Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, yesterday, slammed President Goodluck Jonathan for blaming insurgency in the North on governors, whom the president claimed failed to provide basic education for their people. Nyako described the President’s claim as unfortunate insisting that it was the poor leadership exhibited by the Jonathan administration that had aided and abetted the rising spate of terrorism in the North. Nyako, who spoke through his director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, stated that it was the failure on the part of the Jonathan Presidency to tackle insurgency with the required political will that had given rise…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Some members of Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, weekend engaged policemen in Tolu Police Division, Ajegunle Area of Lagos, in a gun duel over the release of a suspect. A suspected member of OPC was shot dead in the process. A passer-by was hit by a stray bullet and one policeman was also shot while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries. A police van was also burnt by the OPC members and part of the station torched as their attempt to burn down the whole station met with resistance from the policemen. Trouble was said to have started when a…
MAHMUD ALIYU SHINKAFI A former Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi on Saturday in Abuja revealed that the recent spate of killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue, Nasarawa and other states in the northern parts of the country, are acts of “terrorism in disguise”. He, therefore, recommended that “they should be treated as terrorists and dealt with decisively on the spot”. The former governor, who is now Chairman, Board of National Coalition for Jonathan and Sambo Presidency, made this known at the inauguration of the 36 states chairmen of the coalition. He said, “Reports from our intelligence and…
A Policeman, allegedly killed his 19-month-old baby after battering his wife in Benin, according to reports. The incident occurred at a flat in Sam Enobakhare Crescent, off St. Saviour Road, Benin at the weekend. According to his wife, last Tuesday they were at home when her husband’s countenance suddenly changed and when she tried to find out why, he pounced on her. Contacted, Dr. Jolly Nosakhare Iguma, the Chief Medical Director of Jonos Medical Clinic where the baby was taken to, said a mother and her daughter brought in a dead baby a few days ago. “On close examination the…
A 25-year-old man, simply identified as David, has murdered a 65-year-old female magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin, in Laderin estate in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State, the State Police Command yesterday said. David, who used to work as a house help for the magistrate allegedly scaled the fence of the late Timeyin’s house, deactivated the security system inside the building, and laid siege within the premises before hacking the retired magistrate to death. According to reports, David had been employed two months earlier, but was sent packing two weeks ago for allegedly stealing his boss’ valuables including phones and…
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Moses Bebenimibo, has endorsed Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for Delta South Senatorial seat in the National Assembly, saying he is most qualified for the position. The seat is currently occupied by Senator James Manager, who is also the Senate Committee Chairman on Niger Delta. Chief Bebenimibo noted in Warri that being a two-term governor makes Uduaghan the most suitable candidate to represent the district as he has got all the experience to make the difference in that office. According to him, “The Governor has shown…
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has reiterated his objection to the ongoing National Conference in Abuja, saying it would end up as another talk show, as it was an avenue to fritter away public funds. Speaking with BBC Hausa Service in Kaduna at the weekend, Kwankwaso queried the N7 billion reportedly budgeted for the conference with a three month duration, while a meagre N2 billion was allocated as counterpart funding for development projects in the three North-East states bedeviled by Boko Haram insurgency. He accused President Goodluck Jonathan of hurriedly convening the conference because he had run out…
Former Military Governor of Lagos State and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Adamawa, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has formally defected to People’s Democratic Party with his teeming supporters. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the decision by Marwa to defect to PDP followed a meeting held on Sunday with his supporters in Yola after their complaint of being marginalised in the APC. In his speech, Marwa accused APC’s national leadership of handing over the party in the state to Governor Murtala Nyako. Marwa, who contested the last state governorship election with Nyako under defunct CPC, said his…
The Presidency on Saturday declared that President Goodluck Jonathan will never condone the cover up of corruption cases involving any official of government. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja, denounced a report in one of the national dailies which he claimed gave the impression that Jonathan tolerates such cover ups over the ongoing investigation into the chartering of private jet by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by the House of Representatives. According to the statement, “Jonathan had never and will never…
The leadership crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been resolved by national leadership of the party, which has declared the Rotimi Akeredolu-led interim executive committee as the duly recognized exco in the state. Interim National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made this known in an interview with Leadership Sunday yesterday, maintained that there is no faction in Ondo State chapter of the party. According to him, the Rotimi Akeredolu-led interim executive is the “only recognised” leadership in the state. It would be recalled that following the inauguration of Akeredolu as…