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Another drama played out Monday morning in Benue State as eight members of the House of Assembly threatened to issue notice of impeachment on Governor Samuel Ortom within the next seven days. Daily Trust reports that the ousted Speaker, Terkimibi Ikyange- led faction made the threat at a news conference in Makurdi. It was gathered earlier that some youths at about 5:00am today occupied the Assembly complex over an alleged plot by some members to impeach the governor. The police was however, said to have dispersed them (youths) with tear gas canisters.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night said that he was not bothered about the defections in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Buhari, who was responding to a question during an interactive session with the Nigerian community in Togo at the Nigerian Embassy, Lome, said most Nigerians appreciated the performance of his administration. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said “I am not bothered about the defections. Ordinary Nigerians have developed confidence in us and are defending us. I assure you, majority of Nigerians back home are appreciative of our efforts.” Expressing delight in seeing the Nigerians who had travelled from the five regions of Togo to welcome him in Lome, President Buhari said he was pleased to hear them commend the performance of his administration. He assured them that his administration had remained steadfast in keeping to its three campaign promises of providing securit...

A former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has described the defection of Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso from APC to PDP as a welcome development but urged him to abide by the rules. Daily Trust reports that Shekarau, a founding member of the APC had to leave the party for Kwankwaso in Kano when serving governors who dumped the PDP for the APC were asked to lead the party in their states. Speaking through his media aide, Sule Ya’u Sule, Shekarau who is the PDP leader in Kano said he hoped Kwankwaso had changed. There were fears that many of those that defected to the PDP yesterday would have to fight for supremacy in their states where some chieftains had institutionalized themselves in the last three years. “I hope the PDP has received a reformed Kwankwaso. I hope it is not the old Kwankwaso I knew,” Shekarau said. “I hope he will this time around abide by the rules and regulations of the PDP. I hope he will not repeat what he did after he joined APC in 2015. At that time...

He was allegedly shot dead at the venue of a PDP LG chairmen visitation meeting held on Saturday, July 21, 2018,  at Igbosuku village, Eti-Osa LGA. The meeting was attended by Lagos State and PDP Local Government Chairmen. Until his death, the deceased who was the Apapa LG PDP Chapter Chairman, was aptly referred to as the Doyen of PDP LG Chapter Chairmen in Lagos State,  

The desire for any traditional ruler to personally lead in the development of his subjects is exemplified by the efforts of the Chief of Mutum Biyu Chiefdom in Taraba State, Justice Sani Suleiman (rtd). Education, agriculture, health care delivery, security and business empowerment among others are what the chief has been championing to better of his subjects and others residing in his domain. In fact, the former High Court Judge has been a strong advocate of human and physical developments with the introduction of programmes and innovations to add value to the chiefdom. The chief is of the view that to achievement advancement in the society there must be a departure from how things are done especially in this part of the country. The monarch said, “It is not only sitting in the palace that will bring change in our environment. As leaders, we have to guide our subjects properly and focus more on issues and programmes capable of advancing our society.” In order to achiev...

The first batch of Nigerian pilgrims have left for Saudi Arabia as theinaugural airliftfor 2018pilgrimagebeganon Saturday. The pilgrims from Kogi State, departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja by 11 am, and will fly straight to Prince Muhammad bin Sultan International Airport, Madinah. President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello, advised the pilgrims to be good ambassadors of the country. He urged them to pray for Nigeria to overcome her security and other socioeconomic and political challenges. Chairman/CEO of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad thanked the President for the support and understanding towards ensuring a hitch free Hajj exercise. The chairman commended the Kogi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board for keeping to arrangement, which ensured the successful inaugural ceremony at the Abuja airport. On his part, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Mahmud Bost...

