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Nigeria: Buhari Bans Dead Judge from Travelling

14Oct

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Buhari Bans Dead Judge from Travelling

The former Chief Judge of Enugu, Late Justice Innocent Azubike Umezulike has been banned from travelling out of the country by the Buhari led administration. The Justice who died on the 26th of June 2018 made the list of 50 high profile Nigerians who were forbidden from leaving the country by a Presidential order. It will be recalled that President issued a Executive Order 6 (EO6) that was ruled legal by the courts. According to Shehu Garba the purpose of the order was to ensure "that all assets within a minimum value of N50 million or equivalent, subject to investigation or litigation are protected from dissipation by employing all available lawful means, pending the final determination of any corruption-related matter." As part of this order, the President ordered the ban of 50 Nig...

Nigeria: They Will Lose Together – Presidency Speaking on OBJ’s Endorsement of Atiku

11Oct

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News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Nigeria: They Will Lose Together – Presidency Speaking on OBJ’s Endorsement of Atiku

The presidency has said that it is not bothered by former President Obasanjo's endorsement of PDP's presidential flag bearer, Abubakar Atiku. According to a statement by Shehu Garba, he said "they will lose together. The full text of the response by Shehu Garba to the endorsement is published below: "OBASANJO’S ENDORSEMENT OF ATIKU WILL NOT DISTRACT PRESIDENT BUHARI "The Presidency has received the news of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s predictable U-turn and somersault on the endorsement of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at a meeting Thursday, and to say that we are the least surprised by the well-rehearsed theatre. "They will lose together. Listening to the prepared statement of the former President after the meeting showed the usual ego trip and “I know it all” c...

Opinion: Portrait of the Tiger Ambode Rode by Yinka Odumakin

11Oct

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Portrait of the Tiger Ambode Rode by Yinka Odumakin

LOUIS XIV was King of France for 72 years and 110 days and became the most powerful French monarch who consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule that endured until the French Revolution. At the peak of his maniac, he said: “L’Etat c’est moi”(I am the state). I am not aware Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is given to so much reading to have come across Louis’ declaration but I once heard him making the same declaration as he got up from his seat and said “Eko fe lo sun”(Lagos wants to sleep). The embodiment of the current pathetic Lagos by the man who rode to power in 1999 largely on account of his association with NADECO abroad is an interesting study for some of us who are eyewitnesses to recent history. It’s all coming back to me now from 1998 in a rush. Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi and I h...

Cameroon: 85 Year Old Biya Seeks 7th Term in Office as Polls Open Today

7Oct

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Africa, Cameroon, News

Cameroon: 85 Year Old Biya Seeks 7th Term in Office as Polls Open Today

Polls have opened in Cameroon with President Paul Biya seeking a seventh term. Polling stations opened at 8am (07:00GMT) and will close at 6pm (17:00GMT) with more than six million people eligible to cast their ballots. Biya, 85, faces an attempt by the opposition parties to forge a unified front under Maurice Kamto, leader of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC). Biya has been in power since 1982, making him one of Africa's longest-serving rulers. Al Jazeera's Hiba Morgan reporting from the capital, Yaounde said many voters were staying away from polling stations. "Not many voters have showed up at the polling station where the president is expected to cast his vote shortly. Election observers and officials we spoke to have also told us they are not seeing a high voter tur...

Opinion: Ten Years After Lamidi Adedibu by Reuben Abati

4Oct

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Ten Years After Lamidi Adedibu by Reuben Abati

It has been ten years since the self-styled “strong man of Ibadan politics”, Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Akanji Adedibu, died. He died on June 11, 2008. I do not recall seeing many tributes or advertisements in the newspapers or other media commemorating his life and legacy. There was no public lecture or any important statements from those who were his protégés. That this is so is a useful lesson to today’s political Godfathers and henchmen in Nigerian politics who behave as if history has already assigned to them an immortal space on its pages. Lamidi Adedibu was a colossal presence in the politics of Ibadan, and Oyo state for more than 50 years. Ibadan has a tradition of colourful politicians who wielded enormous influence: Adegoke Adelabu, the brilliant orator and intellectually gifted per...

