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Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholders at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from September 18 to 21. In its 12th year, the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) is being hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on behalf of the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mandate Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). The appointment of the mandate secretaries was announced by the Director of Press, Office of the Minister of the FCT, Anthony Ogunleye, in a statement on Tuesday. Ogunleye said the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed mandate…
On Monday, Ladi Adebutu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, made a request to the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta. He urged the tribunal to declare him the rightful governor of the state and the winner of the March 18 election, emphasizing that such a declaration would not…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has refuted recent rumors that President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been flown abroad for medical treatment. The media had been circulating reports of the former Lagos governor’s alleged illness and how he was flown to London, United Kingdom, late on Tuesday night. These rumors come in the wake…
A three-time governorship candidate in the state, Gboyega Isiaka, has been declared winner of the Egbado-North and Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency election. Isiaka, popular known as GNI in Ogun politics was the governorship candidate of the People’s Party of Nigeria in 2011, 2015, and African Democratic Congress in 2019, but failed on all 3 occasions to…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has thrown out an appeal by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, challenging the candidacy of the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Delivering judgement on Friday, the appeal court three-member panel held that Nwajiuba’s appeal was without merit. They backed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has encouraged prospective voters to locate their polling units in preparation for the February 25 and March 11 election days. To assist with this task, Ogun Today has published an article detailing the steps on how to find your polling unit where you will cast your votes for your favourite…
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, addressed critics of his state-of-the-nation address on Sunday, claiming that he scored zero in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) primary with true identity and original credentials. He said, “Can someone tell these people that scoring zero in a primary election with one’s…
The National Chairman of the Zenith Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, has cleared the air on the party’s affiliation with Akin Osuntokun, the newly appointed Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Friday, ZLP stated that Osuntokun resigned from the party in August 2022…
When a Mazda bus carrying them caught fire, seven passengers on a 16-seater bus were burned beyond recognition. The lone accident happened just a few meters from the Odogbolu interchange on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. They were on their way to Vanguard Academy in Odosengolu, near Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, for a four-day training program called the…
