Category: Politics

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said President Muhammdu Buhari’s medical treatment abroad constituted a gross abuse of the rights of the less-privileged and underscored the pervasive inequality among Nigerian citizens Falana, who however, said the president deserves the best treatment to sustain his mental ability and competence, posited that it constituted an abuse of rights and class differences, if such privilege can’t be enjoyed by other Nigerians. The lawyer was of the opinion that the federal government should henceforth pay the ransom demanded by kidnappers for any kidnapped Nigerian,…

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the Federal Government has concluded plan to demolish Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos. Ambode disclosed this while addressing participants of the Town Hall Meeting on Security Trust Fund in Alausa, Lagos, on Wednesday. He said the bridges would be demolished by the government to give way for the new rail project. The governor said the project would be executed for the good of the residents and it would increase the economy of the state. “The Jibowu and Costain bridges will give way…

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Former governor of Borno State, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has weighed in on the recent allegations by his successor, Kashim Shettima, on the mishandling of abduction of the Chibok girls by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Adams Kolo, the former national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, advised Governor Shettima to concentrate on governance and desist from all attempts to pull him down. He said: “In Maiduguri, Governor Shettima cannot walk free on the streets, while Sheriff walks…

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The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the release of N100million Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) funding to the market Association in the state. Besides, the governor said beneficiaries of the SME fund will henceforth be treated on the basis of association while all illegal parks in the state will be abolished. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting held with Artisans, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and Market Association at Banquet Hall, Ilorin, he said it was in fulfilment of…

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The silence of Northern Senators on ongoing restructuring debates in the country should not be taken for granted, chairman of the Northern Senators forum Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said. Speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat for the northern senators in Katsina said, the time has come for the senators to make their views known as their silence should not be seen as a sign of weakness on the issues. According to him, the senators must speak up with one voice so that the people they represent will feel…

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The federal government has salvaged more than N250 billion savings from the removal of ghost workers from the civil service payroll. This information was contained in the 2017 to 2020 Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP) launched recently by the Head of Service (HoS), Mrs. Winifred Oyo- Ita. The document also enunciated government’s plan to enter into robust partnership with London-based non-government organisation, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, to fund initiatives to improve capability building in the civil service from 2017 to 2020. According to her office, the saving was…

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The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peopls Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has been advised to be magnanimous in victory and work with other National Chairmanship aspirants who lost out at the last Saturday, 9th December 2017 elective National Convention of the party. The advice was contained in a congratulatory message sent to the newly elected National Chairman of the party by the Chairman of Ogun State chapter of PDP, Hon Sikirulai Ogundele. In the congratulatory message signed by the Ogun State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Allaji Malik…

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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, who recently created a Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment in the state, has said majority of Nigerians are not happy. He said 89 per cent of Nigerians are not happy in the real sense of the word happiness. He noted that only four per cent per cent are really happy to some extent, while seven per cent might claim to be happy, adding that the vital aspect of human existence which is happiness must be addressed. Okorocha, who made the claims at the weekend…

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated the December 9 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was transparent with a credible voting process. Speaking after casting his vote for different candidates at the National Convention at the Eagle Square in Abuja on Saturday, Governor Wike said with the successful convention, PDP has been repositioned to serve as a credible opposition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said: ” This election has been quite credible. It has been very transparent. Done in the full glare of…

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Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar says the All Progressives Congress (APC) promised to fight corruption but instead has delivered a war on the opposition. Atiku said this on Saturday at the PDP’s national elective convention at Eagle square Abuja. The former vice-president said under current APC administration, the country is not working and the people are jobless. He said the PDP has a lot to be proud of as in the last 16 years, Nigeria prospered and was recognised as the largest economy in Africa. “Under the APC Nigeria is not…

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