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There Is A Plot To Assassinate Me, Dogara Raises Alarm

There Is A Plot To Assassinate Me, Dogara Raises Alarm

August 21, 2022 6:08 am

Mr. Yakubu Dogara who is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has raised alarm while petitioning the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), over an alleged assassination plot.

In the said petition which was personally signed by Dogara, the lawmaker alleged that some cops identified as Inspector Dakat Samuel, and Inspector Auwalu Mohammed were conspiring with one Barau Joel Amos (Sarkin Yaki) to hatch the plot.

Dogara said although the matter is currently before the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bauchi Command of the force, he wanted the IGP to be aware.

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Court Invalidates Adawawa APC Reps Candidate’s Exclusion

Court Invalidates Adawawa APC Reps Candidate’s Exclusion

August 20, 2022 3:17 am
A candidate for the House of Representatives, Fufore/Song Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, whose name was given as Boya Wakili has had his disqualification from the 2023 elections overturned by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday.
Africa Daily New York gathered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s disqualification of the candidate was overturned due to its illegitimacy, unfairness, and violation of the politician’s fundamental rights.
In a ruling, Justice Obiora Egwuatu directed INEC to immediately restore the candidate’s name to its website after determining that it had been wrongfully taken off the list of victorious candidates
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Stop Provoking Us, China Warns U.S.

Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip: Stop Provoking Us, China Warns U.S.

August 3, 2022 5:39 am

The government of China has condemned the trip of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in strong terms calling on Washington to stop proving them.

A statement on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York described Taiwan as ‘China’s region’.

The government stressed that Pelosi’s trip was in disregard China’s strong opposition and serious representations.

China had described it a serious violation of the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiqués.

‘It has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and …

Emefiele Reps Move To Prohibit CBN Chiefs From Politics

Emefiele: Reps Move To Prohibit CBN Chiefs From Politics

July 27, 2022 3:38 am

The process of barring politicians and those with political links from holding executive posts at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun in the House of Representatives after the recent disgracing outing of the current siting Governor for the apex bank.

Politics will also be prohibited for currently employed senior officials of the apex bank.

This is being proposed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which is seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007, which passed second reading at the plenary on Tuesday.

The legislation is titled ‘A Bill for an Act …

2023 How I Escaped Political Assassination – Shina Peller

2023: How I Escaped Political Assassination – Shina Peller

May 31, 2022 4:38 am
A member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Honourable Shina Peller, has opened up on how he managed to escape political assassination, from hoodlums on Sunday May 29, 2022 on his way from Ibadan to Oke-Ogun.
He made this revelation in a statement, entitled: ‘APC Oyo North Senatorial Primaries, Assassination Attempt on My Life: True Story of What Transpired’, that he personally signed and shared on his social media platforms which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.
He also insisted that there was no APC senatorial primary in Oyo North as reported
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Folarin Drags Shina Peller To Court Over Hired Assasains

Folarin Drags Shina Peller To Court Over Hired Assasains

May 30, 2022 9:34 am

Senator Folarin Teslim who is the Oyo State gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, has indicated that he will be suing a member of House of Representatives, Shina Peller to court for libel and defamation of character for accusing him of operating a squad of hired killers.

Teslim said this while reacting to some trending videos where Peller accused him of sending hired assassins to kill him during the rancorous primary of APC for Oyo North Senatorial ticket.

Peller lost contest for the ticket to the incumbent senator of the area, Fatai Buhari.

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Music Star, Banky W Wins PDP House Of Reps Ticket In Lagos

Music Star, Banky W Wins PDP House Of Reps Ticket In Lagos

May 24, 2022 4:52 am

A Nigerian music executive, Mr Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, was on Monday declared the winner of the PDP primary for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket in the 2023 general election.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Banky W had a landslide victory, polling 28 out of 31 votes cast by delegates at the primary.

He contested against a legal practitioner, Mr Sam Aiboni, who polled three votes.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the delegates consisted of 31 ad hoc members of the PDP and one national delegate.

The Returning Officer, Mr …

₦6.3bn Fraud: EFCC Expresses Displeasure, Appeals Jang’s Acquittal

Ex-Speaker, Patricia Etteh Released By EFCC

May 21, 2022 10:20 am

As the aftermath of her arrest, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally released former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Olubunmi Etteh on bail.

Her release was announced on Friday night after fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her case.

EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, said the former Speaker is to report periodically to the agency to assist with further investigations.

Africa Daily News, New York can recall that she was arrested on 17th May over suspicious and shady financial involvement with Phil Jin Projects Limited.

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Strike: Bush-Alebiosu Advices ASUU On Next Step Forward

Strike: Bush-Alebiosu Advices ASUU On Next Step Forward

May 12, 2022 1:48 pm

Dayo Bush-Alebiosu who is a former two-term member of the House of Representatives, has encouraged academics to always have true representations in policy-making, to address the root causes of incessant strikes by academic unions.

Bush-Alebiosu who had represented Kosofe Federal Constituency between 2007 and 2015, and aspiring to return to the same seat in 2023 had made this remark on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen.

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He spoke after a stakeholder meeting with APC leaders, delegates and members at the party secretariat in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area …

Defection To APC: PDP Asks Court To Sack Dogara From House

Defection To APC: PDP Asks Court To Sack Dogara From House

December 15, 2020 6:59 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued Yakubu Dogara at a Federal High Court in Abuja asking that he should be sacked from the House of Representatives.

The suit which is before Justice Okon Abang and was meant to be heard on December 7 was asking the court to sack Dogara for leaving the party when there was no crisis in the party.

Dogara is a former Speaker of the House who currently represents Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro federal constituency of Bauchi State at the House was re-elected to represent the constituency at the house during the 2019 general election under the …

Reps Invitation: Gov Wike Reacts As Buhari Snubs Lawmakers

Reps: Gov Wike Reacts As Buhari Snubs Lawmakers

December 12, 2020 4:37 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has revealed what President Muhammadu Buhari should have done instead of snubbing the House of Representatives after assuring them he would honour their invitation.

The Rivers State Governor said Buhari should have honoured the invitation if not for anything, seeing the level of insecurity leading to deaths, particularly in Borno State and other parts of the country.

Wike said he does not think the House was inviting the President for a question and answers session, adding that it would have been wise for Buhari to go there with a brief to address the congress.

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80,000 Nigerians abroad held as sex slaves, labourers – Reps

80,000 Nigerians Abroad Held As Sex Slaves, Labourers – Reps

July 24, 2020 4:27 am
The House of Representatives says 80,000 Nigerians are currently held as sex slaves and in forced labour across the world.

During plenary on Thursday, Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora, Tolu Akande-Sadipe, said majority were in Lebanon, Mali and across the Middle East.

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She condemned the complacency of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Labour and Employment.

Sadipe alerted that the Foreign Affairs Ministry, under the guise of diplomacy, was working to release alleged Lebanese trafficker, Wafic Mohammed Hamza.

Hamza was apprehended by National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking

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