June 2020

Bolton Responds To Trump’s Attacks With A Warning

Bolton Responds To Trump’s Attacks With A Warning

June 27, 2020 9:19 am
More than 17 months at the White House as National security adviser, John Bolton said he never came across evidence that President Donald Trump had been personally compromised by a foreign power, financially or otherwise.

But in an interview with McClatchy on Friday, Bolton _ promoting his White House memoir, “The Room Where it Happened” _ described what he saw as an even worse scenario.

“I have no evidence of financial compromise or personal compromise _ what the Russians in Soviet days used to call kompromat.

Read Also: John Bolton Calls Trump ‘Naïve And Dangerous’

“I don’t know of anything …

Amnesty International accuses FG of empowering SARS to maltreat Nigerians

AI Accuses FG Of Empowering SARS To Maltreat Nigerians

June 27, 2020 9:19 am
Amnesty International Nigeria has accused the Federal Government of empowering officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to maltreat Nigerians by not holding any of them accountable.

It said despite passing the anti-torture bill in 2017, there is continous evidence SARS operatives continue to use torture and other ill-treatment to execute, punish and extract information from suspects.

AI added that SARS officers have turned their duty to protect Nigerians into an opportunity for extortion and stealing money, property and other valuables belonging to suspects and their families.

The organisation stated this in its report, ‘Time to end Impunity, Amnesty International documents …

'Hushpuppi Still Innocent’ – Daddy Freeze Finally Reacts After Attacks

‘Hushpuppi Still Innocent’ – Daddy Freeze Finally Reacts After Attacks

June 27, 2020 7:22 am
Controversial media personality, Daddy Freeze, has come out to address the criticisms thrown at him by Nigerians for his acquaintances with the arrested Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that a video on Thursday went viral on social media showing Daddy Freeze sometime in 2019 dining with Hushpuppi and his gang who are currently being charged for allegedly defrauding over 1.9 million victims to the tune of $435.6 million.

Read Also: Hushpuppi, Woodberry Planning $435m Cyber Heist Before Arrest

In the video, Daddy Freeze could be heard laughing and mocking legit

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Yahaya Bello -10 PDP Governors Set To Decamp To APC

Yahaya Bello: 10 PDP Governors Set To Decamp To APC

June 27, 2020 7:02 am

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has disclosed that 10 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are set to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Friday night, Bello state that the APC was not in any crisis and President Buhari’s intervention saved the party.

In his words; “I can tell you that there are up to 10 PDP governors ready to join APC and you’re gonna see that”

Bello disclosed that the governors that have signified their intention to leave PDP have evaluated APC and recognize the importance …

Oshiomhole’s Posters, Pictures Removed From APC National Secretariat

Oshiomhole’s Posters, Pictures Removed From APC National Secretariat

June 27, 2020 7:01 am

Following the dissolution of the National Working Committee, NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, all posters and pictures of suspended national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, have been removed from the party’s national secretariat.

This occurred barely 24 hours after the NWC was disbanded. Oshiomole’s pictures have been removed from two giant billboards mounted at the entrance gate and inside the party’s headquarters in Abuja, leaving only President Muhammadu Buhari’s poster.

It was gathered that shortly after the announcement of the NWC’s dissolution, staff at the secretariat jubilated and began to tear down/remove the Edo politician’s portraits from the reception …

Buhari Has Finally Rescued Himself From Party Godfathers - Lukman

Buhari Has Finally Rescued Himself From Party Godfathers – Lukman

June 27, 2020 7:01 am

Director-General of the forum of APC Governors, Salihu Lukman has described Thursday dissolution of the National Working Committee instigated by President Muhammadu Buhari as a masterstroke by the latter.

At the virtual meeting of the National Executive Committee held at the Presidential Villa, the APC NWC was dissolved and a 13 man caretaker/ special convention committee with Yobe state governor, Mallam Mai Mala Buni as chairman was sworn in.

