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The Acting Director of Information, Office of the Chief of Defense Staff, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar has declared that the army does not know whether Ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, Alias Tompolo is dead or alive. Brig. Gen. Abubakar made the statement during his tour of military establishments in the State. HE was also at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Warri Correspondents’ Chapel. Abubakar said, “ I don’t know if Tompolo is dead or alive but all I know is that the Armed Forces and other security agencies are ready to mitigate the various security challenges in the Niger Delta Region.” He also bemoaned the spate of criminalities and terrorism in the North East and Niger Delta by the Islamic Sects and promised on behalf of the Armed Forces to continue providing and maintaining security in the area. He debunked the claims that that the Armed Forces is against some communities in the region. According to him, “ Those insinu

A judge, Olusola Aluko who ordered the arrest of a prominent traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi has handed off the case as police did not arrest the monarch since last year that he issued the bench warrant of arrest against Oba Akanbi. At the court sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, (Friday) Magistrate Aluko announced his decision to hand off the case because of the dimension it has taken. Counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Soji Oyetayo told the court that he has filed a notice seeking the leave of the court to withdraw the suit because his client has decided to discontinue the case owing to intervention of some eminent Nigerians in Osun State and some Yoruba leaders. The Magistrate explained that he was not willing to listen to the counsels to the parties in the matter since he has already stepped down the substantive matter. But counsel to the respondent, Chief Laide Yekini pleaded the Magistrate to listen to him and consid

ABUJA—IN pursuit of their quest to wrest political power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of the emerging mega political association, Action Democratic Party, ADP, yesterday, zoned National Executive Committee slots to the various zones of the country. They also declared their readiness to submit the documents for registration as a political party to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, next week. The ADP is said t o be promoted by aggrieved leaders of the APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to a document released by the political association, the National chairmanship position has been zoned to the North Central; South West, Deputy National Chairman; South East, National Secretary and National Legal Adviser; North-West, National Organising; and South South, National Treasurer. The ADP has made provisions for two zones to produce the deputy national chairmen as it was during the early days of the PDP, just as it

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The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State on Thursday declared that the alleged subterranean moves to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose would lead to the total collapse of the administration of President Muhamadu Buhari, if eventually carried out. The party said it was reasonable and justifiable that the governor wrote the Acting Chief Justice of the Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, informing him of the alleged moves to co-opt a section of the judiciary to the devilish plot. Speaking in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the PDP State Chairman, Gboyega Oguntuase, cautioned that the alleged plot to remove the governor would create crisis of monumental proportion that would be difficult for the Nigeria Army to curtail. Oguntuase described Fayose as a man of the people and the opposition leader in the country, who commanded enormous followership across the six geopolitical zones of the country. “Governor Fayose is not just the Governor of Ekiti State, but the opposition voice in Nigeria.

Tunde Bakare, pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, says God instructed him not to serve in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in its first two years. Bakare, who was Buhari’s running mate in the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) during the 2011 presidential election, said many of his church members were mounting pressure on him to join the current administration. Speaking to his church members in preparation for 2017, Bakare said it was best to follow God’s instruction in a bid to achieve peace. He advised government officials “to come back to God”. “Are you not glad you serve a God who can say come up here and I would show you the things that would happen in the hereafter?” Bakare asked. “Here we are today, almost two years into this administration. Many of you were putting pressure on me. Even a retired inspector-general of police wrote to me, he said; ‘Pastor, if you have only served in this government, maybe it would not be like this’. “A

THE Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, lashed out at those behind the report purportedly credited to the state wing of the party which disparaged Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The masterminds were described as fifth columnists in the party, who lacked the locus standi to speak for it but out to cause disharmony among members. But the party, in a statement by all members of its State Executive Council, led by the chairman, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, said that APC members had no reason to disparage Senator Tinubu, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari would be supported to pick anybody, including Faleke, into the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Other signatories are Shaibu Osune (Deputy Chairman); Adejoh Abdusalam (Secretary); Isah Daniel (Vice Chairman, East); Gbenga Asagun (Vice Chairman, West); Ibrahim A Ahovi (Vice Chairman, Central); Isah Abubakar (Organising Secretary); Ghali Inda Usman (Publicity Secretary); Joseph Molemodile (Legal Adviser) and Abubakar

