The Big 5: Stay away from partisan politics or lose respect – Buhari tells religious leaders; PDP condemns Buhari’s travel restrictions | More stories

The Big 5: Stay away from partisan politics or lose respect – Buhari tells religious leaders; PDP condemns Buhari’s travel restrictions | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s placement of travelling restrictions on 50 high-profile Nigerians, stressing that the ‘decree’ was a direct clampdown on the country’s democratic order and an overthrow of rights of citizenry as guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution (as amended). According... Read More

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September 25, 2018

The Late 5: Ahead of Thursday’s rerun- Fayemi, Atiku visit Omisore in Osun; Court nullifies impeachment of Imo Deputy Governor | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Governor-elect of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday led some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the ile-Ife residence of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The visit which comes less than 24 hours after Senate... Read More

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September 14, 2018

The Late 5: Finance Minister, Adeosun quits Federal cabinet, Buhari faces criticism over appointment of Yusuf Bichi as new DSS chief | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Embattled Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has resigned her appointment. Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed the 2018 supplementary budget of N9.9bn into law, berating Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his party(APC) for questioning the importance of the budget. Speaking at the event, Fayose stressed that it was laughable... Read More

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September 12, 2018

Days to the end of his tenure, Fayose offers self for EFCC probe

Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) offering to make himself available for questioning as regards issues on his tenure in office as soon as he hands over to Governor-Elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on October 15. The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), disclosed this... Read More

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August 17, 2018

The Late 5: Premium Times reporter regains freedom; One feared dead, children trapped in Abuja building collapse | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Samuel Ogundipe, a journalist and reporter with online medium, Premium Times who has been detained in the custody of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) since Tuesday, has been released. One person has been reported dead and about eighteen others, including children and food vendors trapped beneath the... Read More

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July 29, 2018

[#YNaijaEssays] The good, the bad and the ugly: What the Nigerian elections really cost

There are few events that can come to define a nation’s identity quite like how it approaches elections. This is because elections expose the priorities and motives of the men and women who seek to lead their country and reveals the electorate’s ethno-religious biases. This is true, even for long-established democracies in seemingly progressive countries... Read More

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July 26, 2018

The Big 5: Buhari meets with APC Senators, Ministry says 75 Nigerians absconded in Russia after World Cup and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday held a meeting with senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). At the meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, and believed to be at the instance of the defection of 14 senators and 37 members of... Read More

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July 20, 2018

The Big 5: I will probe Fayose – Fayemi, LASG wants FG to postpone closure of Third Mainland Bridge and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Governor-elect of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said it will be irresponsible of him not to probe the administration of the outgoing governor of the state, Ayo Fayose. Fayemi who was speaking to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential... Read More

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July 16, 2018

Money will flow in 2019 election, like it did in Ekiti

Interesting as the Ekiti election may seem, but for faithful onlookers and believers in a better Nigeria, it is the usual setback, the tragic fact that we are not making progress in any way, and for 2019, we can only hope that fate leads us on the path of the fabled “Nigeria go better”.

The urgent task before Fayemi in Ekiti

The brown and white envelopes, the strips that once held bundles of notes of various naira denominations and other souvenirs of voter-persuasion infrastructure will now be cleared off polling stations and streets from Ado-Ekiti to Ikere. Another Nigerian election has taken place and, regrettably, not a lot has changed as to whether political parties trust... Read More

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July 15, 2018

The Late 5: PDP rejects Ekiti election results, Fayemi says victory is to restore the values of Ekiti people and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation: The National leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, describing it as a daylight robbery and a brazen subversion of the will of the people. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, who addressed a press conference in... Read More

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July 15, 2018

BREAKING: Fayemi defeats Eleka to return to Ekiti Government House

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr. Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), winner of Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election. Fayemi polled 197,459 of the 384, 594 total valid votes cast to defeat 34 others including his closest rival and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka who scored... Read More

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July 13, 2018

#EkitiDecides: Should we pretend like this election is not all about Fayose?

In less than 24 hours, the people of Ekiti would file out to elect their Chief Executive for the next four years amid a number of ‘theatrics and stage plays’ that has greeted the political arena in that state in the last one week, with the most recent being the alleged siege on the Government... Read More

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July 13, 2018

Fayose will remain Fayose, but we cannot let him distract us from the matter at hand

Now that he has perfected the long expected return “home”, that sonorous legislator from Kogi should absolutely compose and render the tribute song at the departure ceremony for thespian Ayo Fayose, the man now picking his things from the Ado-Ekiti government house. Yes, Peter Ayodele Fayose – after this Saturday – will have a replacement,... Read More

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July 1, 2018

The Big 5: Nigerian Students in the UK protest against Plateau killings, NNPC accused of shortchanging Federation account of N20b and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Nigerian students at the Cambridge University in England have protested the recent killings in parts of the country as a result of the herdsmen-farmers crisis. At the demonstration held on Saturday, the students bearing placards with different inscriptions decried government’s indecisiveness in resolving the insecurity challenges... Read More

