June 20, 2020

‘I’m Too Big,’ Tyson Fury Tells Mike Tyson

‘I’m Too Big,’ Tyson Fury Tells Mike Tyson

June 20, 2020 9:06 am

Tyson Fury has claimed he would have no trouble beating a prime Mike Tyson as he labelled himself the best heavyweight boxer of the last thousand years.

The Gypsy King is aiming to be crowned the undisputed champion when he faces Anthony Joshua twice next year in a mouthwatering Battle of Britain.

Fury believes it is a question of when and not if he will get his hands on all four belts and claims no legendary fighter could have stood in his way.

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The 31-year-old was asked specifically …

‘I Am The Acting National Chairman Of APC’ — Giadom Writes INEC

‘I Am The Acting National Chairman Of APC’ — Giadom Writes INEC

June 20, 2020 8:28 am

Victor Giadom, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a letter to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), introducing himself as the acting national chairman of the ruling party.

The party has been embroiled in a leadership crisis following the appeal court ruling that upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the party.

While the party announced Abiola Ajimobi, former Oyo governor, as acting chairman, Giadom declared himself as national chairman and also reversed the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, from the gubernatorial primary election and ordered a …

Oluremi Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Obasa Are Not Lagosians - Bode

Oluremi Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Obasa Are Not Lagosians – Olabode

June 20, 2020 8:27 am

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, and two other members of the Omo Eko Pataki Forum, has alleged that the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and many top political office holders in the state are not natives of Lagos State.

The members of the forum claimed that the senators representing the state at the National Assembly – Oluremi Tinubu and Solomon Adeola; Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa; the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folasade Jaji; and the Head of Service, Hakeem …

Tony Momoh - We Tried Reconciling Obaseki And Oshiomole But We Failed

Momoh: We Tried Reconciling Obaseki And Oshiomole But We Failed

June 20, 2020 7:35 am

Former Information and Culture Minister and Yerima of Auchi Kingdom, Prince Tony Momoh, explained in a detailed interview the various moves made by party elders to resolve the rift between Oshiomole and Obaseki. Here are some highlights of the interview he granted to the Guardian:

When he was asked about the accusations by the Director General of the Progressive Governor’s Forum on the failure of the party elders to reconcile the warring chieftains (Oshiomole and Obaseki), here is what he said:

As an elder of the party, I can tell you that it is not true that party leaders did …

Nigeria Should Return To Regions, Buhari, APC Incompetent – Balarabe Musa

Nigeria Should Return To Regions, Buhari, APC Incompetent – Musa

June 20, 2020 7:22 am

A former Governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said that the only way out of the numerous challenges confronting Nigeria was to divide the country into six regions.

“Let us restructure the country and go back to the regional arrangement, and so, should abolish the states and go back to regions; instead of the 36 states, we should have six or seven regions,” he said.

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Musa said the call for restructuring was valid, but insisted that those agitating for it should be able to make

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Lai-Mohammed's Son Folajimi Harassed By Police Officials

Lai-Mohammed’s Son Folajimi Harassed By Police Officials

June 20, 2020 7:21 am

The phrase ‘nobody is above the law’ rubbed off wrongly to Folajimi Lai-Mohammed, a member of Lagos State House of Assembly, recently at the presentation of staff of office to Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal, Abisogun II, the 15th Oniru of Iruland, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. But in this case, it seems the police went too far.

Some say that the member of the Lagos State House of Assembly wasn’t recognised by police officers who were carrying out the directives of Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu in enforcing the social distancing rule.

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NDDC: ‘Heads Will Roll’ – Onochie Speaks Forensic Audit

June 20, 2020 5:29 am
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has declared that heads will roll at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

Onochie issued the warning while commenting on the ongoing forensic audit of NDDC.

NDDC’s Interim Management Committee is under investigation for alleged mismanagement of N40bilion.

Recently, the Senate had vowed to unearth the truth and expose those behind the alleged mismanagement of the huge sum.

Following the alleged sharp financial practices, Buhari had in October last year ordered a forensic audit of NDDC’s operations from 2001 to 2019.

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It Will Take Serious Prayers’ – Bamgbose Reacts To Ajimobi’s Health

It Will Take Serious Prayers’ – Bamgbose Reacts To Ajimobi’s Health

June 20, 2020 5:28 am

Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has declared that it would take serious prayers for the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi to survive beyond July 7, 2020.

There has been a great apprehension about the state of health of Ajimobi, who is also the acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, with rumours of his death coming very thick in the last few days.

But the former Governor’s aide and members of his family, have, however, refuted the rumours.

Speaking on the development in a chat with DAILY POST on

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Silence From Leaders Over Herdsmen Worrisome – Saraki

Oshiomhole’s Masquerade Will Dance Naked In The Market – Saraki

June 20, 2020 5:28 am
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki said the defection of Governor Obaseki to the Peoples Democratic Party has exposed the suspended chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole.

Saraki, stated this while welcoming Obaseki to PDP on Friday.

Saraki said he had ignored Oshiomhole’s verbal attacks on him because he knew “a day like this would come when his masquerade will dance naked in the market.”

He added that the end of Oshiomhole’s political career is near.

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Saraki said: “At this point, it will be odd if …

Court knocks out Victor Giadom as APC drama shifts to Rivers

Court Knocks Out Victor Giadom As APC Drama Shifts To Rivers

June 20, 2020 5:05 am
In a deepening drama in the All Progressives Congress, a Rivers State High Court has restrained Victor Giadom from parading himself as a member of the National Working Committee of party.

The court based its order on Giadom’s resignation as Deputy National Secretary of the APC, when he went to vie for the position of Deputy Governor in Rivers in 2019.

Giadom has been waving a court order by an Abuja court that appointed him as acting national chairman.

The APC National Working Committee responded by formally accepting his letter of resignation.

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UN Peacekeepers Visit Mali’s President Keita In Detention

ECOWAS Intervenes In Mali As Protests Erupt Against President Keita

June 20, 2020 5:04 am

The sharpening political divide in Mali is worrying its West African neighbours, as second major protest erupted in Bamako on Friday.

A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met Mali’s prime minister as well as opposition figures in Bamako on Thursday and Friday, in a bid to defuse tensions.

It called for the creation of a “consensus government of national unity.”

The delegation said a decision by the constitutional court in late April was the source of social-political tension in the country.

The court had overturned around 30 results from the elections in March and …

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