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21Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Buhari Explains Pardon Granted Ex-Gov

Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame President Muhammadu Buhari says his anti-corruption war is on course despite the pardon granted to two former State chief executives. Former Governors of Plateau (Joshua Dariye) and Taraba (Jolly Nyame) were recently given a clean bill years after conviction for graft. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu clarified the recent note presented to the Council of State after the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (PACPM) report. His statement Wednesday night said it was a culmination of a process begun by the convicts and others concerned in line with the constitution. Shehu maintained that Section 175 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) empowers the President to exercise his constitutional powers to grant a pardon. ...

Insecurity: Sack NSA, Defence Minister, Reps Charge Buhari

14Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Legislature, News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: Sack NSA, Defence Minister, Reps Charge Buhari

House of Representatives One week after a marathon meeting with leaders of Nigeria’s security team, the House of Representatives, yesterday, lamented rising insecurity in several parts of the country, especially Kaduna, Benue, Taraba and Plateau states. The lawmakers took turns to criticise the action and inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari, restating their earlier call for a declaration of emergency on security. While some called for the sacking or resignation of the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.) and the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.), others called for the shutdown of the National Assembly, partly blaming the parliament for not doing enough in its oversight of the executive arm. This is coming a day after the Northern...

Buhari Reacts As Terrorists Kill Over 100 In Plateau

13Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Buhari Reacts As Terrorists Kill Over 100 In Plateau

Gunmen President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killing of over 100 residents of Plateau State by a terrorist group, describing the incident as heinous. Reports earlier emerged that gunmen killed at least 142 persons in fresh attacks on communities in Wase and Kanam Local Government Areas of the state. The incident occurred on Sunday in Kukawa, Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, Wanka, Shuwaka, Gwammadaji, and Dadin Kowa communities in the local government. Reacting, the president, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu said the perpetrators should not be allowed to escape justice. Read Also: Train Attack: Security Agencies Negotiating With Terrorists On Abductees, Says NRC “They should not be spared or forgiven,” directed the President. He also ordere...

Inciting Comments Are Part Of Insecurity By Femi Adesina

8Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Inciting Comments Are Part Of Insecurity By Femi Adesina

Let’s start with a caveat: free comments are part of democracy, and so this is not an attempt to muzzle anyone. Nobody should come and shout, oh, they don’t want us to say our minds again. They want to padlock our mouths. Not at all. President Muhammadu Buhari is not even the type that would gag anyone, and the polity is today suffused with all kinds of comments, the responsible, and the not so responsible. The inspiring, and the bilious. The encouraging, and the poisonous. The reasonable, and the not so reasonable. Nobody would deny that Nigeria has very severe security challenges, though the intensity often varies from time to time. There are seasons when our courageous security agencies have the upper hand, clobber the criminals black and blue, and things calm down. At other...

Insecurity: Buhari’s Govt Overwhelmed – Obasanjo

4Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: Buhari’s Govt Overwhelmed – Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been overwhelmed by insecurity. Obasanjo spoke in the light of the recent deadly attack on a Kaduna-bound train, which killed seven passengers, while 21 others are reportedly missing. “I believe that all right thinking Nigerians must know that we have a situation that has overwhelmed the present administration,” he said at his penthouse residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Dr. Ugochukwu Williams. Describing the attack as “a serious situation,” Obasanjo lamented that Nigerians are “no longer safe on the road, in the train and at the airport.” This was as pan-Yoruba socio-politic...

2023: Don’t Give APC Tickets To ‘Highest Bidders’, Buhari Warns Party Leaders

27Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

2023: Don’t Give APC Tickets To ‘Highest Bidders’, Buhari Warns Party Leaders

President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, warned the new National Working Committee, NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC against allowing the party primaries to be influenced by “highest bidders”. President Buhari gave the warning at the just concluded 2022 APC National Convention held in Eagle Square, Abuja. Buhari urged the new APC leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for all members of the party, asking those who may not get the party ticket to always embrace the spirit of sportsmanship. Read Also: APC Convention: Senator Adamu Emerges Chairman By Consensus “l passionately appeal to you all to support the incoming National Working Committee, NWC to promote unity and avoid sentiments that are capable of causing d...

Jonathan’s Govt Tried To Bend Electoral System Against Buhari – Garba Shehu

1Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Jonathan’s Govt Tried To Bend Electoral System Against Buhari – Garba Shehu

The Presidency has disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration worked assiduously to bend the electoral system in its bid to scuttle the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election. The Presidency has disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration worked assiduously to bend the electoral system in its bid to scuttle the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement signed on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled, ‘Assent into law of the electoral act 2022: Landmark moment for the nation’. The Presidency argued that Jonathan’s government tried everything within its po...

BREAKING: Senate Screens Lauretta Onochie, Five Others As INEC Commissioners

9Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: Senate Screens Lauretta Onochie, Five Others As INEC Commissioners

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday asked the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen for confirmation, the appointments of Ms. Lauretta Onochie and five others as INEC commissioners. This is coming eight months after President Muhammadu Buhari sent the list of the nominees to the Senate for screening. It was learned that protests among the Peoples Democratic Party members in the red chamber halted the process of the screening as the opposition federal lawmakers were said to have accused Onochie, who is presently a presidential spokesperson, of unnecessarily casting aspersions on their party. They also faulted the idea of making Onochie, a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress as an INEC Commissioner to represent Delta State on ...

Senate asks Buhari to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity

17Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen, Nigeria, Science, Terrorism, Violence

Senate asks Buhari to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers further called on the President Buhari led administration to implementation the various recommendations of the Senate on how to tackle insecurity. These resolutions of the Senate followed a motion on a matter of urgent public importance on the incident by Senator representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa. Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the frequent incidents of kidnapping of students would reverse the gains made in school enrollment over the years in the North. He said parents wou...

No Fixed Date Yet to Appoint New IG – Presidency

2Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

No Fixed Date Yet to Appoint New IG – Presidency

The Presidency has said no date had been fixed for the announcement of a successor to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu who reached retirement age on Monday. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said on Monday during a Channels Television programme that he was not aware of any imminent announcement. He said the appointment of the next IGP would not be based on ethnic considerations. “The President returns to Abuja on Tuesday. He should be at his desk by Wednesday. I don’t know when he will do this. One thing I can assure you is that in places sensitive like that, there is no vacuum that will subsist. So, the system will take care of itself. “The President will rather have an IGP who will make you and I safer, protect life and property than one who is more pronounce...