The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday alleged that the Kaduna State Government had received over N600bn from the Federation Account in the last seven years with nothing to show in the state for the huge allocations. El-Rufai made the allegation when he appeared as guest on Barka da Warhaka, a Hausa programme on Freedom Radio, Kaduna. He also claimed that Kaduna was the second most indebted state in Nigeria. He, however, added that though Lagos State was more indebted than Kaduna State, the former had the capacity to pay…
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The Muslim community of South West under the aegis of the Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN), has denied endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 general election. Spokesman of the orgnisation, Alhaji Femi Abbas, in a statement on Monday said that a media report quoting one Mallam Hakeem Adelani of the South-West Muslim Council that Muslims in the region were backing the president’s re-election among other claims was false. “The quoted fake secretary was also reported to have said that a mosque-to -mosque campaign would soon commence in the region to sensitize the Muslim Ummah towards the clandestine political…
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, yesterday denied endorsing any candidate for the 2015 election in the state. The denial came against the backdrop of an online report, which suggested that the emir endorsed the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Simeon Ajibola, for the 2015 election. It would be recalled that Ajibola on Saturday paid homage to the emir on his arrival to the state as the PDP gubernatorial flag bearer. The visit turned into a carnival of sorts as the governorship candidate’s supporters thronged…
The Zamfara Co-ordinator of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Alhaji Muhammad Alhassan, said that the directorate, under its various programmes, assisted 1,427 people in 2014. GOV. ABDULAZIZ YARI OF ZAMFARA STATE Alhassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Gusau that NDE, funded by the Federal Government, was meant to provide employment to the unemployed youths nationwide. According to him, the Zamfara office of the directorate empowered and employed 1,427 youths under its various programmes, including Graduate Coaching Scheme, Graduate Attachment Scheme and National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS). The co-ordinator said under the schemes, all the beneficiaries…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has urged Nigerians to pray for peaceful 2015 elections in the country. Mu’azu said they should also pray for an enhanced national security and the continued development of the country. The PDP national chairman stated this in a New Year message to Nigerians on Monday. Mr. Mu’azu said the steady progress Nigeria had made in recent years had been outstanding and that Nigerians “must thank God for making the country the biggest economy in Africa while not forgetting increased agricultural production and the investment opportunities it continued to attract as…
The Senate President, David Mark, has once again pleaded with Nigerians to remain united in order to collectively fight and defeat the Boko Haram insurgents, who he described as the common enemy of the nation. Mark noted that the activities of the terrorists clearly shows that they do not represent anything good or religious inclination but purely extremists pursuing anti-people agenda. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, the senate president stated this on Monday in Otada near Otukpo, Benue State. Mark also pleaded with the perpetrators of violence and killings to give peace a chance.…
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A religious group, Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to lead by example, following his Christmas day message to Nigerians that they should prepare to bear hardship occasioned by falling oil prices in 2015. Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, noted that if Jonathan was a patriotic leader, he would first make sacrifices. He said Nigerians were looking forward to a practical demonstration of what the president expects Nigerians to endure. “Mr. President is not leading us by example, if it is true that he still wants to buy a new aircraft. The presidency has explanations…
A leading women’s rights activist and lawyer, Mrs. Funmi Falana, has accused the Federal Government of playing politics with the abduction of over 200 Chibok girls from Borno state. She also decried the Federal Government’s inability to secure the freedom of the girls over 8 months after they were abducted by the Boko Haram group. She expressed her worry during the annual Christmas Party with inmates of the Erelu Adebayo Motherless Children Home, Iyin-Ekiti, on Monday. At the event, Mrs. Falana presented items including toiletries, packs of noodles, children toys and others to the children. “Rather than intensifying effort at…
Residents of Okporenyi village in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State have been sleeping with one eye closed over fears of possible attack by Fulani herdsmen following a face-off between the community and the nomads. The Fulani herdsmen were said to have threatened to attack the community if the people failed to produce the cows allegedly stolen by the villagers. Tracing the genesis of the problem, a member of the village said that on Christmas Eve, a group of herdsmen suddenly showed up in the village, threatening to attack the villagers if they did not produce their missing cows.…
