The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, on Sunday cautioned the leader of the Lagos State chapter of the party, Chief Bode George, for calling for the dissolution of the National Working Committee of the party. George had alongside some PDP leaders in the South-West geo-political zone, who met in Ado Ekiti, demanded that the NWC be dissolved so that the party could be restructured. George had based the call on the poor performance of the PDP at the polls. Reacting to the call for the dissolution of the Adamu Mu’azu-led NWC, Oladipo in a statement…
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Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Global Biofuels Limited, Dr. Babatunde Obada has advised president-elect Muhammadu Buhari against wasting time on probing people suspected of being involved in corrupt practices in the oil and gas sector as it will slow than the much needed revamping of the sector. Obada said the recently published audit of the accounts of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was a good start, but beyond that Buhari should just focus on improving the sector. “…it is really not advisable for the new President to waste too much time and resources on probes. He cannot…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has alerted residents of Delta on the activities of conmen who posed as officials of the corps. Rindom Kumven, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Sunday. Mr. Kumven said that the impostors usually called their victims and claimed to be FRSC officials on scenes of fatal accident which involved the victims’ relations or friends. The sector commander said that the fake officials would claim to have got such numbers they called from the mobile telephones of the accident…
The Ogun State Government has described the world view of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Gboyega Isiaka, as “too narrow”, following the latter’s thumbs down of the light rail project the state recently signed with the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta. Isiaka had last Thursday, condemned the rail project, describing it as a “misplaced priority”. The PDP flag bearer had argued that the project should not be the priority of the state for now as there were…
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has continued where President Goodluck Jonathan has gotten to in getting support for the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his quest to become the next President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). In view of this, Buhari has sent former vice-president Atiku Abubakar to South Africa to seek the support of President Jacob Zuma. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday said Atiku’s shuttle diplomacy to drum support for the Nigerian candidate followed a mandate from the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. According to the statement, Buhari asked Atiku to leverage on his…
A section of Gamboru market in Maiduguri was on Sunday gutted by fire which destroyed about 50 shops and goods worth millions of Naira. Some traders in the market told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that the fire started at about 3.00am when there was nobody in the market. Malam Mohammed Ibrahim, a leader in the market said that he noticed thick smoke from the market during the early morning prayers around 5.00am “We were at the mosque praying when we saw thick smoke coming out from the market. “But we could not get to the market immediately…
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Senate President David Mark on Sunday urged Peoples Democratic Party faithful to put the failures of the last elections behind them. He said they should instead be ready to build a strong and united party, which will play the role of credible opposition. According to a statement issued in Abuja, Mark stated this at a parley with PDP Senators and House of Representatives members-elect in Abuja. He said, “We must accept the ups and downs as an opposition party. That is what the PDP is now. We must remain a united family and face the reality”. Mark added, “The not too impressive showing of…
The lawmakers-elect for the Ekiti State House of Assembly have vowed not to be rubber-stamp legislators for Governor Ayodele Fayose, whom they described as their mentor and leader. All the 26 lawmakers-elect of the assembly are members of the Peoples Democratic Party and die-hard loyalists of the governor. Addressing journalists at a press briefing in Ado Ekiti, the state capital on Sunday, the lawmaker-elect for Moba Constituency 1, Kola Oluwawole, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, assured the people that matters brought before them by the governor would be subjected to thorough debate, in the interest of the people. He…
The bill on the entitlements of former governors, speakers and their deputies passed by Jigawa House of Assembly, is aimed at eliminating corruption, the Speaker, Adamu Ahmed, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill made provision for former governors, speakers and their deputies to receive the basic salary of the incumbent as pension. It also stipulated that the government should provide the former officials with two new vehicles to be replaced every four years. The officials are also entitled to six-bedrooms apartment fully furnished, two personal assistants not below grade level 10, two drivers and furnished…
The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, on Sunday accused Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party across the country for President Goodluck Jonathan’s massive electoral defeat in the March 28 presidential election. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the senate leader pointed out that the road to the March 28/April 11 electoral loss of President Jonathan and PDP actually started from the December 2014 primaries when the governors deliberately shut out those they considered “unwanted candidates” and imposed their own choices on the party. He said, “The resultant effect, was exodus from the PDP without any corresponding influx”. Mr. Ndoma-Egba, who is a…
