Again, Obaseki, Oshiomhole Trade Tackles over Assembly Crisis Governor: You’re biased, hear all the sides APC Chairman: You violated every process known to law Olawale Olaleye The last has not been heard about the feud between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his predecessor
and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Both at the weekend continued to dig their heels in on accusations
of wrongdoing, particularly, as it concerns the election of the state House of Assembly’s leadership. While Obaseki accused Oshiomhole of displaying
bias in the crisis rocking the Assembly by not listening to all sides in the feud, the APC national chairman said the facts of the case were staring him in the face.
Oshiomhole had fired the first shot on Friday in Abuja while playing host to the Bauchi State APC House of Assembly members at the party’s national secretariat.
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Battle for Ministerial Appointments Rages as President Prepares Final List Fashola, Ambode, Amaechi, Tonye Cole, Akpabio, Adelabu, Akume under consideration Olawale Olaleye As the nation awaits President Muhammadu Buhari's ministerial nominees to help
him shepherd his second term, there is anxiety and uncertainty amid endless closed-door meetings by leaders of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), as to who will make the list. The president's silence on the issue has ratcheted expectations and fears amongst hopefuls.
The battle for ministerial appointments has peaked significantly in the last few weeks even as Buhari is said to be preparing a final list of
those he wants in his cabinet due for announcement anytime soon. The battle to make the Next Level cabinet has been
made particularly competitive, because of former ministers, who are itching to return to Continued on page 8
Osinbajo: Apapa Gridlock Still a Challenge Says ports now handle 46m tonnes above its capacity Gboyega Akinsanmi Despite the recent intervention of Presidential Taskforce on the Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday acknowledged that traffic congestion and environmental nuisance in the business district were still a huge challenge.
Osinbajo noted that the Apapa and TinCan Island Ports were constructed “to handle 34 million tonnes of cargo. But they now handle over 80 million tons of cargo,” which by implication represented an increase of 235 per cent above its original capacity. Continued on page 8
NBA: No Part of HOMAGE TO THE GODFATHER… sworn-in Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (left), during a courtesy visit to APC Nigeria is Safe… Page 8 Newly Chieftain and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at his Bourdillon Ikoyi residence… yesterday