Supreme Court upholds Bello’s election as Kogi governor

The Ministry of Budget and National Planning says it has designed a fiscal stimulus strategy that will help the country to come out of its economic recession.
This is contained in a document entitled “ Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity: the Economy and the 2017 Budget,’’ obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
The document was presented by the Minister of Budget, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, at the recent Ministerial Retreat, to harvest ideas to come out of the economic crisis.
Udoma said that Economic Management Team had been working on a plan to generate an immediate large injection of funds into the economy.
He said that the team had plans to generate and inject large amount of funds, principally in foreign currency, estimated at 10 to 15 billion dollars into the economy.
The minister said that funds would be generated through Asset Sales, Advance Payment for

Oyo Assembly passes bill to create 35 LCDAs

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law the Local Government further Amendment Bill 2016, for the creation of 35 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
The passage of the bill was sequel to the report of the Committee on Local Government Chieftaincy Matters and State Honour.
The Speaker, Mr Michael Adeyemo, said that the house was unanimous in the passage of the bill.
Adeyemo appreciated the entire members for their contributions, saying that the bill was important in order to bring government closer to the grassroots people.

National Assembly adjourns sitting over member’s death

Resumption of plenary by the National Assembly after eights week recess failed on Tuesday following the announcement of the death of a member of the House of Representatives, Elijah Oluwatayo (APC-Lagos).
The aborted resumption was to mark the beginning of the second legislative year of the 8th assembly.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, while reading a letter from the

30 political parties to participate in Ondo guber poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Tuesday announced that thirty political parties will participate in the November 26, governorship election in Ondo State.
It also informed that it has put in another arrangement to ensure smooth accreditation and voting process during the poll.
This it said would reduce the rigorous process being experienced by the commission during the poll.
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed at a press conference held in Akure, the state capital.
Agbaje said all parties intended to participate in the contest have concluded their primaries as at on Monday.

Your conduct, greatest disincentive to Nigeria’s progress – APC tells Fayose

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has described Governor Ayodele Fayose and the party he belongs to, the Peoples Democratic Party, as the nation’s greatest problems.
The APC said the governor’s lawless public conducts are a threat to democracy and by extension the nation’s economic development, while the PDP prepared the ground for an atmosphere of insecurity that is scaring investors from Nigeria.
Reacting to Fayose’s accusation describing President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s problem, the APC Publicity Secretary in Ekiti State, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in statement in Ado-Ekiti that instead of describing the President as the nation’s problem, Fayose had proved conclusively that he and his party represented a bad advertisement for the practice of democracy, which is the

Fighting corruption is statutory duty of president – Ribadu

The former EFCC Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says it is the statutory responsibility of a country’s president to fight corruption from all angles.
Ribadu said this at the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) (Chartered), 2016 Annual Conference in Abuja on Monday.
“Nobody else, it is not the duty of any governor or any chairman of a local government; it rests on the shoulder of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria; if any one steals one naira in Uyo or Bayelsa State, it is the responsibility of the president to stop and bring him to justice.
“I think it is something the federation and the Federal Government should do a lot to ensure that they carry out constitutional duties and responsibilities.’’
Ribadu called for the celebration of good people “and let there be acceptance that this is what we want and let there be disgrace for the opposite; it must be we who can do that’’.

PDP wants Jigawa govt to dissolve caretaker c’ttees, conduct LG election

The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday called on the state government to dissolve the caretaker committees it appointed for Local Government Councils in the state.
The PDP, in a statement issued in Dutse by its Publicity Secretary, Malam Musa Abdullahi, described the caretaker committees as “illegal”.
The party said that the government must also conduct elections into the 27 Local Government Councils in the state.
“The PDP wishes to announce its position on the illegal management of the 27 local governments of Jigawa state by caretaker committees with expired tenures.”
The party said it had since gone to court to challenge the decision of the state government not to conduct elections into the councils as provided by the Constitution.
It said that the suit was also “challenging the legality of forming an ad hoc arrangement called “Caretaker Committees” to run the affairs of local governments in the state.”

I’m still in Edo guber race – KOWA candidate

Mr Thompson Osadolor, the KOWA Governorship Candidate for the Sept. 28 election in Edo, has said that he did not step down from the contest.
Osadolor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Asaba that he did not step down for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
“I am still very much in the race for the Edo governorship seat; there was no time I withdrew from the race.
“I have no plan to step down for anybody and I have not told anybody that I have done that, and

APC accuses Wike of wasting Rivers resources

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has accused the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, of squandering over N200bn of the state’s resources.
The APC also alleged that the governor had borrowed over N150bn within a year, adding that rather than apply the resources at his disposal to touch the people’s lives, Wike was busy commissioning projects initiated and completed by the immediate past administration.
The state Chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ikanya, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday, described the governor as a squandermania and that he (Wike) had wasted state resources in hosting clubs and associations.
Reacting, the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George, described the APC’s criticisms as baseless, maintaining that Wike met Rivers State as a critical patient in the intensive care unit.

