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FG to deploy CCTV, drones to fight mounting insecurity in South West – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Wednesday disclosed that arrangement is being made to deploy drones and CCTVs to boost security of lives and properties in the South West. He spoke with State House correspondents after leading other traditional rulers from the South West for a meeting with the President of the Presidential…
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Enough is enough of herdsmen killings in Southwest – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has declared that the South West has heard enough of the killing by the herdsmen. He declared it was time for the region to be united in purpose in combating the security challenges headlong. Oba Ogunwusi, who spoke on Sunday in Kota Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government area…
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Ninth NASS: Troubles for APC as group threatens to oppose zoning of speakership to South West
Sequel to moves by the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South West, a group, North-Central APC Young Patriots, a coalition of youth groups of the All Progressives Congress in the geopolitical zone, has vowed to resist the zoning…
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Fayemi tasks S’West leaders on unity, restructuring, development of region
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has urged Southwest leaders to to jettison party politics in the interest of the region for the sustainable development. Fayemi said the region can only regain its pride of place in the country’s political configuration unless leaders never allow national politics to divide them. He stated that…
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2019: We deserve more than SGF, South-West PDP tells Atiku
The South-West Zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar, to give more key positions to the zone if he emerges as president. The South-West Vice-Chairman of the party, Dr Eddy Olefeso, made the demand in Lagos on Friday night, at a meeting of key members across…
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What South-West stands to gain by returning Buhari to power in 2019 – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, urged the people of South-West to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections to guarantee a return of power to the region in 2023. The minister stated this at a special town hall meeting on infrastructure organised by the Ministry of…
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Buhari dines with Tinubu, South West APC leaders [Photos]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night hosted South West caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The event, which started at about 8.30p.m at the new Banquet Hall, was attended by APC chieftains from the region. TheNewsGuru learnt that some national issues including…
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Convention: Jonathan, Secondus, others embark on reconciliation talks with aggrieved south-west leaders
The new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are considering options on how to pacify the Southwest geopolitical zone, following protest from its leaders and members over their abysmal failure at the party’s convention on Saturday. The zone failed to realise its bid to produce the national chairman for the first time since the…
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I stepped down to increase S/West fighting chance of clinching PDP chairmanship title – Agbaje
To better increase the fighting chance of South West, former Lagos State governorship Candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has shelved his ambition to be the next chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Agbaje said this in a statement on Saturday a few hours after the PDP convention began. The PDP chieftain said the inability of the…
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PDP National Convention: Why South-West cannot produce Chairman – Tom Ikimi
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former External Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi, has alluded reason why the South-West cannot produce the chairman of the party. Chief Ikimi was speaking at the PDP Zonal Congress that held in Port Harcourt on Monday when he said the PDP cannot afford to allow the South-West produce the…