Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has denied reports of a split within its ranks. Reports had it that a faction of the group had emerged and identified itself as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). The claim was however denied by NDA spokesman, Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo via a statement. The statement reads: “The thinking to lure the public to another lie of spirit in the Niger Delta Avengers is only the ways of a government agents and agencies with delusional disorder.” “This is result of a government and security agencies that are only becoming childish every day for…
Author: David Folami
Niger Delta activist, Chief Ayiri Emami has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe claims that militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is being sponsored by prominent Nigerians. The claim was made by a supposed faction of NDA, known as Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). The group named former president, Goodluck Jonathan as one the sponsors of NDA. Ayiri’s comments were contained in a statement released on Sunday, August 7, 2016. The statement reads: “The revelation by the splinter group of Niger Delta Avengers about the sponsors of Niger Delta Avengers has vindicated my earlier position that some corrupt politicians running…
A traditional ruler in Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of bribing monarchs in the state to vote for its governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the September 2016 elections. According to the Onojie of Uromi, Chief Anslem Okojie, Ize-Iyamu gave the monarchs N3 million while PDP chieftain, Chief Tony Anenih added another N3 million to the amount. The monarch made the claim on Thursday, August 4, 2016, while receiving All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki and his running mate, Hon Philip Shaibu at his palace, The Nation reports. “I do not trust Pastor Ize…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was helped into office by the Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion. Ize-Iyamu also criticized Oshiomhole for disrespecting Igbinedion and other elders in the state. The PDP candidate made the comments on Wednesday, August 3, 2016, during a rally in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state, according to Sahara Reporters. “I feel sad when I hear Oshiomhole insults people like Chief Igbinedion when it was Chief Igbinedion that helped him to power,” he said. “He should have…
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has made his interest in the party’s chairmanship position official. George today, Friday, August 5, obtained a nomination form to join AIT founder, Chief Raymond Dokpesi in the race, ahead of the August 17 National Convention of the party. The Convention is expected to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Ijaw National leader, Edwin Clark, has said former president Olusegun Obasanjo is the most corrupt ex-president in Nigeria’s history. Clark, who was defending himself after he was accused of not speaking against corruption, said he confronted Obasanjo with allegations of corruption during former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Speaking to newsmen at his Warri, Delta state residence on Friday, August 5, the elder statesman recalled that he accused Obasanjo of having just N20,000 when he left prison but is now one of the wealthiest ex-presidents in West Africa. “During Jonathan’s time, I accused Chief Obasanjo that he was the most corrupt…
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State says it will conduct a primary election on Aug. 8 to pick a candidate for Oorelope State Constituency re-run election. Mr Olawale Sadare, the Director of Media and Publicity of the party, announced this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seat became vacant following the assassination of Assemblyman Gideon Aremu on July 1. NAN also reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Aug. 20 for the election to fill the vacant position. Sadare said that the eligible party members had…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed claims that he attended a meeting with the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the party’s convention. While reiterating his exit from the opposition party, Obasanjo said having announced his exit from partisan politics publicly, it is impossible for him to return to a “divided, factionalized party gasping for breath.” In his words,“If I quit a party when it was alive and seemingly united, how could I go back to a now divided, factionalized party gasping for breath?” “Those who know me, know that I have publicly announced my quitting partisan politics…
Tanko Yakasai, an elder statesman has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will lose the 2019 elections. Yakasai, a former presidential adviser in the Second Republic stated this in his Kano residence when Raymond Dokpesi led members of his campaign team to seek his support for his PDP chairmanship bid at the forthcoming national convention in Port Harcourt. “In my opinion, Nigerians will vote out APC in 2019 because they are complaining over the cost of living and the rate of poverty is on the increase”, Yakasai said. I don’t see how APC will win if they don’t manipulate…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Zannah Bunu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the by-election for Gulani state constituency of Yobe. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bagudu Nma, Information Officer of the commission in Damaturu. It stated that Bunu polled 6,488 votes to beat Isa Babayaro of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 1,623 votes. NAN reports that the by-election was conducted on Saturday following the election of Alhaji Abdu Kukuwa to the House of Representatives to replace Khadija Abba Ibrahim who was appointed minister in the federal…
