Abuja Media Circle

The governments of the South-west states have declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by the late M.K.O Abiola. The states include Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, and Oyo states. The federal government on Wednesday announced that June 12 would become a national holiday for the celebration of democracy day starting from 2019, although the day had always been public holidays in the South west. In Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor, said the recent decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 as the new democracy day would ensure that Mr Abiola and other martyrs of democracy who laid down their lives in the struggle to entrench good governance did not do so in vain. “For us in Lagos, June 12 is not just a day to remember, it is a rallying point for those of us in service that we must continuously strive to entrench true democracy and good governance w...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed a constitutional amendment that stops a vice president who completes the term of a president from contesting for the office of the President more than once. The same is applicable to a deputy governor who completes the term of a state governor. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa yesterday. The term of a President or a governor can be aborted by virtue of death, resignation or removal, thereby paving the way for the Vice President or deputy governor to take over. Enang explained that the effect of the new law, Act 16, is that having taken the oath of President or governor once, the affected person can only contest one more time and no more. If the law had been in place, former President Goodluck Jonathan who completed the tenure of late President Umar Yar’Adua after his death would not have qualified to contes...

8th of June 2018 was a politically decisive night for Babasola Adegbuyi Ogunwa as he declared his gubernatorial ambition under the platform of the Young Progressive Party YPP. His declaration was made in a press conference held at Royal Pavilion Hotel Ibara Housing Estate Abeokuta Ogun state. The conference was witnessed by his Team, His family, Some of the State executives. Also present was the Director General of his campaign organisation Mrs Bewaji,who introduced him to the guests present. In his declaration, Comrade Babasola Adegbuyi Ogunwa highlighted his plan for Ogun state upon his election come 2019. Being the best candidate for the race among other aspiring candidates, he promises to take the state out of her present developmental decay. As a financial expert and an accountant by training, he highlighted his plan to increase the internally generated revenue of the state and reduce the many issues of multiple taxation among people of Ogun state. He promised to increa...

T-Boss wants to be left alone to enjoy her friendship with Ubi Franklin. And she just made it clear she has known the music executive long before he met and married his ex-wife, Lilian Esoro -- 16 years precisely, she said. Recall recently, a follower told her to chill on hanging out with Ubi saying, at least she should let the man get divorced first. T-Boss replied asking him to mind his business. Now speaking to Sunday Scoops, she makes it all clear… Her words; “I don’t see why I should not respond to people whenever they say rubbish on my page if I feel like doing so. I don’t understand why people are concerned that I was hanging out with my friend. “I don’t follow blogs; I don’t follow gossips; so, I don’t know what was written online. He is my friend and we didn’t talk about any issues with his wife and I didn’t know if they had divorced or not. I have known Ubi for 16 years, which was before he met his wife. I don’t have to justify anything to anyone.”