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Senator Atai Aidoko of the People’s Democratic Party is facing multiple troubles in his re election bid. Recent returnee to the political party, Dino Melaye is facing the same situation. The people’s Democratic Party just granted “automatic tickets to serving members of the National Assembly in States where the Party is not holding sway while allowing the Governors in PDP controlled States decide their preferred candidates”. According to information monitored on Kogiripples.com this decision was taken at meeting Uche Secondus led PDP National Working Committee and the PDP Caucus of the National Assembly. The meeting reportedly held today at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. This development is said to have sparked off a growing protest as news of the development leak. According to kogiripples.com source “This is clearly a return to the days of impunity which led to the ouster of the Party from Power in 2015”. The newsplatform which is very conversant with happenings in Ko...

Of course, I got the job. It was not just me alone, my friends and their friends too. At the end of the process, about 5,000 residents of Lagos got the job just from an idea you thought about probably in your car or in the office amid your very busy schedule as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly or even while driving home and seeing the faces mapped with hunger, desolation and fear. When I say fear, there was real fear. Residents moved about their activities suspecting every moves by the next person. Trust was often lost. A thief could just emerge from nowhere and hit his target and disappear without a trace. The police was doing its best. The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) heavily sponsored with state funds were doing extremely well, but with fewer personnel for a populated Lagos, a lot more was sure needed to protect the security of lives and properties. For those who might want to read this ‘thank you note’ with some bias, I want to confess that I have only met R...

Hell was let loose on Monday 27 August 2018 as the South West Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and an Executive Director of National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Chief (Mrs.) Kemi Nelson invaded the Lagos State Secretariat of the party with thugs. Sources revealed that some executive members of the party in the state were having a meeting in the office of the state Chairman of the party, Hon. Tunde Balogun, when Kemi Nelson stormed the secretariat with about six thugs led by one Ayo Ali Balogun. Newsheadline247 understands that Ayo Alli Balogun went straight to the State Women Leader of Party, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas at the party chairman’s office and warned her to behave herself, while trying to provoke her to a fight, but Okoya-Thomas kept her cool and did not utter a word, but rather left the meeting for her make-shift office in the secretariat. It was however gathered that Kemi Nelson and her hoodlums were still not satisfied. “Ayo Alli-Balo...

Official Secrets are on the loose. The happenings behind the walls of Nexim Bank have started seeping into the public place. And the first chapter of what looks like a series bears the details of the conduct of Nexim top shot, Stella Okotete. Okotete is the Executive Director, Business Development of Nexim Bank. According to the details brought to town by thecapital.ng “Mess around with her at your own peril”. The director is said to “loom large and domineering”. Though the news platform claims the Nexim boss’ loyalists within the bank claim otherwise, that claims “the dark-hued lady loves to instill fear in the hearts of customers and staff of the bank and watch them squirm in trepidation at her plots” are just “figment of her detractors’ imagination”. Societynow.ng confirmed in the face of these talks and counter talks, it is clear – there is an ‘unraveling situation at Nexim Bank pitching staff against one another”. Findings by societynow.ng revealed Stella Oko...

"One of the foremost indigenous oil marketers Sahara Energy has found itself on the wrong side of a legal suit after being dragged before a federal high court. The complainant in the case, Eterna Oil, is accusing the company of failing to facilitate the payment of the oil subsidy sum of approximately ₦4.3 billion.” is thelagostimes.com started this case and reports in full "Standing as joint defendants in the suit filed before Justice Rilwan Aikawa are the trio of Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Federal Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Attorney General of the Federation. However, in a recent and surprising development, counsel for the plaintiff Oluwakemi Balogun, SAN has filed a notice of discontinuance on behalf of Eterna Oil, seeking to put an end to the suit. The court has fixed 3rd of October, 2018 for hearing. Eterna had gone to court to compel Sahara Energy to carry out the necessary steps needed for the r...

 STL Trustees has explained that the July 24 and 25, 2018 execution of the judgement on the property measuring 200.184 hectares situated at Awoyaya Area, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, was in compliance with the Judgments of the Courts obtained in Suit Nos. LD/1911/04 and LD/420LMW/2015. STL through its solicitors, the Law firm of Messrs. Udah, Bala, James & Partner, had one month prior to the commencement of the execution of the court order on the property given notices to the trespassers to vacate the property whilst also giving an opportunity to those who had unfortunately purchased from some fraudulent indigenes to enter into negotiations with its solicitors for ratification and regularization of their purchase. This notice period regrettably elapsed without STL or its solicitors receiving any offers for regularization from any of the illegal occupants further to which it commenced execution on the said property. ...

