The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with the family of Senator Ahmed Zanna, who died on Saturday in Abuja. Until his death, Zanna was the Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party described the death of Zanna, who won re-election on its platform, as a huge loss not just to his family and the people of Borno but also to the Senate and to Nigeria as a whole. It prayed that God will strengthen the family so it can bear the irreparable…
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A Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 6th National Assembly, Usman Bayero Nafada, has warned against imposition of leaders in the National Assembly, saying such a move will backfire at the end of the day. Nafada, who is the Senator-elect for Gombe North on the platform of All Progressives Congress, made this known in an interview with LEADERSHIP Sunday. According to him, past experiences, particularly in the House of Representatives, had shown that leaders imposed on legislators never last and that such leaders bring about rancour in the legislature. “The House of Representatives is the most vibrant…
As the race for who becomes the next Senate President gathers momentum, associates and supporters of the Senator representing Kwara Central, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who is one of the leading contenders for the coveted seat, on Saturday offered prayers for the success of his ambition. The prayer sessions, coordinated by a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor, on Communication and Strategy, were led by Christian and Muslim clerics comprising 9 delegation from the Christian Association of Nigeria and League of Imams from Kwara South Senatorial District. During a media briefing, the All Progressives Congress Chairman in Kwara South,…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mrs. Gloria Adebajo-Fraser, has described the sacking of the chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Adetunji Shelle, as a premature exercise that will end in futility. Adebajo-Fraser, however, demanded the resignation of the Adamu Mu’azu-led National Working Committee of PDP. The PDP chieftain, in a statement sent to SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday, said Mr. Shelle’s removal was at variance with the provisions of the PDP constitution. “It cannot hold as the National Working Committee is the only platform that can entertain the recommendation of the State Working Committee…
The publishers of Vanguard Newspapers have tendered an unreserved apology to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and his family over a report it carried concerning one of the governor’s sons, Abdulkabir. The newspaper had in its Friday edition published a story with the headline: “Controversy trails Aregbesola’s son’s alleged arrest” and quoted a source as confirming Abdulkabir’s arrest at the Murtala International Airport, Lagos, for money laundering. In retracting the report, which it discovered to be false in its entirety as no son of the governor was arrested, Vanguard apologized for any embarrassment the story must have caused Mr.…
A group, which champions the interest of the North East has called on President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to accord the zone special priority status in addressing the numerous challenges facing it. The group known as the North East Change Initiative, in a press statement signed on Saturday by its spokesman, Alhaji Garba Sani, urged the federal government and the National Assembly to carefully consider, choose and appoint experienced and capable technocrats, legislative leadership and professionals with good geo-political and local knowledge of the zone’s issues towards addressing the challenges ahead. While calling on governors, legislators and people from the zone to…
The enforcement of speed limiting devices for commercial vehicles nationwide will come into effect as from June 1, the Akwa Ibom State Sector Commander, Mr. Ramalan Yerima, has stated. The sector commander, who made this known in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday at a one-day sensitisation workshop for fleet operators in the state, pointed out that most road crashes that resulted in fatality were as a result of over speeding. He stated that once the speed limiting devices had been installed in a vehicle, the drivers of such vehicles would not be able to exceed the regulated speed. Mr.…
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Kogi have arrested a member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Sani (PDP), representing the Igalamela/ Odolu Constituency. The lawyer to Mr. Sani, John Adele, told newsmen in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Saturday that his client was arrested on Friday, along the Odolu-Nsukka road. Mr. Adele said the lawmaker had gone to Nsukka to make some purchases in readiness for the annual Odolu Day, of which he is a chief promoter. He said the policemen shot at the tyres of his client’s vehicle, so as to be able to effect…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Saturday, raised the alarm that 12 soldiers, who were sentenced to death for mutiny last September, are being starved even as he alleged that they are held in an underground military facility. The lawyer, who made the claims yesterday during an interview with Sahara TV, said the military was denying the soldiers their right to an appeal. Falana noted that it had been more than one week since any of the soldiers were given food. He said, “I am in touch with them (the soldiers) and I am taking up their basic complaints,…
D’banj‘s court case has been adjourned till September, 28, 2015, posted a new picture of himself in a white Agbada today and he looks smashing. The photo he shared is from Friday night when he partied at Quilox for the birthday turn up of the club’s boss, Shina Peller along with fellow Ciroc ambassador, Banky W and Joe.
