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2023 : Political Explosion In Oyo South APC As Akinosun, Asanike Withdraw From Senatorial Race, Collapse Structure,Merged Groups And Declare Support For Bimbo Adekanmbi Two leading Senatorial aspirants for Oyo South district under the All Progressives Congress, Chief Fola Akinosun and Asatola Asanike have today formally withdrawn from the race and declared their wholesome support for Bimbo Adekanmbi. In his address, Dr. Akinosun opined that his withdrawal from the race is predicated on his belief that Adekanmbi is another kind of him who is well connected to the needs of the people. Akinosun applauded Adekanmbi for efficient coordination of his campaign in a manner that speaks to issues and the collective will of the people. Akinosun speaking before his mammoth supporters and coordinators across the 9 local governments in the Senatorial district assured them of Adekanmbi’s commitment to the towering needs of the Senatorial district which is evident in his numerous intervention projects...

JUST IN: Reps member floors Dino Melaye to clinch PDP senatorial ticket Senator Dino Melaye The lawmaker representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu Federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf, has defeated Senator Dino Melaye to clinch the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial ticket in Kogi State. Yusuf defeated Melaye, who represented Kogi West in the 8th Assembly with 163 votes as against 99 votes polled by Melaye. In a rerun election held Tuesday in Kaba, following a tied result of 88 votes apiece for the duo of TJ Yusuf and Dino Melaye after Monday’s delegates election. In Kogi East, former banker, Dr Victor Adoji clinched the ticket to fly the flag of PDP at next February’s general election. As of the time of filing this report, the delegates’ election to Kogi central is yet to be held after some of the aspirants’ picture did not appear on the ballot papers. Our correspondent however learnt that officials left Lokoja for Okene at 18.30. @INSTANTnews

Oyo-APC : Dream Or Reality, I Can Never Step Down, I’m Actively In Race – Folarin Dispels Rumour The leading 2023 governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Teslim Folarin has said that he was still very active in the race to secure the governorship ticket of his party on Thursday, 26th May 2022. The Oyo Central senator made the statement while reacting to a news report that he had been instructed by an unnamed source to step-down his ambition to pave way for 2019 governorship candidate of the party, Oloye Bayo Adelabu. In his words: “The news is a sponsored fake news aimed at misleading the people of Oyo State, teeming members of our great party (APC) and my teeming supporters across the length and breadth of our state”. “I want to disclaim that there was no instruction handed down to me by any person, group of persons or the highest hierarchy of our great party”. “I am actively in the race and will undoubtedly get the majority votes of our p...

JUST IN: FG slams new tax on telephone calls SIM cards. The Federal Government has slammed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a minimum of one kobo per second for phone calls is a part of the sources of funds required to finance free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is contained in the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2021 signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), last week. The act includes a provision under Section 26 subsection 1c which states that the source of money for the Vulnerable Group Fund includes telecommunications tax, not less than one kobo per second of GSM calls. The Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwo Oyedele, said, “S.26 of this ...