The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, rejected an application the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, filed to be discharged as a surety in the ongoing trial of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ali Ndume, who spent five days at the Kuje Correctional Center after Maina jumped bail, had in the application he filed through his lawyer, Mr Marcel Oru, begged the court to allow him to pull out from the case. He described Maina’s action that led to his detention as “highly despicable”. However, Justice Okon Abang held…
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The House of Representatives is in the process of making a law to ban the influx of small arms into the country. The House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, headed by Rep. Nicholas Ossai (PDP/Delta), conducted a public hearing of stakeholders on the matter on Monday. In a welcome address by the Chairman, Dr Ossai Nicholas Ossai, the committee presented the proposed law entitled, ‘ECOWAS CONVENTION ON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS, THEIR AMMUNITION BILL” According to him, “You are pleasantly here today on a national duty to generate valuable ideas and specialized contributions towards our legislative process of…
One fighter after another, the Taliban are trading in their characteristic long flowing garb for stiff military uniforms. It is a symbol of the moment of transition they find themselves in: Once warriors embedded in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains, now they are an urban police force. But change is always an adjustment. In the Afghan capital of Kabul, crime was rampant under the previous government of Ashraf Ghani. Robberies and kidnappings were a near daily occurrence and the judicial process time-consuming and expensive. By winning the country after two decades of war with the Aug. 15 seizure of Kabul, the Taliban…
COVID-19 protocols compounded the sense of loss by relations and friends of former Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu. A large crowd of mourners was preparing to attend the 40th day fidau, Muslim ceremony to render special supplication for the repose of the politician, who died on August 17, 2021. Mantu, who represented Plateau Central in the Senate from 1999 to 2007, died due to complications from COVID-19 infection and was buried according to Islamic rites. Although the Fidau prayers fell through yesterday, the family in a statement signed by Alhaji Musa Mantu and Dr. Umar Ibrahim Mantu, sons…
The inability of the various organs of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to broker truce between suspended national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus and the Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike is casting doubt over the possibility of holding the national election convention of the party next month, Vanguard gathered on Monday. It would be recalled that the embattled chairman recently approached the Abuja division of the Appeal Court, praying it to quash two High Court orders restraining him from parading himself as the chairman of the PDP. Secondus had also urged the appellate court to declare that his…
Social critics, activists and political analysts under the auspices of Downtrodden Peoples Services (DPS) has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot take Nigeria to the promised land. They made the disclosure at a press conference to mark the 61st independence anniversary of Nigeria in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Our correspondent recalls that both the PDP and APC are the two political parties that have ruled the country since the inception of the present fourth republic in 1999. But, DPS while speaking at the press conference, noted that none of the two…
A group, the Concerned Osun State PDP members has alleged that Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, the Chairman of the Appeal Panel for the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun ward congress has been compromised. This is also as they accused the chairman of being swayed by financial inducements from Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in order for him to cancel the entire Osun State PDP Ward Congress. The group made this known in press release signed on its behalf by Gani Olaoluwa, a former Chairman of the party in the State. The Concerned Osun State PDP members claimed that Ogbeide-Ihama…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi provided House Democrats with a new Oct. 31 target date to pass the stalled bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying she backed off a pledge to bring the measure to a vote this week because it would have been defeated. “We must pass BIF well before then – the sooner the better, to get the jobs out there,” wrote Pelosi in a letter to her caucus on Saturday, referring to the $550 billion package in new infrastructure spending. A 30-day funding extension for federal highway programs will expire at the end of October. That temporary measure was passed Friday…
Lagos monarchs within the Badagry Division have endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency. They described Tinubu, a former Lagos Governor, as the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The traditional rulers made the pronouncement at a town hall meeting organised by the South West Agenda (SWAGA’23) on Sunday. They were Oba Momodu Afolabi, Onijanikin of Ijanikin; Oba Nofiu Dada Elete of Ete Kingdom; Oba Abideen Adekanbi, Osolu of Osolu Kingdom; Oba Mobadenle Oyekan Onilado of Ilado; Oba Caleb Adeniyi, Olojo of Ojo; Oba N. A. Akinyemi, Alabirun of Ikare Kingdom. others are…
