Month: February 2020

Lawan to lead delegation to burial of deceased Plateau lawmaker …As Senate pays tribute to Senator Longjan

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, will lead a delegation of Senators to the funeral service of Late Senator Longjan Ignatius Dantong slated for March 2, 2020, in Plateau State. The resolution to lead a delegation to the burial was reached after a valedictory session on Tuesday, held in honour of the deceased by the Upper Chamber. The Senate President, while paying glowing tribute to the former Senator who represented Plateau South Senatorial district in his lifetime, said his death leaves a lot of lessons to be learned by Nigerians.…

We’re deepening anti-corruption war in Oyo, says Makinde …as he commissions state’s ICPC office

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Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that his administration has been deepening the war against corruption in the state. The governor, who stated this during the commissioning of the Oyo State branch office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), maintained that upon the realization that his government’s focus to transform the state through the four service point agenda would not succeed if corruption was allowed to retain its hold on the system, it took the fight against corruption seriously. A statement signed…

ANAMBRA 2020: Sports Minister pledges support for Nigeria Police

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The Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has pledged his full support to the Nigeria Police towards the realization of the objectives inherent in organizing the 12th Biennial Nigeria Police Games, which holds in Anambra State from 29th February to 7th March, 2020. He gave this assurance when the Central Organizing Committee for the Games led by the Chairman, AIG Usman Baba Alkali visited him in his office on Tuesday, 25th February, 2020 to apprise him on preparations towards the historic event. The Minister further stated that the Ministry…

Buhari inaugurates members of National Assembly Service Commission

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated members of the National Assembly Service Commission at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President performed the inauguration ceremony shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. Those inaugurated included Engr. Ahmed Kadi Amshi, Chairman (Yobe, North East); Babagana Modu (Borno, North East); Abubakar Tutare (Taraba, North East); Hakeem Akamo (Lagos, South West); Tunrayo Akintomide (Ondo, South West); and Atanomeyorwi Francis (Delta, South South). Other members are: Bassey Etuk (Akwa Ibom); Bilyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi (Zamfara,…

THE BIAS AGAINST THE LEGISLATURE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF SELF- SABOTAGE: My response to SERAP’s threatened court action

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Of all three arms of government, the legislature does not necessarily fare well when it comes to approval ratings. This image problem is not peculiar to Nigeria. There are so few countries in the world where the legislature as an institution enjoys good popularity; including the United States of America which we often hail as the most ideal democracy. A Gallup poll shows that only 20% of Americans approve of Congress. In fact, in over 10 years, the Congress has not enjoyed up to a 30% approval rating and according…

Agbako @ 95:

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In the pantheon of Yoruba Cinema’s urban villainy, there are numerous blackguards. First, there is Ajigijaga a.k.a Broken Bottles, whose strength lies not essentially in brawn but in empty braggadocio. What the late Ajigi (Mufutau Sanni) lacked in actual terrorist’s instinct, he made up for in his coarse voice, artificial gap tooth and weather-beaten face. . There is the bearded Saudi Kosomona, the one who relies essentially on his cute yet scary ex-convict persona. There is Radical, whose untreated dreadlocks effortlessly advertises blood, terror, death and all things in-between. Radical…

Between INEC and unending conspiracy theories, by Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi

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On February 6, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the de-registration of 74 political parties. The Commission’s Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, at a media briefing held in Abuja, attributed the action to the Fourth Alteration of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Specifically, Section 225A empowered INEC to deregister a political party on the following grounds: breach of the requirements for registration as a political party; failure to win at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in one state of the federation…

Woman married to two husbands in Kano arrested

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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a 37-year-old woman, Hauwa Ali, for allegedly marrying two husbands in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Lawan Fagge, who confirmed the arrest of the woman in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday, said the suspect was arrested on Monday. Fagge said the woman was apprehended when her first husband, Bello Ibrahim, 45, who was critically ill and was taken to his village for treatment, reported the case. He said: “So…

AU endorses Adesina for second term as AfDB President

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The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank. The decision was taken during the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, held during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from February 6 to 7, 2020. Adesina was elected to his first term as President by the Bank’s Board of Governors at its Annual Meetings in Abidjan on May 28, 2015. He is the eighth President of the African Development Bank Group and…