The DG of the Progressive Governors Forum in a statement on Friday declared that by that singular action, President Buhari has finally succeeded in rescuing himself from certain leaders of the …

Abiola Ajimobi’s Burial Postponed

Abiola Ajimobi’s Burial Postponed

June 27, 2020 7:00 am

The funeral of former Oyo Governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, has been postponed.

His spokesman, Bolaji Tunji, told reporters in his Oluyole, Ibadan residence on Friday morning the family would soon make an announcement of the burial programme.

Tunji said: “The funeral arrangements will be announced soon by the family but it will be observed privately so as to be in accordance with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines.”

Read Also: Ajimobi: Nobody Goes To Grave With Money – Bamgbose Warns

He appealed to sympathisers, who have been thronging his residence, to continue following NCDC guidelines by washing …

Yahaya Bello Opens Up On Plot To Kick Out Tinubu From Party

Yahaya Bello Opens Up On Plot To Kick Out Tinubu From Party

June 27, 2020 5:25 am
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has denied that there is a plot to kick out National Chairman of the party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

Bello stated this while speaking on Politics Today, a programme aired on Channels Television on Friday.

Read Also: Obaseki Will Lose, Says Gov. Bello After Meeting Buhari’s CoS

The Governor also denied that there was crisis within the ruling party and described it as “disagreement between members.”

He said: “In APC we had no crisis, just a disagreement between members.

“Bola Tinubu has paid his dues. And nobody is undermining him.

“He continues to play a fatherly

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How I Was Saved From Being Killed During 1976 Coup – Obasanjo

Obasanjo Mocks Buhari’s Palliatives, Lists Areas Govt Must Focus

June 27, 2020 5:25 am

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has mocked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for its “initial politicized and badly handled palliative measures”.

He identified six areas Nigeria must give attention in order to recover from the COVID-19.

He gave the suggestions on Friday at the 2020 Sobo Sowemimo Annual Lecture held at Abeokuta Club, Ogun State.

Obasanjo told the government to urgently start the process of getting the economy back on track.

His speech was entitled “COVID-19 and Nigeria Security Issues: They Way Forward”.

 

Read Also: Obasanjo Far Better President Than Buhari – Ango Abdullahi

 

“The first is food availability

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Ajimobi - Fear God, nobody goes to grave with money – Bamgbose warns

Ajimobi: Nobody Goes To Grave With Money – Bamgbose Warns

June 27, 2020 5:24 am

Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has warned politicians to fear God.

Bamgbose gave the warning in a reaction to the death of a former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, a development he described as “a very painful and a sad one.”

The senior lawyer, who prior to the death of the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, declared that it would take serious prayers for him to survive beyond July 7, 2020, said leaders must have it at the back of their minds that death is inevitable.

Read Also: Ajimobi Died When

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Nigerian Leaders And Their Insatiable Desire For Money

Nigerian Leaders And Their Insatiable Desire For Money

June 27, 2020 4:23 am

Money which is a means of exchange is an integral part of human existence, and as such every human likes to have enough of it but sadly, many in the contemporary world particularly Nigerian leaders passionately love, and have an inveterate desire for money with every fibre of their soul.

This voracious quest for money by both political and religious leaders is part of the reasons why Nigeria as a country is enmeshed in corruption and nothing seems to be working in the country simply because we have a President who claims to be leading the anti corruption war when …

North Korea Accuses Biden Of Pursuing ‘Hostile Policy'

N-Korea Says It Will Counter Nuclear With Nuclear Over Hostile US Policy

June 26, 2020 5:17 pm

North Korea Thursday said it has no choice but to “counter nuclear with nuclear” over the “hostile policy” of the United States, which it blames for failed bilateral talks.

“In order to eliminate the nuclear threats from the U.S., the DPRK government made all possible efforts either through dialogue or in resort to the international law, but all ended in vain,” North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute for Disarmament and Peace said in a report, according to NK News, a U.S. website based in South Korea. “The option left was only one, and that was to counter nuclear with …

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