Imo: Okorocha mocks Ihedioha, says governor behaving like Reps member

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Imo: Okorocha mocks Ihedioha, says governor behaving like Reps member

 

Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State, has challenged his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, to stop behaving like a lawmaker.

He said rather than settle down to his responsibility of governance, Ihedioha had been setting up committees as if he was still a member of the House of Representatives on oversight functions.

The governor stated this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, yesterday.

The statement read, “The new governor of Imo State, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has not started to govern the state; looking at his activities and utterances so far.

“He has been embarking on oversight functions as if he is still at the National Assembly where he was, uninterruptedly, for 12 years.

“He has also been busy setting up series of committees with at least three committees a day, and has never done any serious thing or taken any serious step or said any serious thing to show that he has actually taken the seat as the governor of the state. He also seems not to have cared about asking questions.

“In the course of doing oversight functions even as governor, he would go to one bad dredging site which he won’t mention where it is, he would send out the photograph just to blackmail his predecessor or he would send out the photograph of one bad toilet they got from somewhere and said it was in the Government House. So petty and unserious all these days.

“The former governor left more than 1,000 verifiable projects behind for him. He has never cared to visit any of the projects to show that he has come to work and that he means well.

“If he could be showing the world one bad toilet we knew they got from Owerri Office of the PDP when landmark projects are located at various parts of the state waiting for him to see, and know what to do with them; then he hasn’t come for service.”

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Ondo: Gov., Rotimi Akeredolu sacks nine permanent secretaries

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Ondo: Gov., Rotimi Akeredolu sacks nine permanent secretaries

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reportedly ordered nine permanent secretaries in the state civil service to go on compulsory retirement. It was gathered that some of the affected senior civil servants were not up to the 60 years mandatory retirement age for the civil servants while some of them also had not spent up to 35 years in the state civil service.

It was also gathered that some of the affected permanent secretaries had been given the retirement letters since the beginning of the week. The action of the governor did not go down well with some of the affected people as some of them who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said they would challenge the action in court. 

One of them alleged that the governor did not take the action against them in good faith, alleging that he (the governor) showed them the way out of service untimely in order to pave way for his ‘anointed’ candidate to succeed the current Head of Service, Mr Toyin Akinkuotu, who was said to be going on retirement in August 2019.  

He said, “He (the governor) retired nine of us (permanent secretaries) because the governor wants an Owo indigene to become the next state Head of Service and the person is  junior to some of us, the affected permanent secretaries. That is unfair.”  

However, a senior civil servant in the governor’s  office who craved anonymity, confirmed the development to our correspondent. He said the governor did it in order to appoint a trusted person in the office of the Head of Service.  

“What happened is not a new thing in government service. When Mimiko was there, he appointed an Ondo man to be the head of service. So if Akeredolu appoints his kinsman as the head of service,  heaven will not fall; he has the exclusive power to do it. He can appoint anyone that pleases him,” he stated.  

When contacted, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Yemi Olowolabi, said the affected persons were not sacked but asked to retire voluntarily after serving in the office for more than eight years.

Olowolabi said, “There is an extant circular to that effect, that any permanent secretary who has served for more than eight years could be retired either reaching retirement age or not and the least of the affected permanent secretaries had spent nine years in the office.

So the governor did not give the order to favour anybody. The affected permanent secretaries were not sacked but they were called for a meeting where they were told to retire voluntarily.”

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CAN President Ayokunle asked to resign within 7 days

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CAN President Ayokunle asked to resign within 7 days

 

The Concerned Christian Forum of Nigeria, CCFN, has called on the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Samson Ayokunle, to resign his position within seven days.

In a press conference on Tuesday, convener of the coalition, Rev. Prince Thompson, said the President of CAN had become a tool in the hands of politicians.

The group said the current CAN leadership has made recent days traumatic for Christians in Nigeria.

According to the coalition, the faith of Christian faithful has never been so bashed in the history of the country as it has been in that space of time courtesy of the leadership of the body.

It, therefore, issued Reverend Ayokunle-led executive seven days to hand over the affairs of the association to an interim committee to run its affairs pending when a new election will be conducted.

According to him, “It is tragic to point out that the desecration of our faith by CAN did not just begin in these recent days. It has been on for a while now.

