You’re A Politician, Trump Blasts Pope Francis

-Adewale Adetoyese US President, Donald Trump has replied Pope Francis, who earlier criticized him and described him as non-Christian. TellAfrica gathered that Trump responded to the criticism at a campaign rally in Kiawah Island, S.C., describing the Pope as a politician. Trump equally warned the pontiff about the Islamic State, who he said: โ€œtheir primary goal is to get to the Vatican.โ€ โ€œIf and when the Vatican is attacked,โ€ he said, โ€œthe pope would only wish and have prayed that Donald Trump would have been elected President.โ€ The President had…

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The Polarity Of Restructuring Nigeria

Amb. Dr. Favour O. Ayodele Ordinarily, sincerity, transparency, and visionary leadership would have solved Nigeria’s problem without hammering on restructuring. I have always said, to every masquerade’s veil, there is a body that bears the garment. The conceptualization of Nigeria is simple I dont see complexity by a leader who knows or understand fundamental socio-economic and geopolitical interest with democratic polity. People’s policies give way to national development. What is the recipe for good governance? Government of the people by the people for the people. Simple! Since the present constitution…

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WTO: Meet The Finalists, Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala & South Korea’s Yoo Myung

The World Trade Organisation announced Nigeriaโ€™s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Koreaโ€™s Yoo Myung-hee as the top two candidates for the position of its Director-General on Thursday. These two finalist are to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body. From 24 September to 6 October, WTO members expressed preferences on five remaining candidates during consultations with Amb. Walker, Amb. Dacio Castillo of Honduras and Amb. Harald Aspelund of Iceland,โ€ the trade body said in a statement Thursday. โ€œBased on the depth and breadth of…

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Ondo 2020: PDP Rejects OAU Vice Chancellor As Returning Officer

Prof. Ogunbodede is an ally of the incumbent governor and hails From Owo as Gov. Akeredolu” Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State alleged. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede, as Chief Returning Officer for Ondo State governorship election scheduled for Saturday 10 October 2020. PDP alleged that Ondo Indigenes cannot get free and fair election with the present composition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman, PDP National Campaign Council, Governor Seyi Makinde, made…

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Ondo 2020: Gubernatorial Candidates Sign Peace Accord

Candidates for the Ondo State governorship election billed for Saturday 10 October 2020 on Tuesday have signed a peace agreement. The peace accord signing ceremony was held in Akure, Ondo State capital. The candidates who signed the peace accord were Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Agboola Ajayi who is contesting under the banner of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). The peace accord signing was facilitated by the National Peace Committee. In his address, the chairman of the Independent National…

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CALL FOR PEACE IN ONDO STATE

Ondo State Diaspora Organisation Europe receives with dismay and sadness the numerous sad news coming from our lovely Ondo State as we approach the Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday 10 October 2020. Election is not war! But the only known and globally acceptable instrument of democratically making a choice of leadership or representative forthe people. Hence, we are taken aback to hear of lives and properties been lost just as a result of the upcoming election. Politicians and their active supporters should know that no one’s political ambition is worth…

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Church Goers Turn Back As Sporadic Gunshots Takeover Akure As APC, PDP Political Thugs Lock Horns

-Adewale Adetoyese Christians who were on there way to Churches had to turn back home as thugs took over some parts of Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday morning when hoodlums suspected to be from the camp the of All Progressive Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP attacked each other. TellAfrica gathered that sporadic shootings rented the air as motorists and passers-by scampered for safety during the fracas. With the busy Oba Adesida road deserted which also extended to Arakale axis of the city, those who were…

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I Get N12million Not N13m While You Get N900 Million Monthly, Ondo Deputy Gov Fires Back At Boss

-Adewale Adetoyese The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agoola Ajayi, has replied his boss, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over claims that he earns N13million monthly. TellAfrica gathered that Ajayi, who is the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) argued that he earns N12 million naira, noting that the governor gets a security vote of N750million naira and an imprest of about N150 million monthly. He was reacting to an earlier comment by Akeredolu claiming he (Ajayi) gets the highest running grant of N13m monthly. Ajayi in a statement signed by…

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60 YEARS OF POST-INDEPENDENCE: SECURING THE FUTURE OF THE NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH NEO-PAN AFRICANISM

– Opiah Emmanuel Today, the 1st of October, Nigeria shall be celebrating 60 years of independence from the vivid claws of the British Empire. There has been a long lived misconception that the said date is the day that Nigeria celebrates her โ€˜birthday.โ€™ However, it is pertinent to note that October 1st is not by any justification the โ€˜birthdayโ€™ of our great motherland, Nigeria. If at all any date of colonial existence is to be regarded as the birthday of Nigeria, then it would definitely be the date of the…

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Nigeria: A Great Nation With Docile Followers & Crook Leaders

Nigeria is a great nation but it is the docile followership and crooks who lead and the sycophants who hoist the crooks that damage its standing. On a day like this let us ask ourselves what we have done to improve the image of Nigeria and Nigerians . If we cant change the image of Nigerians in SA by first changing our own behavior then we must know we are part of the problem. Today is a day that I choose to revert to the speech by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa…

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