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Lawal Gumau, All Progressives Congress(APC) senatorial candidate for Bauchi South Bye-election has vowed to make President Muhammadu Buhari, a life president, if he’s elected. The aspiring senator made it clear, how he would sponsor a bill to amend the constitution to make this happen. He said this at the close of his campaign in Bauchi. In his words; “>I, Lawal-Yahaya Gumau, want you to know that the mandate that will be given to me on Saturday is to go and protect Buhari’s interest in the senate,” he noted. “This is the only mandate that I will be going to the senate with, having fulfilled every other mandate to the best of my ability while in the house of representatives for eight years. “By God’s grace, we will amend Nigeria’s constitution to allow Buhari to be president for the remaining years of his life. He will only cease to be president when God takes his life.” “Obasanjo tried all his best for the constitution to be amended to allow him go for a third term, but God

The story of a woman sleeping with her son from her first marriage in order to raise children for her husband from her second marriage sounds so strange. Unbelievable! Did we hear you say abomination of the highest order? Well, that’s exactly what happened when Mrs. Veronica Iorshe, 47, from Howe, Ugee Council Ward slept with her son from her first marriage in order to have children for her second husband, Sebastian Iorshe, 44, from Aliade, all in the same Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. Beginning of a tragic story The tragic story started much earlier when Veronica got married, at 19, to Mr. James Hon (now late) from Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue state. The marriage was blessed with one child, a son. But eight months after, Hon died in an auto accident on the Makurdi-Enugu road while returning from a business trip. He used to trade in palm oil. After his death, Veronica summoned up the courage and continued with the business while staying in her husb

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says federal government will soon repatriate over 50 Nigerian girls trapped in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Director–General NAPTIP, Julie Okah–Donli, said this on Thursday in Abuja while briefing Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, on the outcome of the investigation on Nigerian girls trafficked to Saudi Arabia. The director general who came along with one of the victims said the team was set up by the minister after a complaint was lodged by NAPTIP on the nation’s youth being innocently trafficked to Saudi. “We came here complaining to you about the rate at which our young ones are being taken out of the country to Saudi Arabia under the guise of getting jobs for them. “There were calls from victims who were being trapped in Saudi, who are suffering and you graciously set up a team comprising NAPTIP officials and the ministry to go to Saudi and investigate. “When the team visited Saudi Arab

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has fired back at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for saying that he (Saraki) had always worked with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to frustrate the ruling party. In a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Oshiomhole had vowed that the party will work for the impeachment of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki Apart from ha ving  Saraki impeached as senate President,  the party will work hard to ensure that he does not return to the senate during the 2019 general election But in swift reaction the Senate President in a statement made available to DAILY POST through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said Oshiomhole was behaving like a rain-beaten chicken. “It is rather surprising that Mr. Adams Oshiomhole is behaving like a rain-beaten chicken, crying all over the place about Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as if the Senate President is the

Nigerian rapper,  Falz   has described the ban on his song “This is Nigeria” by the National Broadcasting Commission as hilarious. The NBC, which pointed out that a part of the song “This is Nigeria, look how we living now, everybody be criminal” said the part of the song is laced with vulgar lyrics and shouldn’t be aired.  A media station in Jos, Plateau state on Thursday was fined N100, 000, for playing the song. Falz who reacted to the ban via his Instagram account shared a copy of the ban letter with a hilarious smiley. He captioned “ This is Nigeria. Look how we living now, everybody be criminal” is apparently a vulgar line ” Olamide’s song titled “See Mary, See Jesus” and Wande Coal’s Iskaba was also banned by the commission who explained that both songs contravened the law.  We bring the news to you as it comes.....

