Sen. Smart Adeyemi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, has described APC’s directive to its National Assembly members to block all legislative proposals as anti-people. . Adeyemi, in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, said it was most unfortunate for a party that claimed to be progressive to come out with such a directive. Adeyemi, former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), said: “It is undemocratic and non- religious position to be taken by a political party in the history of modern politics. . “We look forward to an opposition that will help in galvanising and accelerating…
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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…
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…