{"id":83964,"date":"2023-07-14T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/14\/todays-headline-tinubu-about-to-appoint-peter-obis-man-as-minister-bwala-alleges-tinubu-hails-soyinka-at-89-says-he-remains-source-of-inspiration\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:30:18","slug":"todays-headline-tinubu-about-to-appoint-peter-obis-man-as-minister-bwala-alleges-tinubu-hails-soyinka-at-89-says-he-remains-source-of-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/14\/todays-headline-tinubu-about-to-appoint-peter-obis-man-as-minister-bwala-alleges-tinubu-hails-soyinka-at-89-says-he-remains-source-of-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headline: Tinubu About To Appoint Peter Obi&#8217;s Man As Minister \u2013 Bwala Alleges, Tinubu Hails Soyinka At 89, Says He Remains Source Of Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Tinubu about to appoint Peter Obi\u2019s man as minister \u2013 PDP\u2019s Bwala alleges<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Dailypost<\/p>\n<p>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Daniel Bwala has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is about to cause a major upset in the Labour Party, LP.<\/p>\n<p>Bwala claimed that Tinubu has plans to appoint one of the key figures of the Peter Obi presidential team into his cabinet as a minister.<\/p>\n<p>In a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, the former lawmaker further disclosed that the unnamed person had agreed to serve in Tinubu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cPBAT is reported to want to cause a major upset in the Labour Party camp by appointing one of the key figures of the Obi presidential team into his cabinet as a minister. It is also reported that the person has agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu hails Soyinka at 89, says he remains source of inspiration<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/69242c277efa4fc9adcca56d31818fd0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Sun Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu hails Soyinka at 89, says he remains source of inspiration<\/p>\n<p>From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on his 89th birthday,<\/p>\n<p>describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/73b9fa28a89d4798be8ffb47397239da\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Google<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, the President, who called Soyinka a brother and comrade in the struggle for the restoration and entrenchment of democracy and good governance in Nigeria, commended him for his immense contributions to the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>After Obasanjo\u2019s revelation, Atiku can\u2019t label me corrupt \u2013 Ortom<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ed95fb0165fb405e9c9fe1af1ea1e334\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Punch Newspaper<\/p>\n<p>Immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar lacks the moral grounds to accuse him of corruption after what former President Olusegun Obasanjo had written about him (Atiku).<\/p>\n<p>Ortom also described Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last general elections, as the first presidential candidate in the country to be rejected by key party stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Benue governor was reacting to a statement by Atiku\u2019s media aide, Phrank Shaibu, accusing him and other G-5 governors of seeking favours from the ruling All Progressives Congress to evade prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku\u2019s aide had also declared that \u201cOrtom was one of the worst governors in the history of Nigeria. His case file at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is bulky, and he was recently invited but released because of Wike\u2019s intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I learnt nothing from Ex coach\u2014 Joshua<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2704717b5bb44bbc8e99e383d610abb6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Sun Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>The Watford warrior, 33, enlisted the services of the multiple-time world-champion trainer after being taken to school by Oleksandr Usyk in their Tottenham tussle in September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Their partnership, however, failed to bear fruit as AJ was bested in a rematch 11 months later \u2013 despite turning in a better performance.<\/p>\n<p>But Joshua doesn\u2019t believe their brief partnership benefitted him in any way, telling talkSPORT: \u201cI recall when I was training for Usyk, and I had Robert Garcia on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight date kept getting pushed back and the general conversation in the Usyk camp was, \u2018We need this fight to happen soon, because we don\u2019t want AJ to spend as much time as possible with Robert Garcia.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind, I was like, I didn\u2019t feel like I was being taught anything, so I didn\u2019t think it mattered if I spent a year [with him].<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Nasu001 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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