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Tuesday, 07 May 2019 05:03

Kano gov sets machinery in motion to depose Kano emir

Mr Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has relaunched moves to remove Mr Muhammad Sanusi II as emir of Kano. On Monday, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission reopened investigation into the expenditure of the state emirate council under Sanusi II. Also at Monday’s plenary of the house of assembly, Mr Kabiru Rurum, speaker, read a letter from one Mr Ibrahim Salisu and others, seeking creation of new Kano emirates in Karaye, Bichi, Rano and Gaya. “The governor is determined to remove the emir, and if this does not succeed, he will break the emirate into pieces to whittle…

Saturday, 04 May 2019 05:07

Former Minister dumps PDP, joins APC

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Adeseye Ogunlewe, said on Friday that he was set to dump the opposition party for ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ogunlewe, a former senator and Minister of Works, confirmed the development in Lagos. He was reacting to the recent defection of his son, Moyosore, from PDP to APC. Moyosore contested for a place in the Lagos State House of Assembly on the platform of PDP but lost and soon after, announced his resignation from the party. Ogunlewe said his lawyer son had indeed defected to APC and that he would be joining…

Friday, 03 May 2019 05:47

Buhari has become helpless in the face of national insecurity - PDP

Some gunmen on Wednesday night invaded Government Girls’ Secondary School, Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and abducted five persons including two caterers and three children. Also, security was beefed up on Thursday in Daura and some of its surrounding villages after bandits kidnapped the Magajin Garin Daura, Mr Musa Umar, an in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Worried by the rising insecurity in the country particularly in the North, House of Representatives on Thursday invited the President to address lawmakers on what his administration was doing to stem the tide of killings and abductions in the…

Friday, 03 May 2019 05:46

Jonathan leads observer mission to South African elections

Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) has announced arrival in South Africa of its election observation mission (EOM) led by former President Goodluck Jonathan to observe the country’s national and provincial elections. A statement issued by South African-based EISA ahead of the May 8 elections quoted former Mr Jonathan of stating that the polls would provide another opportunity for South Africans to exercise their voting right and deepen the roots of the nation’s democracy. In the arrival statement, Mr Jonathan said: “It is a great pleasure for me to lead the EISA election observation mission to the 2019…

Thursday, 02 May 2019 05:23

Atiku to Buhari: Order army to produce your certificates if they exist

Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, have faulted President Muhammadu Buhari for saying his academic certificates are with Nigerian Army. Replying to Mr Buhari’s response to their petition filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal, they said if it was true that the certificates existed, Buhari as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces could order the army to produce them. Atiku said he attached his academic certificates to Form CF001 he submitted to Independent National Electoral Commission. In a joint petition filed on March 18, the former Vice-President and his party urged the tribunal to declare them the…

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 04:50

INEC replacing servers nationwide, PDP alleges

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised an alarm over alleged replacements of servers in all states of the federation by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in what it referred as a desperate bid to obliterate the actual results transmitted from polling centres across the nation in the February 23 Presidential election. Describing the development as “completely reprehensible,” the party maintained that the move has exposed the culpability of the electoral umpire in the manipulation and rigging of 2019 Presidential election. In a statement by its spokesman, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the party accused the commission of doing the bidding of the…

Monday, 29 April 2019 04:41

Spain election: Socialists win amid far-right breakthrough

Spain's governing Socialists have claimed victory in the country's third election in four years, but have fallen short of a majority. PM Pedro Sánchez's party polled 29% and will need the help of either left-wing Podemos and regional parties, or the centre right, to form a government. For the first time since military rule ended in the 1970s, a far-right party is set to enter parliament. Vox opposes multiculturalism, feminism and unrestricted migration. The other big story of the election was the collapse in support for the Popular Party (PP), which governed Spain until it was dumped from power in…

Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:50

Tinubu is older than Buhari; he won’t be president of Nigeria – Miyetti Allah boss

National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Abdullahi Bodejo, has dismissed the possibility of the former governor of Lagos State, Mr Bola Tinubu succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. In this interview with WILLY EYA, he spoke on a number of issues and stated that power will still remain in the North after Buhari. After 2019 general elections, the killings have started again in several parts of the North, what is the problem? I thank God that nobody is associating the current killings with herdsmen in the country unlike in the past. The killings in Zamfara State, I recall that…

Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:48

No group can stop Tinubu’s presidential ambition – Tinubu’s associate

Former Chairman, Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Henry Ajomale has said that no group can stop the presidential ambition of the national leader of the ruling party, Mr Bola Tinubu. In this interview with TUNDE THOMAS, Ajomale spoke on various issues. How would you react to the declaration by National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr Abdullahi Bodejo that APC National Leader, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be President of Nigeria in 2023? Who is Bodejo? Is Bodejo God that he should be making that kind of declaration? Only God knows tomorrow. Bodejo is going…

Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:37

Tinubu pursuing facist agenda to control all levers of power in Nigeria - Dogara

PRESS RELEASE 1.We have noted the statement issued on April 21, 2019 by Mr Bola Tinubu wherein he stated his reasons for sponsoring or supporting some aspirants to various leadership positions in the forthcoming 9th Assembly. Ordinarily, this would not have elicited any response from Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, as Tinubu is entitled to sponsor those he believes will have no choice but answer to his dog whistles anytime he blows same in his capacity as the self acclaimed National Leader of his party. 2. If Tinubu had confined his intervention to stubborn facts, this response…

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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 05:35

Nigeria needs struggle, not restructuring – Osoba

A member of the 1976 Constitution Drafting Committee, Mr Olusegun Osoba, a retired professor of history, has said rather than restructuring the country what Nigeria needs is a struggle by the people to free themselves from the hold of the corrupt ruling elite. Osoba said while the proponents of restructuring had failed to give a clear definition of its concept, their body language had suggested that they were either advocating the creation of more states or resource control. According to the septuagenarian, those advocating the creation of more states want to gain access to the treasury and steal money with…

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 05:18

Buhari vs Atiku: INEC lied, we transmitted election results to Server - Presiding officers

Some presiding officers in Borno and Yobe states say they transmitted results of the February 23 presidential election to the server of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). All Progressives Congress (APC) had tackled Mr Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his claim that results from INEC server showed that he won the election. INEC also dismissed Atiku’s claim, saying the results he paraded were fabricated. But PDP presidential candidate had said he was willing to engage experts from Microsoft, IBM and Oracle to verify his claim. Atiku and PDP also said INEC pulled down the results…

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 05:16

Saraki to Tinubu: Ambition to be president in 2023 has made you irresponsible

PRESS RELEASE 1. Yesterday, Mr Bola Tinubu, released another of his now well expected quarterly vicious attack on the person of Mr Bukola Saraki, President of Senate. In the statement, one could see the master of media spins getting ensnared in his own game as he struggled to extricate himself from the narratives about the contest for leadership positions in the Ninth National Assembly. 2. Since we have taken it for granted that Tinubu’s attack on Saraki every three months (Quarterly) will come as expected, we would just have ignored his statement but for the fact that it was filled…

Monday, 22 April 2019 04:42

Comedian wins Ukrainian presidency by landslide

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, exit polls suggest. The polls give the political newcomer, who dominated the first round of voting three weeks ago, more than 70% support. Mr Zelensky, 41, challenged incumbent president Petro Poroshenko who has admitted defeat. The apparent result is being seen as a huge blow to Mr Poroshenko and a rejection of Ukraine's establishment. "I will never let you down," Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters on Sunday. "I'm not yet officially the president," he added. "But as a citizen of Ukraine I can say to all…

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