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Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls,BBOG, advocacy group, on Tuesday called out President Muhammadu Buhari over his presence at the All Progressives Congress, APC, rally in Osun State. Aisha, while lamenting the death of Saifura Khorsa, a humanitarian worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) killed by the Boko Haram terrorists, slammed Buhari for abandoning citizens and security for political rally. According to her, Buhari’s appearance at APC rally in the heat of Boko Haram Killings, showed lack of importance for security of Nigerians to him. In a post on her Twitter page, she wrote, “Dear Muhammadu Buhari, (Khorsa) Saifura’s children would grow to hear how their mother was executed by terrorists and also how the plea for rescue by their mother was ignored and after her death all that concerned you was votes. “One has to make what is important to him a priority! Buhari has made votes and elections his priority, not citizens and secu

The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole has mocked the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, for failing to show up for the Osun governorship debate organised by Channels Television on Sunday. Oshiomhole spoke about Adeleke’s absence at the debate during the mega rally the APC held in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, for Gboyega Oyetola, the party’s candidate for the election. He said, “I understand that there was this debate that was held a few days ago and one of the aspirants was dancing skelewu while the debate was going on. When they asked him, he said his motor broke down. May the government of Osun State never break down. If it hasn’t broken down in Aregbesola’s time, it cannot break down in Oyetola’s time.” His comments come some days after Mr Adeleke failed to show up for the two-hour debate. Adeleke had been invited to join four other candidates for the debate. The four other candidates are Moshood Adeoti of the Action Democratic Party

After speaking for roughly 15minutes, Oshiomhole moved to introduce the President to the audience, saying: “It is my honour and very rare privilege to invite… You know in APC, we have everything: those who look down on me because of my height, when they see our President they look up. So, we have everything in the house — the long and short of the matter.” Adams Oshimhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday made light remarks about his height in comparison with President Muhammadu Buhari’s, saying it’s an indication that the party “has everything — the long and short of the matter.” Oshiomhole was speaking in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, during a mega rally of the ruling party ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. After speaking for roughly 15minutes, Oshiomhole moved to introduce the President to the audience, saying: “It is my honour and very rare privilege to invite… You know in APC, we have everything: those who look down on me because

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will today know the fate of his bid for a second term of office as the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, meets with the state’s highest advisory political organ, Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), this afternoon in Lagos to discuss the matter. Ambode’s political future has been in limbo since Tinubu’s powerful political machine, the Mandate Movement, threw up the Managing Director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to challenge the governor at the party’s primary scheduled for Tuesday. Also in the race, is another strong contender, former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, a godson of the national leader, who has the backing of an equally powerful group, the Justice Forum. The governor’s travail had attracted the intervention of the presidency and some governors, including Oyo State’s Senator Abiola Ajimobi that pleaded for repr

The Coalition of United Political Parties said it had uncovered a plot by the All Progressives Congress- led Federal Government to attack the leadership of the National Assembly next week . The coalition added that this would be done through the filing of a suit and securing an ex parte application directing that one third of the Senators /House members could demand to open either of the chambers of the National Assembly . The spokesman for the CUPP , Mr Ikenga Ugochiyere , said in a statement on Tuesday that the plot would include the invitation of the leadership of both chambers for questioning by the police . He said once they showed up , the police would detain them while the order of the court would be carried out. He said , “ They ( NASS leadership ) will be detained with a black market injunction from a magistrate court , thereby paving the way for unlawful and violent change of the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives . “ Some of the security agencies

The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and Biafra Independent Movement , Chief Ralph Uwazuruike , has said he is not moved by the quest for an Igbo man to become Nigeria ’ s President in 2023 , but concerned by the safety of lives and property of the people, especially in the northern part of the country. “ What I am interested in are the lives and property of my people in the North and not whether an Igbo man will become Nigeria ’ s President in 2023 ” . Uwazuruike , who spoke on Tuesday in Owerri , the Imo State capital when the former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria , Kaduna State , Professor Ango Abdullahi , and his entourage visited him , contended that the lives and property of Igbo people were more important than the people’ s political quest . He noted that the Igbo people had greater numerical strength in the north and property than any other ethnic nationality in the country. Uwazuruike stated that the protection

