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Monday, January 29, 2018 Abuja Ekiti Probe Report: Ex-commissioner sues Fayose, others January 29, 2018 Josiah Oluwole A former Commissioner for Finance in Ekiti State, Dapo Kolawole, has slammed a N20 billion suit against the state governor, Ayo Fayose, and two of his aides for alleged libel. Mr. Kolawole who served in the administration of Kayode Fayemi, joined the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Accountant General of the Federation, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Debt Management Office in the suit, FHC/ABK/CS/6/2018, filed at the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, on January 18. The Ekiti State government had on Friday proceeded to the High Court in Ado Ekiti to begin the prosecution of Mr. Kolawole and his former principal, Mr. Fayemi, for the same allegations made against them in a panel report. Equally joined in the suit are the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), t...

  Top of Form Bottom of Form Top of Form Bottom of Form Seven Governors, 20 Senators, Others For Obasanjo’s Coalition For Nigeria Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to “rescue” the country by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz Jan 25, 2018 A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, is mobilising politicians and other Nigerians to sign on to his Coalition for Nigeria project, to oust President Muhammadu Buhari from office. Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed on to his elaborate plan for a mass movement away from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to “rescue” the country. Mr. Obasanjo described the two parties as “wobbling” and unfit to run Nigeria. F...

Top of Form Bottom of Form Obasanjo to Buhari:"Forget Second Term" emmanuel asiwe 23 January 2018 Ex President Obasanjo has asked incumbent President Buhari to jettison his second term bid since has become part of the of what is wrong with Nigeria Chief Obasanjo`s repudiation was contained in a statement titled "The Way Out: A Clarion Call For Nigeria Movement." The lengthy statement reads: “I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood’. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fin...