The Nigerian military has downplayed reports that a border town in Borno State has been recaptured by Boko Haram insurgents, saying it is a mere case of fleeing terrorists discovering a deserted town and deciding to shelter there. According to the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, Marte has been deserted before the recent infiltration by insurgents after the military retook the town from the terrorists in February. “There has not been any static deployment of troops in Marte for quite some time in line with the need to emphasize more aggressive patrol of many threatened isolated communities…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed 70 Christians in Plateau State, including one pastor, in about six attacks perpetrated by the herdsmen, reports have said. The herdsmen regularly raid Christian villages opening up a hail of gunfire, burning homes and churches, and shooting their victims when they run outside to escape the fires. They have repeated the attacks in Plateau, Bauchi, Kaduna, Taraba, Benue, among others. “The jihadists, in their quest to eliminate Christians in Plateau State and their thirst for blood, have succeeded in killing Christians and burning their houses,” Vanguard quoted Gyang, a local, to have said. The deadliest…
Top contenders for Senate presidency have agreed to work together and support one another if the All Progressives Congress (APC) decides to zone the seat to a particular region, reports Vanguard. The two top contenders for the seat from the North East, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and Senator Ahmad Lawan, have reportedly agreed to support each other after the contest. Ndume, from Borno State and another contender, Senator Bukola Saraki, from Kwara State, North Central, have also allegedly formed an alliance. Vanguard learnt that the alliance between Saraki and Ndume is such that if APC decides not to change its…
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The Senate has expressed shock over the sudden death of Senator Ahmed Zanna. In a statement announcing his death, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said Zanna died in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday. Senate, according to Abaribe, was shocked over the death of Senator Zanna especially as the 7th Senate was about winding down its session. The Senate said Zanna would be remembered for his love of his state, particularly the people of Borno Central senatorial district, who he represented until his demise. “The Senate will surely miss his painstaking…
Katsina State governor-elect and Former Speaker House of Representatives, Honorable Aminu Masari says he saw the fall of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) coming, a party he left due to lack of internal democracy. He claimed that the PDP had always rigged elections in his state as the opposition had been winning since 2003. “From 2003, it has been the opposition that has been winning the governorship election in terms of real votes. We all knew what the PDP was doing, after all, we were once members of the party,” Masari, who joined Congress of Progressives Change (CPC) after leaving…
A group of unknown gunmen has kidnapped the member representing Toungo Counstituency in the Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Usman. Usman was said to be kidnapped by the gunmen who stormed his residence at Kofare Ward of Yola around midnight on Friday. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command, Mr Othman Abubakar, said the lawmaker was taken away at gunpoint. He however said that the police were investigating the incident. Usman is one of the only two members of Adamawa Assembly who won their re-election to the house for a second term after defecting from…
The Sokoto State Government has procured 115 18-seater buses under its Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) at a total cost of over N902million. Gov. Aliyu Wamakko said this in Sokoto on Friday while distributing the vehicles to the beneficiaries. He said each bus cost the state government N7.85million and was subsidised at 45 per cent. Beneficiaries are to pay N500,000 initial deposit and subsequent monthly payment of N62,500 for 48 months. He added that the vehicles would help in boosting the transport sector, as well as serve as empowerment tools for the beneficiaries. Mr. Wamakko called on the beneficiaries to make…
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has rated the President Goodluck Jonathan administration below average. APRM, a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member states of the African Union (AU) as a self-monitoring mechanism, noted that the 2011-2015 development plan initiated by the administration of Jonathan had failed to improve the nation’s economy and the well-being of Nigerians. “While the plan looked good on paper, it has not succeeded in producing significant improvement. Indeed, corruption has worsened over the past five years,” the APRM said in a statement in Abuja. The five-year development plan specifically focused on three…