Ohanaze Ndigbo Youths have knocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his appointment of Yusuf Bichi as the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS. Their condemnation followed a similar reaction by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. Bichi, a Kano indigene, replaced acting DG, Matthew Seiyefa of Bayelsa origin. The youths, after their national executive meeting in Umuahia yesterday, accused the President of nepotism, saying his appointments have shown he was not a fair leader. The group, in a communiqué by Acting National Leader, Kingsley Dozie, National Secretary, Madubuike Uchenna and National Publicity Secretary, Osmond Nkeoma, said: “We expect Nigeria to be a country where all citizens, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or region would have equal access to public office. “The sack of Mathew Seiyefa, a southerner and his replacement with Yusuf Bichi, a northerner, clearly shows that President Muhammadu Buhari is sectional and tribalistic in his

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has promised to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, produces the next governor of Lagos State. Speaking during his meeting with PDP delegates at the party’s secretariat yesterday, Saraki said he has “the medicine of the man who regards himself as godfather terrorising Lagos State.” Saraki, a PDP presidential aspirant, said, “What you have been fighting for many years, you will have it during the coming election because you now have somebody that has intention and charisma to deal with those disturbing you. “I have a medicine of the man who regards himself as godfather terrorising Lagos State. We have their formula, come next year, PDP will take over Lagos.” The Senate President also warned Nigerians to be mindful of presidential aspirants promising to restructure Nigeria, if elected president. He said: “Many aspirants will tell you that they will restructure Nigeria, but don’t let them deceive you because restructuring is not so

Presidential aspirant, former Vice President Abubakar Atiku’s supporters have reportedly pleaded with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to end his rift with his former vice president in order to allow him have a smooth ride in 2019 general election, According to reports. Atiku was Obasanjo’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007 but the former President’s third term agenda brought the two into serious crisis. Addressing journalists in Kaduna Atiku’s supporters under the umbrella of Reset Foundation, said they were practically on their knees, begging Obasanjo to give his blessings and support Atiku’s presidential bid. The Chairman of the Foundation, Amos Jayramos said Obasanjo should take note that of all the presidential aspirants, only Atiku has what it takes to win the presidency. Jayramos said: “It is natural for two people to hurt each other, disagree and agree, and reconcile. So we are practically on our knees, begging former President Olusegun Obasanjo to settle his politic

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of projecting an Islamic agenda. The body said the President has made three key appointments in the last few days, but that none is from the South or a Christian. Buhari recently appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi, a Muslim, from Kano State to replace Matthew Seiyefa, a Christian from Bayelsa who had been operating in an acting capacity since Lawal Daura was sacked. Mr Abbas Umar Masanawa was also named the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, just as Hajiya Zainab Ahmed was appointed the acting Finance Minister to replace Mrs Kemi Adeosun who resigned. CAN spokesman, Bayo Oladeji, in a statement on Monday alleged that the marginalisation of the Christians is deliberate to heighten the tension in the land for whatever reasons. He said: “CAN notes with disappointments, shocks and surprises that despite our appeal to President Buhari to break the domin

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Placid Abuchi Emmanuel, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid was being spurred by ‘petty jealousy’. The aspirant, who spoke to journalists to announce his entry into the race after purchasing the party’s nomination and expression of interest forms, said it was still a shock to Buhari that a southerner and a fellow Army General could achieve the feat of leading the country for two terms. He said, “I can tell you that Buhari meant to do just one term as he had announced, but now he is being propelled by petty jealousy that Obasanjo, a Southerner could get a second term, that is the reason he is vying for a second term.” He urged Nigerians to reject Buhari, saying that the president has displayed glaring inability to lead the country, while saying that he was the right man for the position. “I am not in the race because I am ambitious; I’m in the race because of passion. “I have not come to m

Though we don’t know if this is a desperate bid to trend online, but we stumbled upon a photo of a man licking his girlfriend’s ‘used’ menstrual pad. Sharing photos of himself in the act, the man wrote; “If I lick my girlfriend’s menstrual pad, does it mean am a fool?” However it should be noted the man’s girlfriend’s ‘used’ menstrual pad looks like what has ketchup on it. This is coming few days after we reported that a video making rounds on social media, shows an unidentified lady pooing directly into a yahoo boy’s mouth for alleged money ritual. The disgusting video which shows the lady pooing directly into a yahoo boy’s mouth for alleged money ritual We bring the news to you as it comes.....

