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Thursday, 02 January 2020 05:48

Makinde hasn’t kept his promises to election allies - Ex-gov candidate

Governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in 2019 election in Oyo State, Mr Sharafadeen Alli, on Wednesday accused Governor Seyi Makinde of abandoning his party after it helped him to win the election. Alli spoke through a statement he personally signed. ZLP was one of the political parties that formed an alliance with Makinde’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat candidate of then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adebayo Adelabu, in the March 9, 2019 election. Other parties in the coalition were African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP). The coalition was coordinated by a former…

Wednesday, 01 January 2020 05:35

Our patience running out in Nigeria - Ohanaeze

Apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, warned that the nation is tottering on the brink with the refusal of successive governments to restructure the country. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr Nnia Nwodo, in a keynote address at the 90th birthday of Mr Mbazulike Amechi, one of the icons of pre and post-independence Nigerian leadership, heaped the blame on the military for imposing a unitary constitution on the country that should operate a federal structure. Nwodo said contemporary Nigeria was no longer the same country Amechi and his colleagues bequeathed when they left governance 53 years ago. “I have argued…

Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:16

Saraki draws battle line with Kwara gov over revocation of dad’s land

PRESS RELEASE Former Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki has stated that Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Mr Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Saraki, in a statement he personally signed and released in Lagos today, stated that the war of attrition waged against the legacy of his father and everything that belongs to the late politician simply portrayed the Governor as a man who lacks a sense of history and set out only to fight the Saraki family but not to serve the interest…

Saturday, 28 December 2019 04:28

Timeline: Vladimir Putin - 20 tumultuous years as Russian president or PM

Vladimir Putin was named acting president on Dec. 31, 1999, by then-president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades. Here are some highlights of Putin’s 20 years in power: Aug. 9, 1999 - During an economic crisis, President Yeltsin names little-known security chief Vladimir Putin as his fifth acting prime minister in less than a year, and says he wants Putin to succeed him as president. In the following weeks, bombings of apartment blocks across Russia kill more than 300 people, in attacks Putin blames on Chechen militants.…

Tuesday, 24 December 2019 06:06

Thugs attack anti-govt protesters, brutalise activists in Abuja

Suspected miscreants on Monday attacked and disrupted a peaceful protest organised by a coalition of civil society groups over the continued detention of #RevolutionNow convener, Mr Omoyele Sowore. The attack happened despite the presence of policemen who were unable to manage the situation. The activists had gathered at National Human Rights Commission headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, to present a letter to the Executive Secretary of the commission when they were attacked by the hoodlums who were carrying a large banner with the inscription, ‘Support Buhari, say no to saboteurs.’ The coalition members were singing and wielding placards with inscriptions such…

Sunday, 22 December 2019 06:13

Two commissioners, special adviser, resign in Zamfara

Mr Sambo Marafa, younger brother of Mr Kabir Marafa, ex-senator representing Zamfara central, has resigned his appointment as special adviser to Mr Bello Matawalle, the state governor, on comprehensive agricultural revolution programme. Sambo Marafa said he resigned so he could pay attention to his business. Messers Jamilu Zannah and Bilyaminu Shinkafi, commissioners for higher education and science and technology, respectively, also resigned their positions. Their resignations come barely two weeks after they were inaugurated. Speaking to journalists on Saturday in Gusau, the state capital, Zannah, who was Matawalle’s campaign director during the 2019 governorship election in the state, hinged his…

Saturday, 21 December 2019 05:04

Cat and mouse: Ganduje, Sanusi exchange letters over Kano Council of Chiefs chairmanship

In what appears as a continuation of the cat and mouse tussle between Governor Umar Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammad Sanusi, over the Kano emirate leadership controversy, the state government has written the first class monarch to either indicate his acceptance or otherwise of his appointment as Chairman, Kano State Council of Chiefs. “The Governor is requesting Emir of Kano(Sarkin Kano) to indicate his acceptance or otherwise as Chairman of Kano State Council of Chiefs “ said the letter which was silent on what would happen next in the event the emir failed to respond. Dated December 19th,…

