Fresh facts have emerged over how the voting pattern during the last general election in the South-East was overwhelmingly in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party. A former Governor of Abia State, who exposed the massive rigging plot during the election in the region, said the outcome was not a true reflection of the peoples’ choice because the Igbo did not vote for the PDP as widely believed. Making these claims when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television programme ‘View from the Top’ on Monday, the former governor, who is a staunch supporter of outgoing President, Dr. Goodluck…
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The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party Youth Leaders Forum has called on its supporters to fast and pray so that the governorship election petition filed by the party at the Election Petitions Tribunal will be decided in its favour. The group also called on its supporters to come forward with information and documents to support the petition of Mr. Jimi Agbaje, its governorship candidate. The Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Abiodun Abari, who addressed journalists on Monday, said through fasting and praying, “Agbaje’s stolen mandate would be retrieved”. The Forum also condemned the purported impeachment of the Lagos PDP…
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A two-day conference where the policy direction of the incoming government of the General Muhamadu Buhari will be unveiled, will hold in Abuja on Wednesday and Thursday, the All Progress Congress (APC) has said. The conference themed “Implementing Change: From Vision to Reality”, is a brainchild of the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, and will mark the end of the directorate’s work ahead of the swearing in of the president-elect. According to a statement by the Deputy Head of the Directorate and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the President-Elect Mohammadu…
An official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), was Monday beaten to stupor by two Nigerian Air Force officers in charge of traffic control at the departure section of the international terminal wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The FAAN staff, Mohammed Shuaibu, who works at the protocol and passages of the agency, had told his friend to pick him at the airport but when he arrived, the airmen attempted to remove the number plates of his car. Shuaibu, dressed in FAAN staff uniform, introduced himself and showed his identity card, but an argument reportedly ensued and the…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will today leave Abuja to attend the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding in Accra, Ghana. The summit, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of ECOWAS, will receive reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso and Guinea Bissau and deliberate on issues of democratic consolidation and regional peace and stability. Jonathan will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali; House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Mulikat Akande and some of his principal aides. The president is expected back in Abuja at the conclusion…
Three cyclists, Monday arrived Sokoto from Bauchi state after riding their bicycles for 870 kilometres to congratulate the Governor-elect and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on his victory in the April 11 governorship elections in the state. The cyclists – Mohammed Samaila, Nuhu Ibrahim and Nasiru Ya’u arrived Sokoto around 11.00 am on Monday. Speaking shortly after they arrived at the residence of Tambuwal at Gawon Nama area of Sokoto metropolis, the leader of the team, Mohammed Samaila, told journalists that they spent nine days on the road. “We decided to ride our bicycles to Sokoto…
Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar is the latest casualty in a series of sack of heads of government parastatals by President Goodluck Jonathan. She has been replaced by another woman, Mrs. Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba. “The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive had served previously as Director-General, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in Anambra State and Director, Legal Services, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment,” a statement by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media & Publicity. Jonathan expressed appreciation to…
The police on Monday put 259 specially designated “Safer Highway Patrol Vehicles” to work nationwide. They are to replace the road blocks abrogated by the new Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase. Arase launched the 259 patrol vehicles at the Force headquarters. He said they have been customised to specific states. He added that special code numbers would be inscribed on each vehicle with facility to monitor their deployment, adding that the special squad trained to man such vehicles were not permitted to cross their designated areas of surveillance. The IGP said he aimed to ensure that the Nigerian police…
Women in Politics Forum (WIPF) and the coalition of other women groups fear that the administration of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari will marginalize women. The groups based their fears on the gender composition of Buhari’s transition committee which they claimed was biased despite Buhari’s promises during his electioneering campaign that credible women would be given opportunities in his administration. According to the president of the group, Barr. Ebere Ifendu, the inclusion of women and men’s perspectives and experiences in the decision making process would inevitably lead to solutions that are more viable. She said that the press conference where their fear…
