A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has commended President Buhari and Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the APC for foiling an alleged coup attempt against Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the party. Ize-Iyamu, who is a governorship aspirant on the platform of the APC in Edo State said some people used Edo State resources to push for Oshiomhole’s removal as APC National Chairman. Speaking in Benin, the Edo State capital while addressing Edo APC leaders and members, the governorship aspirant said he was very grateful, as Oshiomhole’s removal would have been shameful and disappointing. “President Buhari, Asiwaju…
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Members of the national assembly who recently returned to the country from abroad have been directed to report themselves at the nearest test centre of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to be tested for coronavirus. This was conveyed to the leadership of the national assembly in a letter written by Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to the President. According to him, the directive became necessary as some of the returnees had refused to be tested at the airports. Kyari noted in the letter that “airport screenings are our primary line of defense and refusal by any citizen to subject to these…
The daughter-in-law of Atiku Abubakar, as well as his grandchildren, have tested negative to the COVID-19. They are, however, on self-isolation at their home located at Taslee Palm City Estate, Uruguay Street, Maitama, Abuja. Atiku’s son, Mohammed, who is currently being quarantined at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, had tested positive for the virus on Sunday.Mohammed is married to Badriyya, the daughter of a former Governor of Bauchi State, Ahmed Muazu, who is also a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr. Zakari Aliyu, who is the Vice-Chairman of the estate, said on Monday that there…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has given reason ex-Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi was picked as the party’s new National Deputy Chairman, Southwest. Oshiomhole explained that Ajimobi was picked following votes from Southwest states. Ajimobi replaced the Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, as APC National Deputy Chairman (South). However, Oshiomhole while addressing State House Correspondents after presenting Ajimobi to President Muhammadu Buhari said Ekiti State however opposed Ajimobi’s emergence. He said: “We have six states in the South-West where the seat was zoned. Ekiti is the only one opposing it. As we always…
The chairman of the South East Governors Forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi at the weekend denied plans of running a joint Presidential ticket with Governor Nasir El-Rufai in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Umahi made this known in a press statement released by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Francis Nweze in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. He berated the originators of such campaign posters for trying to drag his image and that of the Kaduna state governor El-Rufai to mud, just as he warned them to refrain from bringing fake and uncalled for rumours that…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured that his administration was committed to protecting Nigerians from the scourge of Coronavirus. Buhari made the remark while receiving the management of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and was contained in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu. According to Buhari: “I am pleased that you are working with the Ministry of Health on protecting our citizens from Covid-19 virus. “You must work to guarantee the safety and security of our pilgrims. As a government, this is now a key priority for us. I therefore…
The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ, Adewale Giwa, has urged everyone across the world to seek God, saying the outbreak of Coronavirus disease is beyond human imagination. Giwa, while advising the people to go on their knees for forgiveness, said the current situation could be compared to the days of biblical Noah where God destroyed the earth with a flood. The cleric specifically said the world had neglected God, stressing, “I can understand this kind of anger displayed by God. “This is a warning sign to us to repent and turn to God. This situation…
Justice Stephen Adah, while affirming the election of Ubah ruled that the judgment of the lower court which sacked the former Senator was a nullity. A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court sitting in Kubwa had nullified the election that saw Ubah emerge as Senator. Justice Bello Kawu had nullified Ubah’s election for allegedly presenting a forged National Examination Council (NECO) certificate to INEC. Ubah, however, contended with the ruling, stressing that he was not given a fair hearing. Contending the ruling through his counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, the business mogul argued that the suit was not properly filed before the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, described the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole, as an “undertaker” meant to bury the party. PDP made the remark while condemning Oshiomhole for his failed attempt to divert public attention from the rot in his party and blaming respected Nigerians for the self-inflicted infighting in the APC. Oshiomhole, while addressing APC National Working Committee had blamed the PDP for the crisis within APC. However, PDP’s Kola Ologbondiyan, in a reaction described the ruling party as a coven of treasury looters. The statement reads: “With the humiliated Adams Oshiomhole as its…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has approved a new pump price for premium motto spirit, otherwise known as petrol. The reduction is from the initial price of N145 to N130 per litre. The Nation reports that the approval was as a result of the presentation by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday on the need to reduce the pump price. The call to reduce the pump price of fuel became necessary following the fall in global oil prices. The Federal Government also promised to allow the international price…