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June 11, 2018

The Late 5: MURIC says Nigerians begged it not to sue Falz, Nigeria and Morocco signs 3 agreements and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday signed agreements on a 5,660 km long Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP), a chemical plant and agricultural training as part of activities marking President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to the country. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the... Read More

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June 3, 2018

The Big 5: APC insists shooting was to assassinate Fayemi, PDP wins Oyo bye-election, and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The All Progressives Congress(APC) has declared that Friday’s shooting was an assassination attempt on the life of its Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. State Chairman of the party, Chief Olajide Awe at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Saturday disclosed this and asked the police to unravel... Read More

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May 31, 2018

The Big 5: Saraki challenges Jega to list corrupt Senators, Health Minister insists no pay for striking health workers and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the new President of Sierra Leone, Mr Julius Maada Bio, of Nigeria’s support, including military assistance, as the country works towards a stable and improved economy. The president gave the assurance on Wednesday, while receiving the Sierra Leonean President at the... Read More

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May 30, 2018

The Late 5: Former Governor of Taraba bags 14 years jail term, Dino Melaye joins PDP at Wednesday’s plenary and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: A former Governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame, was on Wednesday sentenced to 14-year imprisonment for criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the sum of N1.64bn preferred against him by the EFCC. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu, Abuja, who... Read More

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May 14, 2018

The Late 5: Leah Sharibu marks 15th birthday in Boko Haram’s custody, Pregnant New Zealand PM reveals plans after birth and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: Nathan Sharibu, father of Leah Sharibu, the last abductee of Boko Haram militants from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, has accused the Federal Government of keeping quiet over her continuous captivity. “It is very sad and the family is very weak. The... Read More

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May 13, 2018

The Late 5: Fayose thanks APC for favour done him, Mohamed Salah crowned Premier League Player of the Year and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose on Sunday told his predecessor and current Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi not to celebrate yet, describing Fayemi’s victory, at the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on Saturday, as pyrrhic. Fayose went on... Read More

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May 13, 2018

The Big 5: WHO says Nigeria, other African countries at risk of Ebola; Fayemi picks APC ticket for Ekiti governorship election and other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has picked the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti. With 941 of the delegates to yesterday’s rescheduled primary of the party throwing their weight behind him, Fayemi... Read More

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April 1, 2018

The Late 5: FG begins probe into Cambridge Analytica, Fayemi joins governorship race, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The Federal Government has commenced investigations into allegations that a Nigerian billionaire and supporter of former President Goodluck Jonathan paid £2m to Cambridge Analytica to hack into the medical records of President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the 2015 elections. A Presidency official disclosed this... Read More

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December 29, 2017

Fayemi is trying to protect Buhari’s image and it’s not working

A former governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is only seeking to return to power in 2019 so as to resume looting the treasury. Fayemi, currently the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, also urged Nigerians not to use the current fuel scarcity to rate President Muhammadu Buhari’s... Read More

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September 1, 2017

Fayemi allegedly approved supply of 156 vehicles through an ‘oral agreement’

An official of Coscharis Motors Nigeria Limited, Justin Ighene has alleged that the former governor of Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi awarded the company a contract to supply 156 vehicles – but there was allegedly no document. He said this on Thursday while speaking at the sitting of the judicial commission of inquiry set up by the state government... Read More

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August 28, 2017

Witness’ testimony gives details of Fayemi’s debt, contradicting Fayose’s claims

A witness, who works in the Funds Management Department in the Office of Accountant General, appearing Monday, before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, probing the handling of Ekiti’s finances between October 2010 and October 2014, has revealed that the total amount of debt left behind by the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi was N49... Read More

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August 3, 2017

‘How Fayose’s 2015 committee exempted Fayemi from an alleged N852m fraud’

There is a report that an investigative committee instituted by Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, to probe former governor, Kayode Fayemi over an alleged embezzlement of N852 million belonging to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), vindicated Fayemi. According to Premium Times, Fayose had set up the five-member committee after he assumed office as governor... Read More

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August 3, 2017

Former governors Fashola, Fayemi, Ngige say they no longer receive pensions from their states

Three former governors – current ministers have said that they no longer receive pensions from their state governments. The ministers are Babatunde Fashola (Power, Works and Housing); Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment) and Kayode Fayemi (Mines and Steel Development). Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State, said he did not receive any pension from Lagos... Read More

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July 23, 2017

N40bn life pensions: SERAP replies Fayemi, says ‘threat of legal action unjustified’

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, “to join us in promoting and supporting legislative measures to redirect public funds spent to provide life pensions to former governors for the benefit of the most marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians, rather than issuing threat of legal action... Read More