Nigeria: Ben Bruce Bows Out of Senatorial Race to Allows Others Run

2Oct

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Nigeria: Ben Bruce Bows Out of Senatorial Race to Allows Others Run

As the Bayelsa State chapter of the People's Democratic Party goes in for its primaries today, Senator Ben-Murray Bruce has decided not to contest to return to the Senate. According to the senator, his decision not to run was to honour the rotational arrangement existing in the 3 local governments that make up his senatorial district. His letter to the this effect is published in full below: “I thank God and the good people of Brass, Bayelsa East Senatorial District, who offered me the golden opportunity four years ago to represent them and the state in the Senate, Nigeria’s highest lawmaking chamber. “It is without a doubt that I have tried to discharge my duties as a legislator and representative of my people creditably to the best of my ability so far. “My voice has been ve...

Nigeria: APC a Party of Fraudsters as Confirmed by Ambode – PDP

1Oct

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Nigeria: APC a Party of Fraudsters as Confirmed by Ambode – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said it reviewed the world press conference held by the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, and surmised that the governor validated its position that the All Progressives Congress allegedly consists of those it described as fraudsters and election riggers. Governor Ambode had in the press conference stated that his opponent in the race, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States of America. Ambode further stated that Sanwo-Olu was detained in the USA on account of the alleged crime. The governor further alleged that his party, the APC, was disenfranchising its members by insisting that registered members of the party, who were yet to be issued with membership cards, will not be allowed to participate ...

Nigeria: It’s Official! Tinubu Dumps Ambode, Presents Jide Sanwo-Olu

1Oct

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Nigeria: It’s Official! Tinubu Dumps Ambode, Presents Jide Sanwo-Olu

The ruling party’s national leader says Akinwunmi Ambode has deviated from developmental blueprint of Lagos, urging primary participant to reject him. Bola Tinubu has endorsed Jide Sanwo-Olu as the preferred candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the upcoming governorship election in Lagos, ending weeks of speculation about where he stands on the stand-off between the challenger and incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode. In a statement Sunday evening, Mr Tinubu said the blueprint of Lagos State, his brainchild between 1999-2007, has been deviated from by Mr Ambode, calling on APC members in Lagos to reject the governor at the primaries on Monday. The statement comes shortly after Mr Ambode used a televised press conference to launch a barrage of personal attacks against Mr S...

Opinion: A Compromised INEC is Murdering Nigeria’s Hard Earned Democracy by Mike Ozekhome SAN

24Sep

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Justice, News, Nigeria

Opinion: A Compromised INEC is Murdering Nigeria’s Hard Earned Democracy by Mike Ozekhome SAN

The announcement by INEC,that the Osun state election conducted on Saturday,22nd September2018,was inconclusive and the fixing of 27th of September for a so called rerun,is a dangerous subversion and travesty of the electoral process,a blow to our hard earned constitutional democracy and an ominous sign of the farce to expect in 2019-subversion of the people's will. INEC has earned for itself the inglorious reputation of holding inconclusive elections (Kogi,Bayelsa,et al);and working in cahoot with the ruling APC party,always eager to do its dirty electoral bidding,to commit daylight robbery of votes.This they have just done to Adeleke's votes to defeat the will and legitimate franchise of the good people of Osun state. I wholly condemn this ludicrous mockery of our electoral proce...

Nigeria: Osun Elelctions – PDP Alleges Crack Down on Its Officials in the State

24Sep

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Crime, Justice, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Osun Elelctions – PDP Alleges Crack Down on Its Officials in the State

The People's Democratic Party has this afternoon alleged that there is an ongoing crack down on its official in Osun state. In a series of tweets, the party said this was in preparation of a plot to rig the runn-off elections. It tweeted "Breaking! Ongoing Random Arrest of PDP Leaders/Supporters in Osun State.There is an ongoing crackdown on top PDP leaders at Osogbo,Ile Ife and Orolu in preparation for the grand plot to rig the forthcoming supplementary polls." It noted that one of its top leaders, Aljhaji Fatai Diekola was arrested "At Osogbo, a top leader of the @OfficialPDPNig, Alhaji Fatal Diekola was arrested. He was rough handled and beaten up despite his ill health. His aides were matcheted. Other PDP leaders at Osogbo are been harrassed with many of them unable to sleep ...