It is no longer news that the Former senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio has a case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. TAkpabio, who resigned his position as minority leader after he decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC from the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP was said to have diverted N100bn state funds for unknown reasons. However, yesterday during the APC rally in Akwa Ibom state to welcome Akpabio to the party, the National chairman of the party announced Akpabio as the new party chairman of the state. This decision sparked a serious debate among Nigerians as they wondered why ‘an intolerant to corruption’ president Muhammadu Buhari will assent to such. One major critic, Reno Omokri, a self acclaimed ‘ruffler’ of president Buhari’s feathers says it is hard to understand why a President that claims to hate corruption would make Akpabio, a state chairman of his party. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie has quoted a Nigerian aspiring politician, Abubakar Sidiq Usman, who made shocking revelations about Senate President Bukola Saraki and the sack of Lawal Daura, Director-general of the Department of State Services(DSS). In a Twitter post earlier, Sifiq recounted how the sack of Lawan was not primarily because of the blockade Of the National Assembly but more. Following the invasion of the National Assembly on Tuesday by men of the DSS, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), ordered the immediate sack of Mr. Daura, but according to this new report, Mr Daura would have been sacked regardless, following findings by the National Intelligence Agency, NIA. The NIA were said to have tracked Daura’s telephone conversation with Saraki, and that was what led to the sack. However, Sidiq revealed that Senate president Bukola Saraki, “had called for a Tuesday meeting of the leadership of the National Assembly to discuss the request by the executive for the a

No fewer than 10 persons including a policeman were yesterday evening feared killed in a failed attempt by armed robbers to road two banks after they invaded Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State. The armed men were said to have attacked a police station which is about 1.2 kilometre from the banks, set ablaze the official vehicle of the newly posted Area Commander and killed a policeman. It was gathered that two detainees at the police station said to have been arrested yesterday morning for minor offences were also killed. One of the detainees was reportedly arrested for incomplete vehicle particulars. While four persons were reportedly killed within the premises of the two banks as the robbers failed to get access to the vault of the banks, three other persons were reportedly killed near the police station. One of the youths in the community Ofei Obende said they tried to resist the robbers but were overpowered by their firepower but said that the

Senate President Bukola Saraki says he cannot “descend into the gutter” with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki said this in response to the harsh comments Yekini Nabena, APC spokesman, made about him. He had described Saraki as a failure who swims in controversy. APC said having publicly humiliated his father and sister, Saraki’s betrayal did not come as a surprise to the ruling party. But in his response issued by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his spokesman, Saraki said: “ We can’t descend into the gutter with these characters ”. He added that the APC had not recovered from Tuesday’s attempt to subvert democracy. Recall that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) had prevented lawmakers from gaining entrance to the national assembly. The lawmakers elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused their APC counterparts of attempting to remove Saraki with the connivance of security operatives. The ruling party has been mounting pressure

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately “order the unfreezing of the official accounts of Akwa-Ibom and Benue states illegally blocked” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as such is a “direct attack on innocent Nigerians in those states.” It was reported earlier on Wednesday that the state government’s account has been frozen by the anti-graft agency. But, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Orton described EFCC’s action as political “witch-hunt.” Reacting, PDP described the freezing as “illegal, unconstitutional, overtly wicked and cannot be justified under any guise within the clear dictates and contemplation of our laws and practice as a nation.” The opposition party rejected the action of the Federal Government and counselled the “Buhari Presidency not to hide under the EFCC to unleash punishment and hardship on the people in states perceived to be averse to his 2019 re-election bid.” In a statement by its

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday afternoon by Yekini Nabena, APC National Publicity Secretary. He claimed that Saraki has been indicted for corruption and funding of robberrs as such should not be holding a sensitive position. The statement reads: “In every democratic country, the position of the Senate President is one of the highest political offices one can attain. It is a position reserved for the best of the best, experienced and exemplary politicians who by their character and conduct in public offices, the younger generation look up to as role models. “In terms of exemplary personage, the reverse is the case in respect of the current Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki who has been a dismal failure and has been involved in one controversy or the other – budget padding, filibustering, legislative rascality, sabotage of matters of national interest, among other criminalities too numerous to mention. “Having suffered under the 16-year mi

