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Fani-Kayode Attacks Tinubu Over Statement On Amotekun

Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s, statement on the establishment of the Southwest security outfit, Amotekun.

Tinubu had on Wednesday called for private discussion between the Governors of the South-west and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami, over Amotekun.

He said the foundation of the country had not been put at risk with the South-west regional security outfit launched by the governors of the zone in a bid to confront the insecurity in their respective states.

Shocking Revealations As CAN Reacts To Sultan’s Statement

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has carpeted the statement by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, wherein he was quoted to have said that “It is a lie to say Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria.”

CAN had backed the inclusion of Nigeria in United States’ list of nations where religious intolerance was going on.

Kwamkur Samuel, CAN National Director of Legal and Public Affairs, in a statement on Saturday, said it would have been better if the Sultan had remained quiet the way he did when those killings were taking place.

Recalling the several hundreds of innocent people

Sowore: DSS Statement Misleading, Says Falana

Human rights lawyer and counsel to the detained Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyole Sowore, Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday countered the position of the Department of State Security (DSS) that there was no representation for the release of his client, saying the statement was misleading.

Falana, while explaining the untruth in the DSS statement, explained that four lawyers from his chambers had waited at the agency’s headquarters for four hours without any response from its operatives.
This, however, came as a group of activists staged a protest at the headquarters of the agency following its refusal to release Sowore, who is …

APC, the party that will eventually disintegrate Nigeria

BREAKING: APC issues statement on postponement of Elections

The statement reads:

PRESS STATEMENT BY APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL ON POSTPONEMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL/NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND GUBERNATORIAL/HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS:

WE CONDEMN THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ELECTIONS, BUT URGE OUR TEEMING SUPPORTERS TO BE PATIENT AND DETERMINED

We have just received with great disappointment and disillusionment the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to postpone the Presidential/National Assembly and Gubernatorial/House of Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019 and Saturday, March 9, 2019, respectively.

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Gov. Obiano justifies El-Rufai’s statement on body bag

I support El Rufai’s position on the forthcoming election. Nigeria is a sovereign, independent country and should be treated as such. If we have not and do not intend to interfere in other countries elections, why would they interfere in ours?

Is Buhari the first president to conduct election in Nigeria? Why are all eyes on him as if he is leprous?

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