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South West Govs Have Duty To Protect Their Citizens’

January 22, 2020 12:24 pm
The gubernatorial candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the March 9th, 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, Engineer Hakeem Alao, on Wednesday declared that Governors in the South West region have a duty to protect their citizens when the federal government of Nigeria failed to do do.

Alao, who maintained that, though the issue of security is exclusively a statutory function of the federal government, insisted that the Governors; Seyi Makinde (Oyo) Gboyega Oyetola (Osun) Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) have a duty as Chief security officers of their respective

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Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn As a Game Changer For 2023

January 22, 2020 7:38 am

Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide during the Goodluck Jonathan administration has aired his views about the controversial, Pro-South-South security outfit ‘Amotekun’.

 

“A lot has been written about the introduction of the region-wide security outfit for the Southwest, known as Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn. Much of it is built around emotions. And as my readers may have noticed, I am not a NICE man. I am a WISE man. I deal with facts. I do not deal in emotions.”

 

“Nnamdi Kanu is only partly right. Nigeria is definitely not a zoo. But, I must confess that we live in a jungle, …

PDP Chairman In Kano Defects To APC

January 22, 2020 7:16 am
The Kano State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, has reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

According to Daily Nigerian, a source close to the party chairman said his decision to dump the party was based on principles and personal conviction.

“The decision of Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi was not related to the outcome of the Supreme Court judgement. It was purely based on principles and personal conviction.

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“In the affairs of Kwankwasiyya, Rabiu Bichi has been lately rendered irrelevant, ostracised and sidelined from

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Ihedioha’s Sack: Ohanaeze Blows Hot

January 21, 2020 2:43 pm

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned against impending political crisis in Imo state, claiming that external forces have been contracted to destabilize the state on the guise of the recent verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which removed Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, as governor of Imo state.

NAN recalls that the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, last week ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Uzodinma a certificate of return.

A seven-man panel, in its decision held that Ihedioha did not win the majority of votes cast at the March 9, 2019 governorship election.…

Sokoto: Details Of Sultan Meeting With Tambuwal Emerge

January 21, 2020 2:26 pm
The Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday, urged political gladiators in the state to unite for the benefit of the entire people of the state.

A statement issued to newsmen by the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Malam Muhammad Bello, said that Abubakar made the appeal when he received Tambuwal during a courtesy visit to the Sultan in Sokoto.

According to the monarch, it is high time for the political gladiators to set aside their differences and work together to achieve maximum benefit for the people of the state.

“There has never been a time in

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Defection Looms As Imo Assembly Resumes Today

January 21, 2020 10:46 am

The lawmakers at the Imo State House of Assembly will on Tuesday (today) resume from their one month Christmas and New Year break.

The lawmakers had, on December 24, adjourned till January 21 after passing into law the 2020 budget estimate presented by Emeka Ihedioha, who has now been sacked by the Supreme Court as the governor of the state.

As the lawmakers resume today, there are strong indications that majority of the lawmakers will defect to the All Progressives Congress.

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A source said the lawmakers’ rumoured defection was to …

Uzodinma: PDP’s Protest Is A Coup Attempt Against Buhari

January 21, 2020 10:45 am

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has urged the federal government and security agencies to investigate the nationwide rally by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to protest the Supreme Court’s verdict, which ousted Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of the state.

He accused sponsors of the nationwide protest of attempting to overthrow the government of President Muhamadu Buhari.

The governor disclosed this on Monday when hundreds of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state staged a solidarity rally for him over his victory at the Supreme Court.

“Why are they organising a nationwide protest on an …

Buhari: It’d Have Been Major Blow If APC Lost Kano, Plateau

January 21, 2020 10:45 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said it would been disastrous for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if it had lost the politically strategic states, of Kano and Plateau at the Supreme Court.

President Buhari stated this in his congratulatory message to the APC over the Supreme Court judgement that upheld the elections of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State and Governor Simon Lalong, Plateau State.

The President felicitated with APC National Executive Council, National Working Committee and all members for the loyalty and consistency that translated into many victories, particularly the politically strategic states, Kano and Plateau, after tough legal …

Akerodolu Not Bothered If Amotekun Costs Him Second Term

January 21, 2020 9:59 am

 

The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that he is not disturbed over whether ‘Operation Amotekun’ may affect his chances of getting a second term in office.

 

Akeredolu, who is Chairman of South West Governors Forum, said he was only on the path of national cohesion with the collaborative internal security by the formation of Amotekun and not for any political ambition.

 

In a statement by his spokesman, Donald Ojogo, the Ondo State governor said that he will not be discouraged by the de-marketing of the regional security outfit aimed at addressing the daunting security …

Why Supreme Court Judges Will Never Know Peace – Umahi

January 21, 2020 4:56 am
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Southeast Zonal Vice Chairman, Austine Umahi has said judges of the Supreme Court will never know peace.

Umahi said the Supreme Court judges will never know peace until they reverse the decision to sack Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State.

The apex court had declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state, a decision that has sparked widespread condemnation and protests.

However, Umahi while addressing PDP protesters in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital yesterday, said the judiciary has since lost the respect it used

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Ezeife: God Is Aware Nigeria Is Disintegrating

January 21, 2020 4:54 am
Former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared that God is aware that Nigeria is drifting towards disintegration.

He decried what he described as consistency by the present All Progressives Congress (APC) government in pushing the Igbo out of the country.

He warned that the Fulani are few and may not be able to stand if another war breaks out.

Speaking with the Sun, the former Governor stated that though the Igbo believe in the unity of the country, they will not reject themselves if they are rejected by Nigeria.

He said, “So, a new Nigeria must come, a

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