Category: Politics

An All Progressives Congress group which goes under the banner of Southern Mandate of Nigeria (SMN), sai Nigerians will stone them at campaign grounds, if President Muhammadu Buhari is presented as their presidential candidate. National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Francis Ikonomwan, in a statement made available to journalists in Benin, Edo State, described the call b members of Buhari Support Group on President Mohammadu Buhari to contes the 2019 election, as political sycophancy. He described members of the Buhari Support Group as a “bunch of people who do not…

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Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the laying of tracks of Lagos – Ibadan standard gauge rail line would start in December . He also said that Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos would be demolished to give way for the new railway lines . Amaechi made the remarks in Lagos when he met with the Steering Committee of the project and the China Civil Engineering Construction Company . The minister said “The two bridges that we may likely demolish are Jibowu and Costain to give way to…

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A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said that the level of corruption in the Buhari-led administration has caused the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and her daughter, Zahra to wail. Lamido, who is aspiring to be president in 2019 told Vanguard that the high rate of corruption is also frustrating the chairman of the Presidential advisory committee against corruption, Itse Sagay. He added that the APC has shown that it is more corrupt than the PDP. In his words; “Thank God, today, because of their high-level fraud, the…

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Four members of  the family of  Honourable Fumilayo Tejuosho, a member of the Lagos House of Assembly, including an 11 (eleven) year old child are at present at the mercy of the security operatives in Lagos who have held them hostage against their wish for more than 7(seven) hours surprisingly at their 3 Sasegbon Road, GRA Ikeja home. The house of the honourable who is out of the country on official duties was stormed by the police who were more than 20 in number this morning around 11 am on the…

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Nigeria’s former ambassador to Ghana and a former Minister in President Jonathan’s government, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, in an interview, narrated his ordeal in the hands of EFCC . The former Senator who decamped APC from PDP when he came under fire following EFCC’s allegation/investigation against him, said; ‘That matter is better left untouched. I will tell you why. For me, it is just politics. Every one of us, APC, PDP, we are all guilty of using government money for elections. That is it. If we want to clean the system,…

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The detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, told the Federal High Court in Abuja, that he could no long remember the details of the N400m which he gave to a former National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in 2014. It is the first time Dasuki‎ would be physically asked questions relating to his alleged diversion of funds meant for arms procurement into presidential campaigns of the then ruling PDP in 2015. Dasuki entered the witness box as Metuh’s eighth defence witness after Justice Okon Abang earlier dismissed the ex-NSA’s application…

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National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today, lost his first son, Babajide, to the cold hands of death. It was gathered that Jide, as he was fondly called, died after a brief illness, in the wee hours of today. A statement made available earlier today by the Chairman of the Lagos chapter of APC, Chief Henry Ajomale, reads; “Dear Member, It’s with regrets that I inform you of the demise of Mr. Jide Tinubu, the Son of Our dear and esteemed Leader, Asiwaju Bola…

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared that open grazing is now forbidden in the state following the passage of the law in May 2017. In a broadcast made to the people of the state early Wednesday, the governor said, “Let me appeal to all citizens to be law abiding; no one should take law into his hands. We have put adequate machinery to enforce the law.” Cattle within the market were restricted to the ranch, while some cows which showed signs of fatigue were down. The secretary, Cattle…

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An frontline aspirant for the position of the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, popularly called OGD, will commence a nationwide campaign for the position on Thursday 2nd November 2017. Informing the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi through a letter dated 31st October, 2017, OGD said that he would be going on the tour ahead of the National Convention of the party slated for 9th December, 2017. According to him, “The purpose of…

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Mr. Boss Mustapha as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Bolaji Abdullahi, the APC commended President Buhari and said it believed he “could not have made a better choice.”‎ “Mustapha is a competent, loyal and dedicated leader who over the years has demonstrated that he has a pan-Nigerian outlook,” the party said. The APC added that “with his appointment, the Party is confident…

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