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo got the consent of President Muhammadu Buhari to dismiss the former Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS), Mr. Lawal Daura, the presidency said wednesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this while answering questions from journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House, and said the presidency was one, hence a decision of that magnitude would not have been taken without a sense of unanimity between the president and his deputy. According to him, the acting president is a decent man who is not obsessed with power, pointing out that there was no battle between them and that accounts for the reason the president always transmits power to Osinbajo whenever he’s leaving the country. Adesina said, “What we will like to say for the umpteenth time is that the presidency is one. Whenever the president is proceeding on vacation he transm

Former Governor of Cross River, Donald Duke has said that there will be no peace in the Senate, until it is no longer “a retirement home for Governors”. Duke stated this via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night. “The Senate won’t find peace until former governors stop making it a retirement home,” he wrote. His comments come hours after former Akwa Ibom Governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio said that he decided to join a party that would sweep away poverty and impunity. “The country is at war and all the hands must be on deck to salvage the situation and not to aggravate it. “As keepers of national emergency, everyone should put heads together. I decided to join to emancipate the people and provide succour for the people,” he said. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Senator Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday revealed that he has no intention to be the Senate President. He, however, said he had the intention of becoming what God wants him to be. The former Senate Minority Leader in an interview on Channels Television’s political programme, ‘Politics Today’, explained further the reasons behind his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). “I don’t have any intention of becoming Senate President today. But I have the intention of becoming whatever God wants me to be. My name is Godswill and I believe in the will of God. “During my campaign, consistently, I told the good people of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria, ‘Let God’s will be done.’ I believe so much in the will of God and the will of man.” Akpabio, who was a former governor of Akwa-Ibom State under the PDP, said some of the reasons behind his defection to the APC was that the PDP had no ‘reward system for members who toiled for the par

Six people including the driver of a space bus, on Wednesday, escaped fire outbreak, when the bus they were travelling in caught fire on the Third Mainland Bridge. The incident occurred at about 7.15am inward Lagos Island. According to eye witnesses’ account, the occupants took off Lagos Mainland and were heading for Lagos Island but the fire suddenly erupted at Adekunle Junction inward Adeniji-Adele and all effort to trace the source proved abortive as the fire raged and consumed the bus beyond repair. However, all the occupants including males and females were said to have scampered for safety before the fire escalated. With the aid of fire extinguishers, Traffic officials and road users were said to have assisted in putting off the fire and prevented it from escalating or cause further damages. An eye witness Mr Ibrahim Oyemekun said the incident resulted into traffic jam that lasted for about two hours the gridlock stretched to Olopomeji prompting some car owners to abandon th

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday alleged that some members of the National Assembly are planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu warned the plotters to drop their sinister move, as it was not “possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope.’’ The APC National Leader spoke at the formal defection of ex-Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, at a packed Ikot Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom. Tinubu described what is happening in the country now as “a war between progressives and the conservatives.” NAN quoted Tinubu as saying that “We believe in government of the people, for the people and by the people; but the conservatives believe in government of sharing. We say Nigerian money belongs to Nigerians. We say Nigerians must be given development. We believe in investing in the people. “But they believe in sharing and looting the money. Today, we are aspiring in our vision, but the Peoples Democratic Party

A witness told SaharaReporters that he saw three dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, before taking to his heels to save himself. At least three people were reported killed and many others were injured in a clash between some herdsmen and cattle dealers. The incident occured at Ngurore International Cattle Market in Adamawa State. Mohammed Bala, a witness, told SaharaReporters that the cause of the fight was unknown. However, he confirmed that he saw three dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, before taking to his heels to save himself. When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Othman Abubakar, said he could not confirm the incident, because he was on his way to Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu , has alleged that some members of the National Assembly are planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari . But he warned the plotters to drop their sinister move , saying it is not “ possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope .’’ Tinubu spoke on Wednesday at the formal defection of ex -Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio , at a packed Ikot Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom . He described what is happening in the country now as “ a war between progressives and the conservatives. ” “ We believe in government of the people, for the people and by the people; but the conservatives believe in government of sharing. “ We say Nigerian money belongs to Nigerians. We say Nigerians must be given development . We believe in investing in the people. “ But they believe in sharing and looting the money . “ Today , we are aspiring in our vision , but the Peoples Democratic Party has no vision . They believe in

