Tag: Falae
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Help! Fulani herdsmen may kidnap me again, Olu Falae cries out
Former Presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy in 1999, Chief Olu Falae has raised the alarm over invasion of his farm by Fulani herdsmen in Ondo State. He said Fulani herdsmen should not be allowed to kidnap him again for the second time as they did in September 2015. Falae, in a letter addressed…
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Falae officially writes INEC over retirement as SDP chairman
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy in 1999 elections, Chief Olu Falae has officially written to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on his retirement as Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). According to the letter dated February…
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Falae resigns as SDP chairman, quits partisan politics
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Chief Olu Falae has resigned as chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Friday because of old age. The Director, Media & Publicity of SDP, Yemi Akinbode, said his resignation was not new to the leadership of the party. His resignation came hours after the…
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2019: Gana dares Falae, set to launch SDP presidential campaign
The Prof. Jerry Gana Presidential Campaign Team, known as G19, says it is going ahead with its planned commencement of Gana’s 2019 election campaign. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja on Dec. 14, declared that Gana and not Mr Donald Duke, was the rightful Candidate of…
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2019: Don’t attend Gana’s presidential campaigns, Falae tells SDP members
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae, has appealed to all members of the party not to attend any of the events being scheduled by Prof. Jerry Gana and his Presidential Campaign Committee. Falae, in a statement he issued on Friday in Abuja, said that doing so might amount to contempt of…
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2019: Vote out APC, Buhari has failed – Olu Falae tells Nigerians
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as ‘a failure’ especially in the area of security. Falae disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State after a closed-door meeting with former president Olusegun Obasanjo. “The current president, you and I know that he has not…
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2019: Obasanjo to host Falae in Abeokuta on Tuesday
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is scheduled to host a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae as part of strategies for the 2019 general elections. Recall that the duo once contested against each other in 1999 when Nigeria returned to democracy. However, Obasanjo won that election. Impeccable sources confirmed that Falae,…
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Atiku condemns burning of Falae’s farm
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday condemned the burning of a farm belonging to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Atiku said in a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday that arson is a punishable offence under the law and that when…
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‘Herdsmen calling for war’ says Afenifere over invasion, destruction of Falae’s farm
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has reacted to yesterday’s invasion, destruction of the farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, located at Ilado near Akure, the Ondo State capital, by herdsmen. Reacting, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin said: “It is continuation of the declaration of war by…
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Reports of 2014 confab can solve Nigeria problems if implemented – Falae
Olu Falae, National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Presidential Candidate of defunct All People’s Party (APP) in 1999 has declared that all the socio-economic and political problems that bedevil the country can be resolved if the more than 600 resolutions reached at 2014 National Confab conducted by Goodluck Jonathan-led Presidency were implemented by…