The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Comrade Adam Oshiomole says former President Olusegun Obasanjo “lies in the morning, afternoon and night”. Adam said this on Saturday afternoon at the APC presidential campaign rally held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In his statement: “This is very important. You know in Yorubaland, we respect elders. But, when a person is an elder, lies in the morning, afternoon and night, such a person doesn’t deserve our respect, because the Yorubas say respect begets respect. “That Baba that called Atiku a thief; he said it in the morning, afternoon and night;…
Author: Adisa-Jaji Azeez
Adisa-Jaji Azeez
Adisa Jaji Azeez is a Nigerian Journalist working at Theinformant247 as the Managing Director and Head, Fact-Check Unit. He graduated with National Diploma from Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Bachelor Degree from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and Alhikmah University, Ilorin. He had written for several other news media across the country. He has certification in journalism. He is a 2023 ICIR Fellow, Countering Misinformation and Media Literacy Project fellowship
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari is “weak” and should be allow to “go home” In his address during a campaign rally in Kaduna on Thursday, Uche Secondus, the PDP National Chairman, said the ruling party has been sleeping since it got to power in 2015. Secondus said if the ruling party had not been sleeping on duty, the insecurity and other issues facing the country would have been solved. He also sent a note of warning to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to attempt to rig the coming elections in…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says some agents of the government are out to frustrate their efforts by spreading misinformation to the public. THE INFORMANT247 gathered. In the bulletin, Biodun Ogunyemi, the President of the union said this in a bulletin sent to branches of the union across universities. In the bulletin, the union revealed that the Nigerian government was yet to touch on the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement as at the last meeting they had last Monday. The ASUU president called on the public to disregard any unverified or any information that is not…
Three youths from Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode, Adekanye Kazeem and Abegunde Sesan Philips have been appointed into the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the forthcoming general elections. The National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus yesterday inaugurated the Campaign Council at the Legacy House, Abuja. While Sesan is from Oke-Ero local government, Adekanye from Irepodun local government, Kayode hails from Ilorin West local government area of the State. The trio were appointed as members of Youth Council of the PCC. Reacting to his appointment at his Pakata Ilorin community this morning, Kayode…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TY Buratai has led a delegation to the Republic of Korea to seek strategic bi-lateral collaboration in the fight against terrorism and insurgency. The visit which was at the instance of KIA Motors Corporation, was further aimed at improving the capacity building of the Nigerian Army by Republic of Korea in the areas of military logistic, intelligence gathering, army aviation and military vehicle manufacturing. The press statement released by the Defense Headquaters and obtained by THE INFORMANT247 reads, “On Friday 18th January 2019, the COAS and members of his delegation were at…
December to Remember hit Kwara Just like in over 27 states in Nigeria and twenty other countries in Africa, December to Remember orphanage outreach was carried out in Kwara State by a daring team of volunteers who share the conviction that the world becomes a better place when we all take responsibility for each other. The orphanage team reached out to the Kwara State Children Reception Center at Pipeline road, Tanke Ilorin, on Saturday 22nd if December, 2018 with many gift items ranging from foodstuff, stationers, clothings, drugs and even a live chicken to make Christmas memorable for the kids…
Digital Switch Over; Federal High Court warns ICPC over misrepresentation of its proceedings The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has warned the ICPC against misrepresenting proceedings of the court saying he took strong exceptions to a statement said to be a press release from the spokesperson of the Commission in respect of the issue before the court. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba was responding to complaints by counsel to Pinnacle Communications Limited about a press release issued by ICPC which contained inaccurate references to proceedings in the case instituted by Pinnacle Communications Limited against the Commission following the freezing…
MEMBERS LOSS, TRAGEDY WATERS OUR JOYFUL MOMENT I received with great shock the involvement of members of our party, the APC in a ghastly motor accident, on their way back to Omu-aran, while returning from victory rally. Unfortunately, the accident have claimed lives of prominent stalwarts of our party, including at least three front line members of the Rebirth movement. Very sadly, we lost the Kwara Rebirth Ambassadors Coordinator of Irepodun local government, Segun Adewara, our Relationship Manager from Agbonda and Chief Adebanjo Sunkanmi whom I spoke with not less than 5times on November 17th, during the bye-election. I was…
BEYOND BYE-ELECTION, APC’S VICTORY REFLECT KWARANS READINESS FOR REBIRTH I want to heartily congratulate the good people of our dear state, Kwara, over the November 17th federal constituency bye-election, producing Alh. Raheem Tunji Olawuyi (Ajuloopin) of our great party, All Progressives Congress as House of Representative member. It is an unprecedented feet we’ve achieved in our resolve to birth a truly prosperous Kwara that works for all. I must say without prejudice that the election is beyond victory for political partisanship, it is victory for our democratic system in Kwara state. While congratulating Hon-Elect, Alh. Abdulraheem Olawuyi (Ajuloopin) for the…