Seven out of 11 governorship aspirants of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Sept. 22 election on Saturday announced their withdrawal from the party’s primary. The primary to be held in Osogbo has more than 3,000 delegates to participate in the exercise. Those who announced their withdrawal from the primary are Mr Adejare Bello, former speaker of the State House of Assembly, Prof. Adeolu Durotoye, Jide Adeniji, Sen. Olasunkanmi Akinlabi, Mr Ayoade Adewopo, Mr Lere Oyewumi and Mr Felix Ogunwale. The aspirants said that they stepped down from the race due to appeal from the party’s leadership and also to ensure cohesion within the party. Other aspirants still in the race are Sen. Nurudeen Adeleke, representing Osun West at the Senate, Former Secretary to State Government Fatai Akinbade, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi and Mr Nathaniel Oke, a lawyer. Addressing the delegates, Gov. Seriake Dickson, who is the chairman of the primary, assured them of a free, fair and credible exercise. D...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential Election early in order to douse rising speculations in the country. Buhari also said the decision would the All Progressives Congress (APC) enough time to prepare for the polls. The president offered this explanation when he received members of the Buhari Support Group Centre (BSGC) at the State House, Abuja. According to him, speculations are already constituting distraction to governance and stirring unnecessary tension so he had to declare his intention during the National Executive Committee meeting of the party. “I had to announce before the National Executive Committee of our party about my intention to ask for the party’s nomination for next year’s election so that we can save a lot of time and cool tempers. “A lot of people were trying to make it a habit of being a nuisance to themselves and many Nigerians, so when I came out I said those who are serious let them come out. “And...

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Isa Sadiq Achida, has said that there is no reason to give a “red card” to Governor Aminu Tambuwal because he has done nothing to warrant sack. Achida spoke in the wake of a claim by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State who said the APC had sent him out of the pitch by giving him the red card, saying he was looking for another platform. There are speculations that beside Ortom, some other APC governors, including Tambuwal, are planning to leave the APC. But Achida said he was not aware of such move in Sokoto. “My leadership is 100 per cent with the governor. As far as I am concerned, everything is fine,” he said. “We are with him (Tambuwal). There has been nothing incriminating from him, he is with APC 100 per cent; supporting us, giving us everything we need.” On insinuations of Tambuwal’s likely defection to PDP, he said he was hearing it from this reporter for t...

The killing of seven police officers at Galadimawa Roundabout - a settlement in Abuja, has led to an apprehension among the residents. Residents say, out of fear of indiscriminate police arrest and their safety, they no longer stay out  late while business owners within the area close earlier. Though police officers have been deployed to the outpost where the officers were killed, residents fear that the last may not have been heard about the killings. The police officers usually stayed at a porter cabin stationed at the roundabout adjoining Galadimawa Motor Park and few metres from the African University of Science and Technology (AUST). “They have not arrested anybody I know of, but I am sure they will start arresting people tonight,” an official of the tricycle riders association at the Motor Park, who would not want to be named told our reporter. “I had to close my shop by 6pm yesterday because you cannot always say what the police can do,” a shop owner in the area said on Wednesda...

The School Feeding Field Monitors of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Connecting Gender for Development (COGEN), on Wednesday alleged that teachers are taking the rations meant for pupils in some schools in Kaduna State. Ms Rachael Musa, one of the monitors said during a Town Hall Meeting on the Federal Government’s Home grown School Feeding Programme in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government, said the ration do not usually go around. Musa also said although every child was supposed to be given an egg once week, the eggs do not usually go round because of short supply. Similarly, Mr Monday John, another monitor alleged that some politicians were collecting money from food vendors on the ground that they were not members of the ruling All Progressive Congress. John also said that some members of the Peoples Democratic Party have equally stopped their children from eating the food, saying it could be poisoned. He described the development as serious, and urged those involved...

About 400 members on the platform of Prince Adedayo Adeyeye Movement (PAAM), from Irepodun/Ifelodun local government of Ekiti state have defected from the PDP to the APC. The defectors are from Eyio, Esure and Iropora area of the council and carried out the joint defection Eyio-Ekiti. Mr. Ayodele Matthew led Esure-Ekiti members while Adeyeye Ajibola led new defectors from Iropora. The immediate past Special Adviser on Political Matters and Governor Ayodele Fayose's political associate, Ademola Bello, urged new members to feel save in APC, saying that the party accommodates new members without any discrimination. He said the party's governorship candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, is a man of honour who always wants to make a mark in the life of the people without conditions. He urged new members to go back to their units to work and ensure the success of the party in the July 14 governorship poll. Ayodele, Ajibola and Ogunsakin spoke in turns, declaring that they left PDP becau...