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Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Council (NEC) have called on the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to resign his position. The Chairman of Zamfara chapter of the party, Mr Lawal Liman, who led the aggrieved NEC members, made the call on Friday, while speaking with journalists in Abuja. Liman said Oshiomhole’s resignation would help in stemming the slide and provide an enabling environment for genuine healing, reconciliation and the practice of true democracy within the party across the country. Liman, who is also the spokesman of APC State Chairmen’s Forum, said Oshiomhole had usurped…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa met with a delegation from Oduduwa University, Ile Ife, Osun State, led by the institution’s Chancellor and Founder, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin. Adedoyin, who spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, said that the visit was to invite the vice president to the university’s forthcoming convocation. The educationist said that the delegation had a productive discussion with Osinbajo. “We have our convocation ceremony coming up on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 and we have come to invite the vice president to grace the occasion. That is precisely why we are…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says that Nigerian’s total debt profile is N25.7 trillion. The Director-General of the office, Ms Patience Oniha, announced this while addressing the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account on Friday in Abuja. “As at June 2019, our debt profile is at N25.7 trillion; this includes the federal, state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “We call it the total public debt, out of this total, the Federal Government is responsible for 80 per cent of the debt,” she said. Oniha said that external borrowing accounted for about 32 per cent of the total…
The Board of Trustee (BoT)of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has set up a committee to look into concerns of its members in Edo, Lagos, Kano and other states. PDP BoT Chairman, Sen. Walid Jibrin disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja on the outcome of the board Thursday’s meeting. Jibrin said that the BoT also formed various committees to assist in running activities of the board. “We have instructed various committees to go into action especially the Committee on Peace and Conflict, we noted that there were some many complains in Edo, Kano, Lagos, and so on.…
September 30, 2019, seemed like a normal business day for Dayo Ayoade, Managing Director of Travel Deals Limited, Lagos, until he discovered that Guaranty Trust Bank Plc had placed a lien on his bank account. On approaching the bank, he was arrested and detained at the Area F Police Station, Lagos State without any charge for a period of five days, placed in the cell amongst hardened criminals and handcuffed to the hospital bed like a common criminal and later transferred to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Inquiries from his family about his whereabouts revealed that a certain Joseph Ezekwugo, Technology…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will adhere to the provisions of the constitution by not attempting another term in office. Buhari said this on Friday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) in Abuja. “I’m not going to make the mistake of attempting a third-term; besides age factor, I swore by the Holy Book that I will go by the constitution and the constitution says only two terms are available. “I know that I’m in my last term and I can’t afford to be reckless, I’m not going to ask for anybody’s vote. The president urged…
By Amosu Adeboye Four Nigerian players have been listed amongst the nominees for the 2019 FIFPro/CAF Africa Best XI following their outstanding performances for club and country. The quartet is led by former Super Eagles forward Odion Ighalo who was top scorer at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with five goals. Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi who has enjoyed a fine season with the Premier League club is also on the shortlist. Alex Iwobi, who plays for Premier League club, Everton and goalkeeper Francis Uzoho are the two other Nigerian players that made the list. 2019 Africa…
New Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho, who described himself as happy and humble, has vowed to bring success to the struggling north London club and said they could even win the Premier League next season. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash against West Ham United, a smiling Mourinho told a packed news conference at the club’s training ground that he wanted to bring stability to the team and would make few big changes. Mourinho, who took charge of Tottenham on Wednesday, has inherited a squad that finished in the Premier League’s top four in four consecutive seasons but is…
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 21, armed with some demands, which, according to its chairman, Mudashiru Obasa, would help with the growth of the country. The demands, Obasa noted, are a part of what sums up as ‘issues of national importance’.Obasa, speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, first counted Buhari’s gains as president of the country, first of which is his doggedness in the fight against corruption. To the speakers, Buhari’s courage is partly what resulted in the passage…
Nigeria is gripped in a macabre dance in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) where an ‘interim management committee’ is running the agency when the nominees for the board have been screened and confirmed for over two weeks now. This is without precedence in Nigeria or anywhere else. And it bothers a lot of people, especially considering the promise made by the current federal government to follow due process and the law. The law governing the NDDC, which is the NDDC Act of 2000, as amended, has no provision for the appointment of an interim management committee. No law in…