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Court verdict on Ogun PDP primaries: Nothing to worry about, Showunmi assures supporters  Otunba Segun Showunmi, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has urged his supporters not to worry about the judgement of a Federal High Court, Abeokuta which yesterday nullified the primary elections conducted by Hon Ladipupo Adebutu controlled camp of the opposition party. Otunba Segun Showunmi while reacting to the court judgement described it as another bold moves to strengthen democratic ideals and ensure that the choice of party's candidates was not handpicked by just a few but by larger party members eligible to do that under the electoral act. Showunmi said, the judgement however has nothing to do with the lawsuit he had instituted against the party in the state seeking the dissolution of the leadership of the party while also asking the court to bar them from conducting the 2023 primaries over allegation of bias. The High Court sitting at Abeokut...

AKWA IBOM : AN EXAMPLE OF A GOOD SYSTEM BY DR.GBENGA ADEOYE. 1.I recently spoke at Channels TV on the importance of a system.  2.While praying for Nigeria, the Lord revealed to me that a System is like that straight Peg or stick we use to control the growth pattern of Yam in the farm. 3.When the stick is properly fixed besides the Yam.. Without anyone saying a word or touching the growing Yam, it follows the stick . 4.That also ensure there is no clash between one Yam and another or else the growth will be stunted.We have seen clashes of systems, Education, Health Care, Security, Agricultural and Banking. 5.These systems are connected.They are interrelated and dependent on one and other.For example ASUU strike affects businesses around campuses...House rent, food vendors, business centres, recharge cards..People selling clothes and many other businesses suffers as a result of the strike.That is how system works.Electricity contributes to security.Quality of Education contributes to...

Ogun PDP Candidate list, Showunmi Assures Party Loyalists of Victory. A governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi has said that the loyalists of Hon Ladipupo Adebutu, should rejoice less over the list of candidates as published yesterday by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) INEC had published Hon Ladipupo Adebutu among others as the governorship candidate for the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Otunba Segun Showunmi in a statement on Wednesday has however urged those rejoicing over the recognition of Hon Adebutu as the PDP governorship candidate for the state to rejoice less because the matter is still pending before an Abeokuta Federal High Court. It would be recalled that, Showunmi had dragged Hon Sikirulahi Ogundele led leadership of the party before the State High Court seeking for its dissolution. The former Media aide to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar had informed the court to dissolve the state party execut...

Showunmi Sets To Take Ogun Out of Uncertainty The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi has said that as the campaign for 2023 general elections kicks off officially later this month, he is more than prepare to bring a new deal of good governance for the people of the state. Otunba Segun Showunmi, who made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday said that, the 2023 elections is such that is way too important to bring the country back on track, hence the need for the people to pay attention to the campaign messages and let this guide them when making choices during the election. He said "it is not enough for candidates to sing and dance and cause surrogates to speak for them. No, this coming election is way too important for all that. What is at stake has profound consequences for us all.  "We must demand answers to the tough questions of nation-building; we must ask for implementable and practical solutions to secu...

Showunmi Bounces Back With Buga Dance, Gives Adebutu Political Blow. An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, August 15, 2022 has ruled in favour of a factional Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, Otunba Segun Showunmi in a case between him, the Peoples Democratic Party and two others. According to the lawyers of the case, the implication of the ruling in a suit filed by Segun Showunmi against the Party, Ladi Adebutu and co is that Segun Showunmi remains the candidate of the main opposition party in Ogun state unless otherwise ruled. The Appellate Otunba Segun Showunmi had complained to the law court that the Ogun state Executives of the Peoples Democratic Party acted in bias when they allegedly purchased nomination and interest form for Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu the third respondent without doing same for other candidates who purchased the form legally including Showunmi. Before the judgement of the Appeal Court, Hon. Ladi Adebutu who has ...

HOW NIGERIA LOST THE CREATION OF 1M JOBS IN 2021.BY DR.GBENGA ADEOYE. 1. I hear stories of how young Nigerians leave in droves to other countries in search of greener pasture. 2.There is hardly no week without a call coming from people who want to relocate. 3.Some have good jobs and in their case, it is about looking for another working system....System that are predictable...with Public wealth..  4.Most of those leaving are people who concluded there is no hope for them here.Their perception may be justified based on their experience. 5.Having laid this foundation, it is important to itemise things we MUST STOP forever and things we MUST DO URGENTLY . 6.I was privileged to know entities set up with less than N10b from land to Equipment and initial working capital now creating about 1000 direct and indirect jobs. 7.If we look at  the N20,000 meant for 1,000 youths in 774 local government for three months , it would have amounted to N46,440,000,000. 8. By adding jus...

Atiku/Okowa 2023  For PDP in 2023 it is a settled matter. Our flag bearers are Waziri Atiku Abubakar, GCON, and HE Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. We have gone through a transparent and credible process to arrive at this.  As loyal party men and women, it is time to consider what is in the best interest of our country and our party. Naturally, we must have our individual preferences and we all campaigned vigorously for our choices but the matter is now settled. There is no need to brood nor start to act irresponsibly, neither is it the time for disloyalty and crass opportunism against the party except you never really loved the party. We have a serious campaign ahead of us and all of our wits and skills will be needed. There is need for unity for party and country.  People must be gallant in victory and humble when things don’t go their way. The umbrella is big enough to accommodate everyone of us as Nigerians and as party men and women. What is before us is a situation tha...