Like Jonathan used Tompolo, Tinubu can use Nnamdi Kanu to address insecurity – Isaac Fayose
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Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, has proposed a solution to the ongoing insecurity in Nigeria’s South-East region.
In a video statement on Monday via X, Fayose suggested that President Bola Tinubu could potentially resolve the security crisis by releasing and collaborating with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Drawing a parallel to former President Goodluck Jonathan’s approach in the Niger Delta, Fayose stated, “If President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan can give contract to Tompolo to have peace in the Niger Delta… why can’t we do the same in the South East?”
Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo is a former militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and was reportedly engaged by the Jonathan administration to help secure oil installations in the region.
Expressing his views, Fayose argued that releasing Kanu could potentially reduce security spending in the South East by half.
He said, “If we are spending so much money on security in the south East, the money will be reduced by 50% releasing Kanu.”
The social media activist added, “If I be president Tinubu, after election when I noticed that the South East people didn’t vote for me, I would have released Kanu to counter them.”
Renowned Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare, dies at 88
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Albanians mourned Ismail Kadare, their “greatest cultural monument”, Monday after the acclaimed novelist – tipped several times for the Nobel Literature prize – died of a heart attack at a Tirana hospital aged 88.
Prime Minister Edi Rama led the tributes with the president of neighbouring Kosovo Vjosa Osmani hailing Kadare’s “remarkable contribution to Albanian and world literature.”
Through the epic sweep of novels like “Broken April” and “The General of the Dead Army”, the writer used metaphor and quiet sarcasm to chronicle the grotesque fate of his country and its people under the paranoid communist dictator Enver Hoxha.
Despite being branded a traitor by Albania’s communist leaders when he defected to France in 1990, Kadare was accused by some of enjoying a privileged position under Hoxha, who cut the Balkan country off from the rest of the world.
Aregbesola’s caucus receives new members
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Omoluabi Progressives, a caucus within the All Progressives Congress backed by ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has received new members into its fold during its monthly meeting.
Aregbesola while receiving the defectors, urged them to return to their various wards and mobilise more members into the group, according to a statement by the spokesperson of the Caucus, Oluwaseun Abosede, obtained in Osogbo on Monday.
Describing the new entrants as politicians with value and uncommon grit, Aregbesola expressed conviction that the Omoluabi Caucus was on the right track to the desired political destination.
The statement quoting Aregbesola partly read, “I want you all to return home and work more in mobilising political eggheads and grassroots politicians to the fold. The essence of Omoluabi is embedded in our character, competence, and integrity. That is what we should all focus on doing.
PHOTOS: Gospel singer Peterson Okopi announces engagement to lover
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Gospel singer Peterson Okopi has announced his engagement to his lover, Prudent Gabriel.
Okopi took to his Instagram page on Monday to share the news with a series of pictures and videos capturing the proposal.
The backdrop of the proposal featured the question, “Will you marry me?” as Okopi held a ring and a bouquet, setting the scene for the occasion.
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With the backdrop of “Will you marry me?” Okopi was seen holding a ring and a bouquet at the scene.
“In the beginning… Happy New Month, family. A new dawn🤍,” he wrote.
Sharing pictures from the special moment, Gabriel, who is a fashion designer, wrote on Instagram, “I said YES to the one that God purposed specially for me. I love you so much, babe.”
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