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Amosun dares Oshiomhole, Tinubu; says we’ll know who owns Ogun in 2019 December 22, 2018 Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji The decisions of the national headquarters of the APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, should be ignored, a governor of the party has said. Ibikunle Amosun, the Ogun State Governor, said this on Friday while addressing party supporters. He also declared that he and his supporters were ready to battle against the interest of the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in Ogun. Mr Amosun, an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been having a running battle with Mr Oshiomhole. The crisis got worse after Mr Amosun’s favourite to be his successor lost out in the politics of the APC primaries. The governor blamed Mr Oshiomhole, ex-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu and ex-Ogun governor, Segun Osoba, for his ordeal. He then vowed to work against Dapo Abiodun who is the APC governorship candidate for next year’s election and has the backing of Messrs Tinubu and O

Trump call with Turkish leader led to US pullout from Syria MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE , Associated Press • December 21, 2018 Scroll back up to restore default view. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria was made hastily, without consulting his national security team or allies, and over strong objections from virtually everyone involved in the fight against the Islamic State group, according to U.S. and Turkish officials. Trump stunned his Cabinet, lawmakers and much of the world with the move by rejecting the advice of his top aides and agreeing to a withdrawal in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, two U.S. officials and a Turkish official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press. The Dec. 14 call, described by officials who were not authorized to discuss the decision-making process publicly and spoke on conditio

Featured Obiano’s aide leads Buhari’s re-election campaign in South-East Published December 19, 2018 Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano A Senior Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Event Management, Mr Chido Obidiegwu, has inaugurated a movement, “One-on-one Nigeria,” for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Obidiegwu made the disclosure on Tuesday at a briefing at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre in Awka, Anambra State. Accompanied by a former All Progressives Grand Alliance presidential aspirant, George Okoye, Obidiegwe said his campaign for Buhari was in the interest of the Igbo. [READ ALSO] N1.4bn fraud: NBA President, Paul Usoro, arraigned, gets N250m bail He said, “‘One-on-one Nigeria’ is an independent network of Ndigbo determined to achieve Igbo Presidency by returning President Buhari for a second term. “This we do through a massive awareness

Featured APC dissolves state, LG, ward excos in Ogun, Imo Published December 19, 2018 National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The All Progressives Congress has dissolved the executive committees in Imo and Ogun states. Also dissolved were the local government and ward executives in the two states. Their dissolution formed part of the resolutions reached during the National Working Committee meeting presided over by the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in Abuja on Tuesday. In their place, the NWC would inaugurate caretaker committees that would superintend over the affairs of the party in the two states ahead of the general elections. Oshiomhole emerged from the meeting on Tuesday around 7pm and quickly entered his waiting vehicle to avoid journalists who had waited the whole day for a briefing. When approached by journalists at the entrance of his car, the

How APGA Leadership Failed Imo People   APGA Leadership Imo People Kanayo Esinulo By Kanayo Esinulo For sure, the success story which neighboring Anambra State rapidly became under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, with Peter Obi’s administration as the Chief Servant, the people of Imo State started associating what was happening across its borders with the discipline and quality leadership that APGA easily provided. Before his death, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu the symbol of the party, instilled undiluted discipline, accountability and transparency into the party he was to leave behind. APGA became very attractive to Ndigbo particularly Ndi-Anambra and Ndi-Imo. Anambra State was the first to fall for the APGA aroma, and a once dangerous-to-visit Anambra state became so visibly peaceful, prosperous and immensely attractive to local, international and diaspora investments. Politicians in Imo may have, I suspec

2019: Court sacks APGA senatorial candidate for Anambra South District, Ukachukwu A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Apo, on Thursday, nullified the outcome of the Senatorial primary election the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, conducted in Anambra South on October 3, which produced business mogul, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu as candidate. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Valentine Ashi, equally voided the senatorial ticket and Certificate of Return the party issued to Ukachukwu. Justice Ashi held that evidence before the court indicated that the primary election was not only fraught with irregularities, but also conducted without regard to relevant provisions of the 1999 constitution, the Electoral Act 2010, as well as the constitution and electoral guidelines of the party. The court noted that whereas APGA claimed that Ukachukwu was elected through an electoral college that comprised of three delegates from e

