Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has accused the Federal Government of mismanagement of the country’s oil revenue account. Fashola spoke at the commissioning of the 8.5km Amedokhian-Ugboha Road in Benin City, Edo State, where he lamented that the FG could not account for missing oil revenue. “We have a national government that is unable to account for money from crude oil that they did not extract. Foreigners are the ones extracting it for them. The price is fixed internationally, the quantity is known, just to add up and tally. They say it is $20 billion that is missing, some say…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, alleged that the invasion of its Data Centre by the Department of State Services (DSS) was part of a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to postpone next month’s general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke to newsmen at the APC Data Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, described the summary report released by the DSS as an embarrassment to all intelligence-gathering organisations around the world. “Please recall that in a statement we issued on December 5, 2014, we accused the DSS of resorting to the use of torture to…
More than 20 people were killed at Kasuwar Jagwal GSM market in Potiskum, Yobe State, yesterday, when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the crowded market. Earlier reports have put the number of people killed at four, another pu it at six. It has however been revealed by eyewitnesses that the death toll could surpass 20. According to a resident of Potiskum, Mallam Aliyu Usman, who spoke to Vanguard on phone, yesterday, the death toll could rise as most of those who sustained injuries had lost much blood before security operatives could reach the scene. “We evacuated six…
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, urged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu (rtd) to call his supporters to order, following the burning of his campaign vehicles in Jos, Plateau State. Jonathan who suspected that APC supporters were behind the burning of the vehicles described the action as a sign of desperation by the opposition party. In a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, Director of Media and Publicity of PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, warned General Buhari and the APC not to prepare the ground for the re-enactment of the post-election violence of 2011. “It is on…
The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is not qualified to contest in the presidential election of February 14. According to the Director of Media for the organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari’s inability to present his credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contravenes the provision of the Nigerian Constitution. Fani-Kayode accused INEC of not following the law by publishing the name of a candidate without receiving his particulars within seven days of receiving…
The Founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, says he no longer sees himself as a Nigerian, as the country has not provided him the atmosphere to flourish and live his dreams. Asari Dokubo, a staunch supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan made the comment when he featured on talk show, Rubbin’ Minds on Channels TV. When asked about his source of livelihood and the nature of his businesses, the ex-militant replied; “I am a businessman. My business is mostly centred around education. I have about four schools. “I have crèche, nursery and secondary school, King Amachree…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sunday announced the exit of Ms Arunma Oteh as the commission’s Director-General. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by its management and and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. It said that Oteh would be remembered for her passion, purpose, articulation and implementation of reform measures driven by the vision to transform the Nigerian capital market into world class. “She was in a hurry to see Nigeria achieve a world class capital market that will drive development and make Nigeria one of the most attractive…
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Kasuwar Jagwal mobile phone market in Potiskum on Sunday, killing four people. “We evacuated six bodies including those of the two female suicide bombers to the hospital. Twenty-one people were injured in the attacks,” a security source involved in the rescue operation told AFP. “One of the bombers looked 23 and the other 15. The first bomber — the 23 year-old — detonated her explosives just outside the entrance of the market, where volunteers were sweeping people going inside the market with metal detectors. “The second bomber was terrified by the…
Senator Mohammed Ndume on Sunday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for commencing the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards in Borno. Ndume (APC-Borno), who gave the commendation at a news conference in Maiduguri, said that the large turnout of registered voters to collect their PVCs was a good omen. “The large turnout is an indication that we are going to have massive voters turn out during the election in February. “I want to commend INEC for embarking on the distribution of the PVCs after so many delays. “You can see in most polling units that individuals are so anxious to…
A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina State, Senator Ibrahim Muhammad Ida, has dissociated himself from the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan. The former senator, who was a member of the sixth legislative assembly, was named among the president’s campaign team. Speaking with journalists on Saturday, Senator Ida said he was not aware of his inclusion in the president’s re-election campaign team as widely published in some national dailies. The ex-senator, who spoke through his senior special assistant, Alhaji Auwalu Buba, said he had been in Saudi Arabia since the past seven days before the publication…
The South-East chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed joy over Muhamadu Buhari’s promise to revive the abandoned coal industry in Enugu State. The APC presidential candidate, had, during a campaign rally in Enugu on Saturday, promised to revamp the abandoned coal deposits in Enugu and use it for electricity generation in the South-East. Elated by its presidential candidate’s campaign promise, the publicity secretary of the APC in the South-East, Osita Okechukwu, said Buhari has rekindled the hopes of the people of the zone, who have been aggrieved over the plight of the coal industry. In a statement on…
