The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday, fired at the former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, asking him to return his share of the $2.2 billion arms deal bazaar collected from embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki. Speaking at a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin City where prominent PDP leaders and their followers including two former members of the Federal House of Representatives, Patrick Ikhariale and Abbas Braimah, defected to the APC, Oshiomhole said: “We have seen even the godfather’s name being mentioned. Even at…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi West have commenced process for replacement of Hon. James Faleke due to his insistence not to present himself for swearing-in as Deputy Governor of Kogi State. The stakeholders also called on the Kogi State governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, and the national leadership of the party to accept a suitable replacement from them. While insisting that party supremacy must prevail at all times, the stakeholders in a communiqué read yesterday in Abuja, advised Governor-elect Bello to be careful of some political jobbers, who they said have constituted a nuisance to APC in Kogi West.…
A former national legal adviser to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olusola Oke, has called on the Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to account for the N14.6billion received as bailout from the Federal Government for the payment of workers’ salaries. He also said that despite the fact that the state government received a N7.8billion loan in addition to the bailout, the government was still owing workers’ salaries. In a statement issued by his media aide, Rotimi Ogunleye, on Friday, Mr. Oke, who defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, earlier this year, said he was concerned about an attempt…
All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it described as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum’s attempt to polarise the country along oil-producing and non-producing lines. The APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, in a statement on Saturday, said all geo-political regions of the country are important and equal partners in progress in efforts by the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari to return Nigeria to her respected position in the comity of nations. The APC scribe also described as hogwash, Friday’s outburst by the PDP governors Forum that the nullification of elections of PDP governors was a plot by the governing…
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that the Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is alive and well. The Army Spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman, said this in an interview aired on Channels TV last week. Narrating how the the bloody confrontation between members of the Islamic sect and the Army started, Usman said there was no procession by the group that day but a deliberate attack on the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai. “One thing I want you to understand is that there wasn’t any procession that day,” he said. “Sometime…
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that the N18,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers was not fixed, but was negotiated through a tripartite system. Therefore, NLC warned that any governor reneging on that agreement is breaking the law of the land and called on such state chief executive to resign from his position. The NLC also hailed the ongoing war against corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the menace had killed more people in the country than road accidents. NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, told reporters at the weekend in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, shortly after…
ECOWAS leaders are currently studying a proposal to “forbid” women wearing full-face veils in a bid to curtail the growing number of female suicide bombers. The leaders, who met last week in Abuja, are considering a ban of the full-face veils in the region, popular with Muslim women, following the use of teenage girls dressed in such outfits, as suicide bombers by Boko Haram terrorists. As it loses swathes of previously held territories in the North-East to the Nigerian Army, Boko Haram have in recent months started launching guerilla-style attacks, using young women and girls as suicide bombers by hiding explosives…
The United Nations (UN) has pledged support for Federal Republic of Nigeria in its effort to conquer the twin menace of corruption and terrorism. In view of this, the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, weekend, sent a high-powered delegation to have a meeting with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, at his office in Abuja. A statement by the Director of Information at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Nwodo Charles, revealed that the delegation was led by UN Special envoy on ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas. Chambers said the UN will…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Saturday, said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under President Goodluck Jonathan squandered the resources of the country. However, he pointed out that things have changed positively since the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari, although it will take time “to clean up the mess of the past”. “For the first time, big people are being asked to account, in the past we only hear of governors, local government people, commissioners but this time we are seeing Minister of Finance confessing like a witch craft how they took money and even co-opt their children…
More than500,000 residents of Iponri Low-Cost Housing Estate, Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos State, today appealed to the Lagos State Government to save their lives from epidemic looming in the area. The sewage plant that usually drains dirty water from the soak-away of more than 400 housing units with 500,000 residents had been disconnected by Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) due to unpaid bills. Due to the development, the sewage plant had flooded the estate by dirty water from the soak away. President, Iponri Housing Estate Residents’ Association, Mr Abdul-Rasak Osho, told newsmen that the sewage plant constructed by the Lagos State…
