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Onitsha Traditional Council Condemns Child Abduction

Onitsha Traditional Council Condemns Child Abduction

November 7, 2019 4:13 am

The Onitsha Traditional Council has expressed displeasure over recent abduction of some children in Kano State and ferried to Onitsha, Anambra State 

The council headed by Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, in a statement noted that it was purely a criminal matter committed by individuals for commercial benefits and had no religious, ethnic connotation.

“From all indications, these are criminal acts perpetrated by individuals for commercial purposes without any religious, ethnic or social connotation whatsoever.

“The council said the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, is in full contact on the matter with the Emir of Kano, …

APC Begins House-to-House Campaign In Kogi Central

November 7, 2019 4:12 am

The Secretary, Media Committee, APC Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council, Mr. Tom Ohikere has revealed the commencement of house-to-house voters education and sensitization programme which will run from Thursday, November 7 to Sunday, November 10 in the five local government areas of Kogi Central Senatorial district.

A statement issued by Gabriel Atume in Lokoja on Wednesday stated that the programme aims to educate and enlighten potential voters on the electoral processes and voting procedure in the November 16 governorship election.

He said, the APC recognises the role of the grassroots in the re-election quest of Governor Yahaya Bello hence the …

Okowa Presents ₦389.19bn As Delta 2020 Budget

Okowa Presents ₦389.19bn As Delta 2020 Budget

November 7, 2019 4:12 am

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, wednesday presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N389,190,799,362 approximately N389.19 billion to the state House of Assembly.

Okowa noted that he was presenting the 2020 Budget Estimates, christened Budget of Sustained Development ‘’from a position of cautious optimism’’ due to certain prevailing circumstances in the country.

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The budget estimate comprised Recurrent Expenditure of N171,549,384,315 and Capital Expenditure of ₦217,641,415,047.

This disparity between total recurrent and capital estimates signalled a positive development, indicating that the state government intended to spend more on capital projects than recurrent …

Lai Mohammed And The Social Media

Lai Mohammed And The Social Media

November 7, 2019 4:10 am

I was in Maiduguri in 1992 with the current Managing Director of ‘The Nation’ newspaper, Mr Victor Ifijeh, then a political correspondent for Concord Newspapers, to cover the National Assembly election under the ‘guided democracy’ of General Ibrahim Babangida. The battle for the Borno Central Senatorial district was between Hajia Kolo Kingibe, wife of then Social Democratic Party (SDP) National Chairman, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe and Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff of the National Republican Convention (NRC). In those days, Kingibe used to describe Ifijeh as ‘the campaign manager of M.K.O. Abiola in Borno’ because the latter had visited the state …

Wike: Niger Delta Govs Behind NDDC Audit

Wike: Niger Delta Govs Behind NDDC Audit

November 7, 2019 4:08 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, wednesday said that the Niger Delta governors were behind the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to audit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Wike explained that the governors had told the President during their visit to about the rot in the commission and the need for a forensic audit of the interventionist agency.

Wike, who made these revelations when members of the commission’s interim board visited the Government House in Port Harcourt, added that apart from the demand for the audit of the commission, the Niger Delta governors also urged the President to …

Buhari Weighs Options On Magu, Fowler’s Tenure

Buhari Weighs Options On Magu, Fowler’s Tenure

November 7, 2019 4:07 am
  • President to decide whether to extend their tenures as done for military chiefs, or give them second terms

As the tenure of Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, and the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, come to an end, their fate hang in the balance with President Muhammadu Buhari weighing his options on the leadership of the two prime agencies.

Although there is lack of clarity on their effective dates of appointments, presidency sources told THISDAY wednesday that the president would definitely make a decision within weeks.

While Magu was …

Paris Climate Accords: US Notifies UN Of Withdrawal

Paris Climate Accords: US Notifies UN Of Withdrawal

November 6, 2019 5:11 pm
The United States  has begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, notifying the UN of its intention to leave, as other countries express regret and disappointment at the move.

The notification begins a one-year process of exiting the global climate change accord, culminating the day after the 2020 US election.

The US government says the deal puts an “unfair economic burden” on Americans.

The agreement brought together 188 nations to combat climate change.

There has been widespread international condemnation of the US move.

The Paris accord, agreed in 2015, committed the US and 187 other countries to keeping …

PDP Alleges Plot To Arrest Members

November 6, 2019 5:04 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm  over a desperate plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the forthcoming election in Bayelsa State through the help of military operatives brought into the state to arrest chieftains of the party so that it can rig and cause mayhem on election day.

.Director, Media and Publicity,  Douye/Ewhurudjakpo campaign organisation, Jonathan R. Obuebite said  the security personnel currently in the state capital have been mandated to arrest and detain notable key stakeholders and faithful of the PDP who APC leaders see as a treat to their plans to …

PDP Planning To Engage In Vote-Buying – Lyon

November 6, 2019 5:03 pm
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of stashing cash to buy votes during the election. 

Lyon while leading campaign in Yenagoa, the state capital and its environs, said PDP had resorted to vote-buying in a desperate move having seen that it stood no chance to win the poll following the general acceptance of a progressive movement in the state.

The APC candidate accompanied by the House of Representatives member representing Nembe/ Brass Federal constituency, Israel Sunny- Goli, his counterpart representing Southern Ijaw Federal …

Bid To Disqualify PDP Candidate Fails

November 6, 2019 5:02 pm

A Lokoja High court, yesterday, adjourned  a case seeking to disqualify the candidate of the peoples Democratic party, PDP, Musa Wada, from contesting the election to Nov 27.

Abubakar Idris, the son of former governor of the state had dragged Wada who is his brother in-law to court on the ground that he was not properly elected as the standard bearer of the party and urged the court to disqualify him and declare him( Abubakar) the winner of the party’s primary election.

The court had adjourned the case last Friday till Tuesday, November 5 after all the witnesses of …

Wamakko, Others Win At Court Of Appeal

Wamakko, Others Win At Court Of Appeal

November 6, 2019 5:02 pm

The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the election of Aliyu Wamakko as senator representing Sokoto North district.

The appellate court in its ruling dismissed the appeal brought by Ahmed Mohammed Maccido of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP).

Maccido had  challenged the judgement of the National and States Assemblies Elections Petitions Tribunal which dismissed his petition for being statute barred, as it was filed out of time.

Justice Hamman Akawu Barka, who read the judgment yesterday, dismissed the appeal, saying, “we found out that, it is statute barred, as it was filed out of time. I however make no …

Trump Calls For ‘War’ On Cartels After Death Of Mormons

Trump Calls For ‘War’ On Cartels After Death Of Mormons

November 6, 2019 3:20 pm
President Donald Trump offered Tuesday to help Mexico hunt the killers of nine Mormon women and children shot dead in a lawless border area and said the United States stood ready to back its southern neighbour in a “war” on drug cartels.
Gunmen ambushed the members of the LeBaron family — a large clan of Mormons who emigrated to Mexico in the late 19th century — on Monday on a rural road between the states of Sonora and Chihuahua, which border the United States.

Three women and six children were killed, including a set of twin babies, said, relatives and

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