There is excitement among beneficiaries of the N5000 federal government stipend in Kwara following confirmation of payment of the fund. The federal government had announced the payment of N5000 to poor people in the country which was part of the campaign of the All Progressives Congress and covered in the 2016 budget The Kwara state government confirmed that some targeted residents have started receiving their money. Hajia Ayinke Saka who is the state commissioner for women affairs and social development confirmed the payment of the fund. She said beneficiaries included residents from Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South and that it was spread across the16 local government areas of the state. Saka said the difficulty in opening bank accounts and verification numbers was the cause of the delay for some people and promised that others will start receiving their payment in a week. She disclosed that more than 10,000 Kwarans were expected to benefit from the scheme

The EFCC in Lagos had come calling brusquely on Mike Adenuga (Jnr), Chairman Globacom on 9 July 2006. They broke his gate, swarmed into his house and kept him under ‘arrest’. When I heard about the arrest, I called the legal firms, of Ayanlaja SAN & Adesanya SAN as well as Professor Biodun Adesanya SAN to take up the matter and secure Mike’s release. They swung into action and gave indication that they would take the matter to court. By evening, it was no longer necessary to go to court as Mike, following his statement to EFCC, had been released with instructions to report regularly to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja. Mike proceeded to Abuja, accompanied by his lawyer, Prof. Biodun Adesanya SAN. Indirectly related to this case, the EFCC had quizzed and released Mohammed Babangida, Ibrahim Babangida’s son. The EFCC purportedly were on the trail of some money belonging to the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF), but there was really more beneath the veneer.While Mike was in

Activist lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says a group of cabals have hijacked the Presidency owing to the alleged ill health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Lagos based lawyer claimed that the cabal are in control of all critical national issues even to the exclusion of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Adegboruwa, in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday insisted that the various foreign trips of the President were a cover up for him to attend to his alleged ill health. In the statement titled “Nigerians, Arise Now” the activist lawyer said Buhari’s illness was well known to people around him. He,however, called on the National Assembly to save the nation from the hands of the cabals. According to Adegboruwa, “The President is truly and truly sick, to the very point that sickness can be inferred, and this is known to many people around him, but they are denying and “padding” it because of their personal and selfish interests. “It does not gl

As it may probably unfreeze accounts of its users on January 14, Mavrodi Mondial Movement (MMM) ponzi scheme has released 2017 guidelines for the Nigerian participants. According to Nigerian Bulletin, MMM programmers are working earnestly with a new model which will be announced and implemented at a later date. This, the MMM Admin. claims will help keep the system balanced: “To keep the GH(Get Help) and PH(Provide Help) balanced. No matter whether people join us or not.. and it will be sustainable. “When it will be implemented, we will be notified. We can PH and we should keep our downlines updated.” Recall that the ponzi scheme froze the accounts of its mavros, as the particicipants are popularly called, on December 12, 2016, in order “to help prevent any problems during the new year season. And also to tackle the media frenzy that has been going on in the country”, MMM said in a circular sent out to all users of the scheme. The latest statement on the new guide

MINISTER for Science and Technology and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, yesterday, disclosed that his party has dismantled all rigging machinery of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the country. Dr. Onu, who addressed party faithful in his hometown, Uburu, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state during his New Year party for both APC members and stakeholders in the state said the era the opposition party held sway through alleged rigging strategies had gone. He charged party members and stakeholders to be focused and dedicated to the party’s ongoing registration exercise, adding that the APC was set to defeat the ruling PDP in the state in 2019. “Let me assure you that those instruments they use in writing results are no longer in their control.  We will give total defeat to the PDP. We must remain focused and if we don’t generate enough registration numbers, the national party will not take us serious.