The Shiites Islamic sect yesterday blasted the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, for allegedly making indicting pronouncements against the sect following the recent clash between the sect members and the Nigerian army in Zaria. They, therefore, declared that they have no confidence in the judicial panel of inquiry to be set up by the state government to investigate the incident which led to the killing of many members of the sect and the arrest of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Governor El-Rufai had in a radio and television broadcast to the people of the state, on Thursday, announced the setting…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has promised that Nigerians will begin to reap the dividends of promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the 2016 budget is passed into law. He, therefore, urged Nigerians to exercise more patience with the APC-led government. According to him, the last six months could not be used to judge the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as it inherited an empty treasury and a battered nation. “Nigeria is passing through difficult times and the citizens need to show more understanding and patience as damages done to the country…
The sister of Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, Nancy Keme Dickson, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The 26-year-old, who was said to be the last child of the Dicksons was kidnapped at her shop located in Okaka Road, Yenagoa, the state capital. According to reports, the gunmen drove an ash-coloured Lexus Jeep, trailed their target to her shop and whisked her away to an unknown place at about 2:50pm. Investigations revealed that shortly after the incident the police mounted stop and search operations on vehicles at different parts of the city. The incident is believed in several quarters, to…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has been endorsed by Nigerian witches. Spokesperson for White Witches Association of Nigeria (WHIWTAN), Dr Okhue Iboi, who spoke in Lagos said decision to back Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade was taken at the end of an emergency meeting of the association that took place at Ofosu, Edo State. “As stakeholders in the project called Nigeria, we can’t fold our arms and pretend that all is well with our nation. It will not only amount to act of unpatriotism if we decide to look the other way while others are speaking out on way forward for Nigeria,”…
The convoy of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, arrested six traffic offenders in Ijora-Olopa area of the State on December 16 while driving against traffic have been convicted by the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Court sitting in Ogba, which ordered them to forfeit their vehicles to government. Magistrate Mobolaji Tanimola convicted the motorists yesterday, after they pleaded guilty to a one-count charge bordering on the offence filed against them by the government. According to the state, their offence is punishable under Section 7 (b) of the Lagos State Traffic Laws of 2012. Those arrested while driving against traffic…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State today said that he was passionate about the future of children in the state. He spoke at the 2015 Children End of the Year Party organised by his wife, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. Ambode, who noted that the end of year party was the first he would be throwing since his assumption of office, said that the children were the future of the state. “We are very passionate about what happens to children in Lagos. Children are our tomorrow. “Next year’s party will be bigger than this. We will ensure provision of…
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has told his main opponent in the inconclusive governorship election in the state Chief Timiprie Sylva under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) to concede defeat. Dickson, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, said this while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. He said that he was the leading candidate in the election having won six out of the seven local government areas so far declared with good margin. The governor also expressed confidence that he stood a chance to winning election in the remaining local government,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors’ forum has alleged the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch, of trying to turn Nigeria into a one-party state. The forum was reacting to the nullification of the election of Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom by the appeal court, claiming that through its “puppet master in Lagos”, the APC has entered an alliance with the judiciary to manipulate election results. The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a fresh election in Akwa Ibom State within 90 days. “The nullification of the election of His Excellency, Governor…
The Presidency has described the proposed 2016 budget as a budget of change. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the 2016 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Addressing Journalists yesterday in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang explained that the 2016 budget would be a departure from the previous budgets, where the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) was presented to the National Assembly while the budget was being considered. Enang said it was deliberate that President Buhari had planned to lay the 2016 budget estimates before the…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has commuted to 10 years imprisonment each, the sixty-six soldiers who were sentenced to death by firing squad in January and March 2015 by separate General Court Martial. It will be recalled that 71 soldiers were arraigned on several charges including Criminal Conspiracy, Conspiracy to commit mutiny, Mutiny, Attempt to Commit an Offence (Murder), Disobedience to Particular Orders, Insubordinate Behaviour and False Accusation, among others. They were tried, discharged on some charges but found guilty and convicted on other charges which included mutiny. Out of the number, 66 were found…