The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have raised the alarm over an alleged plot by Governor Ayodele Fayose to use thugs to kidnap them. They urged the governor to stop trailing them, saying it is evil to also plot to kidnap some members of their families in order to force them to stall the impeachment move against him. The APC lawmakers said the latest move on their kidnap plan had exposed the insincerity of the governor in calling a truce meeting last week to seek an end to the lingering political crisis in Ekiti…
The Borno Government on Sunday commended the Nigerian military for its efforts in rescuing about 500 children and women abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa forest. The military had last week rescued the women in batches following an operation at the forest. Governor Kashim Shettima gave the commendation in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Communication, Mallam Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri. Shettima described the military operation as gratifying. “The operation is gratifying regardless of whether or not the rescued women form part of the over 200 students stolen by insurgents at Government Secondary School, Chibok, on…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the weekend commenced lobby for the candidacy of Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). A statement issued by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja said that Atiku Abubakar’s shuttle diplomacy to shore up the much-needed support for the Nigerian candidate follows a mandate from President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to the former Vice President to leverage on his contacts to lobby for the emergence of Mr. Adesina. President-elect Buhari, who backs the candidacy of Mr. Adesina, had last month conveyed his support to the President of Ghana, John…
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said on Sunday that it has resumed weekly supply of relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno, following the successful conduct of the 2015 general polls. The NEMA North East Coordinator, Mohammed Kanar, stated this at the end of a stakeholders meeting in Maiduguri. Mr. Kanar explained that the agency had suspended its operations during the polls to avoid politicisation. “We had to stay back for a while, because a number of polling units were located at the camps. “We do not want to be involved in the politics at the camps…
Hon Joseph Akinlaja Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country who have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following victories recorded by the APC, have been urged to return to the PDP to help rebuild the party. A PDP member of the House of Representatives representing Ondo East-Ondo West Federal Constituency, Hon Joseph Akinlaja, who made the appeal, stressed the need for the defected PDP members to have a rethink of their action, adding that the defeat of the party at the polls didn’t mean that the party had collapsed. “PDP is still very much alive.…
file photo The Kano State Police Command have arrested 15 persons in connection with the recent burning of Baptist Church at Gidan Maso Village in Rogo Local Government Area of the state. Irate youths had last month burnt the church and the residence of its pastor Rev Habila Garba, with one of his daughters dying of suffocation. The Kano State government was reported to have sent one Alhaji Is’haq to assess the situation, but the Christian community was said to have been disturbed by his statement in Hausa language which interpretation means that “such an insignificant issue and destruction (where…
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused aides of President Goodluck Jonathan of planning to cause crisis in the party so as to pave way fro members to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In view of this, the PDP said it had concluded plans to sanction the aides of the president whom it described as overambitious and taking advantage of their closeness to Jonathan to split the party. This was contained in a statement, yesterday, by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, who noted that the party was “aware of the clandestine activities of…
Youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, under the aegis of Ekiti APC Youths Congress (EAYC) have described the APC lawmakers, including the embattled Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin as enemies of the State and the partyfor shunning the peace meeting organised by elders in Ekiti State led by Afe Babalola (SAN) to find political solution to the crisis between the two factions in the State House of Assembly. According to the youths, it was an insult on Ekiti State and its people for Omirin and the lawmakers to shun a meeting called by someone of Aare Afe…
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and human rights activist, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has tasked president-elect on tackling some niggling issues which are keys to making the country better. Agbakoba identified the bloated salaries and allowances of lawmakers as one of the things Buhari must take action on as a matter of urgency if he would bring about the change he promised. “He should deal with the unconstitutional salaries of the National Assembly members. The Revenue Fiscal Mobilization and Allocation Commission (RFMAC) sets salaries, but the National Assembly refused to follow it. The money Nigerian lawmakers get constitutes…