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Sen. Daisy Danjuma, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Board of Trustees (BOT), has said that her endorsement of Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki’s second term aspiration was “personal. “I owe nobody apology for endorsing the second term aspiration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo,” Daisy, wife of former defence minister Theophilus Danjuma told newsmen in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Danjuma had, in Lagos on Sunday, endorsed Obaseki during a town hall meeting organized for Obaseki in Lagos. The endorsement has drawn the ire of the state chapter of the party who felt that…
Nigerian Government has filed a fresh 42-count charge against former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke and six others over alleged fraud in the $1.1 billion Malabu oil deal. Adoke is being charged alongside Rasky Gbinigie, A. Abubakar, Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, Nigeria Agip Exploration Limited, Shell Ultra Deep Limited, and Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Limited. The Federal Government, in a document with charge number CR/151/2020 dated Jan. 14 and filed on Jan. 15, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, accused Adoke and others of receiving gratification to allegedly…
The police have confirmed that no fewer than 17 persons were killed in an accident on Mai’adua-Shargalle Road in the Mashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on Monday in Katsina. He said that the accident, which involved an articulated vehicle with registration number XE 611 KTN, occurred at Yardudu Village in Mashi LGA. Isah added that the vehicle from Mai’adua LGA was loaded with cows and passengers going to Lagos. He said the accident occurred when the carrier attached to the vehicle…
The Katsina State Government says it would construct no fewer than 360 health clinics in the 34 local government areas, to promote efficient, effective and wider health care delivery in the state. Gov. Aminu Masari made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Daura. Masari said the project would be executed in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, adding that negotiations and processes toward actualizing the project had commenced. He noted that the purpose of the health clinics was to provide affordable health care services, especially in rural communities. According to him,…
A yellow butterfly momentarily landed on my right hand while enjoying my dinner at the popular East End restaurant. It was a sign of a strange visitor in my vicinity. A bad but expected omen. I looked around and saw one tall dark-skinned man with an ‘extra-large’ head. He maliciously gazed at me as if to punch my face. I pretended as if I did not see him. I noticed he was a one-eyed man when he removed his sunglasses. It appeared I was in the state of critical hypnotism, I could imagine spirits escaping from his rotund forehead, radiating…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Afe Babalola, said attempts by the Federal Government to scuttle the Western Nigeria Security Network Amotekun, would fail because it is supported by the constitution. Babalola, an elder statesman and founder of Afe Babalola University, said those kicking against Amotekun were ignorant of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the previous ones. Babalola faulted Nigeria’s attorney-general and Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami, saying sections 24, 40, 45of the 1999 Constitution impose clear responsibility on citizens to ensure the security of their lives and property. The SAN, at a news conference in Ado Ekiti, said it was…
Dare Akande flags off Bursary/Scholarship award scheme for students of Oke-Ogun In furtherance of his unflinching commitment to building human capacity through Educational empowerment of the People of Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, Dr. Oludare Akande, has flagged off a multi-million naira scholarship/bursary scheme for the brilliant indigent students of the area. The scheme, which is one leg of the Educational objectives of an all-inclusive initiative of Dr. Akande tagged Dare Akande Human Empowerment and Leadership Projects (DA-HELP) took place in Iseyin with the presentation of cash gifts to selected 35 students drawn across Nigeria higher institutions of learning,…
The Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the duly elected governor of Sokoto State in the March 2019 governorship election. The apex court dismissed an appeal of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ahmed Sokoto, filed to challenge Tambuwal’s re-election. A seven-man panel of justices of the court headed by Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, held that the appellant failed to adduce any credible evidence to prove his petition against the outcome of the governorship election. Justice Musa Abba-Ajji who delivered…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Abdullahi Ganduje as the Governor of Kano state. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Kabir Yusuf, filed an appeal at the apex court to dispute the March 24 supplementary election held in some electoral wards in Kano State. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by Abba Yusuf challenging the election of Governor Ganduje for lacking in merit. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 9 election in Kano State inconclusive, which led to the supplementary election held…
The Presidency on Sunday disclosed that some basic daily needs were exempted from the Value Added Tax (VAT) to allay fears on the likely impact of the new VAT on low-income persons. The Presidency also highlighted the benefits of the Finance Act 2019 for Nigerians and businesses in lower and middle levels of the economy. President Muhammadu Buhari last week signed the Finance Bill with one of the components being the hike of VAT rate by 2.5 percent. However, despite the protest by some Nigerians on the increase, Nigeria’s VAT rate of 7.5 percent remains the lowest in Africa and…