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that security agencies foiled Senate President Bukola Saraki’s plan to foment trouble at the National Assembly on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement Yekini Nabena, APC National Publicity Secretary sent to DAILY POST Wednesday morning. Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) had laid siege at the country’s legislature yesterday. But Nabena claimed that APC’s “investigations” uncovered that “the timely intervention of the security operatives forestalled the planned violence which could have led to possible deaths, injuries and destruction of property in the National Assembly on Tuesday.” “Why did the Senate President mobilise thugs to the National Assembly who almost lynched Hon. E.J. Agbonayinma, the only APC federal lawmaker present but for the timely intervention of security operatives. “Why did the Senate President reconvene the National Assembly? Ostensibly as a pre-emptive move to frustrate federal

L atestreport asthe response of sacked Director-General of the Departmentof StateServices (DSS), Lawal Daura, to Vice President, YemiOsinbajo, might beresponsible for hisremoval. Asreported,masked DSS operativesearlyTuesday morning preventedlawmakers fromaccessingthe National Assembly for severalhours. Thewidespreadmedia attention andoutrage fromNigerians,as wellasattempts byfurious lawmakersto break into the premises, forced the security agentsto grantaccess tothe parliament. Limitedly, the access wasonly grantedto serving lawmakers. Allother membersof staffat the National Assembly,aswell asjournalists and other independentobserverswere deniedentry. Thesiegelasteduntil late afternoonwhenDSS operatives stooddown after receiving reportsthat Acting President YemiOsinbajodid notauthorise the deployment and hadfired the director-general of the secret police, Lawal Daura, asa consequence. Presidential sourceshas disclosedevents that led to Daura’s removal. Quoted by newsmen, the sour

While assessing the situation of the country, the former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido has said the situation of the country is best likened to that of journalists when he disclosed that all he could see on the faces of journalists are poverty and dispel. Lamido said this to journalists after a two hours close door meeting with the former President Dr Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library(OOPL) in Abeokuta. The former Jigawa state governor said he has visited the former President to seek his fatherly advice and guardians over his Presidential ambition but added that his take on Nigeria is what he could see on the faces of journalists who are interviewing him. He further disclosed that what he could see in Nigeria is the exact thing he can see on the faces of journalists who are present at the former President’s residents as at the time of his visit to Dr Obasanjo. On his visit, he said “In Nigerian, when they say who is baba’s son? They say it is Sule Lamido and a

A Lagos-based businessman, Alhaji Kabir Muraino, has expressed shock on the discovery that his wife staged her own kidnap in order to extort N15 million from him. The 55-year-old businessman told journalists yesterday at the Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, where Hadijat, his wife, was being detained that she had contracted the service of five persons, including a herbalist, to tell him they had abducted her and her sick daughter. He added that her accomplices did collect the said sum from him after threatening on phone to kill her if the money was not paid. “I was afraid and didn’t know what to do. I pleaded with them I didn’t have such an amount but they insisted. In the background, I could hear my wife crying and pleading with them. I never knew it was stage managed. “I told them I would pay them N500,000 but they refused. They reduced the money from N15m to N5m. The negotiation continued and they later reduced the ransom to N4m. It was then I decided to inform the police. I

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has given conditions for lasting peace with the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Nigeria in general. The group yesterday met with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and demanded that the apex Igbo socio-political organization fights for its (IPOB’s) unconditional “de-proscription” as a terrorist organization. The IPOB also demanded “an end to prosecutions of its members arrested in various parts of the country over their agitation for self-determination.” The pro-biafra group also demanded compensation for all its “members killed during the last Operation Python Dance in the southeast as well as prosecution of security men involved.” The meeting took place at the Atani residence of Prof. Ben Nwabueze, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Nwabueze said that Igbo leaders of thought and the Ohanaeze leadership agreed to do all within their power “to ensure that the IPOB was de-proscribed.” He said that would guarantee peace in the country. Nwa