By Ehichioya Ezomon Abia State Governor Alex Otti’s the rave of the moment among his peer governors, and most Nigerians, for “infrastructural development,” and particularly for signing into law a Bill passed by the Abia State House of Assembly (ABHA) to repeal life pensions for former governors and deputy governors of the state. Under the repealed law, former governors and deputies were paid lifetime salaries, and got houses in Abia and Abuja, prompting ex-Head of State and former President Olusegun Obasanjo – on a visit to Dr Otti to commend his novel move – to describe the life pension laws…
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***Obaseki swear-in new Deputy governor, Omobayo Godwins to replace Shaibu At last the embattled Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has been impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) The impeachment came after the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the state Chief Judge to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. Shaibu and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki have been at each other’s jugular over the forthcoming governorship election and the PDP ticketsl Meanwhile, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has sworn in 38 years old Omobayo Marvelous Godwins who hails from…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. A group, Audu/Faleke Political Structure in Kogi has called on Kogi East Critical Stakeholders (KECS) to leave the Honourable Minister of Steel, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu out of the Kogi Gubernatorial Election Tribunal Matters. The group made the call at a press conference on Monday in Lokoja in a rejoinder to a communique issued by KECS alleging that day Minister was leading traditional rulers and some stakeholders on a visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Spokesman of the group, Mr Emmanuel Ekele, Head of Secretariat of the group said the issues…
***warns against selective justice The Coalition for Truth and Justice (CTJ) has welcomed the proposed probe of Alhaji Umar Ganduje’s tenure as Kano State governor describing it as a positive step towards accountability and transparency in governance. The Coalition, at a press conference on Monday, however, charged Governor Abba Yusuf to extend the probe to other notable individuals in the state such as Rabiu Kwanksaso. Obinna Francis, the Convener of the Coalition on the other hand pointed out that selective justice is a threat to society everywhere in the world, hence the failure to investigate Kwankwaso and others will be…
From Daniel Abel, Lafia As the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) set to hold its convention to elect new leadership to pilot the affairs of the party, concerned stakeholders from Nasarawa state have appealed to the National Working Committee to consider Nasarawa in the distribution of political positions. Engr. (Dr). Kefas D. Kaura. PDP StakeHolder from Karu LG made this position known in a press statement made available to the o newsmen in Lafia, the state capital on Sunday. The statement reads, “Since the return of Democracy in 1999, the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) has remained resolute in…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sent a message of felicitation to the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris on his 75th birthday anniversary. His Special Adviser on Media, Ismaila Isah, in a statement quoted the Governor to have described Alhaji Ibrahim Idris as an exemplary leader and a detribalized Nigerian whose impact in the worlds of business and political leadership remain outstanding. Ododo described the former Governor as a father whose guidance has been of immense importance in managing the affairs of the state. “I salute you most specially our dear father and former Governor on…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. MR Joshua Salifu, a farmer, and Internally Displaced Person from Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government of Kogi has called on Kogi State Government to help reunite him with his family displaced in the Thursday bandit attack. Paul who is currently taking refuge in Bagaji-Odo, a neighbouring community, made the plea on Saturday while narrating his ordeal in an interview with newsmen who were on fact finding mission to the scene of crime. He said that his wife and children were still missing after the the Thursday onslaught against the Agojeju-Odo community and pleaded with government…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja Twentyfive corpses from the Thursday gunmen attack on Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi have been buried. Chief David Akpa, District Head and Ochala Onu-Ife, Bagaji-Odo, who disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday at his palace in Bagaji-Odo described the attack as barbaric and wicked. He said that the 25 slain members of the community buried on Saturday included 19 men, two women and four children. Akpa who revealed that the Thursday attack by the “barbaric and wicked bandits” was the second in the year and condemned the way and manner mayhem was…
By Tunde Olusunle Many of his kinsmen and friends had a good laugh the day he was inaugurated into the eighth assembly of the House of Representatives, June 2015. Most probably unsure how to pronounce his surname, the Clerk of the “green chambers” as the lower deck of the national parliament is described, opted for a spontaneous improvisation. Rather than set his tongue against his teeth, the Clerk after correctly pronouncing his first names settled for a simpler *Takiri!* By some coincidence, Tivlumun Nyitse my brother from our university days and cousin to *Takiri* and I watched the live telecast…
**follow up exercise continues on Sunday in Katcha, Gbako LGAs Member Representing Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal Constituency, in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi, SMA (Gwarzon Nupe) has given succor of Rice palliatives to two thousand women in Bida Niger State. The support which was flagged off at Gowon’s Lodge is an initiative targeted at the poor women, beneficiaries who were drawn from widows and other vulnerable groups in the society.i⁸ A statement by the Senior Legislative Aide (SLA) to the Reps member Dodo Mustapha quoted the chairman of the distribution Committee Alhaji Baba Suleiman to have indicated that…