Zoning is not known to the Nigerian constitution but for political exigencies political parties adopt the principle to ensure victory and equitable distribution of elective offices. Some legal schools of thought have however argued that in the spirit of federal character, zoning of elective offices may be considered constitutional. Constitutional or not, if the People Democratic Party is interested in winning the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti, a definite position must be taken about zoning, especially as it affects the southern senatorial district. Truth be told, the agitation of the zone is due for attention. Generally, and for partisan reasons,…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State yesterday declared that only a restructured Nigeria will help the nation regain her past glory. Makinde, who was speaking at the unveiling of a homegrown digital television outfit, SATVIEW Network, stated that it was unbelievable that Nigeria, which had the first television station in Africa, now has to rely on foreign television networks for Nigerians to watch clear signals. He stated that his administration will continue to identify, encourage and support talented and creative-minded youths to grow businesses in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,…
Civil rights activist and former senator, Shehu Sani, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders under the present administration have lost integrity and should not be allowed to determine who succeeds Buhari at the end of his tenure in 2023. According to Shehu Sani, who was a member of the 8th Senate, rising insecurity and the poor state of the economy have proven that Nigerians could no longer entrust the affairs of the country into the hands of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani noted that the killings, kidnappings and the economic woes witnessed under the current…
Former US president, Donald Trump has filed a complaint with a federal court, asking Twitter to temporarily restore his account while he pushes forward with efforts toward permanent reinstatement. Donald Trump filed the request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter late on Friday, in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The filing says, as quoted by ABC News, that Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political discourse in this country that is immeasurable, historically unprecedented, and profoundly dangerous to open democratic debate.” Trump argues that Twitter was “coerced” by members of Congress to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Advisory Council in Oyo State, has disclosed why former President, Goodluck Jonathan can’t be president on the platform of the ruling party. Chairman of APC Elders Council in the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, explained that the party has people already lined up to become president. The former governor of the state spoke while featuring on Agidigbo 88.5 FM in Ibadan. He, however, said the former president was free to join the APC but should dismiss the notion of becoming the party’s presidential candidate in 2023. “I am not saying Jonathan can’t join APC but…
Anambra State Government has accused the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, of playing politics with the current state of security in the state. Andy Uba had less than 24 hours to the planned flag-off of his campaign in Onitsha called it off, attributing it to the current state of security, insisting that it was in honour of Dr Chike Akunyili, who was recently killed by unknown gunmen. But the Anambra State Government in a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, stated that Uba rather suspended his campaign…
The Osun State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Bisi has charged the newly defected members to work assiduously for the victory of the party in the 2022 gubernatorial election in the State. The Osun PDP Chairman also asked the new members to see the party as their family as they have been welcomed with open hands and assured that their stay in the PDP would herald an era of peace and progress. Bisi gave this admonition on Saturday as he welcomed decamping members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-Ila Orangun, Ifedayo local government area…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Emmanuel Nnadi has again asked the people of the South-East to drop the notion that President Muhammadu Buhari was unfair in his dealings with the region. Nnadi, who spoke to journalists in Enugu, weekend, said contrary to claims, the Buhari presidency had made more impact in the South-East than the other former presidents put together. While noting that some politicians were merely playing politics with the situation in the South-East, he said time had come for the people of the zone to embrace the Buhari government, especially as the 2023 general…
An igbo socio-political group, Ndigbo United Forum (NUF), has applauded some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that voted for Northern Nigeria to produce the party’s national chairman. InfoStride News recalls that the PDP Governor’s forum led by Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, had voted in favour of the North producing Uche Secondus’ successor. The governors who voted in favour of the Northern chairmanship are Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), and Douye Diri (Bayelsa). The meeting resolved to pass the…
Taliban have created an exclusive battalion of suicide bombers that will be deployed to the borders of Afghanistan particularly in Badakhshan province. The deputy governor Mullah Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi of the province has told the media about the creation of the battalion of suicide bombers at the northeastern province of Badakhshan which borders Tajikistan and China, reported Khaama Press. Ahmadi said that the battalion is named Lashkar-e-Mansoori “Mansoor army” and will be deployed to the borders of the country. He added that the battalion is the same as the one that would conduct suicide attacks targeting the security forces of…
Indigenes of the Oke Ogun geo-political zone in Oyo State have advised politicians from the zone to unite among themselves to ensure that the zone produces the next governor of the state. They noted that this is necessary in order to ensure that the agitation for governor from the zone comes to reality. Our correspondent recalls that the zone which has10 out of 33 local government areas is yet to produce the governor of the state since the creation of the state in 1976. The indigenes of the zone have however advised politicians from the zone to rally around themselves,…