor Park in Yobe. The figure was given by the medical director of Sani Abacha General Hospital in Damaturu  Dr  Garba Fika Fika was  briefing Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam about the condition of the victims when he, (the governor) visited the victims whose figure he gave as  a total of 33 victims of bomb blast that occurred an hour ago. He said all of them sustained various degree of injuries, out of which seven are dead, while seven are under a very critical condition. ” We might refer those under critical condition to the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru and Federal Medical Centre Azare in Bauchi State respectively. ” Already, the Yobe State government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with these health institutions, in case of emergency of this nature, ” Fika said. Meanwh...

Kinsley Ku                                The Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has said that he was not plotting to stay on as the head of the organisation after the end of the tenure of this administration on May 29.                                                                                                                                     Kuku,the special adviser to PresidentJonathan on Niger Delta, made the clarification following strident calls by some influential Niger Delta individuals and groups on ...

Barring any unforseen change of plan,the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Amina Sambo, has said that she would go back to the classroom to acquire more knowledge after the woeful loss of her husband's political party, the PDP at the last election on May 29. Hajia Sambo, a graduate of Political Science from the Bayero University, Kano, bared her mind while speaking at a ceremony organised in her honour by the Coalition of Nigerian Muslim Women at the National Mosque, Abuja. She used the opportunity of the event to apologize to womenfolk in the country to forgive all the shortcomings of the outgoing administration, assuring that as a private citizen she would always continue to support them. The CMWIN said they were honoring Hajia Amina and the wife of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Hajia Aisha Mohammed, for their strive towards uplifting humanity. The group also applauded them for being pious and not allowing the demands of office to sway them from the right path.  Ha...

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, have unanimously rejected a motion seeking the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The rejection was sequel to a motion promoted on the floor of the house by  Hon Sunday Kareem PDP, Kogi entitled:’The recurring crisis of fuel subsidy’ which was quashed on arrival by members of the House. The lawmakers in turn swiftly and roundly condemned the motion, describing it as anti-people to remove fuel subsidy.

THE All Progressives Congress APC, has appointed embattled 73-year-old deputy governor of Ondo state, Alhaji Ali Olanusi who was impeached last week as a member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the party. According to a letter issued and  signed by the secretary of APC's National Executive Committee, NEC, Hon. Mai Bala Buni. Buni ,Alhaji Olanusi’s appointment as a BoT member took effect from July 4, last year. The impeached deputy governor defected to the APC barely 24 hours to the last March 26,barely 24 hours to the 2015 Presidential and National Assembly elections which was squarely won by the APC across the country. He was however later impeached following allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him by the executive arm of government in Ondo State which the House of Assembly tried and found him guilty of. He has since been replaced by the former Commissioner for Agriculture  Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo. However, Olanusi by his new appointment as a member of the p...

President-elect General Buhari  By Goke Charles .  . The 2015 General Elections has held in Nigeria and the All Progressives Congress,APC's candidates recorded victory across board but it is an irony of life whist some are still basking on the euphoria of that victory, the situation of yet many others could be likened to the theory of monkey they work bamboo they chop. Prominent in this category is AJAKAYE, the wonderful songster who is behind the African most globally rated political theme song of the year, the APC Sai-BUHARI creative Theme Song who was discovered to still be eating from hand to mouth. Ajakaye was recently sighted on the street recently on the street sweating profusely in town while the DeeJays and other performers that mimic his song were heavily rewarded and paid whooping sums while some also smile to their banks. Penultimate weekend GOKE OLUWOLE, the egghead, and Editor In Chief of the ThePODIUMEDITOR.com pinned him...