An Osun State leading politician and international legal expert, Mr Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (K-Rad) has felicitated with Muslims on this year's Eid-l-Kabir celebrations. In a sallah message released by him, Adegoke  admonishes Muslims to emulate Prophet Ibrahim in exhibiting patience and faith in all their day-to-day activities. "While we celebrate, we should also pause to ponder on the lessons embedded in the event we commemorate. We are not just to dine and wine but to also inculcate the virtues of perseverance, piety and sacrifice in all our endeavours", Adegoke counseled. The All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart also seizes the opportunity to sensitise the Osun electorate on the forthcoming governorship election in the state. According to the election litigation expert, "Our emulation of Prophet Ibrahim's piety (also known as Abraham in the Christendom) will not be complete without the readiness to make personal sacrifices. Such sacrifices are exp...

Bimbo Ashiru, the commissioner in the cabinet of Governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun is about to resign. Insiders claim Ashiru is preparing to resign within the next two weeks. His resignation is to enable him to fully face his gubernatorial ambition. Ashiru is the commissioner in charge of Commerce, Trade and Industry in Governor Amosun’s government. Though his followers claim he boosted economic activities in the state as a two term commissioner but he lacks support from the Governor to succeed him. "Ashiru doesn’t have the support of the governor to succeed him because Amosun sees him as too independent minded and opinionated" a source claim. But Ashiru is pushing headlong in his bid to become governor despite lack of Amosun’s support. Governor Amosun has publicly pledged to produce his successor from yewa area of Ogun state. The area is yet to produce a governor since creation of the state. Ashiru is from Ijebu, the area that has produced Go...

One of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has denied plans of an intending marriage with Tope Adesegun. But sources in the known insist a romance is on between the monarch and Tope. Oba Ogunwusi’s denial comes from his aids Jide Fadairo and friend Myuiwa Leroy Afolabi. The duo tags the talks of intending marriage “sponsored”. Ooni Ogunwusi’s friend, Afolabi particularly claim Oba Ogunwusi is not interested in marriage at present. He stated in the material made available to societynow.ng “That’s not on His Imperial Majesty’s mind. Marriage is not something he wants to do right away”. The duo, however, stayed away from commenting on whether the Ooni and Tope are involved in any romantic liaison. Insiders insist the monarch and co-convener of Hope Alive initiative are an item. And Tope, a mother of one is said to have transformed the love of the life of the 40 something-year-old monarch. Details As Ooni Ogunwusi Pushes All Others Aside To Adopt “Single Mother” Tope Ade...

Recently, I embarked on a journey to Ugbamaka lgah, the ancestral home of senator Attai Aidoko representing Kogi East in the senate. Whirling the community without a glance on potential pay-off for producing a Senator of the Federal republic, I resorted for interrogation and a retired police officer has this to say; “This is not river, but a stream. The only stream sustaining our community and the neighborhood and its about four Kilometers away. Aidoko is far from our challenges because he only come here in the night and disappear before dawn since he became a senator.  As you can see we have no portable water, no electricity and other basic infrastructures.” While the interrogation was still on, something struck my mind with the absence of morality in our leaders and I asked myself, why do people find pleasure in deceiving others? The senior citizen suddenly tapped and asked that I come with him. Lo and behold! I was taken to a large warehouse stocked with tricycles purpor...

A 26-year old undergraduate, Damilola Rachel Ajayi has emerged the overall winner of N5million star prize in the just-concluded Skye Bank Ref ‘n’ Win Promo. The ‘Ref n Win’ promo was a youth-focused initiative designed to reward Skye Bank’s account holders who were mainly undergraduates across the country. During the course of the campaign, students who referred their friends to open accounts earned commission on accounts opened and qualified for prizes ranging from N25,000, N50,000. They also stood a chance to partake in the grand draw to win star price value of N5million. Miss Ajayi, a resident of Kwara state, who runs her account with the Skye Bank Unilorin branch learnt about the promo through the campus Ref n Win promo flyer, and went all out to canvass for account opening with friends, assuring them that they stood a chance to win big in the promo. At the prize and cheque presentation ceremony in Ilorin on Wednesday, the Office Technology and Management (OTM) student ...

An aspirant in the 2018 Osun governorship election under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr ‘Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (K-Rad) has dragged the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) before the Federal High Court in Osogbo in a suit marked FHC/OS/CS/39/2018. The advertising practitioners’ regulatory agency had in May 2018 posted removal notices on his campaign posters in the state, to which he responded by a letter through his lawyers, protesting what he regarded as defamatory and an advertisement of his person to the whole world as a debtor and irresponsible law breaker. The protest letter was however followed by outright removal and confiscation of the campaign banners in July 2018. In reaction to this, Mr Adegoke has now instituted a court action against the regulatory body, through which he is asking the court to determine: – Whether the Defendant has the powers under the Advertising Practitioners (Registration Etc.) Act to control and/or regulate the activi...

Relentless preparation and long hours of practice are crucial requirement for excellent results in Mathematics competition. This is the submission of Israel Adegboyega, a participant in the on-going 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Television Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand from Promasidor Nigeria Limited. Israel, a student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State, explained that success in Mathematics demands preparation and determination in order to overcome the initial fear that scare a lot of students. “The magic is that students that are not very good at Mathematics should try and practice it more often in order to improve. For instance, ahead of this competition, I practised Mathematics for about 10 hours daily,” he said. He advised his fellow students to ignore the perception of Mathematics being challenging, adding that the subject nurtures the individual’s power reasoning, creativity, abstract or spatial...

