Politics

The Senator representing Imo West in the red chambers of the national assembly, Rochas Okorocha has accused the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of being in charge of a killer squad known as Hopism Strike Force, HSF.

Okorocha alleged that the killer squad was behind the insecurity crisis rocking Imo State.

Speaking with journalists at his Owerri residence, the former governor alleged that the strike force comprised the military, police, DSS and Ebubeagu.

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Okorocha dared the governor to open up on who killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), …

The Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Lukman Salihu has asked the Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni to honourably resign if he fails to conduct the party’s convention tentatively slated for February.

According to him, the party leaders must understand that the survival of the party was at stake and any attempt to continue to contemplate postponement of the convention would simply mean gambling with the future of the party.

Lukman’s demand for Buni’s resignation was made known in a letter dated January 5, 2022 titled,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he does not expect Nigerians to appreciate him when he leaves office, but he is sure he has done his best for them.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that President Buhari was elected into office in 2015, following a shocking victory over the then incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Ever since his administration took over in 2015, the Nigerian economy has been unstable, looking at it from the lens of experts, with prices of goods and services skyrocketing on a daily basis. But Buhari said Nigerians would come to realize he has done his …

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he believes State police would not be an option for the country, despite several calls supporting it.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the President made the remark in an exclusive interview with Channels Television on Wednesday.

The President cited the propensity for Governors to abuse their powers as his major reason for rejecting state police.

‘State police is not an option,‘ he said. ‘Find out the relationship between local government and the Governors. Are the third tier of government getting what they are supposed to get constitutionally? Are they getting …

US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are se to speak by phone amid growing fears that a Russian military buildup near the border with its pro-Western neighbor heralds an invasion.

The show of US support for Ukraine comes days after Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of severe consequences if Moscow invades the former Soviet country.

Using some of his most direct language yet, Biden said Friday, ‘I’m not going to negotiate here in public, but we made it clear he cannot — I’ll emphasize, cannot — invade Ukraine.’

The US leader added, in remarks to …

Over seven people were confirmed dead following separate attacks by gunmen suspected to be bandits on villages in three local government areas of Kaduna State yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the affected local governments are Igabi, Chikun and Zango Kataf.

The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the incident to reporters via a statement on Sunday, narrated that about four people were killed, and one injured during an attack by gunmen in Kerawa village of Igabi Local Government.

He disclosed that a report by security agencies indicated that the bandits attacked the …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will remain resolute to continue with programmes and plans despite the fact that the persistent insecurity in certain parts of the country may have threatened to reverse all the gains so far recorded by his administration.

The President made this assertions in his statement to the nation on January 1, 2022 released on Friday, wishing all a very happy and prosperous New Year which were obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

Buhari posited that it was on record that this administration had invested heavily in re-equipping our military in line …

A former Governor of Anambra State and two-time Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has bagged the Igbo Royal title of ‘Onyili Mmagba,’ meaning the man, who wrestled everybody to the ground, escaped and gave freedom to others,’ from the of the traditional ruler of Ancient Awka Kingdom, Eze Uzu, Dr. Gibson Nwosu.     

The monarch, had while conferring the chieftaincy title on Senator Ngige on Friday, explained that the gesture was in recognition of good works Ngige did during his 34-month stint as the Governor of Anambra State, especially Awka community.

In his speech to accept the award, …

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has expressed grave concerns over the rising numbers of deaths under the President Muhammadu Buhari insinuating that things are actually getting out of hand.

The courageous preacher lamented that his views on the worsening security situation in the country have often been misrepresented as a personal attack to the president by those who are closer to him in government.

While speaking at an interactive session with journalists in Sokoto, on Thursday, the cleric reiterated that the president owed Nigerians explanations on the rising kidnappings and killings.

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Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has berated a leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, over his recent claim that oil in the Niger Delta belongs to the region and not to Nigeria.

He posited that Clark’s ownership claim amounted to having two sovereign entities within a state, which is impossible in any clime no matter the conditions.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum and chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress (INC), had in a letter titled, ‘My Disappointment Over Unprovoked Outburst Against The …

The Governor of Kastina State, Aminu Bello Masari has gone against the position of the Northern Governors’ Forum that power rotation is unconstitutional, maintaining that power should shift to the southern part of the country come 2023.

The Governor stressed that shifting power to the south does not in any way violate the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as earlier posited by the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum after a meeting of the Governors in Kaduna on 27 September 2021.

Masari made the assertion during an interactive session with journalists at the State Government House, on Tuesday.…