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Traffic Congestion In Osogbo As PDP Holds Presidential Rally

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3 years ago

December 7, 2022

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign train arrives in Osun State, residents of Osogbo have lamented the untold traffic hardship it has imposed on them.

The PDP presidential rally is holding on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo.

Most routes in the town have been blocked as both commercial cars and motorcyclists as well as private vehicles have been forced to take alternative routes.

Residents have also complained of the traffic congestion as most of them were not aware of the presidential rally that has been scheduled for today in Osogbo.

While complaining that most of the routes in and out of Osogbo have been blocked by security personnel, Adebowale Damilare, a commercial motorcyclist told DAILY POST that he and others who are into the business have been compelled to increase their fares due to the importance of their mode of transportation.

He added that the fares were already hiked because of the fuel scarcity in the state but that the traffic congestion caused by the PDP presidential rally has now tripled the price hike.

“We have to start accessing other routes and going into streets to get our passengers to their destinations. Normally, we would have accessed the main road but now we are deploying our knowledge of the shortcuts to satisfy our passengers.”

A resident, Muritala Akande said routes like Olaiya, Alekuwodo, Okefia, Ring Road, Malam Tope, Igbona have been blocked.

“I was coming from Oke-Onitea this morning and the driver of the Korope (minibus) conveying me to work at Dada Estate had to negotiate until we got to Awosuru and then out to Iwo Road.

“The distance to me was like an Israelite journey because we spent more than an hour on the road for a mere 10 minutes ride.”

Most transporters travelling to Ilorin and Offa accessed the outer ring road, avoiding the town totally so as not to get caught in the traffic congestion.

Jamiu Mohammed, a civil servant disclosed that coming from the outskirt of Osogbo had been hectic for him on a normal day and the traffic congestion occasioned by the PDP presidential rally had made the day a nightmare for him and members of the family.

“I don’t own a car and on normal days coming to Osogbo from where I reside is somehow hard but today, I regret stepping out of my house.

“As a civil servant I have a job to go to if not, today would have been a good day to go to my farm and do some work there.”

Others lamented that there was no difference between the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration which was in the saddle and now that the PDP is in control of the state, there has been no remarkable change.

“The APC will block all the roads and now the PDP has picked up from where they left off. One vicious cycle still obtainable.”

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Tinubu Sends Ex-INEC Chair, Former Oyo First Lady, 30 Additional Ambassadorial Nominees To Senate

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2 days ago

November 29, 2025

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President Bola Tinubu has forwarded 32 additional ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, just days after submitting an initial batch of three names.

In two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the President urged the upper chamber to consider and swiftly confirm 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career nominees.

The list includes four women among the career nominees and six women among the non-career nominees.

Prominent names on the non-career list include Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia State; former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta); former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu; former Ekiti First Lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo; and former Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Others are former Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Tasiu Musa Maigari; former Plateau State Commissioner, Yakubu N. Gambo; and former Deputy Executive Secretary of UBEC, Yakubu K. Musa.

Also nominated are former Plateau senator, Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut; former Lagos Deputy Governor, Otunba Femi Pedro; former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State.

Additional nominees include former Oyo First Lady, Fatima Florence Ajimobi; former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande; former Adamawa senator, Grace Bent; former Abia governor, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim of Ondo State; and former envoy to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu (Benue).

The career ambassadorial nominees are Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia), Yakubu Nyaku Danladi (Taraba), Miamuna Ibrahim Besto (Adamawa), Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi), Syndoph Paebi Endoni (Bayelsa), Chima Geoffrey Lioma David (Ebonyi), and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun).

Others include Abimbola Samuel Reuben (Ondo), Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah (Edo), Hamza Mohammed Salau (Niger), Ambassador Shehu Barde (Katsina), Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno (Borno), Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru (Kaduna), Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari (Kwara), and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande (Osun).

The new nominees are expected to be deployed to countries with which Nigeria maintains strong and strategic diplomatic relations, including China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, and Kenya, as well as to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union.

Their specific postings will be determined after Senate confirmation.

Recall that President Tinubu, last week, forwarded three ambassadorial nominees, Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun), who are being considered for postings to the UK, USA, or France.

President Tinubu said additional ambassadorial nominations will be announced in due course.

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Soludo Visits Tinubu, Goes Into Closed Door Session With President

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4 days ago

November 28, 2025

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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the President, Bola Tinubu, GCFR at the State House.

Report by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Mr Chris Aburime stated that President Tinubu received the Anambra State Governor with excitement, describing him as his long standing friend of over 22 years.

Aburime said, “The President used the occasion to further congratulate Governor Soludo on his landslide victory in the just concluded Anambra gubernatorial election.

“Recall that President Tinubu had earlier issued a congratulatory message to Governor Soludo immediately the governorship election was concluded.”

Governor Soludo was declared winner with 73% of the votes cast by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Other details of the meeting were, however, not disclosed as the press Secretary told DAILY POST that both men went into a closed door meeting after the reception.

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2027: I Will Resign If Tinubu Loses In Edo – Governor Okpebholo

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4 days ago

November 28, 2025

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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholor has vowed that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election in Edo State.

Okpebholor in an interview captured in a viral video vowed to resign if the outcome of the 2027 election does not favour the president in Edo State.

According to him, the entire people in Edo State are ready to vote for the president, citing projects that his (Okpebholor) administration executed since the All Progressives Congress, APC took over the state.

He claimed that there is no opposition in the state, stressing that everyone is supporting the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.

He said, “There is no opposition here in Edo everybody is for Asiwaju in this state.

“Tinubu is more popular than me in Edo state. If he doesn’t win the presidential election in Edo in 2027, I will resign.”