The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, on Sunday told the National Assembly that overriding President Muhammadu Buhari over the Electoral Act amendment Bill is not the best option. Jega said this on Sunday at the citizens’ townhall Electoral Bill 2021, organised by Yiaga Africa and partners. According to him, the country will be better off if it goes into the next election with a new electoral law because it will enhance the integrity and the preparation of conduct of elections. He said that the Bill contained quite a lot of good things that could…
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Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari has said that his administration has established village security structure as part of efforts to tackle insecurity in the state, especially banditry. The governor disclosed this on Sunday in Katsina when he received the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu on a condolence visit over the recent murder of his Commissioner, Dr. Rabe Nasir. According to the governor, the village security structure consists of the village heads, the two religious leaders that are dominant in the areas and also the head of butchers. He added that members of the structure are head of barbers, officials in…
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has given assurance that the party’s National Convention will hold in February. Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu and Chairman of the PGF gave the assurance while speaking with journalists at the end of a closed door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja. Bagudu, who did not give a specific date for the event, said the February date as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari was sacrosanct and still feasible for the conduct of the event. He added that the APC Caretaker…
The governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will on Monday, January 17, 2022 hold a Special Meeting. The first meeting in 2022, to hold at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt ,will review the state of the states, the state of the nation and readiness of the PDP to provide the necessary leadership to rescue and rebuild Nigeria. All the elected PDP governors are expected to attend the meeting to be presided over by the Chairman of the Forum, Aminu Tambuwal. The meeting will be preceded by a Gala night to be hosted by the Chief Host, Nyesom…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will hold “a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. In an invitation to the first meeting in 2022, issued by the Director General of the Forum, Asishana Okauru on Saturday, the governors are expected to attended physically, to discuss “matters arising”. A statement by the Head of Media and Public Affairs at the NGF, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo made available to newsmen, said the meeting will also deliberate on the Forum’s intervention programmes. “Members will receive updates from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s SFTAS team and another on CARES,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a fake security agent, Babagana Ma’aji through a controlled delivery of 5.6kg cannabis from Lagos in Plateau. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect based in Damaturu, Yobe was nabbed following the interception of a commercial bus bringing the consignment from Lagos to Gombe in Mararaban Jos on January 8. He said that operatives of the command in Plateau, also arrested a suspected bandit, Abdullahi Ahmad, 28, at Hwolshe on January 11. Babafemi added that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed the military to respond robustly to cases of killings and kidnappings by bandits in Niger and to give effect to strategic objectives through the use of force. Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesperson, who revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the directive was handed over to the Defence Headquarters by the president. The president stated that military operations had become necessary to check the continued attacks on communities in Niger by bandits and remnants of Boko Haram terrorists fleeing theaters of war in the Northwestern and Northeastern parts of the country.…
The Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, has urged the President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina to run for office of Nigeria President in 2023 . The group,, a Civil Society Organisation, made the call in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Haruna Awode on Sunday in Abuja. The group described Adesina as a Nigerian with outstanding qualities needed at the critical moment to address the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria as a nation. The group said that as a former minister of Agriculture and incumbent two term – President of AfDB, given his antecedents, Adesina could…
So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to a newsmagazine’s damming expose on the governor. After hours of waiting, a commissioner (names withheld) sauntered in and met me where I sat immovably like Mount Kilimanjaro. “You can’t write that story,” he began in a steely voice sauced with veiled threats. “Go back to Ibadan. We will talk to your boss.” That was how the story never saw the light of the day.…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, unveil the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge Rice Pyramids in Abuja. The mega rice pyramids project is a collaboration of the CBN with Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). Information obtained from the apex bank’s official website stated that the pyramids, which it described as the largest in the world, were enabled by the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). It stated that the ABP, since inauguration in November, 2015, had increased the average yield of rice per hectare from 1.8 metric tonnes to five metric tonnes, while discouraging importation of the commodity. “The…