Friday, 20 December 2019 05:33

Kano gov says ‘civil society groups’ urged him to depose Sanusi

Kano State Governor, Mr Abdullahi Ganduje, late Thursday, received a letter from a coalition of 35 civil society groups urging him to remove Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammadu Sanusi II if he failed to submit himself to the laws of the state. The letter was released late Thursday by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Abba Anwar, The letter signed by Chairman of the Coalition, Mr Ibrahim Ali, stated, “If the Emir of Kano fails to submit to the authority of the government of Kano State, we call on the Governor of Kano State on the strongest term, to…

Thursday, 19 December 2019 05:01

Supreme Court affirms election of Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, el-Rufai, others

Supreme Court in separate judgments, yesterday, affirmed the election of Mr Seyi Makinde, Oyo; Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos; Mr Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna; Mr Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom; Mr Abdulahi Sule, Nasarawa; Mr David Umahi, Ebonyi; Mr Dapo Abiodun, Ogun; and Mr Aminu Masari of Katsina. In affirming Makinde’s election, Supreme Court agreed with the submissions of Mr Wole Olanipekun that the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal which nullified the judgment of Oyo State Election Petition Tribunal was flawed. In a four-to-one majority judgment, the Court of Appeal had voided the tribunal’s judgment on grounds that its decision was…

Thursday, 19 December 2019 05:00

Senate president heads APC national reconciliation committee

PRESS RELEASE After due consultation, All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a high-level ten-member National Reconciliation Committee chaired by President of Senate, Mr Ahmed Lawan. This is in line with the November 22, 2019 resolution of the Party's National Executive Committee (NEC). Other members of the committee are: First (Interim) APC National Chairman, Mr Bisi Akande (Vice Chairman); Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Ahmed Idris Wase; Mr Umaru Tanko Al-Makura; Mr Kashim Shettima; Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Mr Nasiru Aliko Koki; Mrs Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak; Mrs Binta Garba and Mr John Enoh (Secretary). The Committee is empowered…

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Wednesday, 18 December 2019 06:08

Reps reject bill seeking six-year single term for presidents, govs

House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to alter the tenure of presidents, governors, state and federal lawmakers, and other public officials to a six-year single term. Currently, such elected public officials hold office for four years unless they win re-election. The president, governors and their deputies can, however, serve only a maximum two terms in office. The bill, sponsored by Mr John Dyegh (APC, Benue), was due for the second reading when majority of the lawmakers kicked against it on Tuesday. Mr Haruna Bello (APC, Kano) while speaking on the bill said it could be easily interpreted as…

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 05:59

APC pardons Akeredolu, Amosun, Okorocha, others

National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress has lifted the suspension it placed on Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu; and immediate-past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Messers Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha, respectively. APC NWC also pardoned Messers Osita Okechukwu and Usani Usani, who were earlier suspended. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, announced the NWC’s decisions in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. He said the suspension of the men was reviewed and lifted in line with the party’s deliberate policy of fairness and actions targeted at ensuring harmony within the fold of the…

Monday, 16 December 2019 06:08

Atiku, Tinubu meet in Abuja

Presidential candidate of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Atiku Abubakar, and a national leader of All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Tinubu met briefly on Saturday. The brief discussion took place when the two prominent politicians ran into each other at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Tinubu’s spokesman, Mr Tunde Rahman, shared a picture of the encounter on his Facebook page on Sunday. In the picture, Tinubu and Atiku who held each other’s hands, were seen engrossed in a discussion while Adamawa State Governor, Mr Ahmadu Fintiri, was seen listening to them with rapt attention. The caption of the picture as…

Sunday, 15 December 2019 06:08

After UK election, Trump sees 'harbinger' of things to come

After a tumultuous tenure in office, a controversial candidate expanded his grip on power, surpassing a weak opponent and drawing support from unlikely pockets of voters. That’s what happened Thursday in Britain, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party claimed a commanding majority in Parliament, sidelining far-left Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. It’s the same scenario President Donald Trump is eager to replicate in next year’s American election and Democrats are desperate to avoid. After congratulating Johnson on Friday, Trump said of the British results: “I think that might be a harbinger of what’s to come in our country.” Others cautioned…

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