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President Muhammadu Buhari   The Ondo State Council of Obas, on Thursday, called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to caution his aides who comment on security of the country. The traditional rulers were reacting to a statement credited to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, over an ultimatum Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave to herdsmen to leave forest reserves in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari In a communiqué issued and read by a former Chairman of the council and the Olukare of Ikareland, Oba Akadiri Momoh, at the end of a meeting in Akure, the monarchs said Akeredolu’s action was not to chase out the Fulani in the state but to save it from the activities of the bandits. The monarchs said, “We are calling on President Buhari to show to the world that he is a father of all irrespective of ethnic affiliation as well as caution his aides to exercise restraints on issues that border on insecurity in the country. “The go...

Bolu, the son of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has taken to Instagram to hit back at a critic over his recently declared gay status, saying he felt sorry for him. After declaring his gay status, Bolu expectedly drew the angry reactions of some Africans, who are vehemently opposed to his homosexuality. An Instagram user went on his comment section to say that he (Bolu) would have been a corpse if he was in Kenya. See Also News I'm Hopeful God Will Intervene, Its A Spiritual Challenge—Doyin Okupe Reacts To Son's Gay Status 0 Comments 1 Hour Ago The IG User, @blueweb_foundation, wrote, “Somewhere (in) Kenya, you could be a corpse. We Black coloured Never go against our God! Stay with your stupidity in France (sic).” To the critic, Bolu replied, “Your whole mentality is tragic. I feel sorry for you. Your religion has turned you into a psychotic imbecile that you think it’s okay to kill people? First, you said to stay in France wi...

A former Presidential Spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, says his son’s decision to declare himself homosexual openly is a spiritual challenge. Okupe said this in a series of tweets while reacting to a viral photo showing his son, Bolu, wearing rainbow boxers with the caption, “Yes, I am gay”. Okupe, who served under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, said as an evangelist, he would never accept homosexuality as it is at variance with Christian values. However, he said he was hopeful that God would intervene, adding that he had been aware of his son’s sexual orientation for quite some time. The former Presidential aide tweeted, “I have been aware of his new orientation for a while now. As a Christian and a witness for Christ (an evangelist), he knows that I am vehemently opposed to homosexuality as it runs contrary to the avowed precepts of my Christian faith. “For me, I look beyond the surface or the physical. I see a major spiritual challenge ahead, but I ...

Officials from the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commissioner rounded-up sixteen people, including 14 Nigerian citizens for overstaying valid travel documents and expired visa in Nallasopara on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off on the presence of foreign nationals staying in the country without proper travel documents, a special team led by Senior Police Inspector, Rajendra Kamble, under the supervision of DCP (Zone III) Prashant Waghund, launched a combing operation in the Pragati Nagar area of Nallasopara (east). The team arrested 16 suspects from KDM Apartments. After the suspects failed to produce legitimate documents to justify their stay in the country, they were taken into custody and booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Passport Act and Foreigners Act, at the Tulinj police station, Freepressjournal reports. “16 people have been taken into custody for illegally staying in the country. However, the owners and agents who provided accommodatio...

Key speakers at the 18th Daily Trust Annual Dialogue held in Abuja on Thursday backed restructuring of the country, insisting that the time to do so is now. This year’s edition of the annual dialogue with the theme: “Restructuring: Why? When? How?” which was held at the NAF Conference Centre Abuja, was chaired by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.  Daily Trust The ex-President pointed out that Nigeria also needed an attitudinal change from its citizens to make it work. A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, who was one of the guest speakers on the occasion, said there was an urgent need to restructure Nigeria to proactively block what he referred to as “irredentist tendencies” and facilitate stable socioeconomic development in the country, DailyTrust reports. Jega, a Professor of Political Science at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), argued that it was necessary to find practical ways of restructuring Niger...