Presidents Should Lose Power To Appoint INEC Chair –Jonathan I’ve neither quit politics nor left PDP –Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan is advocatingfor presidents to be stripped of power to single-handedly appoint commissioners and chairmen of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said it is in order to maintain the credibility and legitimacy of elections. Jonathan said this, yesterday, …
Read More »Cattle Rearers blast Fed Govt For planning Ruga Implementation In Southern Nigeria
The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has come hard on the federal government for planning to implement the now-suspended Ruga Settlement programme to southern part of Nigeria “which has nothing to do with pastoralism”. The KACRAN National President, Khalil Mohammed Bello, who spoke on Friday in Damaturu, accused the government of failing to solve pastoralists’ problems …
Read More »Suspected Herdsmen Kill Daughter of Afenifere Chairman Fasoranti
Suspected Herdsmen Kill Daughter Of Afenifere Chairman, Fasoranti Yoruba socio -cultural organisation , Afenifere , says it has received information that Mrs . Funke Olakunrin , daughter of Afenifere chairman , Pa Reuben Fasoranti , has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen. The spokesman for Afenifere , Mr . Yinka Odumakin , said this in a terse message …
Read More »We will Give You $75k For Every Goal Now,Dangote,Otedola To Super Eagles
‘We’ll Give You $75K For Every Goal You Score Now’ — Dangote, Otedola To Rain Dollars On Eagles Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola, Nigerian billionaires, have promised the Super Eagles $75,000 for every goal scored in their remaining games at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Dangote has promised $50,000 per goal, while Otedola pledged the sum of $25,000 for …
Read More »Imo State Town Unions Protest Against Okorocha ,the Former Governor
The Town Unions of the over six hundred Autonomous Communities and collaborating Apex Zultural Organization this morning protested on the streets of Owerri, the Imo State Capital over what the groups termed ‘The forceful acquisition of assets by immediate past government”. The Union while addressing the governor and press said, the eight years that Chief Rochas Okorocha held sway …
Read More »Tinubu Among Promoters Of Ruga ,says Odumakin
Tinubu Among Promoters Of Ruga – Odumakin Afenifere chieftain, Yinka Odumakin , says All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu , is one of the promoters of the Ruga initiative which seeks to give free land to herdsmen for cattle grazing and other forms of animal husbandry . Odumakin drew the attention of Nigerians to Tinubu ’ s speech at a …
Read More »We Transmitted Election Results To Server Using A Code ,says INEC Presiding Officer
We Transmitted Election Results To Server Using A Code —Presiding Officer A Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election , Mr Adejuyitan Olalekan, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja , on Monday , that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll . Olalekan took the witness stand as the petitioners ’ …
Read More »Reno To El-Rufai ,Remember Abacha is World ‘s biggest Thief
Reno To El-Rufai: Before You Label Southerners Yahoo Yahoo, Remember Abacha Is World’s Biggest Thief I was shocked when I saw the headlines. To be sure I was not a victim of sensationalised news coverage, I went and read his comments in detail. While speaking at the Northern Youth summit organized by Northern Hibiscus Initiative in Kaduna this Saturday, July …
Read More »I am still An APC member,says Galadima
I’m Still An APC Member, Says Galadima As He Testifies Against Buhari At Tribunal Buba Galadima, a spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he is still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made this statement while speaking at the presidential tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had, on Monday, presented Buba Galadima, as …
Read More »I Signed Presidential Election Result Under Duress,Witness Tells Tribunal
Breaking: I Signed Presidential Election Result Under Duress, Witness Tells tribunal Presidential Election Tribunal- A witness, Mr. Mohammed Tata, on Monday, alleged that he was compelled under duress to sign result of the presidential election in his polling unit. The witness who served as an agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Jigawa State, told the Presidential Election Petition …
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