GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said that his reaffirmation by the Supreme Court of Nigeria earlier on today will spur him on to deliver the dividends of democracy for the people by offering the expanded delivery of good governance.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State has agreed to stand down from the race to become Nigeria's next senate president opting to throw his weight behind former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio.

ABIA State lawmaker Hon Benjamin Kalu representing the Bende Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has withdrawn from the race to become speaker and instead opted for the position of deputy instead.

ENGLISH League One club Exeter City have won the race for the services of promising Nigerian teenager Santino Ohanaka who has signed a youth scholarship deal with the club due to be activated in July.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] This bill should include a provision making your state of birth your state of origin

[2] It should also make it compulsory for every state government to grant indigent status to anyone who has lived in a state for five years

[3] It should categorise the use of the word tribe as hate speech. Only animals live in tribes. Europeans never refer to themselves as coming from tribes. Using the word tribe should attract a 12 month jail sentence

Ayo Akinfe

[1] On August 3 1900, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by a gentleman named Harvey Firestone. Cashing in on the booming automobile market, Mr Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tyres and his company was a pioneer in the mass production of them

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) senators-elect in Nigeria's forthcoming 10th senate have objected to the possible choice of former Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio as the next senate president.

NIGERIA is to host a Commonwealth youth summit in Abuja later this month between May 9 and 12 after a recent meeting of heads of government in London agreed on the need to step up work on the subject.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] He should tell all state governors that as from October 1 2025, he will scrap the federal allocation regime. They thus have to start thinking about getting their states self-reliant

[2] Tinubu should also scrap government subsidies on all religious pilgrimages. If you want to go to Saudi Arabia or Israel, you are on your own

FORMER Akwa Ibom State governor Senator Godswill Akpabio and Hon Abbas Tajudeen may have been confirmed as the next senate president and speaker of the House of Representatives after a meeting to decide the matter was held yesterday.