PINNACLE COMMUNICATION LIMITED DSO CONTRACTS PREDATES MALLAM ISHAQ MODIBBO KAWU APPOINTMENT. Since the appointment of Mallam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu as the DG NBC , lots of stakeholders in the broadcasting Industries as continued to appreciate the developmental and progressive strives in the commission. The progressive advancement in the digital switchover projects in Nigeria as continued to catches the attentions of stakeholders with the multiple stages at which many States are joining in the digital switchover projects in Nigeria. As it stands now, the NBC as completed the mapping up of the entire states in Nigeria for digital switchover. This is…
WHEN COBWEBS ARE TYING UP A LION Workshop (where man dey work na there man dey shop) is a pidgin language coined and often used in Ajegunle denoting the job that takes much of a man’s time must surely put food on his table. Therefore, I do present my plea for having not been able to keep my articles popping in these days-at least man needs to hustle. With no intention to swing from the main crux, there is this African maxim that says when thousands of cobwebs unite they can tie up a lion, this adage, emphasizes the import…
Press Release Attack on APC Candidate Exposes PDP As Violent Party – Kwara APC The Kwara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the attack on the party’s candidate in Saturday’s by-election in the state has exposed the PDP as a violent and desperate party. The APC Candidate in the by-election into the vacant House of Representatives seat for the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero Federal constituency, Mr Tunji Olawuyi, aka Ajuloopin, was attacked by gunmen at Idofin, in Kwara South, in the early hours of Thursday. ”All fingers are pointing at the PDP, the party that has been threatening fire and…
BEING A PRESS RELEASED BY ATUNWA STUDENTS’ SUPPORT GROUP (ASSG) 12th November, 2018. Protocol… “Atunwa One; an Icon of Greater Kwara” The Atunwa Students’ Support Group ASSG is a student movement, drawn its members from various tertiary institutions of learning in Kwara state (both Government owned and private institutions) who has come together with the sole aim of supporting the candidature of Hon. Razak Atunwa as Governor of Kwara State in 2019 general election. What worth doing at all is worth doing well, as the 2019 elections clock tricks, we (Atunwa Students’ Support Group) deem it fit to pass a…
Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Kwara-based Civil Society Organization, has lauded Kwara State Government (KWSG) on its improved reform that led to an increased Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the State. In a statement signed by its Coordinator (Dr. Alagbonsi Abdullateef) and made available to Journalists, ENetSuD stated that “IGR of Kwara State has commendably improved in recent times, which had greatly contributed to the total revenue of the state and has been sustaining it, especially at the period of dwindling FAAC allocation. Year-by-year analysis of the Total revenue of Kwara state since 2012 showed a significant…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite nationwide strike. According to the organisation, the strike is to protest the poor funding of Nigerian universities. Led by its National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU declared the strike at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State. All academic staff of universities were directed to withdraw their services immediately.
Fresh Insight Publisher, Abdulrasheed Akogun, Chairs Kwara NYD Guber Debate Committee The Publisher of Fresh Insight, Proprietor of Fresh Insight Newspaper and budding online investigative television, was today appointed the Chairman if the Debate planning committee of the Nigeria Youth Decide (NYD). This much was disclosed by the NYD Kwara State Cordinator, Daniel Ayantoye who made the disclosure during an inauguration meeting of the Governorship Debate Committee, in ilorin on Sunday. Ayantoye said the debate which is to hold in Ilorin the state capital of Kwara State, is a replica of the Presidential debate that is to hold in Abuja…
The University of Ilorin increased tuition fee The Senate Council of the Student Union in their press release made available to theinformant247 titled THE SUDDEN HIKE IN TUITION FEE: OUR STAND Stated that “We all woke up to a sudden drama that have opened and closed everyone’s mouth, which is none but the much talk about hike in school fee which has caused so much panic among our members. Your respective representatives has tabled their grievances before the leadership of the Senate Council which we have looked into on behalf of the Union and reach the following conclusion. 1. We…
ENetSuD CHARGES KWARA GOVERNMENT ON IMPROVED FUNDING FOR BASIC EDUCATION A Kwara state-based Civil Society Organization, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), has again called on the Kwara State Government to prioritize funding of Education in the State even at the period of financial constraint. ENetSuD had, through a series of press releases on the poor condition of schools in Kwara State, berated the State Government over its negligence to the deplorable condition of educational infrastructure across the state. (Read:http://enetsud.org/2018/09/15/poor-state-of-public-schools-in-kwara-state-enetsud-tasks-state-government-on-adequate-funding-of-education-and-ensuring-its-judicious-use-by-school-managements/, http://enetsud.org/2018/07/24/government-technical-college-patigi-a-shadow-of-its-old-self/, and http://enetsud.org/2018/06/29/islamiya-college-patigi-a-school-where-students-learn-in-uncompleted-buildings-with-no-facilities/). Dr. Alagbonsi Abdullateef, the Coordinator of the group, in a statement released on Saturday November 3, emphasized…