Human Rights lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to begin his administration with the rebuilding of the nation. Speaking in an interview in Lagos, the lawyer advised Buhari to build on his massive goodwill to convince Nigerians and be ready to present his report card in the first 100 days. “My own advice is that the president-elect needs to build on his massive goodwill and convince Nigerians that in spite of the challenges, he is up to task and he can do what to make Nigerians proud. “And I think that he must have a milestone to…
Electricity consumers in Hadejia, Jigawa, on Monday decried the epileptic power supply in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hadejia and its environs had been facing persistent outage in the last three weeks. The poor power supply had affected businesses and made life unbearable, a situation a cross section of the residents who spoke to NAN in Hadejia, described as worrisome. A resident, Aminu Umar, said the persistent power outage has made life difficult due to the prevailing hot weather. He said that the situation had forced many families to sleep outside, inspite of the ravaging…
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded one Lucky Nnaeto, 33, at the Ikoyi Prisons’ custody for allegedly causing the death of one 39-year-old Tunde Odutola. The Magistrate, Mr Adefioye, said the accused should be kept at the prisons pending the receipt of legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs). Adefioye then adjourned the case to June 17. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Cpl. Iyobosa Onaiwu, had told the court that accused, whose address was not disclosed in court, is facing a two-count charge of murder and conspiracy. Onaiwu said that Nnaeto and others, who…
A newly elected member of the Niger House of Assembly, Mr Malik Madaki, on Monday urged the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration to repair the refineries in order to check the perennial scarcity of petroleum products in the country. Madaki, who was elected to represent Bosso constituency on the platform of the APC, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The lawmaker, who expressed concern over the scarcity of petroleum products across the country, said Nigerians were undergoing untold hardship as a result of the development. He said the opportunity to benefit from…
The Rivers State police command on Monday announced the recovery of a Toyota Camry vehicle snatched from a resident, David Nwoka, along East-West road. The Rivers Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Ahmad, said the police received a distress call on a vehicle stolen at gunpoint about 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. According to him, a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, who acted on the distress call, swung into action pursuing and engaging the robbers in a shootout, wounding three of them. “The snatched vehicle along with one locally made AK 47 rifle, ten rounds of 7.62 ammunition, one pump action gun…
Ijaw Youths have hailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s directive that the fabrication of Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading, FPSO, vessel be relocated to Agge in Bayelsa State. The $500 million project had earlier been slated for LADOL fabrication yard in Lagos but was controversially ordered for relocation by President Jonathan earlier this month. The directive, which has raised eyebrows as it comes in the twilight of the Jonathan administration, also instructed industry operators to move oil and gas cargoes to only ports in Warri, Calabar and Onne, nearer to the Niger Delta where the projects are to be sited. The…
Ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the All Progressives Congress-led government in the country, the roadmap for the policy direction of the Muhammadu Buhari–led administration would be unveiled during a two-day policy dialogue holding in Abuja on Wednesday and Thursday. The Policy dialogue themed: “Implementing Change: From Vision to Reality” is being organised by the Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, the Deputy Head of the Directorate and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the President-elect would declare open the dialogue, which…
The Governor-elect of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday warned against the alleged attempt by the outgoing administration of Mr. Ramalan Yero to secure approval to spend N2.744 billion SURE-P funds. The Kaduna State Government has put pressure on the House of Assembly for the spending approval, barely two weeks to the end of its tenure, Mr. El Rufai’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, said in a press statement in Kaduna. According to Mr. El-Rufai, the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state will punish anyone found guilty of diverting the SURE-P funds. The statement quoted the governor-elect as…
The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of implementing policies that threaten the development of Ekiti people. A statement by the APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, lamented that instead of promoting policies that would uplift Ekiti people out of poverty, the governor was busy diverting the attention of the people from self-sustaining schemes by distributing bags of one kilogramme rice to few people. He argued that the timely payment of salaries could help workers do extra works at their spare time to increase their family earnings. Mr. Fayose had promised to pay workers…
The Lagos State chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Najeemdeen Ibrahim, has appealed to the State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to ensure that his administration pays the three-year arrears of 142 per cent pension increment approved by the Federal Government in 2000. He also called on the state government to implement further increases of six per cent and 15 per cent as directed by the Federal Government in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Mr. Ibrahim, who addressed journalists on the struggle for the actualisation of their demand yesterday, stated that when the 142 per cent increment was announced by the Olusegun…