Politics

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, yesterday afternoon received the newly elected officials of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in his Aso Rock, Abuja residence.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the PDP team was led by the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu alongside other newly elected officials of the party.

Anyanwu, a former Senator and other newly elected officials of the PDP arrived at the residence of the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District at precisely 12.28pm.

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Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is actually doing his best to fix the insecurity in Nigeria contrary to popular belief that he is sitting aloof.

The VP made this assertion when he spoke on Thursday at the Presidential Villa when he received the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group.

Osinbajo assured that security challenges will be resolved for a stronger and greater.

The Senior Advocate Nigeria (SAN) and 2023 Presidential hopeful appealed to citizens to ensure that the ideals of the nation are kept.

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asserted that the process that would produce a presidential candidate for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election will be turbulent.

Wike, who spoke in an interview with a national television in Port Harcourt which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, on Thursday, declared that the process will not be easy.

He said; ‘Let nobody come and tell you that in arriving at a presidential candidate that it will be easy. No way, it can never be. You know, there are two types of turbulence.

‘There is turbulence …

The presidency has asked the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to desist from putting out its ‘divisive, irresponsible, and bare-faced publicity stunts’ but to reveal who its sponsors are.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made the call on Wednesday in a statement titled, ‘SERAP should stop the publicity stunt and render own accountability.’

The piece, according to Mr Shehu, was aimed at addressing the repeated ridiculous claims from SERAP ‘that it is bringing legal action against the Government and/or President of Nigeria’.

Deepening his argument, the spokesman argued that “very …

The Lagos State Government has claimed that soldiers ‘intervened’ during the EndSARS protests in the state in October 2020 to assist civil authorities restore law and order in the state.

The Babajide-Sanwo-Olu led-Lagos State government made this revelation in its White Paper on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters which probed the EndSARS protests in the state last year.

The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel in its fifth recommendation had said that the ‘Nigeria (sic) Army be discouraged in intervening in internal security.’

In its …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has given reasons why the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram fighters is not going to be considered.

While presenting the 2022 budget at the State Assembly, Zulum pointed out that insurgents will not be encouraged to surrender if repentant insurgents are tried in court.

He said, ‘Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, we need Allah’s guidance and the utmost wisdom to work for an end to the crisis facing our dear state.’

‘Prosecuting all the criminals (insurgents) would have been most appropriate but if we insist on it, we would discourage others out there that are …

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he activated the Treasury Single Account (TSA) when he came on board as President.

According to the President, the TSA was put in place to address irregularities, ensure accountability, curb the incessant number of accounts and enable the tracking of all government revenues.

Buhari made this disclosure on Tuesday when he spoke at the third National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector.

‘When we came into government, we found out that some institutions had hundreds of accounts. How can the Accountant General trace them?

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The Lagos State Government has made public the White Paper on the #EndSARS Panel of Inquiry report which was submitted to it a fortnight ago.

In the report, the state government stated that of the 32 recommendations by the panel, it has accepted 11, accepted 6 modifications, and rejected one.

The document also noted that 14 of the recommendations fall outside the powers of the state and will be forwarded to the Federal Government for consideration.

Details of what the recommendations are, are, however, yet to clear.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that a leaked version of the report …

The Chairman of DAAR Communications and a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi has alerted Nigerians on why he feels that the All Progressives Congress (APC), may not willingly surrender power like the then President Goodluck Jonathan did in 2015.

He called on Nigerians to be prepared to wrestle power from the ruling party by going back to the drawing board and uniting behind ‘a competent leader that is capable of dealing with the security challenge of this country, a leader who is not a religious bigot.’

Chief Dokpesi who led a team of supporters …

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday revealed what he discussed with Nnamdi Kanu when he visited the IPOB leader in the custody of the Department of State Services (IPOB).

Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, revealed that the IPOB leader was in good health and under proper care.

The former governor of Abia State further disclosed that he spoke with Kanu as a brother and told him the need to consider the consequences of certain actions that he would be taking.

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