Atiku’s Hope Of Becoming President Still Bright–Sowunmi
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A former Spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organisation and gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Sowunmi, has held that the hope of his party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of becoming president is still bright.
He said that the issue of who won the last presidential poll is yet to be over until the Supreme Court gives its final verdict on the matter.
Sowunmi stated this at a virtual interactive session with the members of the League of Yoruba Media Practitioners (LYMP), a group of media professionals, who ply their trade in the Yoruba indigenous language.
According to the former spokesman of the Abubakar Atiku 2019 Presidential Campaign, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku has a overwhelming evidence to back up his petition before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) and his chances of winning is bright.
When asked to assess the government of President Bola Tinubu and whether a government of national unity is desirable, Sowunmi said: “The eight million votes garnered by Tinubu during the last election is not enough for him to succeed as a president, he needs to avoid the mistakes of his predecessor and bring everyone together, irrespective of their ethnic, religion or political background.
Makinde Appoints Special Assistants, Others
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The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday approved the appointment of retired Colonel Oladipo Ajibola as the Director-General of tion Burst.
He also approved the appointment of Bosede Sodiq as Senior Special Assistant, Broadcast Media; Kehinde Ogunsanya, Senior Special Assistant, Economic Planning and Moshope Akande, Senior Special Assistant, Information Communication Technology.
A letter authorised by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Segun Ogunwuyi, in Ibadan, the state capital, also announced Albert Ogunyemi as Special Assistant on Photography to the governor. The statement noted that the appointment would take immediate effect.
Others appointed were Otuowho Onoriode as Special Assistant, Photographer 2; Oyebode Babatunde as Special Assistant, Transport; Adeyanju Akinloye as Special Assistant, Transport; Moses Alao as Special Assistant, Print Media; Fisayo Daramola as Special Assistant, Digital Media; Ogunbowale Olajuwon as Special Assistant Communication and Ademola Aderinto as Special Assistant, Environment.
Biden to host Swedish PM for talks
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US President Joe Biden will host Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson next week to talk about transatlantic security cooperation and the war in Ukraine, the White House said Saturday.
The two leaders “will review our growing security cooperation and reaffirm their view that Sweden should join NATO as soon as possible,” the White House said in a statement about the Wednesday meeting.
Sweden asked to join NATO in May 2022, three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, but its membership bid, which must be ratified by all 31 member states, has been blocked by Turkey and Hungary.
Western officials had hoped to formally welcome Sweden into the bloc by the time a NATO summit is held in Lithuania on July 11-12.
But earlier this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Sweden for allowing a protest during which a man burned pages from the Koran, further clouding the Nordic nation’s chances of quickly joining the military alliance.
“I am delighted that President Biden is inviting us to a meeting next week, before the NATO summit in Vilnius the following week,” Kristersson said in a statement. “The focus of the visit will be on Sweden’s NATO accession.”
The White House said Biden and Kristersson will also “discuss our shared commitment to supporting Ukraine in the face of Russia’s brutal war of aggression.”
They will additionally talk about transatlantic coordination on China, climate change and emerging technologies.
Eight Persons Feared Dead In Anambra
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About eight persons have been feared killed and 12 others injured in a multiple road accident that occurred at the Umunya Odumodu Junction along the Nteje-Awka Expressway, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
It was gathered that two heavy-duty trucks, one Sienna commercial bus, one black Toyota car, and another unidentified commercial vehicle were involved in the accident, which occurred on Saturday at about 12:40 pm.
The commercial vehicles were said to be coming from Onitsha and heading to Enugu before the accident occurred. The victims were said to be mostly from commercial vehicles.
An eyewitness near the crash attributed the cause to overspeeding and recklessness by one of the drivers of the heavy-duty trucks.
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