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KOGI GOVERNORSHIP RACE:Youths CRAVE for IDRISIMA.....Project 2020 And The Efforts So Far Chronicling, Kog  leadership conundrum over the years especially the multifarious developmental impediments and average representation despite been the centred and seat of the great Igala Kingdom and the entire state with her rich historical antecedents and cultural heritage. Some of these confronting challenges include: poor representation, inadequate drinkable water, poor road network, poor educational facilities, inadequate market infrastructure, epileptic power supply to some regions due to refusal of mandated authority to replace the faulty and damaged electrical facilities and also to negligence from those who could have even done it out of benevolence but remain uncaring etc. These among others are the challenges that are retarding the progress and development of Kogi and collectively we can liberate ourselves, our people and yet unborn generations through your sacrifice and my human a...

President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State to bring the 83-year-old Imam of Nghar village, Gashish District in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar, to Abuja for “a handshake and national honour.” Lalong said the President took the decision following reports that the Imam saved about 300 persons on June 24 when suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded about 15 communities in the Barkin Ladi LGA, killing over 200 persons. The people, mainly Christians, were said to be fleeing from a neighbouring village in the Barkin Ladi LGA when the Imam hid them in his house and mosque. “I hid the women in my personal house and after that, I took the men into the mosque and hid them there,” Imam Abubakar had stated. However, the assailants caught up with the Imam, forcefully demanding that he release those who were Christians in the mosque. But the cleric said deceived the bandits that all those in the mosque were Muslims and upon ...

Defections: APC Rules Out Automatic Tickets For Lawmakers The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Adams Oshiomhole , has ruled out the likelihood of offering the APC ’ s legislators automatic tickets as a way of making them to remain in the party . Oshiomhole said this at a meeting with the APC caucus in the House of Representatives at the party ’ s national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday . He explained that the best the party could offer in line with its democratic practice was to provide a level playing field for all members to test their popularity . Towards this end , he said the direct primary, which was used successfully in Osun and Bauchi states, to pick candidates, would henceforth be adopted by the APC . Oshiomhole said, “Somebody asked me are we countering the Peoples Democratic Party by offering automatic tickets, I asked , did we offer anybody departure ticket? If we did not , then how does the issue of return ticket arise ? “For me, I am ...

Investigators from the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), yesterday in Abuja, grilled the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, over his alleged role in the Offa robbery attack. The interrogation came 48 hours after Saraki declined to show up at the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) office of the Nigeria Police, Guzape, Abuja. Special Assistant on New Media to Saraki, Olu  Onemola, making the revelation on his Twitter handle, said the police interrogators arrived the National Assembly office of the Senate President at about 1:40pm. He wrote: “Further to the invitation to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the police on July 23, 2018, and his written response to them on July 24, 2018, on why he could not see them that day, today (yesterday) at about 1:40pm, the Senate President met with a team of investigators on the Offa robbery case in his office. “Saraki used the opportu nity to reiterate the fact that he ...

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to engage some religious leaders, including pastors and imams, and place them on a salary structure.  This is a way of carrying out reorientation of the citizenry to shun corruption and immorality. The development was made public by the Lagos State commissioner for home affairs, Abdulhakeem Abdulateef, during a sensitization programme for imams and scholars across the state, on Thursday, July 26, Daily Trust reports.  The commissioner disclosed that the state government would continue to interact with religious leaders, and tasked them to be above board and encourage their followers to shun corruption. He said: “We shall be willing to even engage many of them by making provision for their salaries so that they can assist government to re-orientate the people for good. “Imams and Pastors are believed to be men of God. So we need all of you to help us to encourage the right values in the society; particularly in the area of ...

Thirty seven members of the House of Representatives formerly in the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has dumped the party and moved to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) The Representatives in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara officially announced their defection during plenary on Tuesday. Top on the list of the defectors is the Chairman Committee on Rules and Business Rep. Emmanuel Orker-Jev (Benue). Of the 37 defectors, 33 went to the PDP while four others from Oyo state moved to ADC. Other prominent members who dumped the APC include: Sani Rano, Barry Mpigi, Ali madaki, Dickson Tackighir, Hassan Saleh, Danburam Nuhu, Mark Gbilah, Razak Atunwa, Ahmed Garba Bichi, Abdulsamad Dasuk and Zakari Mohammed. This is coming after 15 senators in the Senate dumped the APC for PDP. The defection in the House of Representatives threw the chamber into a rowdy session as the remaining members of the APC in...

  Share   Share   Tweet The Crashed car Buba Galadima was reportedly traveling in Engr. Buba Galadima,  the Chairman of the Reformed  All Progressives Congress (r-APC),   has reportedly been involved in a fetal motor accident along Hadeija-Kano Road. Galadima, who was in the ill-fated car with is son  Sadiq Galadimma , a relative  Mohammed Galadima  and two others was returning from Yobe State where he went to commensurate with his brother over the death of his daughter. Barr. Emmanuel Sawyerr , a leader of r-APC Coalition Network, who is also closed to the family of the R-APC chairman, told the correspondent of NAN that the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) which Galadima was traveling in somersaulted several times. While confirming that the r-APC chairman and all the occupants of the vehicle survived the crash, Sawyer did not disclose the cause of the crash. He revealed that Galadima and other occ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted another N7.8 billion to the Federal Government. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the board has planned to remit the amount as surplus to the Federal Government as was done in 2017. Benjamin said that the amount was the surplus generated from the conduct of the board’s 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).  “However, government in its magnanimity, graciously directed that we remit about N5.6 billion and use the balance for restructuring of the board’s headquarters to meet up with its international status. “We, therefore, want to appreciate the governing board of JAMB led by Dr Emmanuel Ndukwe for the tremendous support in ensuring that the current administration’s vision of transparency and accountability as fully embraced by JAMB is sustained. “The Ndukwe-led b...