“The politicisation of Christianity began under the previous leadership of Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who sadly became the official spokesperson for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“Things got so ugly that the President of CAN became an errand boy. Note, not just any errand boy but one that was being sent to buy weapons and launder money.

“CAN’s leadership under the current President, Reverend Supo Ayokunle, was highly anticipated to be reformists enough to return the association to its lost glory, for it to carry out a practically cleansing of CAN to free it of the dirt clinging to it from wallowing in the mire with swine.

“Our hope in Reverend Ayokunle being able to deliver CAN from the shackles of materialism have been dashed. Beyond having our hopes dashed we are being made despondent because his under his leadership ‘the high places were not taken away’ but they were rather made higher. Truth is being sacrificed on individual private altars built to glorify self.

“On top of whatever we, at that time, accused the Pastor Oritsejafor leadership of, Reverend Ayokunle’s tenure has visited the affliction on Christendom a thousand folds.

“Not only did he continue to desecrate the divine mandate of the association by deploying it as an arm of the PDP he has added the evil of hatred by actively promoting Islamophobia.

“CAN overnight became a vehicle for teaching believers to hate other humans that made after the likeness of God image simply on account of their present religious subscription.

“Even when we differ from Muslims in terms of creeds, the solution is not to promote hatred that can lead to crisis that would lead to the shedding of innocent blood on both sides.

“What the spirit led us to know is that we have a burden of evangelism to convert those that are touched to believe in salvation through Christ Our Lord.

“We will not convert them by launching a vitriol against them, we will not make them appreciate the love of God by becoming abusive and criminalizing their existence.

“Interestingly, we will not convert them by merely talking about the gospel of salvation. Our ability to make converts of those that are yet to know Christ is by portraying Christlike actions that will be more convincing than hours of empty talk.

“A situation where President of CAN has become a tool in the hands of politicians and champion for ethnic-sectarian bigots in the country is a border that should never have been crossed but that is precisely where Christianity in Nigeria is now camped.

“The situation is so bad that there are so many allegations about the Reverend and his associates have been collecting money from politicians and keeping same for personal gains in exchange to speaking according to scripts given to them by these politicians.

“There is no doubt that by all standard he has failed in his responsibility as a father to all and has allowed selfish agenda to rob him of being a channel for the flow of God’s words.

“This is why CAN as currently led is incapable of evangelizing through actions. The leadership cannot even lead believers by examples because their compromises are well known to the faithful.

“To the extent that the first and most important thing in Christendom is to propagate the Gospel of Christ, we categorially declare that the leadership of CAN has lost that vision.

“It cannot even convince Christians to follow the direction it is laying out how then can it be a vehicle for winning more souls for the Lord and protecting the interest and welfare of members, the same members it is even polarising along political divide.

“We have come to the realization that the violence to the body of Christ cannot be allowed to continue for longer lest there will be more atheist and agnostics than Christians by the time Reverend Ayokunle’s leadership of CAN completes its tenure.

“The Concerned Christian Forum of Nigeria therefore demands the immediate resignation of Reverend Supo Ayokunle as CAN President.

“Our demand entails that the entire CAN Executive resigns with the President to allow the association replace them with a leadership that will chart a course that conforms with the ideology upon which CAN was founded.

“If the rejected CAN executive is at a loss as to why it has to go, it only needs to look to the existence of our forum. Had CAN pursued the agenda of uniting Christians across the various sects, denominations and persuasions, we would not have need to form this group pressure the leaders into the doing the needful.

“We give the Reverend Ayokunle executive seven days from today hand over the affairs of the association to an interim committee to run its affairs pending when a new election will be conducted.”

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Kwara: Gov. Abdulrazaq reveals what he’ll do over civil servants’ political leanings, N30,000 minimum wage

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Kwara: Gov. Abdulrazaq reveals what he’ll do over civil servants’ political leanings, N30,000 minimum wage

 

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has assured civil servants in the state that he will not witch-hunt anyone for his or her political convictions.

He gave the assurance on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital, during his maiden meeting with civil servants in the state.

“We would not label anyone. We will carry everybody along and promote a culture of transparency and independence.

“We want Kwara to regain its rightful place, particularly in the North where it used to be the number one in terms of education and so on,” Abdulrazaq said.

The Governor promised to ensure prompt payment of salaries, and also to pay the minimum wage after due consultations with the civil servants and proper assessment of the financial situation of the state.

“We will pay May salary almost immediately. We want to get to a place where there are no backlog of salary and pensions.

“We’ll discuss the minimum wage. The intention is to pay, but we need to sit down and resolve a few issues.

“There has been so much plundering of the state resources, but we will rise above all that.

“We’ll ride on your back to get things done while your welfare is taken care of,” he said.

The governor declared that his government would strive to plug loopholes and reduce overhead costs through prudent management of resources.

He also promised to address the infrastructural deficit in the state and create wealth through private enterprise.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by top party leaders led by APC chairman, Mr Bashir Bolarinwa; Head of the Civil Service, Mrs Susan Oluwole; permanent secretaries, directors, and other senior civil servants in the state.

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Obasanjo Failed As Civilian President, His 8yrs Tenure Was Tragedy and Calamity - Adebanjo

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Obasanjo Failed As Civilian President, His 8yrs Tenure Was Tragedy and Calamity - Adebanjo

Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Afenifere, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s tenure between 1999 and and 2007 as a “tragedy and calamity.”

Adebanjo said Obasanjo’s scorecard as a civilian president was nothing to write home about.

He stated this in chapter 13 of the 233-page autobiography titled “Tell it as it is” which was presented in Lagos yesterday.

In chapter 13 of the 233-paged book, titled, ‘Awolowo, Obasanjo and the Yoruba Nation,’ Adebanjo said Obasanjo failed “woefully on all counts as president.”

Adebanjo wrote: “The man who carried on as if he was all-in-all failed woefully on all counts as President. His eight-year tenure (1999-2007) was a tragedy.

“His scorecard was nothing to write home about. What did he do in eight years? Before he came, we were buying fuel for N20 per litre, and crude oil was $23 per barrel.

“In 2007, under his regime, we were buying fuel at N75 per litre, and crude oil was between $65 and $75 per barrel. In the worst days of Abacha, one dollar was over N120.”

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Leadership Of Youth Wing Of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Dismisses The Comments Credited To OYC About Nwodo

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Leadership Of Youth Wing Of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Dismisses The Comments Credited To OYC About Nwodo

The leadership of Ohanaeze Youth Wing in South South on Tuesday dismissed comments credited to Ohanaeze Youth Congress about President General of Ohanaeze, Chief Nnia Nwodo.

OYC, had in a statement issued on Monday accused him of mortgaging the interest of Ndigbo.

The OYC’s statement followed its meeting held in Enugu, where it passed a vote of no confidence on Nwodo, who they accused of sidelining other members of the Ohanaeze National Executive Council.

Reacting, Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze in South-South, described the claim as baseless and false.

He claimed that those parading themselves as national leaders of the youth wing of Ohanaeze were misleading the public.

Arthur-Ugwa said: “We were surprised that some defunct members of Ohanaeze Youth Wing issued a statement accusing the President General of meddling into 2019 presidential elections.

“To state the facts, the allegations are fabricated by expelled members of the youth group at the national level to attract public sympathy; there is no truth in the allegation.

“The President-General has been working at uniting Igbos all over the world and recently was in Bayelsa as part of his efforts in restructuring and repositioning Ndigbo in a restructured federation.

“Nwodo also waded into leadership crisis in Ohaneze Ndigbo Bayelsa chapter, is this what they call politics?

“The President-General categorically said that he was not interested in personal gains from the struggle for restructuring, so the allegation is a mere ploy by disgruntled persons parading themselves as Ohanaeze youth leaders.

“The National Executives of Ohanaeze Youth Wing was dissolved by Ime-Obi and National Executive Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in 2017 and we are getting set for elections later this month, so they are misleading the people.

“The leadership at the state levels in the South East and South South condemn and dissociate ourselves from the statement and frown at the disrespect to our revered elders and leaders in Ohanaeze Ndigbo, our parent body.

“We urge the errant youths to refrain from using the media to discredit the organisation and show commitment towards building of a united front for Ndigbo.”

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Senator Shehu Reveals Senators Monthly Salaries, Kicks Against Allowances

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Senator Shehu Reveals Senators Monthly Salaries, Kicks Against Allowances

 

Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed amount he and his colleagues receive monthly as running cost.

Sani confirmed in a statement that Nigerian Senators are earning N13.5 million monthly as running cost.

The lawmaker said the running cost was in addition to the over N750,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate.

He, however, kicked against payment of allowances, saying Senators should be paid just salaries.

The statement reads, “I think what we can say is that the running cost of a senator is N13.5 million every month.

“Though no specific instruction on what the fund should be used for, lawmakers must provide receipts to back up their expenses from the running costs.

“The running cost is in addition to funds earmarked for each senator for constituency projects.

“But what I am saying is that money (N13.5 million per month) must be receipted for what you do with it. But what you are given to go and spend without any accountability is N750,000.00. The constituency project itself is given on a zonal basis and almost every Senator will go with a constituency fund of about N200 million, but it is not the cash that is given to you. You will be told that you have N200 million with an agency of government for which you will now submit projects equivalent to that amount. And it is that agency of government that will go and do those projects for you.

“Now, the corruption comes when the projects are not done and the money is taken. But right now, it is difficult to do that because NGOs and transparency groups have come into it.

“They track every allocation made to you and where they are being used. So, it’s becoming difficult for what used to happen in the past to happen now. But I can tell you that I would love a situation where we do away with running costs, constituency projects and leaves senators and members of House of Reps with salaries.

“And also, the public should be informed that nobody should come to any senator’s house asking for any kobo. That also would be helpful. There are issues that we need to understand. First, I don’t believe that members of the National or even state assemblies should be involved in carrying out what is called constituency projects”.

“When people are elected into the National Assembly, they should just be involved in law making, raising motions, bills and also performing oversight functions. But we live in a society where people cannot differentiate between the legislators and the executive. “When the people come to you, they want you to build roads, dig boreholes, build hospitals, schools, give money, pay school fees for them. Now, if we have a society in which people will stop asking legislators to do those things, then there is no need (for the allowances) But funny enough, if you are very active in the National Assembly in making laws and you don’t embark on projects in your constituency, you cannot in any way be appreciated by the people you are there to serve because the electorates in United States are different from the electorates in the United States and Africa.

“We live in an underdeveloped society with a lot of poverty, misery and wants. What people want is for you to address those basic fundamental issues that affects their lives. If we can be done with that, it would be okay. Now, you are talking of bogus salaries and bogus allowances – there are three steps you need to consider the first has to do with the fact when you represent the people, expectations arose from your immediate and the larger constituencies. But I agree with you that the salaries and allowances of lawmakers should not be discreet, but what is discreet about it when you can write to Resource and Fiscal Mobilization Commission to get everything about what a senator earns? The only money you are not expected to account for is your salary and the salary of a senator is about N750, 000.00 per month. The other one, the running cost of office must be accounted for. You must provide a receipt for every expense you make.”

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Oye State House Of Assembly Extends Tenures Of LGA Caretakers

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Oye State House Of Assembly Extends Tenures Of LGA Caretakers

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday granted Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s request to extend the tenure of Caretaker Committee Chairmen in the 33 Local Government Areas and the 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state by two months.

Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Musa Abdulwasiu, while briefing journalists in Ibadan, disclosed that “the decision was unanimously adopted sequel to a formal request by Ajimobi”.

He said the tenure extension was for “two months from March to May 4, pending the conduct of the local government elections”.

He declared that the “extension was to avoid any vacuum in the administration of the local councils”.

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Niger Delta Affairs Minister Reacts To APC Crises In Cross River, Denies Involvement

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Niger Delta Affairs Minister Reacts To APC Crises In Cross River, Denies Involvement

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, has denied speculations that his political ambition is responsible for the crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State chapter.

The minister made the clarification at the APC National Secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja, while speaking with newsmen through his Aide, Mr Sam Bassey.

“We are all anxious to have the party moving, it is not about anybody, but about APC in Cross River, if anybody is interested in contesting election, he must have a platform,’’ NAN quoted him as saying.

Usani said since his appointment as minister, the Cross River chapter of the APC had been without an effective chairman and was collapsing because of lack of good leadership.

Usani until his appointment, was the APC Cross River chapter chairman.

He stated said with Mr John Ochalla as acting chairman of the APC in the state, the party had no platform in the state.

The minister said that this was due to the fact Ochalla had, a “phobia for meetings’’ and was not carrying members along.

He stressed that a politician who had phobia for meetings had no place in politics, adding that APC Cross River needed a vibrant chairman to achieve its desire of winning the governorship position in the 2019 elections

“We want to win election in Cross River and we need somebody that can stand out and lead the party in the office of the chairman to get us to victory,’’ the minister said.

The minister, while admitting that the Cross River chapter of the party had crisis, said the crisis had however, been put to rest.

This, he said, followed the election of Mr Etim John, as the new chairman of the state at the party´s just concluded congress.

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Popular Nigerian OAP, Sensei Uche Writes Yusuf Buhari – “You re lucky, many Nigerians re not”

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Popular Nigerian OAP, Sensei Uche Writes Yusuf Buhari – “You re lucky, many Nigerians re not”

Popular Online media personality, Sensei Uche has written an open letter to Yusuf Buhari, over his return from Germany for medical treatment.

Sensei in his letter appealed to Yusus to help Nigerians who also deserve the best medical care.

He urged Yusuf to inform his father that Nigeria needs a competent leader that would create the opportunities needed to make their lives better.

Recall that Yusuf, who is said to be Buhari’s only son, was last year flown to Germany, following a powerbike accident in Abuja.

There was jubilation on Thursday at the presidential Villa as Photographs, emerged of Yusuf’s return. 

Sensei Uche, who is currently receiving radiotherapy treatment for a malignant tumour, wrote on his Instagram.

Read the open letter below:

Hello Yusuf,

“I write this letter as a brother and Nigerian, hoping that your recent experience has given you more insight, empathy and strength to look beyond yourself and live for the greater good of humanity.

“Welcome back home brother. Thank God for granting you good health and more years on earth.

“As I think about what led to your accident, I realise that the desire to live to the fullest, is something we both share. Power bike riding is an exciting pass time. And racing on a power bike, (laughs) you’re either an adrenaline junky or just down right crazy to do such.

“I too look forward to a day I ride my bike across cities and towns in Nigeria.

“I’m currently in Istanbul receiving radiotherapy treatment for a malignant tumour discovered in my nasal region last year. And it’s going well thank God. Now here’s why I’m writing you this letter. Note, what I’m about to point out is not your doing, just the way life designed our paths. So take no offence or feel guilt from it. Just know that there comes a time life teaches us lessons that will benefit the world we live in.

“You had the best medical care available to you in Nigeria when you had your accident. A team of some the best medical practitioners and minds in the country at your bedside.

“I am lucky to have had the tumour identified after months of test in clinics and hospitals. Of which I was told I had nothing more than an infection.

“You were flown out of the country as soon as you were stabilised, because the doctors I assume didn’t have the equiments and technology to continue with treatment. And note that the logistics of visa, funds and family support were all taken care off the table because of your status as the ‘First Son’ of Nigeria. I assume again that you had aides travel with you. All to make certain that your stay outside the country be comfortable and stress free.

“After my tumour was diagnosed malignant thank God, I spent four months of more test and scans to come up with the best form of treatment. Receiving two sessions of chemotherapy which turned out to be ineffective. And later resorted to crowd funding from Nigerians, which helped me get out of the country for better care. But like everyone going out of the country I had to go through the process of visa application in my critical state.

“I could only afford to have a friend travel with me. He put his life on pause for a month to help me settle into the system.

“We are lucky Yusuf. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Nigerians, who are not as fortunate as us. They have died from ailments far less life threatening. All because they can’t afford the care and the lack of available medical facilities for treatment. They deserve the best medical care as Nigerians. Because they live in a land blessed with wealth and resources beyond imagination. Something I’m sure you’re benefiting from.

“I believe we should all benefit from the resources our country is blessed with. And tribe, language, religion and social standing mean nothing to me when it comes to this notion. I strongly hope you share my sentiments as the first son of Nigeria.

“It’s said that a father’s love knows no bounds. And I strongly believe that when your father heard you had been in a horrific accident, there was nothing he wouldn’t do to keep you alive. No amount would be spared for you to have the best care medicine could give.

“Your father, is my president and the elected father of my nation Nigeria. I expect him to spare nothing when it comes to the welfare of it’s citizens. Because as citizens, we trust him to lead us with the best care and protection imaginable in the time he has been allocated.

“I’m not writing this to lay blames on anyone, it’s a colossal waste of time. But instead I pray my words ignite a passion in you to help your father, with the time left of his term, put in place the foundations for real change that will benefit the people of Nigeria in all real change that will benefit the people of Nigeria in all aspects of life.

“There is so much I want to say, but I’m afraid of writing too much.

“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.

The words of your father, my president. Words that meant so much to me as I watched your father being sworn in as the fourth democratically elected president of Nigeria.

“The people of Nigeria are in need of a leader that will create the opportunities needed to make their lives better.

“You know this Yusuf. If you don’t, put on a disguise and go on a nationwide tour to see for yourself. And maybe, just maybe, we can start to make the pledge a reality.

“I look forward to meeting you, so we can sit down and plot a path to greatness for Nigeria by sharing ideas.

God bless you, and may God bless Nigeria.

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Restructure Won't Help Nigeria - Atiku

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Restructure Won't Help Nigeria - Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, on Thursday warned Nigerians against seeing restructuring as the panacea to the many challenges confronting the country.

The Waziri of Adamawa stated this while speaking at the public presentation of the book, ‘In the belly of vultures’ written by Adetola Adeniyi, in Lagos.

According to the former Vice President, the current structure in the country facilitates corruption and makes it more difficult for a good leader to emerge.

He said, “I say this because some of those who argue against restructuring keep saying that it is not our main problem. Some say it is good leadership that we lack. Others say it is corruption that we should focus on instead.

“We’ll, my position is that all are important and should be addressed. But to pretend that the critical issues thrown up by the current deformed structure of our federation will disappear as soon as we have good leadership or tackle corruption is to miss the point.”

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2019 Election: APC Has Not Endorsed Buhari 2nd Term, The Party Spokesman Denies

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2019 Election: APC Has Not Endorsed Buhari 2nd Term, The Party Spokesman Denies

The spokesman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, on behalf of the party, has denied viral reports that it endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for second term.

 

Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi 

While speaking in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, in Abuja, on Wednesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said what the party’s National Executive Committee did at its last meeting, was to pass a vote of confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee.

The All Progressives Congress spokesman made it clear that a vote of confidence was not the same as endorsing the President for a second term, adding that the issue of endorsing the President for a second term did not form part of discussions during the NEC meeting.

Speaking in response to a question on whether the endorsement of Buhari for a second term in 2019 was part of decisions taken during the party’s last NEC meeting, Abdullahi said, “NO.”

He said: “You will recall that the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, addressed this issue while responding to a question on the issue of 2019 at yesterday (Tuesday’s) briefing when he said, the President has not said he wants to contest and that for now, his focus is on the issue of governance, so the issue of endorsing him (President) for a second term in 2019 did not arise.”

Recall that Reuters had on Wednesday, quoted two unnamed APC leaders as saying the APC National Executive Committee of the APC had endorsed President Buhari to seek re-election.

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Kemi Omololu Olunloyo Slams RCCG For Doing Drug, Claims Her Father Is A Retualist On Live TV

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Kemi Omololu Olunloyo Slams  RCCG For Doing Drug, Claims Her Father Is A Retualist On Live TV

Kemi Omololu Olunloyo

In a recent interview, Nigerian controversial blogger and journalist Kemi olunloyo has alleged that the largest Christian ministry in Nigeria, The Redeemed Christian Church of God once trafficked drugs.

This explosivallegation was made on a regular show on TVC titled ‘Your View’ which airs in the morning on weekdays.

“I have done stories about several pastors…Adeboye, Oyedepo (founder of Living Faith Ministries, Bishop David Oyedepo) everything. Every single pastor story I did was correct. When I said they were doing drugs in Redeemed (The Redeemed Christian Church of God)…four years later, Adeboye (Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye) started a rehab centre. Everything was right,” she emphasized.

She also used that juncture to accuse her father and other politicians of engaging in rituals. According to her, her father – a former governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo has repented from his old ways and he is now Born-again.

When the interviewer ask kemi Olunloyo if her father (Omololu Olunloyo) is a ritualist like she claimed. she said: 

“Yes, my father is a ritualist, he always goes to herbalists when he was a politician but he has given his life to Christ”. 

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"APC Is Undemocratic" APC Chieftain Timi Frank Laments

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"APC Is Undemocratic"  APC Chieftain Timi Frank Laments

APC chieftain, Comrade Timi Frank, has expressed disappointment in the decision taken by the party’s NEC, which extended the tenure of the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC for another 12 months.

 

Timi Frank

In a statement released on Wednesday, the former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, expressed disappointment in the ruling party over the 1-year tenure elongation of the national working committee led by John Oyegun.

According to TheCable, he said the development has shown “that APC is an undemocratic party”.

“I am personally disappointed with the tenure extension of Chief John Oyegun led leadership. This has clearly shown that APC is an undemocratic party. A party which has been in existence for three years but has never obeyed its own constitution,” he said in the statement.

“I challenged anybody to tell me which part of the APC constitution has been religiously obeyed in the past? This is has shown again the difference between PDP and APC, but I know that the former is better.

“I will not relent in speaking the truth which I’m known for. This decision is against the wish of the majority but for the oppressors within the party.”

While reacting to the party’s national executive committee (NEC) which extended the tenure of Oyegun and state chairmen of the party by 12 months, Frank said that Oyegun’s tenure elongation is an indication that the presidency did not believe in the assignment it gave Bola Tinubu, national leader of the APC, to reconcile aggrieved members of the party.

“Even when the presidency had appointed the national leader of APC to reconcile all the aggrieved members, the tenure elongation clearly show that the party is going nowhere beyond 2019 because if they didn’t believe in Tinubu’s reconciliatory panel why did they set up at all?” Frank queried.

“How can you keep a man that lacks capacity to lead a governing political party for another twelve months? This has shown that those who took such decision are selfish and do not mean well for APC.

“Some of us that came from PDP have not been treated well, even the positions being held today by the Senate President Bukola Saraki and speaker Yakubu Dogara were forcefully taken.

“Time will tell very soon when some of us will have to take decision against some of these anti-democratic tendencies of some people in APC.” 

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The Headlines Of Nigerian Newspapers Today 1st March, 2018

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The Headlines Of Nigerian Newspapers Today 1st March, 2018

Punch

Buhari’s ministers delaying passage of 2018 budget –Senate

The Senate has told Nigerians to blame members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet and the ministries, departments and agencies under their portfolios for the delay in the passage of the 2018 Appropriation Bill by the National Assembly.

Vanguard

2019 presidency: Ex-CBN deputy gov formally declares interest 

abuja—Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has officially declared to run for the president of Nigeria in the 2019 election.

The Sun

2019: I’ll be disappointed if Buhari uses public funds to campaign – Ndume

Sen. Mohammed Ndume, who represents Borno South in the senate, is known as a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ndume in an interview with journalists in Maiduguri, Borno capital recently said though the decision to re-contest the presidency or not in 2019 lies with President Buhari, he said his supporters were determined to galvanize support for him and get over 12 million votes, higher than what he got in the 2015 poll.

Thisday

Okechukwu: Why S’East Leaders Endorsed Buhari for Second Term

The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu explains the political calculations behind the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for another four years by the leaders of the All Progressives Congress from the South-east. He spoke to Onyebuchi Ezigbo. Excerpts:

Guardian

‘I will restructure Nigeria if elected’

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has promised to restructure Nigeria and return it to true federalism by 2021, as well as reform the police, healthcare, education, and the energy sector if he is elected president in 2019.

Daily Trust

APC endorses Buhari for 2nd term – Reuters

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Nigeria’s ruling party, the APC, has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to seek second term next year; two senior party sources told Reuters yesterday.

Tribune

Alleged N4.6bn laundering: Witness testifies against Fani-Kayode, Nenandi Usman, others

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday gave more evidence before a Federal High Court in Lagos in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, who is facing a corruption charge.

Leadership

Saraki Seeks End To Pension For Ex-govs, Deputes

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday sought an end to payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies who hold public or political offices.

The Nation

Diezani Forefeits $4.760m Penthouses

The Federal high court in Lagos yesterday ordered the final forfeiture of two penthouses valued at $4.760m belonging to former petroleum resources minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke

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