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‘I don’t want to be associated with a mess’ — Ojudu withdraws from Ekiti guber race

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Babafemi Ojudu, an adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, has withdrawn from the Ekiti state governorship race. Ojudu was one of the aspirants in the inconclusive All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary on Saturday, May 5. He announced his withdrawal during a press conference on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Ojudu said he did not want to be associated with a mess, citing that, among other issues, as the reason for his withdrawal. The APC had initially fixed a repeat of the primary election for Friday but…

BREAKING: Former US first lady Barbara Bush dead at 92

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Former US first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, her husband’s office said. “A former First Lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the age of 92,” said a statement from the office of her now widower George H.W. Bush. They were married for 73 years. Barbara Bush has long been considered the rock at the center of one of America’s most prominent political families, as the wife of a…

Stealing Of Nigeria’s Money: Goodluck Jonathan Is The Worst Culprit – Tinubu

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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has again blamed past civilian administrations, especially the Jonathan government, for the nation’s economic woes. Tinubu who spoke at the 35th annual Aminu Kano Memorial Symposium, held in Kano on Tuesday, described the Goodluck Jonathan administration as the worst culprit in terms of stealing of the nation’s resources. Tinubu was represented at the symposium by Governor Abiola Ajimobi. Other speakers at the event were Mr Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of Premium Times, and a stalwart of the APC, Dr. Usman…

Health Commissioner Applauds World Health Organization

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The Niger State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mustapha Jibril, has lauded what he described as “key contributions by one of the most consistent, committed and dogged partners”, the world health organization, WHO for their productive partnership with Niger State towards improvement of healthcare services delivery in the state The Commissione made the commendation while distributing motorcycles to 33 wards in the state, he said that gesture was aimed at improving and also empowering healthcare workforce towards qualitative service delivery in Niger state. According to Dr. Jibril “this function will go…

Buhari’s unpresidential gradation of national bloodletting By Farooq Kperogi

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President Buhari’s media aide by the name of Lauretta Onochie said a few days ago that her principal is an “adult” who does whatever he wants. But, apparently, he is only an adult in chronological age; he is emotionally and mentally a child. What “adult” grudgingly chooses to do what is right—i.e., something as basic as commiserating with people writhing in agony by physically visiting them— only after much pressure has been brought to bear on him by vast swathes of people? But the president’s reluctant decision to compensate for…

Nigerian Gov’t Paid Ransom For Release Of Chibok Girls- Senators

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Some senators have hinted that the release of some of the Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014, involved payment of ransom to the Boko Haram terror group. The senators said this on Thursday while deliberating on a motion seeking the intervention of the federal government in the rescue of the 46 girls who were reported missing at a school in Yobe after insurgents invaded their school. While the federal government has confirmed that negotiations took place in the release of some of the 276 captured Chibok girls, it has however…

Reps, Senate React As President Buhari Rejects Peace Corps Bill

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the bill to establish Peace Corps which was transmitted to him last year. According to Vanguard, Buhari has refused to append his signature to the NPC Establishment Bill, which was officially sent to him by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori, in the last week of December 2017. The 30-day window under, which the president should sign a bill duly transmitted to him elapsed on January 31, 2018. The President now leaves the National Assembly with the only option of mobilising…

Breaking: DSS Invites Kassim Afegbua For Chat on Thursday Despite “No Case” Declaration By Police

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Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited Mr Kassim Afegbua for a chat with its Director-General, Mr Lawal Musa Daura on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. This invitation was coming from the DSS few hours after Mr Afegbua voluntarily honoured Police invitation at Force Headquarters and was subsequently cleared of any wrong doing by the police authority Wednesday morning. Kassim Afegbua has immediately consulted his lawyers for further advice on the new development. According to Afegbua’s lead counsel, Dr Kayode Ajulo, he stated that his client…

Kenya’s Raila Odinga ‘Inaugurates’ Himself As President

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Raila Odinga, 72, the Kenyan opposition leader, has taken an unofficial oath to be “sworn in” as the nation’s people’s president On Tuesday afernoon, Odinga took his oath as he was cheered on by thousands of supporters who had gathered in Nairobi’s Uhuru Park. “Today is a historic day for the people of Kenya,” Odinga said in a speech after taking his oath. “The people have gathered here in the hundreds of thousands to say enough is enough with the electoral rigging.” “Today’s step is one step towards the doing…

Parents Chain 12-year Old Boy For 2 Months

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The Police in Ogun on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old woman, Yomi Kazeem, and her mother, Yemi Kazeem, for allegedly chaining a 12-year-old son for two months over allegation of stubbornness. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, who paraded the suspects at the scene of the crime at Ife-lagba community in Obada area of Ewekoro council area described the development as unfortunate. Ilyasu said the arrest followed an alert received by men of the Federal Special Anti- Robbery Squad, who were on routine patrol around the area on Wednesday. He…