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that Nigeria is in trouble under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kwankwaso made the remark while lamenting that Buhari was busy shuttling the world while many Nigerians were being killed daily. Addressing PDP executives in Sokoto over the weekend, the presidential aspirant also declared that history will repeat itself in Nigeria, come 2019. He noted that all the indices on ground have proven beyond every reasonable doubt that the ruling All Progress Congress (APC) has lost electoral value within three years. Kwankwaso, who noted that the APC government had refused to allow democratic processes to run itself, enjoined Nigerians to do the right thing by voting out the current administration in 2019. He said, “Everybody knows that Nigeria is in trouble now than ever before. Over 100 Nigerians were killed in a single day, yet the president goes f

Davido is taking a step out of music into politics, and now there are claims that he may have escaped a gun attack at a rally in Osun state over the weekend. The singer who returned from his tour to the United States to support the governorship bid of his uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke in the upcoming elections in Osun State, may have escaped an attack on his life. Davido disclosed this on his social media pages on Saturday night. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Former military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has thrown his weight behind the presidential ambition of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Babangida said in supporting Saraki’s presidential bid, he was only returning a favour the senior Saraki paid him during his own presidential ambition. “it is my turn to do what your father did to me,” Babangida said when Saraki visited him in Minna, on Saturday, as part of his nationwide campaign tour for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) convention. Babangida also added that he will treat Saraki as his own son and ensure that he succeeds in his bid. He pointed out that “I will rightly observe that you are my son, for coming to pay a courtesy visit. I remember when I was still in office, I spoke with your father, Oloye Saraki, who always provided advice on a number of things attached to this country. “He always made himself available to me, to give advice and encouragement which will move the country forward. Your visit is

The Senate President and one of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, said those plotting to impeach him after the National Assembly reconvenes won’t succeed. “They don’t have the number to impeach me if we reconvene,” he boasted. Saraki, who said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the PDP Secretariat in Minna, stated that those who were being emotional (about the Senate annual recess) did not have the number to remove him from office. He said, “Those who are accusing us of an undue process in the adjournment are unaware that we are in the majority. They know they don’t have the locus standi.” He said the decision of the upper chamber of the National Assembly to go on recess was unanimously agreed and in accordance to the rule of law. Saraki said, “It is important to note that when we adjourned, it is with the total support of everyone, not that we stayed in a corner or in the dark because there is a due procedur

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday said the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government should be held responsible should anything happens to former Vice President Abubakar Atiku or any its presidential aspirants ahead of the 2019 general elections. PDP said this in reaction to the alleged threats to the life of the former Vice President, as well as similar threats and harassments of other presidential aspirants. In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said it does not take “these threats as a ruse and we demand an open inquest into all the issues raised by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in his petition to President Buhari.” The statement reads, “It is a known fact that the APC has been on frenetic mode over the caliber and popularity of presidential aspirants arraying on our party platform. “The APC knows that President Buhari is no match for any of our aspirants hence the resort to violence, harassment and death threats, with a view to frighten and put

The controversies surrounding the second term bid of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State continues, as Tinubu recently told Pastor Adeboye that his hands are tied. According to a News telegraph report, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu told the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christians Church of God, Pastor Adeboye, that he (Tinubu), will not prevail on any of the aspirants to step down. In the text message which has since gone viral, Tinubu told Pastor Adeboye that: “Sir, people have been accusing me of imposition. They say I imposed candidates at will. That’s why I said all aspirants including the governor to get to the field and test their popularity among the people in an open contest of direct primaries. “Sir, my hands are tied on his matter, I cannot ask those who have picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to withdraw or not contest. That will be greatly unfair. We will ensure a level-playing ground for all the governorship aspirants including the incumbent gove

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the investigation and persecution of former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, following her resignation. Buhari on Friday accepted Adeosun’s resignation letter as Minister of Finance, replacing her with Zainab Ahmed. Adeosun had in her letter said she resigned following allegation of forged NYSC certificate against her Reacting, the national chairman of the PDP, Secondus, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, asked Nigerians not to be deceived by the resignation. According to him, Adeosun’s resignation was even belated; asking why the President refused to fire the minister until she willingly resigned on her own volition after the media exposed her fake NYSC certificate. He said the resignation of the minister was due to pressure from Nigerians Secondus said, “The resignation is belated. Why did the President keep her all this while when the scandal broke out? “Why didn’t he, I mean the President, asked that the woma

As the plot thickens on the fate of Governor Ambode in his 2019 bid to become the Governor of Lagos State for the second time, it has been gathered that Tinubu, after entreaties from many prominent Nigerians which include President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-president President, Yemi Osinbajo, religious leaders and monarchs said he has forgiven Ambode. However the former Governor of Lagos and APC Chieftain, added that his foot soldiers in the Mandate Group, the most influential political group in the state are insisting they have had enough of the governor. While sources claimed that Oshiomhole appealed to Tinubu to consider the negative impact the political crisis in Lagos state will have on the fortunes of the party in the forthcoming general election, saying it will be a disaster if APC loses Lagos to the opposition, Independent reported that Babajide Sanwoolu, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the APC in Lagos State said Tinubu will not ask him to step down for Governo