UNITY Party OF NIGERIA (UPN) DEPUTY National CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ABDULLAHI RABIU-KURA (LEFT); ITS LAGOS STATE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, MRS. DUPE ONITIRI-ABIOLA; National CHAIRMAN, DR. FREDERICK FASHEUN DURING THE PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION WHERE THE PURPORTED ADOPTION OF DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN AS PRESIDENTIAL Candidate OF THE UPN TOOK PLACE Ahead of the February 14 presidential election, the Unity Party of Nigeria says it has not adopted any presidential candidate. The National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Sokoto, clarified this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. “The Leadership of the Unity Party of Nigeria did not authorised the suspended National Chairman…
Founder of the largest charismatic church in Europe, Pastor Sunday Adelaja is supporting the candidature of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, and Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in the February 14 presidential election. According to Adelaja, founder and senior pastor of Kiev-based Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations. The church plays an active role in the life of Ukraine with more than 700 churches in over 45 countries and was an influencing factor in the Ukrainian Orange Revolution. Adelaja said on his Facebook page on Saturday that he could confidently vouch for Osinbajo, adding that…
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Zone A, has endorsed the candidature of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Zamfara, Alhaji Sani Abdulillah Shinkafi. Speaking during the formal endorsement of the governorship candidate in Gusau, the Zonal Vice President of the association, Comrade Olasunkanmi Kolawole explained that the decision to endorse his candidature was because he is the only candidate who understands the plights of students. According to Kolawole, the association believed that if elected, Shinkafi will improve the educational sector, which has been proven to be the only way any meaningful development could be achieved.…
Gallant Nigerian troops have once again foiled an attempt by Boko Haram to seize Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the Defence Headquarters has said. An update on the Defence Headquarters’ website on Saturday, however, stated that five soldiers were seriously wounded in the operation to protect Damaturu from the insurgents’ invasion. According to the DHQ, “Troops are on mopping up operation around Damaturu after successfully foiling and containing the terrorists attempt to occupy parts of the town. The terrorists had launched massive attack from different directions of the town on Friday evening, but troops were promptly mobilized to repel the attack that lasted…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Dumebi Kachikwu, a former son-in-law to ex- Minister of Aviation, Kema Chikwe, for obtaining money by false pretence. Kachikwu, an Abuja-based multi-millionaire, was arrested on the evening of Friday, January 9th when he turned himself over to EFCC custody. EFCC operatives had previously raided his No 27 Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja home in the early hours of same day and executed a search warrant of the property. It was learnt that the EFCC, upon receipt of a petition from Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, Chairman of the House Committee on Health and erstwhile governorship aspirant…
The senatorial candidate for Ogun East on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has paid N25 million being the first tranche of the N50 million needed to provide electricity to Ogun Waterside communities. The senatorial candidate presented the cheque to the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, who in turn handed it over to the Corporate Affairs Manager of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, Mrs. Bolanle Onagoruwa. While receiving the cheque, Mrs. Onagoruwa, said: “Prince Dapo Abiodun took it upon himself to partner with us and basically told us that his objective…
PHOTO CREDIT: IMAM IMAM Ahead of the general elections next month, the Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), on Saturday called on Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa to rethink his move earlier and return to the party. The Director General of the APC governorship campaign organization in the state, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, who was a strong political ally of the former governor, made the call while briefing Journalists on the preparations for today’s flag off of the governorship campaign of its candidate, Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in Sokoto. Dingyadi wondered why Bafarawa left the party that he was a…
The All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to address the nation on the reported carnage in Baga town, which Amnesty International has described as the single most deadly attack since the unfortunate insurgency started in the country over six years ago. A statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the APC presidential campaign office, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday, said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had dwelt so much on the issue of academic certificate of its candidate, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), while there were more pressing issues for the government controlled by the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being hypocritical over his persistent claim of reviving the railway. The opposition party alleged that Jonathan had “in actual fact bluntly refused” to approve the necessary right-of-way to the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority, LAMATA, for the construction of its red line light rail project from Iddo to Ifo in Ogun State, despite investors’ readiness to invest over $1bn in the project. It says the facility has a capacity to carry one million passengers per day. In a statement in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai…