February 8, 2020

PDP Postpones Edo Council Congresses Over A Court Order

February 8, 2020 3:49 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has postponed the conduct of Local Government Congress in Edo State scheduled for today following a high court restraining order. The Edo State High Court in Ekpoma, had on Thursday, restrained the PDP from conducting the local government congresses pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The trial judge, Justice Okeaya-Inneh granted the order following an application filed by Mr. Gallant Eruaga, a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly; Victor Idiakheoa and Jide Obalowoshe.

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PDP

Insecurity: Stop Living In Denial, PDP Tells Buhari

February 8, 2020 3:48 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, charged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop living in denial, as well as trivializing the security challenges confronting the country under his administration.

The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, accused the President of attempting to award himself an unearned pass mark in the fight against insecurity in the country.

The opposition party noted that by allegedly resorting to self-praise, in the face of worsening security situation in the country, the president has allegedly, “ exhibited a devastating betrayal of the fundamental responsibilities of his office and this further confirms …

IPOB

Our Members Will Storm Abia For The Burial – IPOB

February 8, 2020 3:46 am

Emma Powerful is the Media and Publicity secretary of IPOB. In this interview with OKEY SAMPSON, he warned police not to dare IPOB, insisting that despite police threat, the pro Biafra members would come to Umuahia in their numbers from across the globe to  participate in the burial of parents of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

 Parents of your leader, Nnamdi Kanu will be buried next week, what are we expecting from IPOB?

The burial will be done the way burials take place in Igbo land; IPOB is an organization that wants peace in Igbo land and when we talk

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ADP

ADP Woos Members Of Deregistered Political Parties

February 8, 2020 3:45 am
Less that 52 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deregistered 74 political parties for failing to win  any seat in the last general elections, the Action Democratic Party (ADP), has called on members of the defunct parties to join the party in order to address the challenges Nigeria is faced with.
ADP National Chairman, Yabaji Sani, who stated this at a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, commended the parties for going through the rigor of registering their parties and participating in several elections.
“Our Party is using this medium to invite all genuine credible men and women of
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Buhari

Kano Emirate Crisis: Why I Cannot Intervene – Buhari

February 8, 2020 3:44 am

The President, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari has said that he has no constitutional powers to intervene in the ongoing Kano Emirate crisis.

The president gave this explanation when he received the governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his entourage at the Presidential Villa on Friday.

Ganduje was at the villa to present the newly-elected legislators from the state, made up of three members of the House of Representatives and four members of the state Assembly, to the president.

Buhari explained that “I know my role as the president of Nigeria. By the Constitution of the Federal Republic of …

Ihedioha

Withdraw Your Suit Against Hope, Imo Monarchs To Ihedioha

February 8, 2020 3:43 am

Traditional rulers from Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State have called on Hon. Emeka Ihedioha to withdraw his suit against Governor Hope Uzodinma from the Supreme Court in the interest of the people of the state.

Spokesperson of the royal fathers, Eze Akujuobi Osuagwu , traditional ruler of Awaka autonomous commmunity while addressing newsmen in his palace yesterday noted that the controversy generated by Ihedioha’s case at the supreme court is currently dragging the state backward.

According to the royal fathers, no investor would like to establish their business in the upheaval of the political crisis in the …

Muhammadu Sami

The Emir Of Zuru’s Bombshell: – Gen. Muhammadu Sami

February 8, 2020 3:42 am

The Emir of Zuru, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami, retired, (Sami Gomo II) ascended the throne as the 11th Emir of Zuru in 1995. He was commissioned into the Nigeria Army in 1963 as Second Lieutenant alongside President Muhammadu Buhari. He also participated in the civil war and was the commander of the troops that chased away Chadians who invaded  Borno State. In this interview with Saturday Sun, the British trained Army General who was at different times military Governor in Benue, Sokoto and Bauchi states explained how to end the insurgency, and insecurity ravaging the country. He told

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Femi Adesina

Nigeria Would Have Been Dead, Gone – Femi Adesina

February 8, 2020 3:41 am

Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, has said that Nigeria would have been dead and gone if not for the election of his principal in 2015.

According to Adesina, Boko Haram terrorists had already taken over the entire North and were heading to the South before Buhari intervened.

Adesina’s claim was contained in an article he entitled Insecurity: What Buhari has done, and is doing, and sent to DAILY POST on Friday night.

“Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the

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CAN

Insecurity: Enough Is Enough – Ayokunle, CAN President

February 8, 2020 3:40 am
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has warned that insecurity has pushed Nigeria to the tipping point even as he said CAN would no longer take further attacks on its members. Ayokunle who spoke exclusively with Saturday Sun in Abuja, declared that despite all the suggestions that CAN had given to the government, it appeared that the government was not taking any of them.

He concluded that having been given everything to curtail the insecurity in the country, excuses were no longer permissible within the prevailing circumstances, saying that enough is enough.

Asked what

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Moshood Mayegun

How Wale Adenuga Made Me Actor – Moshood Mayegun

February 8, 2020 3:37 am

For Moshood Mayegun, without television and film producer, Wale Adenuga, who offered him his first script, he wouldn’t have been a successful actor today. 

According to the Lagos State-born thespian, meeting and being offered a script by Adenuga was one of his evergreen moments. “Mr. Wale Adenuga, chairman, Wale Adenuga Production (WAP) gave me my first script, he gave me a platform to showcase my talent. That was also how I got to meet some actors like Antar Laniyan and the late Moji Olaiya. They used to come for the shooting of their movies and sometimes I got a role …

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