Why Buhari refused to sign electoral bill – Presidency Published September 3, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari. Twitter image President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 due to “some drafting issues” that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill. Sen. Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. ADVERTISING The presidential aide said that already, the president had communicated his position to the Senate and the House of Representatives on Aug. 30. “Mr President is declining assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill due to some drafting issues that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill. “Mr President invites the Senate and House of Representatives to address these issues as quickly as possible so that he may grant assent to the Elector

Thugs disrupt TraderMoni scheme in Ilorin December 7, 2018 Agency Report Kwa Kwara State map Related News TraderMoni: Presidency says petty traders not required to show PVC Jubilation in Abuja market as Osinbajo inaugurates TraderMoni Mixed reactions as Nigerian govt launches TraderMoni in Ebonyi 2019: Southern, Middle Belt leaders attack Osinbajo, accuse him of vote buying Alade Market: Developer denies invading market with thugs Hoodlums invaded the Mandate Market in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, scaring away petty traders and TraderMoni agents and disrupting the disbursement of money to beneficiaries of the scheme. As early as 9 a.m., the hoodlums, some of them wearing ‘PDP Atikulated T-shirts’, stormed the Mandate Market, insisting that the TraderMoni scheme could not be conducted, because Senate President Bukola Saraki’s father donated the land to the state government to build the market. It was not clear whether they were sent by anyone or w

FG issues N100bn sovereign sukuk at 15.7% December 7, 2018 Agency Report Nigeria's ministry of finance building The federal government has begun the sale of its second tranche 7-year N100 billion sovereign sukuk, the Debt Management Office (DMO), said on Thursday. The offer circular, which was obtained from its website, said the seven year Islamic sukuk, referred to as Ijarah, is at a rental rate of 15.74 per cent and would be due in 2025. The bond, which is aimed at funding road infrastructure across the six geo-political zones, is payable semi-annually. Subscription for the bond, which is guaranteed by the government, will close on December 17. The circular said subscribers could purchase N1, 000 per unit subject to a minimum subscription of N10, 000 and in multiples of N1,000 thereafter, with First Bank and Islamic wealth manager, Lotus Capital managing the sale. The DMO said it qualified as securities in which trustees could invest under the Tr

2019: Governors absent as Oshiomhole, NWC meet with APCgovernoship candidates December 7, 2018 Lois Ugbede APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole Photo: DailyPost Majority of governors of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, were on Thursday absent at a meeting called by the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, and the party’s National Executive Committee. Mr Oshiomhole said 20 new governorship candidates of the party and nine sitting governors were expected at the meeting, which he said was being held to get to know the governorship candidates. But it was observed that only two governors were present: Niger State Governor, Sani Bello; and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong. The party kept mum on why its invited governors were absent at the meeting. Its spokesperson, Lanre Isa-Onilu, did not respond to calls and messages sent to him on the matter. The meeting commenced at about 12:10 p.m. and lasted for about two hours. Journalists were only allo

Jonathan, Oyedepo, Osinbajo Attends Dedication Of Largest Church Auditorium In The World In Abuja By 247ureports 632 Views Posted In Photo News Posted at November 24, 2018 10:03 pm Tagged as The Christian community in Nigeria was in a felicitation mood today as the largest church auditorium in the world was dedicated in Abuja. The church building which is owned by Dunamis International Gospel Center, is a 100,000 seater capacity building. It beats the  Winners Chapel  building in Ota which is 50, 000 seater. Guests at the dedication include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Epresident Goodluck Jonathan, Dino Melaye, Akwa Ibom state governor Emmanuel Udom, Benue state governor Samuel Ortom, Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor E.A Adeboye and may others. See more photos below. 637 total views, no views t

Fuel crisis looms as marketers give Nigerian govt 7-day ultimatum December 2, 2018 Ayodeji Adegboyega and Agency Report A NIPCO filling station used to illustrate the story on authentic data Oil marketers on Sunday in Lagos gave the federal government seven-day ultimatum to settle outstanding debts totalling N800 billion, failing which depots would cease operations across the country. Although the state firm, NNPC, is currently the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria, it relies on the depots of the oil marketers to store and transfer petrol. Any closure of the depots by the marketers could thus lead to a fresh round of fuel scarcity similar to that witnessed in December last year. The marketers, comprising Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) and Independent Petroleum Products Importers (IPPIs), said failure to meet the deadline would also force its members to disengage workers fro