Though it is not unexpected, but the Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has categorically told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, to go to hell as he will not support his candidacy in the coming general election. Ortom stated this on Sunday night when he hosted the party’s G-5 Governors comprising Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) in Government House, Makurdi.The Governor, who...

The erstwhile National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress; Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has now officially retracted the comments he made against Governor Samuel Ortom in 2018, a case that the government sued him for one billion naira.Oshiomhole, in his retraction, said he acted based on information he had, which he has now found to be false and baseless.Recall that Governor Ortom had felt deeply aggrieved by the APC chieftains’ statement and had dragged him to co...

Just three days after the demise of the late Olubadan, the Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed the nomination of Dr Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland.The Council also denied that a legal tussle could scupper the succession to the Olubadan throne.The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola, stated these at a briefing by the kingmakers on Wednesday.According to Ajibola, the kingmakers resolved that Dr Balogun is next in line to ascend the t...