Laolu Akande
24 Jan
A former presidential media aide, Laolu Akande, has criticised the executive order issued by US President Donald Trump, which bans birthright citizenship. According to Akande, the move, which Trump made on his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, will negatively affect the country. He made this known on Thursday’s edition of Channels…
13 Jan
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over the possibility of Nigeria sliding into a one-party state with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gradually taking more states ahead of the 2027 general elections.
12 Jan
Laolu Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has said the southern presidency will last for eight years before power returns to the north. Addressing newsmen on Sunday, Akande dismissed those clamouring for power to return to the north as politicians merely making noise. He revealed…
23 Nov
Laolu Akande, a former spokesman for ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to refrain from making jest of other presidents. Akande made this statement on Saturday in a post via his X handle while reacting to Obasanjo’s recent comments. Obasanjo, during a lecture at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale…
29 Sep
Former Presidential media aide, Laolu Akande, has commended Nigerian career diplomats for their crucial role in upholding Nigeria's prominence at the 2024 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He made these remarks during Inside Sources, a Channels Television programme he hosts weekly. Akande’s comments followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to prioritize domestic issues, which led…
24 Sep
Top media practitioners, political and business leaders, diplomats, scholars, activists and other stakeholders converged on Friday, September 20, 2024, for a virtual dialogue on "The Media of the Future," a side event of the Black Futures Summit holding on the sidelines of the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future in New York, United States of America (USA).
4 Sep 2024
EX-Spokesperson of former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, has lamented that the All Progressives Congress (APC) wasted eight years of Nigerians time and that Muhammadu Buhari failed to stamp out corruption.
7 Jun 2024
A former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Samson Ayokunle, has berated the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying it took many steps backwards. Ayokunle speaking on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme on Channels Television on Friday also called on Tinubu to address the issue of multiple taxations by…
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