Ineptitude

The leader of Kwara’s crumbling dynasty has reportedly conceded defeat even as he urged his party to fight to the finish, apparently hoping for a political miracle in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections this Saturday.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reaffirmed his support for presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its readiness to hold next year’s general elections, clarifying, however, that the conduct of the polls in security-challenged places in the North-east would be determined by security reports from the military.

An agricultural economist, Mr Jinadu Balogun, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to use public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements to boost agricultural production in efforts to attain zero hunger by 2030.

Dr Paul Okorie, a former Commissioner for Works, Housing and Environment, has declared his intention to run for the office of governor of Ebonyi in the 2019 general elections.

The association therefore appealed to the party leadership at local, state and federal levels to ensure that the state governors do not hold them to ransom.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the people of Osun State to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 22, governorship election, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola to sustain rapid development of the state.

The staff of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike over what they termed as maladministration, ineptitude, incompetence and inefficiency of the current Director General, Mustafha Maihaja.

Mr Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, has said that the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no moral rectitude to pontificate on Godwin Obaseki’s educational reforms.

The Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to probe the role of former governor Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent crisis that engulfed Amassoma community in which five persons were confirmed dead.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has apologised to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that life is worthless under President Muhammadu Buhari.

A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday advised Nigerians not to accept the apologies tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party for its mistakes while in power.

The Peoples Democratic Party has crticised the Presidency for allegedly abandoning its responsibility of governance but now concerned itself with the running of a political party.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, has asked on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.

Returning to plenary after a two-week break during which it reviewed the 2017 budget of the Federal Government against the proposals for 2018, the Senate yesterday returned a damning verdict of incompetence, inconsistency and ineptitude in the planning and execution of the 2017 budget.

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as outrageous, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s attack on the government after he ruined the country.