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Sexual Harassment: Senate a Place of Honour, Matured Minds, Not Controversy — First Lady  … Charges Nigerian Women to Carry Themselves With Dignity, Confidence

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First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu

 

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, expressed her personal views over sexual harassment controversies in the Senate, saying the Chamber has come of age and must be treated with respect.
According to the First Lady, the Senate Chamber is a place of honour, hence should not be known for controversy.
She gave her observation amid allegations of sexual harassment against the President of the Senate, Goodwill Akpabio, and abuse of power by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Speaking to journalists at the State House, Abuja, in her commemoration of the International Women’s Day, She dismissed concerns over the Senate’s handling of issues, insisting lawmakers are “doing what is needful.”
The First Lady, who served in the Senate for 12 years, said the chamber should be a place of honour, not controversy.
Her words, “I know with what is going on in the Senate, you’ll say, why am I not taking a positions? I believe that Senate is doing what is needful, because that’s what it is, it’s an inside place, and it’s a matured chambers.
“We shouldn’t be hearing things like that. It’s a matured chamber, and it should be treated with respect. It’s an honour for you to be in that place alone.
“I was there for 12 years, even in my younger days, and I’m still trying to look young, but people compliment you all the time only that”.
Reflecting on her own 12-year tenure in the Senate, the President’s wife admonished women to carry themselves with dignity and confidence.
According to her, women should not  allow themselves to be in positions where they could be demeaned.
“Women, raise yourself. Don’t be in a position that men will be talking to you in ways that are unacceptable. You can always shut them down before they start,” she advised.
In line with this year’s International Women’s Day theme, which revisits the commitments made at the 1995 Beijing Conference on gender equality, the First Lady highlighted the progress Nigerian women have made over the years.
“Women, we’ve come a long way, even from all the matriarchs of old. They contributed, and up till now, women are doing phenomenal things,” she said.
She cited the example of Zuriel Oduwole, a young Nigerian advocate making waves on the international stage.
“Look at little Zuriel—you see what we can do. So I don’t believe that Nigerian youths are not equipped. They have what it takes,” she added.
She celebrated the resilience of Nigerian women and encouraged them to continue striving for excellence.
“Keep doing what you know how to do, lifting your heads high. All the very best, and Happy International Women’s Day”, she urged.
She also urged Nigerian women to assert themselves in leadership and not be sidelined

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No level of political gang up can hinder Tinubu’s re-election- Oyintiloye

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Hon Olatunbosun Oyintiloye
By Our Reporter
Ahead of 2027 general election, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, on Sunday stated that no amount of political gang up can stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Oyintiloye, in a statement made available to newsmen noted  that the recent defection of some APC members to other political parties posed no threat to the political stability of the President or the ruling party.
He stressed that those who thought that the President would fail to win the 2027 election should bury such thought , adding that Tinubu has a winning strategy in his blood.
Oyintiloye also said that the long history of good relationships that the President had established across all the geopolitical zones would continue to work in his favour.
According to him, “leave it or take, no amount of political gang up can stop the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027.
” Those who are gathering against him ahead of 2027 should try and study the kind of person the President is.
“He has the winning strategy, and he is raising men and women of goodwill across Nigeria.
“His achievements, political sagacity, and love for the country will speak for him now and in the future,” he said.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, also said that the President was doing everything humanly possible to put the country on the path of greatness, adding that Tinubu’s efforts has started yielding positive results.
” The president will succeed, and his political enemies will realise the mistakes they are making by not supporting him.
” Those who are whipping up sentiments against the President should check his track records, achievements, and popularity across Nigeria.
” Tinubu’s political strength, strong connection, influence, resilience

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

which made him triumph over all obstacles to win in 2023, will see him through in 2027.

He, however, urged the President to start public engagement and sensitization on the achievements recorded so far and projection ahead by his administration.
He said doing that will allow the citizens to understand and properly evaluate programmes and policies of the administration.
“That will enable people make right decision devoid of sentiment by looking at the positive impacts of the administration’s initiatives on society at large,” Oyintiloye said.
The ex-lawmaker declared that since Tinubu is a man of faith who believes in God, his victory is certain
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2027: Tinubu ‘ll face stiff opposition from SE, SS, others -Ex-IPAC chief

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

 

By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi, Abuja

Former National Legal Adviser of the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, (IPAC), Chief Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika, has said that the people of the South East and South South together with other regions would not support President Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC ) during the 2027 general elections due to what he described as political intolerance, bigotry and parochialism of the present administration.

Barr.Chukwudi Ezeobika

Ezeobika said Tinubu, having emerged as the president “amidst doubts and unresolved moral questions as to the credibility of a partisan electoral process” by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, “has once again failed to jettison the unpatriotic, perfidious and deeply prejudiced behaviour of his predecessor in office in the way and manner he runs his government.”

He also added in a statement issued on Sunday that the President “has once again demonstrated that political Intolerance, bigotry and parochialism have become deeply rooted and fully entrenched as a well established ideology and inherent policy of the APC.

“The marginalisation and or exclusion of many ethnic nationalities who form an integral part of the Nigeria nation in various federal appointments shows, to some extent, the impunity and disdain with which President Bola Tinubu builds tensions across the nation and creates disaffection and hatred amongst Nigerians,” he stated.

Ezeobika, who was a former candidate for Anambra South Senatorial District in 2018, further noted that the failure of the Tinubu-led APC government to heed the calls of eminent jurists and major stakeholders from the South East to put an end to the protracted unrests in the region, by releasing the detained leader of the indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally, goes to show that the political will to restore lasting peace within the region, is not a viable consideration or priority for his government.

He said: “The President has, however, failed to understand that such costly inaction forecloses his chances of ever getting the needed political support within the region, in his current bid to have himself re-elected.

“This singular inaction remains the main and only reason why his defeat in the whole of the South East and South South will be absolute, unalloyed and damning as the people from these regions will use every means necessary to defend their votes.

“Having nursed and superintendent over a political party that has brought untold hardships, avoidable deaths and economic strangulation to a nation once projected as the best economy in Africa, the damaging effects of the ineptitude of the current administration on the lives of Nigerian citizens remain the main reason why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is deemed unelectable in the forthcoming general elections.”

Ezeobika also alleged that the present administration has unwittingly failed to address persistent extra judicial killings across the country and numerous arrests, illegal detentions of many youths by security agencies most especially by the Department of State Services, DSS without trial.

“It is indeed deeply troubling that many of these youths are languishing in detention facilities across the Federation even without any formal trials. This is, however, in clear violation of their fundamental rights as enshrined in Sections 34, 35, 36 and 41 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), most especially Section 36 (5) which provides that ‘Every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty,” he stated.

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IPU cannot consider Natasha’s petition – Jimoh Ibrahim

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Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Inter-parliamentary Committee, remarked that the purported petition from the suspended Senator Natasha is “dead on arrival.”

He emphasised that Nigeria, rather than Senator Natasha, is the member of the IPU.

A petition can only be lodged against another member state by a member state.

This implies that the IPU cannot consider petitions from individuals who are not members.

The suspended Senator Natasha is not a member of the IPU, but Nigeria is!
Additionally, the suspended Senator cannot represent the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“I served as the interim president of the IPU in Geneva in 2023, and I am familiar with how the IPU operates after presiding over its proceedings.

Furthermore, as Chairman of the Inter- parliamentary Committee in the Nigerian Senate, I did not approve or authorise the suspended Senator Natasha to attend the IPU on behalf of Nigeria to the Senate President.”

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