Mr. Labaran Maku, on Friday took on some northern politicians, for inciting the North against the administration and person of President GEJ ahead of the general elections in 2015. . Maku, who ranted on those he described as self-serving politicians, who spread hatred and threaten violence in pursuance of morbid personal political ambitions, spoke in his office during a courtesy call by a political awareness group, the Goodluck/Sambo National Organisation of Ulama Media Forum. . The Minister condemned what he called the provocative utterances he observed that this class of politicians are furthering to enhance their campaign of calumny and…
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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday criticised the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC for commanding its members in the National Assembly to stall the passage of the 2014 budget, and screening of the newly nominated ministerial candidates, describing the action as unfortunate, unpatriotic and unwarranted. . Talking Journalists yesterday night at the end of the meeting which took place at the Katsina Government House, Chairman of PDP governors Forum and Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio who noted that it was the opinion of PDP governors that all the names sent to the…
A loyal individual of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill yesterday took on the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC for instructing its members in the National Assembly to stall the passage of the 2014 budget, and screening of the newly nominated ministerial candidates, saying the party has no right to hold the nation to ransom. . Condemning what he described as an unpatriotic act and an attempt by the APC to “Shut down the Country”, Princewill said, “No man, woman or group of people has the right to threaten the stability of Nigeria. This…
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, says the rehabilitation of the railway from Kuru station in Plateau to the Bauchi city station will be completed before February ending. . Umar said this on Friday in Jos when he inspectedt he rehabilitation of the railway in the Kafanchan District of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). . It can be reported that the railway covers some parts of Kaduna and Nasarawa states, as well as Plateau and Benue. . “The inspection is to see the progress of work on the rehabilitation of the rail tracks, to identify areas of challenges and interact…
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram to neighbouring Cameroon and Niger in the past 10 days. . UNHCR in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had been killed, their villages bombed and at least two villages burned to the ground. . “We continue to urge states in the region to keep their borders open for Nigerians who are fleeing their country and may need international protection. . “We are also advising against…
Federal Government, on Thursday, disclosed that it will soon introduce a new textile policy that will reduce dumping in Nigeria. . This was disclosed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga during a meeting with the Indian business community in Lagos. . He also said that Nigeria’s cement industry has attracted additional investment worth $8 billion, driven largely by the implementation of the Federal Government’s Backward Integration Policy. . The minister noted that, in line with the Federal Government’s Industrial Revolution Plan, a new policy that would revamp and fast-track the growth and development of the…
Mother of a 200-level student of Lagos City College, charged for robbery before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Mrs Olanrewaju Idowu, yesterday, explained how she sent her son message outside of her house but met him in Kirikiri Prison. . Idowu, who was led in evidence by her son’s lawyer, Mrs F. Jegede, told the court that on September 9, she sent Lekan to Lagos to buy some provisions for her shop. . She said: “At the place where my son (Olalekan) went to buy things, there was a riot and police at Adeniyi Adele raided the place. .…
8 farmers were, on Thursday, arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly stripping a widow, one Mrs. Ann Adikwu, and showing her at a market square in Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. . The accused persons were charged with criminal conspiracy, assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty; exhibition of obscene pictures and theft punishable under Sections 97 (1), 269, 203 and 288 of the penal code. . According to the First Information Report, FIR, filed in the court by the prosecutor, Inspector George Nyev, the victim had written a letter of…
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia said the party was not part of the agitation for the zoning of the governorship position to Abia South in the state. . The state Chairman of the party, Chief Nnanna Ukegbu, made this known in an interview in Umuahia on Friday. Ukaegbu said that such agitation for the zoning of the governorship seat to Abia South was not in the best interest of the people. . He added that the arrangement, if allowed to materialise, was capable of breeding mediocrity in government. . The chairman said that the party would not stop…
3 individuals have been rescued from a boat which capsized at Ogogoro village, Boulos, Navy Town, Apapa, Lagos, on Friday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said. . This information is contained in a statement issued by NEMA in Lagos. . It stated that the three persons included a child, a woman and the boat operator, noting that they were rescued alive. . The statement said that the incident occurred around 12:05 a.m., and the boat conveying the woman and her child was traveling without headlights when it collided with a bigger boat. . The occupants of the boat were…
