Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has arrived the National Headquarters of the APC, a move The News Carrier NG described a takeover from Governor Mai Mala Buni as Chairman of CECPC. His arrival now signals the end of the leadership of Yobe State Governor. The State Affairs NG reports that Governor Bello will be meeting with State Chairmen of the party ahead of the much-anticipated Earlier before his arrival at the Buhari House, CECPC Secretary, Senator James Akpan Udohedehe, had dismissed the removal of Governor Buni as fake news. The statement reads in full: Our attention has been drawn to…
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In what appears a major step to containing the crisis plaguing the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, has allegedly approved the removal of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party and in his stead, appointed his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani Bello. A faction of the APC governors was alleged to have complained bitterly to the president that Buni was not inclined to holding the convention as rescheduled, because there were no preparations on the ground to indicate so. Apparently miffed by the…
Visa and Mastercard have disconnected Russian financial institutions from their payment networks in order to comply with federal sanctions placed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said in a statement on the company’s website that “our Cyber & Intelligence and Corporate Security teams are working with governments and partners around the world to assure the stability, integrity, and resiliency of our systems, which are operating as usual.” Reports say Ukraine National Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko wanted the move to put further pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration. One of the most crucial…
The Economic Financial and Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Oyo State Accountant-General, Alhaji Gafar Bello, over alleged N9billion money laundering, SaharaReporters has learnt. A source close to the office of the AG confirmed the development to SaharaReporters on Monday. SaharaReporters learnt that the money was deducted from the local government funds which the governor of the state, Seyi Makinde, allegedly planned to use to finance his 2023 re-election. According to the source, the money was siphoned through the Director of Treasury in the office of the Accountant General, Mr. Michael Ayanniyi, who is now at large. The source said…
A lot has been said and written about how a suspended deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, arrived at this disgraceful waterloo juncture of his life. Some have blamed a Nigerian society that is everything but rigorous in the process of arriving at who their heroes are. Many others have also blamed the shock of Kyari’s unraveling at the overall absence of heroes here. Kyari was a highly decorated police officer who society looked forward to. He received so many garlands for his alleged bravery, incorruptibility and patriotism, especially a standing ovation from Nigeria’s legislature. It was so bad that,…
Chinua Achebe’s Tortoise folktale in his highly celebrated Things Fall Apart, among other motifs, excoriates an act of betrayal as evil. In having Ekwefi, one of his characters, narrate the proverbial cunning and treachery of the Tortoise to her daughter Ezinma, Achebe attempted to paint a moral canvass suggestive of the fact that traitors always take fatal leaps that eventually lead to their unraveling. Like the tortoise, they break their shell carapace.
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan has alleged that Governor Seyi Makinde and his appointee, Mukaila Lamidi Auxiliary are after his life. This is contained in a well-publicised open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the PDP chieftain, Mukaila Auxiliary has constituted himself as a threat to his and his activities have been reported to the Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Services but no action has been taken on the numerous petitions. THE OPEN LETTER READS: President Muhammadu Buhari, Please Save My Soul From Governor Seyi Makinde and Mukaila…
Members of Oyo State Motor Park Management System and Sunday Igboho boys have resumed bloody clash in Soka Area of Ibadan.
I watched Aregbesola’s video late yesterday’s night, it appeared “too confrontational” against Tinubu and Oyetola, and I was like, what is Tinubu even thinking, seeing himself losing numbers of his strong soldiers? Baba is losing too much of his strong soldiers, and this is very bad for him at this crucial and most important moment of his political career. Nobody can win election on media, without his home being harmonized… all this media hypes and agendas, “I stand with Jagaban. I sit with Tinubu. I sleep with Bola” do not win elections. How many of you can win your polling…
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has declared his support for former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, in next Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Osun State. Aregbesola, who openly denounced his relationship with Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, urged APC members to vote for Adeoti in the primary election. The minister spoke at the Ijesa North Federal Constituency tour of the Hon Rasaq Salinsile-led faction of APC, held at Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, on Monday. He stated that Oyetola’s administration has deviated from the true tenets of the APC, while “those at the helms of affairs have…