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Toyosi Ogunseye Emerges Presidential Precinct President
The Presidential Precinct has announced a media expert, Toyosi Ogunseye, as its new Head.
According to information on the organisation’s website, over one-third of sitting heads of state have participated in its exchange programmes.
Ohibaba.com reports that Ogunseye is only the second to take this role at the Presidential Precinct, following nearly a decade of transformational leadership from Founding Director Neal Piper.
Few individuals are closer to the mission of the Presidential Precinct than Ogunseye; she began her tenure with the organisation as a 2014 Mandela Washington Fellow and has engaged consistently as a programme alumna since.
Commenting on this feat, the Nigerian, who has had an outstanding career so far, said, “I’m honoured to have this opportunity to lead such an impactful organisation nine years after I first walked through its doors.
Her words reads:
I look forward to innovative collaborations with our staff, Board, programme alumni, and community partners in Williamsburg and Charlottesville.
“Working together, we will expand and elevate the tools and resources that have distinguished the Presidential Precinct as a transformative public diplomacy organisation.”
Ogunseye has two decades of leadership experience in journalism, most recently serving as a Senior News Editor for News and Commissioning at the BBC.
She began her tenure with the BBC as Head of Language Services for West Africa.
Prior to joining the BBC, Ogunseye was the first female editor in the 50-year history of Punch Newspaper, Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper.
She recently concluded her term as Vice President of the World Editors Forum and Board Member of the World Association of News Publishers.
Her appointment follows a competitive international search campaign led by the Precinct’s Executive Committee in partnership with Lincoln Leadership.
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
Announcing his expulsion from the party, SDP also imposed a 30-year ban on El-Rufai.
SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in consonance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act pertaining to the exclusive right of a political party to determine its membership.
A statement by the party’s spokesman, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, warned members against associating with El-Rufai and those who don’t represent its interest.
Parts of the statement read: “El-Rufai is hereby banished and banned from applying for membership, identifying with the name, insignia, logo, symbol, mark, or any activities, organs, agencies, and institutions of the SDP or donating to, supporting, contributing to, or participating in any affairs of the SDP for a period of 30 years effective from today.”
It would be recalled that El-Rufai joined the SDP after quiting the All Progressives Congress, APC.
However, El-Rufai is also a key member of the opposition coalition which recently adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as its platform ahead of the 2027 election.
Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos on Monday staged a protest at the House of Assembly complex, demanding the immediate removal of the party’s state chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi.
The demonstrators, reportedly drawn from the 57 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, across the state, converged at the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja, holding placards with messages like ‘Ojelabi Must Go’ and ‘We Demand New Leadership’.
The protesters voiced dissatisfaction with the current leadership, calling for a shake-up in the state party structure ahead of upcoming political activities.
A heavy presence of police personnel was observed at the Assembly to ensure the protest remained peaceful and to prevent any escalation into violence or disruption of public order.
As of the time of filing this report, neither the leadership of the state Assembly nor the APC state executive had officially responded to the protest.
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Aisha Buhari relocates from Daura to Kaduna
They were warmly welcomed by a delegation led by the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, and the Majority Leader of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Munira Tanimu.
Wife of Former President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari, and members of her family have relocated from Daura in Katsina State to the Kaduna residence of her dead husband.
Daily Trust reports that the residence is located at Ungwan Rimi GRA, Kaduna
They arrived on Sunday at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna.
They were warmly welcomed by a delegation led by the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, and the Majority Leader of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Munira Tanimu.
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