Akeredolu Begs Angry APC Members for Forgiveness, Calls For Unity

NewsPoliticsAkeredolu Begs Angry APC Members for Forgiveness, Calls For Unity

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 10, 2020

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has called on all angry members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to work for the success of the party in the governorship election. Akeredolu is the party’s candidate, he defeated nine other aspirants in the last primary. He specifically appealed to the angry members of the party to sheathe their swords and get united for the purpose of the party’s victory in the election. The governor made the appeal...

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I Won’t Support Northern Candidate for Presidency in 2023 – el-Rufai

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI Won’t Support Northern Candidate for Presidency in 2023 – el-Rufai

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 9, 2020

The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said he would not give his support to any northern candidate for 2023 presidency. The Kaduna State governor disclosed this on Saturday in an interview the BBC Hausa Service as published by The Cable. In his view, the idea of zoning the presidency is necessarily not constitutional, but as a result of the country’s political arrangement which is said should be respected. He said the current...

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11 Governors Storm Edo as Ize-Iyamu Flag-Off Campaign

NewsPolitics11 Governors Storm Edo as Ize-Iyamu Flag-Off Campaign

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 9, 2020

Eleven governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stormed Benin, the capital of Edo State, for the flag-off of the party’s campaign on Saturday. It was in preparation ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state. During the ceremony which was held at the University of Benin Sports Complex, the governors were led by the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee of the PAC, Mai Mala Buni. The event was also attended...

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Kashamu, Former Lawmaker Dies of COVID-19

NewsNigeriaPeopleKashamu, Former Lawmaker Dies of COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

Senator Buruji Kashamu, former Ogun State lawmaker, has died. Kashamu represented Ogun-East Senatorial District between 2015 and 2019. He died at First Cardiology Consultants, Lagos, according to his friend in a tweet. The Hospital is the same facility where the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; and President Muhammadu Buhari’s former Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, died. The report said Kashamu was having diabetes and high blood pressure, he was admitted at...

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PDP Accuses Tinubu of Fueling Edo Assembly Crisis

NewsPoliticsPDP Accuses Tinubu of Fueling Edo Assembly Crisis

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressive Congress Chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is the brain behind the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. This was disclosed by the PDP’s National Vice Chairman, Dan Orbih. Orbih, who is also the chairman, Edo Campaign Council, said the people of the state would resist any interference from the former Lagos State governor. The former PDP Chairman in the state said this at a...

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#RevolutionNow Protest: DSS Free Three Protesters, Detains Four in Osun

NewsNigeria#RevolutionNow Protest: DSS Free Three Protesters, Detains Four in Osun

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 7, 2020

Three out of seven #RevolutionNow Movement protesters who were arrested on Wednesday in Osogbo, Osun State capital were released on late Thursday to their parents. This was disclosed to journalists by their counsel, Alfred Adegoke. Adegoke said four of the protesters were still being detained at the office of the Department of State Security in Osogbo. Adegoke gave the names of those released as Samuel Olowolafe, Gift Erupke, and Martins Jesuloni. According to the lawyer,...

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Armed Fulani Killed 33 People in Fresh Southern Kaduna Attack – The People’s Union Says

Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaArmed Fulani Killed 33 People in Fresh Southern Kaduna Attack – The People’s Union Says

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 7, 2020

Contrary to the police report on the fresh southern Kaduna attack, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has alleged that 33 persons were killed on Wednesday and Thursday by Fulani militia in villages of the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Police Command had earlier claimed that 21 natives of the area were killed during the attack by the bandits. The affected communities have been identified as Apya’Shyim, A’Piako, Atak’Mawei,...

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Presidency Says #RevolutionNow Protest Irritating, “A Sprinkle of People Trying to be Funny”

NewsNigeriaPresidency Says #RevolutionNow Protest Irritating, “A Sprinkle of People Trying to be Funny”

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 6, 2020

The Nigeria Federal Government has described the #RevolutionNow protests held in a different parts of the country yesterday (Wednesday) as irritating. This was said by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday. According to the presidency, the protests were carried out by only a few youths out of the 200 million Nigerians in the country. He said, “Well, was it really...

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Female Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Law & JusticeMilitaryNewsFemale Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 6, 2020

A soldier has been dismissed by the Nigerian Army for getting pregnant after she was raped by suspected bandits when she was traveling to Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The raped victim was later charged with one count charge of ‘conduct prejudicial to service discipline’, she was found guilty and subsequently dismissed from the regiment. According to ThePunch, she declined to speak on her ordeal when she was contacted on Wednesday; according to her, “I have not...

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Probing China’s Loan is Making China Apprehensive, Thinking We Don’t Want to Pay – FG

InfrastructureMoneyNewsProbing China’s Loan is Making China Apprehensive, Thinking We Don’t Want to Pay – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 5, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, discloses that the Chinese government is becoming apprehensive about releasing loans to Nigeria following the National Assembly probe of the term of the agreement. The executive arm of the Nigerian government insisted that no nation could recolonize Nigeria as a result of Nigeria’s unpaid debt while cautioning the legislature not to hamper its ability to access international funds. This is explained by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike...

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