Nigerian Doctors in Abuja, the nation’s capital, have announced an indefinite strike amid anxiety over coronavirus The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Abuja chapter, made the declaration on Tuesday. The body explained that the decision followed extensive deliberation on the health threat posed by the coronavirus scare, their work conditions, and patient care. ARD President, Roland Aigbovo, said the FCT Administration had failed to pay the basic salaries for more than two months. He lamented that doctors were in financial distress and that repeated warnings and ultimatum have failed to yield positive results. Aigbovo added that other health workers also…
Embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has said there is no crisis within the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Oshiomhole disclosed this during APC’s NWC at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The APC National Chairman, who confirmed that he was dragged to court, said such “was one of the tenets of democracy and we will bounce back.” Recall that some aggrieved party members dragged Oshiomhole to court in a bid to remove him from office. A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court had ordered him to stop parading himself as national Chairman pending the determination…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni said he has decided alongside his supporters to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) following shabby treatment meted to him and his supporters. Oni said he had commenced the process of reconciliation with critical stakeholders in the Ekiti Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), like ex-governor Ayodele Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi about his resolve to return to his former party. He said he decided to return to the PDP as a way of acceding to the request of his people, who were desirous of taking the political step. Rumours were rife that Oni,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the indefinite suspension of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Council (NEC) meeting slated for Tuesday. The suspension of the NEC was one of the agreements reached during the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and all Governors on the platform known as the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) at the State House on Monday. The meeting was scheduled by some aggrieved members of the party who want the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole ousted. Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday suspended the hearing of the case of the National…
Niger Delta Leaders and Stakeholders Forum (NDLSF), has said they supported the embattled national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole because he was wrongly profiled and persecuted by a cabal in the party. The leaders who took the position after a meeting attended by traditional rulers, opinion leaders and youth groups at Green Villa, the country home of High Chief Mike Loyibo, traditional prime minister of the Tuomo Kingdom in Delta State. The stakeholders, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his unwavering confidence and trust in Oshiomole’s leadership, stressing the party would be stronger in the…
After receiving the dethronement letter sent to him by the Kano State government, and having complied with the dictates, former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Saturday spoke ill of the letter, saying that the letter was badly written and can be challenged in court. Sanusi who spoke in a video said that “I have done what I could in six years, I’m moving on. I don’t want to go back. The truth is, if I had wanted to go back, the dethronement letter was so badly written, it was not done professionally. The easiest thing is just to go…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III has lamented that the hunger in Nigeria is killing more people than the dreaded coronavirus. He called on the Federal Government to rescue many of its citizens in desperate need for help. The monarch stated this in Abuja during the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council meeting attended by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha. Speaking on the theme of the parley, ‘Together, we can grow peace for the Nation,’ the Sultan warned that “no individual or religion would be spared should the country be torn apart.” He stated, “There is a very serious…
The High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, has cleared the way for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for next week. The court restrained National Working Committee (NWC) members loyal to National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, from obstructing the conduct of the meeting which is expected to decide the fate of the embattled former Edo governor. Justice S.U. Bature granted an interim order against Babatunde Ogala, National Legal Adviser; Lanre Issa-Onilu, National Publicity Secretary and Waziri Bulama, National Secretary. He warned them not to disrupt the NEC meeting scheduled for March 17, 2020,…
The Senate is on the verge of removing immunity in criminal matters for Presidents in Nigeria. This is part of the amendment being proposed for the 1999 Constitution by the Senate. Also to be affected are the Vice President, Governors and their deputies. An indication followed the second reading of a bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to qualify criminal liability for certain public officers under Section 308”. The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. “This act provides for qualification of the…
The bill before the Senate which prescribes a degree as a minimum qualification for persons aspiring to be the President of Nigeria is close to passage into law. The bill, sponsored by Senator Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North), has passed second reading at the Red Chamber. It is titled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the amendment of Sections 65 (2) (a), 131 (d), Section 106 (c) and Section 177 (d) therein, to provide for minimum qualification for election into the National and States Assembly,…
