The deputy governor-elect of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi and member of the House of Representatives representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Mr. James Abiodun Faleke, has raised alarm over threat to his life. According to him, he called the attention of the public because the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase and the Director General, Department of State Security Service (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura failed to act on his petitions. “I want to bring to public notice, the continuous threat to my life because of my resolve not to compromise #Audu/Faleke mandate for anything,” he wrote on Twitter. I want to…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) yesterday alleged that more than 300 of its female members were in Army detention in Kaduna. In a statement by IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa in Kaduna, the sect lamented that some of its injured members are detained without medical attention. “It has come to the notice of the movement that severely injured persons in detention, including women and children, have been left without medical attention since last Saturday and this has aggravated their conditions,” Musa said. “Presently one of such detained members of the Movement has died as a result of being refused medical attention at…
Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice, who is representing Ondo North Senatorial District of Ondo State, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. In a statement containing his congratulatory message to the President during his 73rd birthday celebration yesterday. “I wish a foremost patriot and democrat, President Muhammadu Buhari many more fulfilling years in sound health as he continues to display exemplary leadership on National affairs,” the statement read. “At the international level, Nigeria has regained her respect because we have a leadership that has zero tolerance for corruption. “Having inherited an economy that was almost in coma, President Buhari…
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, yesterday, explained the party’s reason for choosing Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the party governorship candidate in Kogi State. He said the party was still making moves to reconcile those aggrieved with the party’s choice. The party picked Bello to replace its governorship candidate in Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, who died last month. Speaking at a meeting with leaders of the APC from Kogi East Senatorial District, Oyegun said the party settled for Bello with the PDP in mind, adding that the APC was aware that whatever decision it came up, somebody…
Nigerian Government, yesterday, December 17, declared that the balance of the Abacha loot stands at $26m and £19 million. The announcement was made at the end of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, is believed to have looted over $5 billion from the nation’s treasury during his stint as head of state from 1993-1998. The issue of the Abacha loot came to the fore recently when it emerged that former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi…
Akwa Ibom State Elders have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a judicial panel of inquiry into what they called contradictory judgments in the election petitions. In a statement issued yesterday, the elders expressed concerns over “the clear cases of miscarriage of justice in nearly all of the decided cases so far”. The statement was signed by leader of the Uyo Elders Forum, Otuekong Jackson Udoh, Obong Rita Akpan, former minister; Dr Ime Okopido, former minister; and Professor Okon Eminue, former chairman, Governing council of Akwa Ibom State University. Part of the statement read: “Our concerns are based…
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thurday, December 17, interrogated the Managing Director of Stallion Group, Harprrie Singh, over alleged N1.275billion gift to former Minister of State for Finance, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda. Singh told the EFCC that his firm had a $170million contract with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to supply some vehicles. It was learnt that the EFCC was exploring the angle that the N1.275billion payment was at the instance of the ONSA for political purposes. According to a top source in the anti-graft agency, Singh was invited as part of the ongoing probe of some companies…
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, yesterday advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, to bury his ambition of ruling the state again. Governor Dickson, who is leading in the inconclusive governorship election, described his challenger as a day dreamer, adding that the people of Bayelsa had said he would no longer be their governor. In a statement yesterday in Yenagoa, the state capital, by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor said everything he said about Sylva as a merchant of violence, manifested during the last election. He further said it was unfortunate that Sylva…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given a directive to commercial banks to limit how much customers can spend abroad using their debits cards. This is not unconnected the falling value of Naira. The Naira weakened on Thursday to 280 to a dollar. The CBN has for months defended the naira employing varying measures to stabilize the falling currency, including shoring it up with forex reserves. But with reserves dwindling, the bank is not left with a better choice than curbing dollar demand. This, in turn, is hurting the naira. “The central bank is not providing us with dollars to settle…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, disclosed on Thursday that the arrested Shi’ite sect leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zak-Zaky has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution. He said this when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. Responding to the request by NSCIA to meet with the sect leader, Buratai said that El-Zak-Zaky had been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution, stressing that lawlessness must not be tolerated in the society especially when a part of the country is confronted with terrorism. “As…