There are indications Ajayi Boroffice the senator representing the people of Akoko   North senatorial district, Ondo State may not return to the upper chamber of the nation's national assembly. And the reason is clear, Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who is equally the leader of the party, All Progressive Congress in the state is against the senator reelection bid, highstreetng.com understands. He's said to be all out exploring all avenues to ensure he did not return.   He (Akeredolu) will use everything with his power to stop his ambition, an insider volunteered. "You Know senator Boroffice worked against the incumbent governor during the last governorship election. It's a retaliation of what he did to him then. That is why he's moving against him", an insider divulged. Further digs revealed the battle rocking the reelection bid of the senator is from double fronts. He also has a serious and more grounded politician from rival People...

Senator Demola Adeleke has revealed how billionaires Femi Otedola and Aliko Dangote have promised to fund his gubernatorial election. The People’s Democratic Party candidate for the September 22 Osun State gubernatorial election made the revelation in a video that has gone viral. Obviously speaking to his supporters at an event, Adeleke – now dubbed the dancing Senator – claimed the powers behind Dangote Group and Forte assured him of their support once he secured the party ticket. Sources confirmed the video was made before Adeleke emerged PDP candidate in Osun state. Speaking in Yoruba, Adeleke who claimed he returned from his trip abroad with huge funds in dollars and pounds told his audience that Dangote called him and told him once he gets the ticket he would dole out funds for to him and also provide other “help”. The Senator working to become the next Osun Governor also disclosed that Otedola called him on phone as well offering to provide help In the same mold a...

The Board of Directors of Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), one of Nigeria’s largest cement producers, has announced the appointment of Engr. Yusuf Binji as its new Managing Director effective September 1, 2018. Prior to this appointment, Binji was the Managing Director of Obu Cement Company (a subsidiary of BUA Cement), in Okpella, Edo State – a position he has held since February 2017. He takes over from Ibrahim Aminu who joins the larger BUA Group in an Executive Director capacity. Speaking on this appointment, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of the CCNN Board of Directors, said Yusuf Binji’s appointment was part of a restructuring effort aimed at further positioning the company for better business performance. Yusuf Binji brings with him solid experience from almost 3 decades in the African cement industry having worked with Heidelberg Africa, CCNN and BUA Cement in various capacities. Prior to joining BUA Cement, he was Technical Director at CCNN with respons...

Skye Bank mCash Merchant, Sulaiman Gidado, has emerged one of the top performing agents in the country. Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) made this known when it identified Suleiman as one of the top mCash merchants at the mCash relaunch which held in Lagos Tuesday. Part of  the renewed efforts to further drive financial inclusion in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) mandate, NIBSS, in collaboration with Banks, financial regulators, leading Telecommunications companies and merchants was the re-launched of the payment solution. While fielding questions from the media about mCash at the event, the head of E-Business, Skye Bank Plc, Akinwale Ojo, described mcash as an innovative solution targeted at low-value retail payments He further stated that, “The intention of mCash is to create enhanced  opportunity for people who rely mostly on cash to find convenient means of making payments electronically thus further enabling financial inclusion in ...

Emerging details have it that it isn’t all peace and love in the camp of those out to get Senate President Bukola Saraki. “Particularly among Senators out to unseat him and take over mantle of leadership in the Senate” societynow.ng learned. Senate President Bukola Saraki just defected from the ruling political party, All Progressives Congress to opposition People’s Democratic Party. The development effective puts the leadership of the Senate in the hands of the opposition with Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu also a PDP Member. The All Progress Congress Senators in the majority with – with three members more than the PDP in the Senate – have been exploring means to kick out Saraki and Ekweramdu and take over positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President. But there is said to be great conflict amongst the APC Senators about how to go ahead with plot, especially regarding who become Senate President and Deputy Senate President. Societynow.ng learned a...

Osun Restoration Vanguard, a vibrant group made up of Osun-born professionals and unemployed graduates, has made a stand on the soon to conducted Osun state gubernatorial election.  And their stand is simple "all well-meaning Osun state indigenes particularly top citizens actively involved in politics must come together to save the state from those it tagged agents of occupation."  Expected to lead the rescue mission- the battle to save Osun State Soul- are politicians like former Deputy Governor Iyiola Omisore, immediate past SSG Moshood Adeoti, gubernatorial aspirant and lawyer Kunle Adegoke K-Rad,  House of Representatives Deputy Yusuf Lasun, Mutual Benefits Insurance boss and PDP Guber aspirant Akin Ogunbiyi among others.  The gathering believes they have the capacity to liberate Osun state people only if they come together and form a common front to tackle "Ajele Concept" of Aregbesola a source who was part of the meeting revealed.  ...