This morning, I went to the Palace of the Emir of Ilorin for a Thanksgiving Prayer Session organized by the Emirate to thank Allah for my recent victory at the  Supreme Court. The Holy Quran teaches us that those who give thanks to Allah for His favours will always get more. Alhamdulilahi Robil Al-amin. As the prayer session was coming to an end, the Emir, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, surprised all of us by announcing my elevation to the traditional title of Wazirin Ilorin, a position last occupied by my late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. May the Almighty Allah (SWT) retain for him a place in Aljannah Al-Firdaus. Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulillahi, Alhamdulilahi Robil Al-amin.

Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has emerged the All Progressives Congress Governorship candidate for September 22  Governorship election in Osun State. Oyetola polled 127, 017 votes to defeat his closest rival, Lasun Yusuf who polled 21,975 and sixteen other aspirants. Announcing the result, Chairman of the electoral panel, Governor AbdulAzeez Yari who was represented by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege said Oyetola has satisfied every requirement of the party’s constitution. Omo-Agege enjoined other aspirants to rally round Oyetola to win the forthcoming election in the state Gboyega Oyetola, an indigene of Iragbiji in Osun central Senatorial district is the current chief of staff to the Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola.,

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared that he is leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) for good. He told members of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja that he would not return to the party for any reason. Ortom spoke a few hours after emerging from a peace meeting with the APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole where he said he had not dumped the party and had expressed hope of a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the party. But receiving his guests at the in Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja,the governor said : “I can assure you and the good people of Benue that there is no going back on my decision to exit from the APC.” He added “at the appropriate time in the next few weeks, I would make my next move public.” And responding on Friday to claims by the state branch of the APC that it was the governor that gave himself a red card after it raised issues of governance with him, Ortom branded the party a one man show in Benue. His Chi...

The Central Bank of Nigeria today flagged off its intervention in the sale of foreign exchange in Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement (CNY), signalling the consummation of the Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement signed with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on April 27, 2018. A statement issued by the Bank disclosed that the sales shall be through a combination of spot and short tenure forwards. It stated that the exercise, which shall be Special Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) retail, would be dedicated to the payment for raw materials and machinery and agriculture. The Bank’s spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, explained that the CBN would receive bids from all authorized dealers. He added that due to the peculiarity of the exercise, the Bank would not be applying the relevant provisions of its Revised Guidelines for the Operation of the Inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, which direct all SMIS bids to be submitted to the CBN through the Forex Primary Dealers (FXPDs). On fun...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to boycott the 2019 general election if there are signals that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies would not show neutrality during the exercise. Uche Secondus, chairman of the opposition party, said this when a combined delegation of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) paid him a visit at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. Secondus, who alleged that the Ekiti governorship election was rigged, said his party does not have confidence in INEC. “We are still contemplating on whether we will participate in the 2019 elections or not. We are yet to take a decision on this,” he said. “We are not sure that the security agencies and INEC would be impartial and transparent. In the Ekiti elections, there were instances our party agents’ tags were removed and given to the APC agents. There were clear cases of manipulation, bal...

Remove Inserted Projects To Fund Supplementary Budget, Buhari Writes NASS President Muhammadu Buhari has presented a supplementary national budget to the National Assembly . He said it should be funded with virement of costs already voted to items in the 2018 Appropriation Act . The President specifically asked the legislature not to increase the size of the 2018 Appropriation Act from the current N9. 21 tn but to vire N228bn from the N578 bn voted to projects inserted by the  lawmakers. President of the Senate , Bukola Saraki, read Buhari ’ s letter at the plenary on Tuesday. The President had while signing the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law faulted the changes made to the estimates in the budget. Details later ..

Gains of PMB's visit to the Netherlands. (1) Dutch Company Indicates Interest in Building Modern Cattle Ranches In Nigeria. (2) Also to Invest in 400 hectares of land in textile. (3) FrieslandCampana 2 invest 11 million Euros in a ready 2 drink project, using 100% locally sourced Milk. (4) Over 20 CEOs of Dutch-Owned company were at the round table meeting with Mr President.

Buhari Determined On Second Term Plan, Says He Will Continue Plan Till He Has Laid Foundation For Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari  has said his achievements in the last three years are clear and palpable enough for all to see and touch, noting that he will continue to pursue the goals he set for himself until he succeeds in laying a solid foundation for the country.  This is even as the President lauded Nasarawa State because it is the first and only state in the country to elect a governor and a government under his former party, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). In a speech delivered by the Executive Secretary,  National Universities Commission ( NUC ),   Prof. Abubakar Rasheed  on the occasion of the 9th combined convocation ceremony of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa and award of diplomas, prize and conferment of followship on  Governor Tanko Al-Makura and  others, held in the institution, at the weekend. He said his administr...

Nineteen people died when a boat carrying about 150 migrants sank off the coast of northern Cyprus, and rescuers were searching for 25 other people, Turkey’s coast guard said on Wednesday. It said 103 migrants were rescued by boats and helicopters of the Turkish and northern Cypriot coast guards, helped by commercial boats in the area, from the sunken boat some 30 km (18 miles) off the north Cyprus coast. One rescued person was in critical condition and has been brought to northern Cyprus by helicopter, the coast guard said. Burhanettin Kocamaz, mayor of the southern Turkish province of Mersin, told broadcaster Haberturk that the rescued migrants and the bodies of those killed in the sunken boat were being brought to Mersin. Kocamaz said there was no information about the origins of the migrants yet, adding authorities did not yet know where the migrant boat had come from. Television footage of the passengers’ arrival showed several ambulances arriving at Mersin’s Tas...