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that some Governors loyal to Yakubu Dogara don’t want him to meet with President Buhari. Jibrin said “After three days of careful observation and receiving information from Nigerians, I discovered a grand plan by two governors and three former House members to provide a soft landing for Dogara and 12 others, give them time to clean up the mess on their desk, destroy whatever evidence in their possession and reach, spread money across members to buy signature of vote of confidence.” He also claims that Dogara…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Walid Jibrin has said that the party is not for sale. Jibrin also said that the PDP would not allow any person to buy his way into office. The BOT Chairman made the comment during the inauguration of the party’s National Convention committee on Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre in Abuja. “This party is not for sale. This party must be a party of very conscious people. We are telling every delegate to reject anybody that comes with money,” he said. “This party…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole of squandering allocations meant for local government councils in the state. The Edo PDP also criticized Oshiomhole for claiming to help the councils save the funds in question. The opposition party’s comments were made by State Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih during a press briefing in Okada. “We can confirm that the reason why he has refused to conduct elections to fill the vacant positions of chairmen and councillors is to enable him squander allocations due the local governments in the name of saving it for them,” Orbih…
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu has said that he returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) because things changed in the ruling party. Ribadu recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC after an earlier defection. The ex-EFCC boss made the revelation during a recent interview with Punch. Excerpts below: You recently returned to the All Progressives Congress, a political party you participated in founding. Why did you leave in the first place? I joined politics during the 2010/ 2011 elections. By 2014, we were actively engaged; we almost succeeded in…
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno says it has seized more than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs from 87 suspects within two years. The Commandant of the agency in Borno, Mr Ona Ogilegwu, announced this in Maiduguri on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), stating that the agency made the seizure in Maiduguri from 2014 till date. “It will interest you to know that the command had been recording remarkable successes in its fight against drug abuse in Borno. “The command has so far recovered a lot of psychotropic substances in different…
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called for a ban on the export of primary farm produce as part of strategies to ensure food sufficiency in the country. Aregbesola made the call in Osogbo on Sunday in a statement he issued by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon. The governor opined that the ban would enhance the value chains of the nation’s agricultural investments. He also urged government to fashion out measures that would make agriculture to be attractive to a new generation of young Nigerians. He noted that this would be viable option towards economic diversification, adding that Nigeria had…
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for N’Djamena on Monday to attend the inauguration of President Idriss Deby of Chad. This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. The statement said President Buhari would be joining other Heads of State and Government for the ceremony. It added that the President would be accompanied on the one-day trip by Abdullahi Ganduje and Kashim Shettima, governors of Kano and Borno states respectively. According to the statement, the President’s delegation will also include Sen. Baba…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that budget padding amounts to corruption as the action is against the public interest. SERAP’s position is contained in a statement issued by the Executive Director of the project, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. SERAP is making its position known against the backdrop of the claim by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara that budget padding is not a crime under Nigerian law. Dogara was quoted to have said on Friday in Abuja after a meeting with…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it paid the N55.96 billion into the Federation Account in the month of June. This is contained in the corporation’s monthly financial report for the month of June released in Abuja on Sunday. The report said in parts: “NNPC transferred the sum of N55.96 billion into the Federation Account during the month under review from the net domestic crude oil receipt of N102.68 billion. “Also, the 23rd instalment of the refund to the Federal Government of N6.33 billion was remitted into the Federation Account.’’ It added that NNPC recorded a deficit of N26.51…
The Kwara Government says it has cut the subventions of seven tertiary institutions in the state from N3.6 billion to N517 million. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, made this known in a statement released in Ilorin on Sunday. Banu added that the government had so far disbursed the sum of N430, 388, 359.24 as subventions to the seven State-owned tertiary institutions in 2016. He explained that the government had reviewed the subventions accruing to the institutions by deploying mechanisms to block loopholes and wastages in the system. The commissioner said that an outstanding balance of N86, 996,421.7…