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, on Monday, claimed that he had uncovered a plot by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to form an interim government. The minister disclosed this at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, during the launch of a book titled, “Watch The Watcher: A Book of Remembrance of the Obasanjo Years”, written by Yinka Odumakin, which is a rejoinder to Obasanjo’s controversial three volume autobiography, “My Watch”. Adesiyan said as a counter-measure, he had already directed the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba; and…
The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, has put the blame for the heavy traffic motorists face daily in Lagos State at the doorsteps of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). According to her, when Buhari was the Head of State between December 1983 and August 1985, he cancelled the Lagos Metroline project initiated by the Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration to ease traffic in the metropolis. The minister made the assertion in a statement on Monday. Akinjide said by so doing, the then military ruler scuttled the opportunity for Lagosians…
PRESS RELEASE The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is proud of its numerous achievements in the education sector, particularly the record performance of President Goodluck Jonathan in the sector in the last four years. The party, which reviewed the gains and challenges of the sector against the performance of the present administration, urged Nigerians to vote for President Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election to guarantee the future of education in the country. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Monday said the PDP has in the last 15 years, progressively grown the education sector…
Vice President Namadi Sambo has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that he would deliver over two million votes to him in Kaduna, his home state, in the 2015 presidential election. This was contained in a statement by the VP’s media aide, Umar Sani, on Monday. According to the statement, Sambo gave the assurance while speaking during a meeting of the Kaduna chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held at the General Hassan Usman Katsina House, Kawo, Kaduna. The statement quoted the vice president as saying that he would deliver the votes due to the “overwhelming support the PDP enjoys in…
The erstwhile governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, says his alleged plan to become the Ogun-East senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was due to a directive from the national leadership of the party, urging him to run for the seat. He said this in a statement by his media aide, Ayo Giwa, on Monday. The ex-governor was apparently reacting to an allegation by the Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of PDP in the South-West, Buruji Kashamu, that there were moves to impose Daniel as the party’s candidate for the senatorial district. Kashamu won the PDP ticket to…
Former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his academic qualifications and credentials are with the military. This came to light on Monday when journalists visited the headquarters of INEC in Abuja. Unlike those of other presidential candidates, whose academic qualifications were on display including President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Buhari’s own were conspicuously missing. However, the development was better explained in an affidavit the APC presidential candidate deposed to before an Abuja High Court.…
PHOTO: SAHARA REPORTERS Former Ogun State Governor, Aremo Segun Osoba, on Monday described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a big liar and an untruthful chronicler of history. He made the remarks in Lagos while responding to some claims in the former president’s highly controversial autobiography, ‘My Watch’. Speaking at the launch of “Watch The Watcher: A Book of Remembrance of the Obasanjo Years”, which is a rejoinder to Obasanjo’s book, written by Yinka Odumakin, at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Osoba, a former journalist, said he would also write his own account to debunk the lies in ‘My Watch’, especially as…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has given politicians a final warning to desist from making incendiary comments or face the full wrath of the law. The deputy director of public relations, Marilyn Ogar, in a statement made available to journalists on Monday in Abuja, noted particularly, the statement credited to a serving governor calling on members of the armed forces to rise up in protest against constituted authority, with the intent to undermine the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ms Ogar was making veiled reference to Governor of Rivers State and Director-General, All Progressives Congress’ Presidential Campaign…
Wife of the Anambra State governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, has urged Nigerians to show love to the less-privileged in the society, as she celebrated Christmas with inmates of prison facilities in Anambra. Mrs Ibaino visited Onitsha, Aguata and Amawbia prisons, as well as Daughter of Charity Orphanage Home at Fegge, Onitsha. “As the wife of the governor, I am privileged to be the mother of all in the state and I see you as an important part of one big family. The fact that you are confined here does not mean that you cannot come out reformed and better than…
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan introduced the Delta Beyond Oil initiative, in a bid to diversify the economy of the oil-rich state and guarantee further development. A university don in the Faculty of Agriculture, Delta State University, Abraka, Dr. Theophilus Opkidi, has however tasked the next government that takes over from Uduaghan to make sure that it sustained the initiative. Opkidi, who is also the Managing Director of DELSU Investment Limited, an independent arm of the university responsible for private investments, said that with the dwindling international price of crude oil, the state and the…