The police on Friday arraigned two fake prophets, Williams Ehuchie, 31, and Abubakar Mikairu, 28, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for cheating unsuspecting victims. . Ehucie and Mikairu are charged with belonging to a gang of armed robbers. . The prosecutor, Insp. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the accused persons were arrested during a raid by a team of police officers from Lugbe, Abuja, led by Spt. Raphael Uwadia in a black spot in Galadimawa village, Abuja. . Elijah told the court that they were arrested on Jan. 17 where they were chanting and perpetrating their…
The Supreme Court, today held that the Court of Appeal was not right in joining former Imo governor Ikedi Ohakim as a party in the suit brought by Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume. . Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo had challenged the joinder of Ikedi as a party in the suit. . The top court, in a unanimous judgment, held that the Appeal Court was wrong in granting leave to join the People’s Democratic Party candidate, ex-Imo Gov Ikedi Ohakim, in the appeal. . Mr Niyi Akintola, SAN, Okorocha’s counsel, had in his appeal application joined as first respondents, the Peoples’ Democratic…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Seme Border Command in Lagos, on Friday said it arrested 21 Nigerians and seized 426kg of narcotics in 2013. . The Commander, Mr Nicholas Ajaduruonye, said in Badagry, Lagos, that the seizures consisted 422.55kg of cannabis, 950g of meta amphetamine, 1.3kg of heroin and 1.2kg of cocaine. . “All the drugs were imported into the country; we did not have any case of drugs being exported out of the country,” he said. . Ajaduruonye confidently said that the arrested persons were 17 males and 4 females, adding that the command had so far convicted…
Highway sweepers on Friday begged the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) for protection from speeding vehicles that kill some of them while performing their duties and that they were poorly catered to. . They pleaded with the management to provide them with adequate tools to make their work efficient and lives safe. . Some of them who spoke on condition of anonymity at Ojota, Ikorodu road and Tincan Island port roads claimed that they bought most of their tools and kits with their own personal money. . One of the sweepers who gave her name as Bisi, said most of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the harassment of its Deputy National Secretary, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by the Department of State Security (DSS), describing as a shameful overkill the storming of his home in Abuja by armed DSS operatives on Friday, without showing any arrest warrant. . In a statement inn Abuja, Friday, by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed shock that the DSS was seeking to arrest El-Rufai for merely exercising his constitutional right of free speech. . It said there was nothing inciting or extraordinary in the statement credited to Malam…
10 people have been murdered by boko haram insurgents in Njaba village of Damboa Local Government on Tuesday while 8 others were also killed in Kaya village of the same Local Government area on Wednesday when the boko haram attacked the two villages setting houses and shops ablaze. . This is even as over 20 communities of Limanti, Yahuri, Goskari Gana and Ngawo Fate among others in Konduga Council Area were sacked by Boko Haram insurgents who are currently taking refuge at the federal training centre, Maiduguri. . According to Wadai Mutah resident of Njaba village who brought five of…
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, on Friday asked to partner with the Bauchi State Government to improve youth development. . Al- Mustapha, who is the President, Unity and Development Initiative (APUDI), an NGO, made the plea when he led members of the management team of the organisation on a courtesy call to the Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, in Bauchi. . He said that the organisation was creating new opportunities that would promote the well being of the younger ones. . “We will channel their request through some…
Dr Ayuba Wabba, Chairman, Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) has described the three-day nationwide warning strike embarked upon by members as ‘A Success’. . Wabba told journalists in an interview in Abuja on Friday, “there was 100 per cent compliance by members across the country. . “ Though, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and some others were on strike before we sent the notice, they still complied,’’ he said. . Wabba said that the warning strike was aimed at solving the crisis in the sector as it would ginger the government to do the needful concerning all agreements signed…
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, has said the party’s directive to its lawmakers to block all executive bills and proposals was to draw President Goodluck Jonathan’s attention to developments in Rivers. . APC had on Jan 23 directed its members in the two chambers of the National Assembly to block all proposals or bills sent in for consideration by the President. . Okechukwu on Friday in Abuja said that the directive should not be seen as an attempt by the party to destabilise the polity, but one taken to ensure quick resolution to the crisis…
Bishop Milla Maza, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Nasarawa State, yesterday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing the same-sex marriage prohibition bill into law. . Maza told The InfoStride, in Lafia that signing the anti-gay law would go a long way in saving the country from the health and moral implications of same-sex marriage. . He said: “To us, it is devilish, there is no place in the scriptures that says man can marry a man or a lady can marry a lady. . Also, the National Council ofm Muslim Youth Organisation, NACOMYO, yesterday lauded President Jonathan…