February 2020

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege

‘Omo-Agege Using His Office To Trample On Me’ – Delta Rep

February 21, 2020 5:14 am
On Thursday, a member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Ossai accused the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo Agege of using his position to block his bill on establishment of a tertiary institution in his constituency.

The lawmaker, who is also from Delta state as Omo-Agege, said that his bill was blocked because the Deputy Senate President is also sponsoring a bill on the same subject matter.

Ossai disclosed this to pressmen after his futile attempt to oppose the bill by Omo-Agege.

During the second reading of the bill by Omo-Agege, entitled “A Bill for an Act to Provide for

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Ohanaeze

‘Gov Ugwuanyi Kind Of Person We Want’ – Ohanaeze

February 21, 2020 4:52 am

The leadership of the Igbo apex organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Enugu State, on Thursday, described Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as the kind of leader they want.

The apex-Igbo group joined stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in applauding Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his peace and good governance initiatives and inclusive leadership style, which have entrenched participatory democracy in the state.

Speaking during the PDP State Flag-off of the Chairmanship Campaign in Ikem, the headquarters of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, ahead of the February 29 LG Elections in the state, the State Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Alex Ogbonna, who

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Buhari

Will Buhari Resign? Lai Mohammed Answers

February 21, 2020 4:51 am

Nigerians expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to rising insecurity in the nation are joking, as the nation’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said emphatically on Thursday that the president will not resign.

He admitted that the nation was currently going through security challenges, but noted that the challenges were being tackled headlong.

According to him, there had been some red herrings in recent times, including those calling for the resignation of President Buhari or the sack of the security chiefs.

“I just want to say that the government, which has provided and continues to provide the

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UNICEF

UNICEF Begins Implementation Of Child-Friendly Initiative

February 21, 2020 4:50 am

The United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) says it has commenced a programme aimed at promoting the health and protection of the rights of children in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

UNICEF tagged the programme “Child-Friendly Communities Initiative (CFCI)”.

Mr Bhanu Pathak, the UNICEF Chief Field Officer, in charge of Bauchi, disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing participants at a one-day inception meeting in Bauchi.

Pathak explained that the objective of the programme is to implement different child-friendly programmes at the grassroot level which will include education, health, nutrition and protection of the child right.

He said the programme …

Laetitia Naankang Dagan. Source Facebook

Burial Date For Laetitia Dagan Announced

February 21, 2020 4:49 am

Late Laetitia Naankang Dagan, the Assistant Director of Administration in Aso Rock Presidential Villa murdered in her home in Abuja on Monday evening will be buried in Jos, Plateau State on Friday, February 21, 2020.

Dagan, who who was murdered at her Lokogoma, Abuja apartment by yet to be identified gunmen was allegedly molested before the assailants set her ablaze on Monday night.

She will be interred at her family burial ground at Kwoor, in Kwalla community of Plateau State.

Details in the burial programmes as reported reads: “Funeral arrangements for Late Laetitia Naankang Dagan “SLOGA Candle lit prayer at …

Adams Oshiomhole: Banire blames him for the APC debacle in Bayelsa and other places

APC, Bayelsa Conundrum: Who Should Be Blamed?

February 21, 2020 4:46 am

 

Just a few days ago, the apex court in Nigeria upheld the disqualification of the Deputy Governor-elect of Bayelsa State who came on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Consequently, the court voided the election of the party’s candidates in the gubernatorial election on the simple ground that no valid ticket existed at the time of the election by the ruling party. The electoral jurisprudence is settled for decades now that, for there to be a valid ticket, both the governorship and deputy governorship candidates sponsored by a political party must be qualified in all ramifications. Once …

Bayelsa Gov., Diri Makes First Appointments

February 21, 2020 4:45 am

 

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Thursday, approved the appointment of four principal officers for his administration.

His Acting Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who disclosed this in a press statement, said the new appointees include: a former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Konbowei Benson, who will serve as Secretary to the State Government; Chief Benson Agadaga, as Chief of Staff; Peter Pereotubo Akpe as Deputy Chief of Staff and Mr. Irorodamie Komonibo as Principal Secretary.

Read Also: Bayelsa, Douye Diri And Nigeria’s Gene Of Fraud

The appointments are with immediate effect.

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U.S. Sues Village For Religious Discrimination

February 21, 2020 4:44 am

 

The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Walthill in Nebraska for alleged religious discrimination against a church.

In a statement released on Thursday, it stated that Walthill denied Light of the World Gospel Ministries, a nondenominational and multi-ethnic Christian body, a permit to construct a new church building.

The department alleged that in the same period the village approved construction of a library, an education centre and other nonreligious places of gathering in the locality.

It said the alleged action was a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalised Persons Act …

The late Bilyaminu Haliru Bello and his wife Maryam Sanda

Husband Killer Maryam Sanda Appeals Death Sentence

February 21, 2020 4:43 am

Maryam Sanda who was found guilty for the gruesome murder of her husband Bilyaminu Bello has filed an appeal against the death sentence she was handed by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The convict alleged that the death sentence handed to her by Justice Yusuf Halilu was ”tainted by bias and prejudices”, and that she wasn’t given a fair hearing. She then asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the verdict and acquit her.

Maryam added that she was convicted on circumstantial evidence by the trial judge who reportedly failed to rule on her preliminary objection, challenging the …

UPP

UPP Leaders Dissolve Party, Joins APC

February 21, 2020 4:42 am

 

Following the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s deregistration of 31 political parties, the leadership of the National Executive Committee (NEC), including the Board of Trustees (BOT) and other organs of the United Progressive Party (UPP), has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former UPP leadership decided after an extraordinary meeting in Abuja.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) will now be a coalition of four former political parties; the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the United Progressive Party (UPP).

A statement by the party’s former …

Gas Shortage Hits Nigeria’s Power Plants

February 21, 2020 4:40 am

Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations said that they could not generate 3,347.5 megawatts of electricity on Wednesday due to unavailability of gas.

This information was made known in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office of the Vice President.

The report also noted that 220 megawatts of electricity was not generated due to unavailability of transmission infrastructure during the period.

Similarly, it said that 400.4 megawatts was not generated due to high frequency resulting from unavailability of distribution infrastructure.

The report, however, said that the GenCos released an average of 4,140 MegaWatts/Hour of …

Iranian Headscarf Campaigner Calls For Vote Boycott

February 20, 2020 4:55 pm

Anti-headscarf campaigner Shaparak Shajarizadeh once believed in the potential for change in Iran but is now so despondent she is calling for a boycott of Friday’s parliamentary elections in the Islamic Republic.

Shajarizadeh became a dissident in 2018 when she was arrested for repeatedly removing her headscarf in public and waving it on the end of a stick, as part of a women’s rights protest that caused a social media storm.

“The Iranian people lost their hopes… I was among those who had some hopes. But now it is like choosing between bad and worse,” the 44-year-old women’s rights campaigner …

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