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My Support for Akinlade is to Ensure Equity, Justice and Fairness -Amosun

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7 years ago

January 28, 2019

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Ogun State Governor, Senator

Ibikunle Amosun, has said his support for the candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), against that of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is borne out of his commitment towards ensuring equity, justice and fairness as well as peaceful elections.

He said his support for the APM candidate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade and not Prince Dapo Abiodun of the APC, was in accordance with the collective decision of the APC, to ensure the emergence of an indigene of the Ogun West Senatorial district, as the next governor of the state.

The governor was speaking at the Church Service, to mark the 60th birthday of the Archbishop of Lagos Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Diocese of Remo, Most Rev. Michael Olusina Fape, at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne, in Ikenne Local Government Area, which was graced by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, erstwhile Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and the Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remo land, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, among other dignitaries.

Responding to the allegation by the minister, Most Rev. Solomon Kuponu, that the decision could cause confusion among the electorate and a breach of peace, Amosun said, “I won’t take our people for granted and it is for us not to have violence in the state and to continue to live together in peace, that all of us in All Progressives Congress, in Ogun State, took the decision.

“It is rather unfortunate that the people fighting us right and left, do not know what we have all agreed, since two years ago, that in the spirit of fairness, justice, equity and peace in Ogun, let us now look at our brothers from Ogun West Senatorial district.”

According to him, in the 43 years of existence of the state, nobody from the area has governed the state.

Amosun said rather than work towards anarchy in the state, as he is being accused, he has been relentlessly ensuring peace in the state.

“If there is one thing I thank God Almighty for, it is the security and peaceful coexistence that we now enjoy in the state. I don’t know of anytime, particularly in the recent time, that we have the kind of peace that we now enjoy in the state and for us not to now bring back the past days of violence.

“I can say it openly here that before we came on board, even in Ogun East Senatorial district here, banks cannot open before, due to insecurity. When we have eight out of every 10 people saying we have done well, that is the tonic that keeps us going.

Speaking on the even distribution of infrastructure around the state, the governor said “I’ve been very fair to all districts in the state before my creator and I am fulfilled when I walk about, because it won’t be fair to have same number of projects where 20,000 people are and where we have 400,000 people.”

Amosun warned any politician who may be planning to rig the forthcoming elections, to stay off the state.

He said rigging will not be allowed in the state, adding that “for me, in the final analysis, anyone that wins should win and I will personally embrace the person, because I don’t want anything to spoil the good administration that the good Lord has helped us to build in the state.”

Speaking with journalists, Fape supported the decision of the governor, adding that there can be a peaceful election only when there is fairness, justice and equity, saying “it is the absence of these that causes turbulence and crisis.”

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Defence Gulps Lion Share As Tinubu Presents N58.47trn 2026 Budget to NASS

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6 hours ago

December 19, 2025

Eric

President Bola Tinubu has presented a budget of N58.47 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly, with capital recurrent (non‑debt) expenditure standing at N15.25 trillion.

Tinubu presented the budget on Friday, pegging the capital expenditure at N26.08 trillion and putting the crude oil benchmark at US$64.85 per barrel.

He said the expected total revenue is N34.33 trillion, projected total expenditure: N58.18 trillion, including N15.52 trillion for debt servicing. The budget is N23.85 trillion, representing 4.28% of GDP.

The budget was anchored on a crude oil production of 1.84 million barrels per day, and an exchange rate of N1,400 to the US Dollar for the 2026 fiscal year.

In terms of sectoral allocation, defence and security took the lion’s share with N 5.41 trillion, followed by infrastructure at N3.56 trillion.

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Mike Adenuga, Emmanuel Macron Hold High-Powered Meeting in Paris

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2 days ago

December 18, 2025

Eric

Accomplished billionaire businessman and Commander of the French Légion d’Honneur, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., GCON, CdrLH, has held a private meeting with the French President, Emmanuel Macron.

The two powerful citizens of the world held the meeting on Wednesday at the historic Élysée Palace in Paris.

The high-level engagement underscores the longstanding relationship between Dr. Adenuga and the French Republic, as well as his continued relevance in global business and diplomatic circles.

A respected industrialist and philanthropist, Adenuga has been widely acknowledged for his contributions to economic development, telecommunications, energy, and humanitarian causes across Africa and beyond.

The meeting adds to Dr. Adenuga’s growing profile as a bridge between African enterprise and international leadership.

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Free at Last: Burkina Faso Releases 11 Nigerian Soldiers, Aircraft

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2 days ago

December 18, 2025

Eric

Burkina Faso has released Nigerian soldiers who were detained after their aircraft made a forced landing in the Sahelian country earlier this month, Nigerian officials said.

The release followed a diplomatic intervention by President Bola Tinubu, who dispatched a high-level delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, to meet Burkina Faso’s Military Leader, Ibrahim Traoré, on Wednesday.

In a statement, Alkasim Abdulkadir, Tuggar’s spokesperson, said both sides resolved the matter amicably and secured the release of the Nigerian Air Force pilots and crew.

The soldiers had been held for nearly two weeks after the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) described the aircraft’s landing as an “unfriendly act” carried out in defiance of international law.

The Nigerian Air Force, however, said the crew encountered a technical issue that required a precautionary landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, the nearest available airfield. It said the landing complied with standard safety procedures and international aviation protocols.