President Buhari recovering very fast – Wife

Aisha (R) and Muhammadu Buhari

Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has said her husband who is currently in London on medical treatment is recovering fast and will soon return to the country.
“My husband is recovering very fast. And very soon, he will return to the country to resume his official duties,” the first Lady who left Nigeria to join her husband in London early last week said in a message to the 23rd Ramadan Lecture of Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria (ADS) in Abuja on Saturday.

Chime denies ejecting PDP from property to make way for APC

Sullivan Chime

Former Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, has denied ejecting the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from his property to make room for its eventual occupation by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He was reacting to reports that he asked the state chapter of the PDP to vacate his property on Ogui junction, which served as the state secretariat for about seven years.
It was reported that the ejection was part of the plans to pay his former party back for the frosty relationship they had had since he left office two years ago preparatory to his eventual movement to the APC.
Following the development, the state PDP had temporarily moved into the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) secretariat but recently relocated to the Charles Street, Enugu, since the permanent site of the party is under construction.
But Chime said in Enugu that the PDP left on their own, adding that they never informed him that they were leaving and that he was still in the PDP when they moved.
“That is the story flying around to discredit me and the services I rendered to Enugu State as governor for

Ortom votes, sure of APC victory in Benue council polls

Samuel Ortom

Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue has expressed optimism that the All Progressive Congress (APC) would win the ongoing local government elections in the state.
“I am very impressed with the organisation of the exercise and the massive turnout; I am happy that people are excited to vote. I am optimistic that the APC will sweep the polls,” Ortom said in Guma, shortly after casting his vote.
The governor, who voted at 10.35 am, at Ako polling unit, Ndzorov ward of Guma, urged Benue residents to vote credible and tested candidates so as to ensure the best for the state.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he insisted on holding the election “to install democracy and instill discipline, accountability and sanity in local government administration”.
Ortom said that the APC took its campaign to all parts of the stat to sell its candidates to the voters, and

Uwazuruike realised Biafra impossible, Kanu wants to form a party – Yakasai

Tanko Yakasai

Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, a former Special Political Adviser to former President Shehu Shagari, has spoken on leaders of indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB).
He also said agitators fighting for Biafra are yet to map out a strategy on ethnic groups and specific areas they want to join in their republic.
Recalling how the struggle started, Yakasai said: “The agitation for Biafra started soon after the demise of Major-General Aguiyi Ironsi. So the name is not new. The only difference is that the old Biafra actually was intended to occupy the whole of southern region.
“It was a scheme for getting the entire southern Nigeria to break away. The intention was to block the North from access to the sea. If that happened, the North would be starved of many things coming from the port, including fuel and imported items we rely upon. So that was the old Biafra.
“Because of that, when they were preparing to declare Biafra, southern minorities from the present day Cross River and Akwa Ibom led a delegation to the North to plead with General Hassan Usman Katsina,

Gov. Bello suffering from the most chronic form of madness – Melaye

Yahaya Bello

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has continued his verbal onslaught on his State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for allegedly sponsoring a large number of his constituents to demand his recall.
In a post on his Instagram page, the outspoken lawmaker said the Kogi governor suffers the “most chronic form of madness”, adding that it is the prelude to his final destruction.
He wrote: “Well, like the good NAPOLEON said: never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
“It is normal for mad people to conceive impossibility.

North wants to retain power if anything happens to Buhari – Okurounmu

Femi Okurounmu

Elder statesman and chieftain of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has accused ‘northern cabal’ of using the Nigerian Army to fly coup kite to see how Nigerians will react.
Okurounmu said the north was already warming up to retain power in case President Muhammadu Buhari dies in office.
He was reacting to a recent statement by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TY Buratai, that he received information that some individuals have been approaching some officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons.
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Speaking with Punch, Okurounmu said, “The Chief of Army staff is only flying a kite to see how people will react if there is a coup. It is the Hausa-Fulani cabal – each time they feel threatened that power might slip