APC administration better than PDP’s tenure – Commissioner

Edo State Commissioner for Oil, Gas and Natural Resources, Mr. Saturday Uwulekhue, yesterday said there was no basis for comparison between the 10 years administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and eight years of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Uwulekhue, Edo State nominee on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), stated this while playing host to Community Development Associations chairmen and youth leaders from Orhionmwon Local Government Area at his residence in Benin.
He said it is hypocritical for PDP leaders to pose as if they have the capacity to win Edo State, boasting that no amount of propaganda by the PDP against Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki can save the opposition from suffering defeat

Aggrieved APC, PDP leaders planning to form new party – Egwu

A former governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Ominyi Egwu, has disclosed that some aggrieved leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are closing ranks with their counterpart of the embattled People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to form a formidable opposition political grouping to wrest power from the ruling federal authorities in the 2019 general elections.
Dr. Egwu, a member representing Ebonyi north senatorial zone, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce and Industry, disclosed this yesterday, but stated that the formation of a

Edo guber: You’ll emerge victorious – Monarch tells Obaseki

The Enogie of Eyaen, His Royal Highness, Osazuwa Iduriase, has predicted victory for the governorship candidate the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, in the Edo State governorship poll.
Iduriase disclosed this when he received the members of the Obaseki Campaign Organisation and gave them royal blessings in his palace in Benin, on Monday.
The team was led by the Director General of the organisation and Commissioner for Works, Osarodion Ogie.
The monarch, who spoke in Bini dialect, however, dismissed the reports in the social media that he allegedly drove Obaseki out of his palace.
The traditional ruler described the reports as false, saying he was in the United States of America when the rumour broke.
“We have a problem with (the) social media because so many lies are being peddled there. I got a

APC has lost touch with people — Ex-Edo lawmaker

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmaker representing Orhionmwon East constituency in Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Friday Ogiariakhi, said the All Progressives Congress led federal government has not only lost touch with the Nigeria people but urged eligible voters in the state to takea dvantage of the 28th September poll to vote against the anti-peoples’ policies of the party’s administration in Edo state.
Ogiariakhi stated this when he was addressing PDP supporters at Urhonigbe in Orhionmwon local government area adding that besides denying its campaign promises, APC, was yet to formulate and implement clear policy direction close to two years in office.
‘’The implication of this is economic recession, collapse of the naira, high food and commodity prices, increased crime wave and a general disillusionment on the part of Nigerians irrespective of their social status’’
“APC has lost touch with reality. They have lost touch with the people. These are the set of

Recession: Nigerians fed up with APC’s economic policies – PDP chieftain

Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Mr. Kingsley Esiso, has said that Nigerians “are obviously” fed up with the economic policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC, insisting that the PDP was the only party that has the capacity to put the country back on track.
Speaking in Ozoro at an enlarged meeting of the PDP in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state, where a vote of confidence was passed on the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Leo Ogor, Esiso told aggrieved members of the PDP to stay put in the party, saying, “Even APC members are hungry and thinking of how to come to us.
“They came and preached the mantra of change to us. Nigerians bought it without asking the kind

Army Denies Attack On Chibok church

THE Nigerian Army has dismissed the recent reports of 8 people being killed in a church in Chibok, Borno state by Boko Haram terrorists.



Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman clarified the allegations.

He said: “The Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole wishes to clarify that alleged suspected Boko Haram terrorists attack at Chibok is not correct.”

“What happened was that, two persons were murdered at Kwamjilari village, (which is over 30 kilometres from Chibok, and very close to Sambisa forest), by suspected remnants of Boko Haram

Evidence That Kyari Took N500m From MTN To Help Reduce Fine Presented To Buhari

President Muhammad Buhari has received concrete evidence that his Chief of Staff (CoS), Abba Kyari, took N500m from operators of MTN to help the telecommunications giant mitigate the fine imposed on it by the federal government, SaharaReporters has learned.

Sources say the evidence was presented to President Buhari several times including during the Sallah holiday.

The mind-boggling revelation is the latest in the mounting allegations of corruption involving members of the top echelon of President Buhari’s administration.

Confronted with the evidence, the CoS reportedly claimed he was helping the All Progressives Congress party raise funds for the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, to which the president