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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 ...