Visits harmless, says spokesman Tambuwal: we’re not politicking There is disquiet in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over some governors’ visits to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, who are of the Peoples Democratic Party. (PDP). The APC governors, who visited their PDP counterpart, are: Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi). The governors also jointly hosted Wike in Sokoto- an action that sent political circles guessing that a major plan was on. A minister protested to the APC leadership in the Northwest over the trips, The Nation learnt yesterday. Some Presidency officials are also said to be disturbed by the signal which the visits generated. Some APC leaders were “shocked” that Tambuwal and Bagudu visited Wike before the last legislative election rerun in Rivers State, spending a day with him. The two governors teamed up with Yari, who is also the Chairman

The NLC said it will continue its campaign to ensure that the incidence of non-payment of salaries is a thing of the past. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to implement the N52,000 new minimum wage in 2017. In its new year message, the Union's President, Ayuba Wabba also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle unemployment affecting young Nigerians. Wabba charged the President to deal with the challenge of the power sector through "either reversal of the privatization of the sector or ensuring that those who run the sector provide electricity on regular basis and at rates consumer can afford." According to him, labour will continue its campaign to ensure that the incidence of delayed payment of salaries is no longer a feature of our national life. The labour leader also lamented that the APC-led government is yet to fulfill its campaign promises. "How many jobs has the federal government and the 23 states control

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike made the comment over the weekend while visiting the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable. Wike made the comment over the weekend while visiting the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad. “We cannot run away from this country. The unity of this country is very, very paramount. The unity of this country is non-negotiable,” he said according to The Cable. “I am from the Niger Delta, from Rivers state to be specific so I cannot see us in a divided country. No way. We stand for the unity of this country. “In Rivers you hardly find pipeline vandalisation. We are working at all times to protect national assets in our state. In my state, I am governor for all the people living in the state. I am not a governor of a particular political party, but a governor for all the people of Rivers state,” he added. Wike also said that he visited Sokoto to congratulate Gove

“When the President was making his budget presentation at the National Assembly, his ministers were busy sleeping.” The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi state chapter, yesterday took a swipe at the 2017 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the budget lacked the potential to help Nigerians become self-reliant. According to Today, while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, the state’s party chairman, Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi, further noted that the 2017 budget is hopeless; stressing that 50 percent provision for debt services indicates that there is little or no attention to human capital development and infrastructural projects. “When the President was making his budget presentation at the National Assembly, his ministers were busy sleeping; these old men are dragging the country backward.” According to him, the President’s anti-corruption war was only targeted at intimidating and oppressing the opposition politica

Bishop Simeon Okah, the principal patriarch of the Flock of Christ Mission, Enerhen-Effurun, Delta State, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to forget about contesting in 2019. Bishop Simeon Okah, the principal patriarch of the Flock of Christ Mission, Enerhen-Effurun, Delta State, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to forget about contesting in 2019. Bishop Okah claimed that the president is already too old to pilot the affairs of the country. He also denounced President Buhari as the most unfavourable Nigerian President to the people of Niger Delta region.  “The man is an old man, old man is old, I am quite younger than he is. I am 64 years old, do you know that without the younger ones around me, there are some things about this generation that I cannot on my own understand because their way of thinking is very different from my way of thinking, not to talk of a man like Buhari? “First, Buhari is too old, secondly, he is not educated enough. It pains my heart that j

The Senate President said the senators achieved more in the last three months than they did in the entire year. The Senate president said the federal lawmakers would focus on making more laws that will promote the economy, enhance the budget process and support the fight against corruption. According to Today, Dr. Saraki gave this indication while speaking with State House correspondents after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja yesterday. Saraki said: “In 2017, our attention will be on the economy because that is really a major issue for us as a country. We want to see some of the economic bills put forward passed, to see that there is greater improvement in the budget process in 2017, and to see that the government implements the budget early.” “Also, one of our pet projects is made-in-Nigeria products. We want to see that government continues to support Nigerians in this area so that we can begin to cushion the difficult times Ni

The Kogi APC leaders said they have tolerated Tinubu's excesses enough, vowing to kick out his 'boys' who are occupying various public offices. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State have vowed to silence the party's national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the North-Central region of the country, Punch reports. They also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reject James Faleke if nominated as a replacement for the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, who died in an auto crash in March 2016. Faleke is believed to be Tinubu's stooge whom the national leader is planning to get appointed as Ocholi's replacement. This was made known in a statement issued in Lokoja on Monday, January 2 and jointly signed by the party's leaders from Kogi West, Alhaji Suleiman Ejibunu and Chief Richard Asaje. They warned that if Faleke gets the ministerial slot of Kogi State, it would cause "serious crisis" in the party. "If