The Special Assistant to Governor Umar Ganduje on Media and Publicity, Salihu Yakassai, has narrated how the crisis between the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, and Ganduje started. He spoke during a programme on Television. According to him, Sanusi’s crisis with the governor started three years ago. He said the crisis intensified when the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria publicly criticized Ganduje at a public event in Kaduna. He also accused the former Emir of being confrontational with the government, adding that Sanusi was not conscious of the fact that Kano is a conservative state. Yakassai said, “Let me start…
A prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of serial defecation and disrespect for the constitution of Nigeria. According to the organization, the government under Buhari’s watch was willfully demolishing the national economy of the country. HURIWA, therefore, advocated emergency actions by citizens to compel the Nigerian government to halt the systematic destruction of the Country. The rights group also decried the existence of the National Assembly’s leadership that is allegedly pliant, inept, cash-driven, unpatriotic and hedonistic, asking Nigerians to play their civic oversight role of demanding…
The dust over the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje may not have settled as Kano Elders have vowed to challenge what it described as the brazen acts of illegality perpetrated by the government of the state in court. Recall that on Monday, the governor, in a press statement read by the secretary of the state government, Usman Alhaji, had dethroned Mr. Sanusi as the emir of Kano over what he described as the emir’s total disrespect to the provisions of the Kano Emirate Law. The emir, according to the SSG, was…
The Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed to law the bill that recommends death sentence to act of kidnapping, banditry and ritual killings. The Speaker, RT. Hon. Timothy Owoeye, in his submission, asserted that with the passage of the bill, section 364 of the criminal code cap 38 law of Osun which stipulates 10 years for kidnappers stands repealed and replaced with the death penalty. The bill has passed through thorough evaluation at a public hearing was later considered by the Committee of the whole before passing third reading. Owoeye further explained that where the life of the…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been told to resign without further delay as he is not an experienced politician. Making the call in a chat with newsmen on Monday, Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, the National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance (CAGG), said Oshiomhole dug his own grave by being too aggressive. The senior lawyer also said that Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the party cannot save the former Edo State Governor. Recall that Oshiomhole was suspended by a Federal High Court in Abuja as the APC National Chairman last week. Justices Danlami Senchi had…
Following the dethronement of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II by the Government of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Monday, the State has announced one of the sons of the late Emir, Ado Bayero, Aminu Ado Bayero as the 15th Emir of the State. Until his selection and subsequent appointment by the Four Kano Kingmakers, Aminu Ado Bayero was the Emir of Bichi one of the four New Emirs created by the Ganduje administration. The Four Kingmakers, the Makaman Kano Abdullahi Sarki Bayero, Sarkin Bai Mukthar Adnan, Sarkin Dawaki Maituta Alhaji Bello Tuta, and Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani Cigari were present when the Secretary…
About 70 people have been trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed. About 35 people have been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel, officials say. Videos posted online show emergency workers combing through the building’s wreckage in the southern province of Fujian. It is not clear what caused the collapse or if anyone has died. It happened at about 19:30 local time (11:30 GMT) yesterday. Chinese state media said the hotel was being used as a quarantine facility monitoring people who had had close contact with…
Babatunde Ogala, National Legal Adviser to the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday revealed those who will decide disciplinary actions against members who dragged the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole to court. Speaking with newsmen, Ogala disclosed that elders and leaders of the party would decide on whether or not to punish those who instituted legal actions against the party’s chairman when the court makes its final ruling on the matter. Recall that some aggrieved members of the party had dragged Oshiomhole to court in a move to get him removed as National Chairman. Following the suit filed at a…
The International Human Rights Commission said it has uncovered a plot to set up the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Muhammad Ibrahim Tanko. Speaking at a press conference on Friday in Abuja, Ambassador Friday Sani, said any attempt to tamper with any arms of government for selfish political interest was against the universal declaration on human and peoples right by the United Nations which Nigeria is a co-signatory. The IHRC said it cannot sit to watch Nigeria’s democracy being gagged by few elements in the guise of a quest for power. The statement read in part: “We cannot watch a…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, on Friday appealed to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje to forgive the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi ll. Shehu urged Ganduje to forgive the Emir because power is transient. In a tweet, the former lawmaker pointed out that Ganduje may need the help of Sanusi when he vacates office, hence the monarch should be forgiven. “Dear Brother @GovUmarGanduje, forgive, forget and move on and let the Emir be. Power is transient. You May need him tomorrow when everyone has left,” Sani wrote. Ganduje and Emir Sanusi had been involved in a face-off…
