May 13, 2020

First Lady Has Chased Garba Shehu Out Of Aso Rock – Kanu

First Lady Has Chased Garba Shehu Out Of Aso Rock – Kanu

May 13, 2020 7:41 am
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has claimed that First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has chased Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity out of Aso Rock.

In a similar claim, Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan had said Garba Shehu was not briefed about the appointment of a new Chief of Staff because he is now perceived as the head of the late Kyari’s ‘Cabal’ and has now become an enemy to Buhari’s wife, Aisha.

Read Also: Aisha Buhari Will End Up In Jail – Nnamdi Kanu

Recall that

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COVID-19 - FG Reveals When Vaccine Will Be Available

COVID-19: FG Reveals When Vaccine Will Be Available

May 13, 2020 7:38 am
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the vaccine for COVID-19, may not be ready until 2021.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, stated this on Tuesday during the daily briefing.

According to him, Nigeria has turned to native solutions for treatment, like other countries in the world.

Read Also: Coronavirus: FG Pays Nigerians On Scholarship Abroad

Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also appealed to local researchers to be patient and subject their drugs through the protocol of validation.

“Ordinarily, from the little literature I have read on

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PDP Sacks Youth Leader Whose Hotel Was Demolished By Wike

May 13, 2020 7:36 am

Princewill Osarojiji, owner of one of the hotels demolished by the Governor of Rivers State on Sunday has been expelled by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Osarojiji is the Youth Leader of the party for Eleme Local Government Area.

Recall that Wike had also declared Osarojiji of Eleme Alode Ward 2 wanted with N5 million bounty placed on his head.

Osarojiji was accused of alleged criminal activities that led to the demolition of the Prodest Hotel at Eleme.

A statement from the office of the outgoing PDP State Chairman, Felix Obuah, said Osarojiji has been expelled.

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Two Chinese Arrested For Offering N100m Bribe To EFCC

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

May 13, 2020 7:35 am

Two Chinese men, Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi, have been arrested by the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for offering ₦50million as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.

The ₦50million was the first installment of the N100million offer.

A statement signed by the Commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested on Monday, in Sokoto.

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

 

The anti-graft agency claims the money was offered, in a desperate bid to influence ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, handling N50billion contracts

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Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

May 13, 2020 7:31 am
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and end the interstate movement of Almajiri immediately.

Some governors, mostly the Northern ones have been in the business repatriation of the almajiri children to their states of origin.

Also, vehicles conveying almajiri children have been intercepted in various states lately.

This formed part of the resolutions of the members of the House of Representatives during Tuesday’s plenary

The call followed a motion sponsored by a member of the House, Aishatu Dukku.

Dukku pointed out that the repatriation of almajiri children from one state to another goes against the

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FCC List - Buhari Replaces Dead Appointee, Three Others

FCC List: Buhari Replaces Dead Appointee, Three Others

May 13, 2020 7:30 am
President Muhamadu Buhari has requested that late Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru be replaced with Afamefuna Osi as a member of the Federal Character Commission, FCC.

Chukwuemeka Okwuru was one of the member-nominees (Ebonyi State) in Buhari’s letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

The appointment had stirred reactions from Nigerians.

Read Also: Buhari Appoints Prof. Gambari As New Chief Of Staff

However, a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at Tuesday plenary said Buhari also requested the replacement of four other nominees.

They were: Moses A (Delta), Afamefuna Osi (Ebonyi), Wasiu Kayode (Lagos) and Alakayi Mamman (Nasarawa

The letter

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Aisha Tells Buhari Bitter Truth – Northern Youths

Aisha Tells Buhari Bitter Truth – Northern Youths

May 13, 2020 7:26 am

Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has commended Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, for being outspoken and telling her husband the bitter truth.

This was contained in a statement Tuesday night by Yerima Shettima, AYCF President.

The group said Aisha has continued to tell her husband the truth, despite the silence of those around him.

Since Buhari assumed power in 2015, the president’s spouse has commented on government and national issues, which affect the masses.

In 2018, Aisha condemned the primary election conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in some states.

In 2019, she questioned the disbursement 

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Uwazurike Destruction Of Hotels - Uwazuruike Blasts Wike

Destruction Of Hotels: Uwazurike Blasts Wike

May 13, 2020 6:31 am

Chief Ralph Uwazurike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), on Sunday descended heavily on Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for demolishing two hotels in Rivers State over violation of COVID-19 lockdown regulation.

The destruction, on Sunday, of both properties, Prudent Hotel, Alode, and Etemeteh Hotel, Onne, both in Eleme Local Government Area, under the direct supervision of the Governor attracted anger and condemnation among stakeholders.

In a video shared online, the MASSOB leader said that Governor Wike is a useless man for demolishing the Hotel instead of Looking for a way to …

Hausa, Yoruba Peoples Willing Tools Of The Fulani - Kanu

Hausa, Yoruba Peoples Willing Tools Of The Fulani – Kanu

May 13, 2020 6:19 am

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and director of Radio Biafra has taken to his twitter page to speak out on how the resilience and sturdy nature of the Igbos have kept them from being used as tools in the actualisation of the Othman Dan Fodio – Fulani Caliphate empire which was supposed to encompass the whole of Nigeria.

Taking reference from Dr. Ahamdu Bello’s quote in 1960 which said “The nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must RUTHLESSLY prevent a change of power. We must use …

Uwazuruike Wants To Be Relevant By Telling Lies - Kanu

Uwazuruike Wants To Be Relevant By Telling Lies – Kanu

May 13, 2020 5:48 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has taken offense at the efforts his predecessor and leader of the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), Ralph Uwazuruike, is making at frustrating his plans of actualising the creation of the Independent Sovereign states of Biafra.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yesterday, made a radio broadcast, with Radio Biafra where he systematically blasted Uwazurike for his recent actions of taking the affairs of the Biafran struggle to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) in The Hague, Netherlands.

Read Also: Biafra Coming In Few Months – Nnamdi Kanu

He lamented that …

Trump - Obama Committed Biggest Political Crime In America

Trump: Obama Committed Biggest Political Crime In America

May 13, 2020 5:33 am

Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days after the justice department said it would drop its case against Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.

“The biggest political crime in American history, by far!” the president wrote in a tweet accompanying a conservative talk show host’s claim that Barack Obama “used his last weeks in office to target incoming officials and sabotage the new administration”.

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