Police In Yobe State Enjoins Muslims To Be Vigilant

NewsPeacePoliticsPolice In Yobe State Enjoins Muslims To Be Vigilant

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 14, 2021

Yobe State Police Command has enjoined Muslims in the state to be vigilant while observing their daily religious activities throughout the month of Ramadan and beyond. Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement issued said the Command has put in place adequate security arrangements to ensure a peaceful and hitch-free fasting period. “The Command enjoins all and sundry to be vigilant and watchful while observing evening prayers (Tarawi), exegesis (Tafsir), and the...

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Nigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsNigeria Needs Laws That Will Suppress Judiciary from Announcing Election Winner – Jonathan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 13, 2021

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the need for legislation that will restrict the courts from declaring a winner in an election. The former President who spoke with journalists on Monday insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declared winners in an election as a result of electoral fraud should not be tolerated, adding that such is undemocratic. Jonathan explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of...

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Only Ballot Should Determine Election Winner — Jonathan

NigeriaPoliticsOnly Ballot Should Determine Election Winner — Jonathan

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 13, 2021

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for standard electoral practice in the country, saying ballot paper, not the court should determine the winner of an election. The former president stated this on Monday in an interaction with reporters during a visit to TOSTV network studios in Abuja. He noted that the electoral management bodies have the sole responsibility of returning candidates and declaring winners while the judiciary complements by either upholding declared results or nullifying...

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2023: PGF DG Warns Against Recklessness, Indiscipline in APC Leadership

NewsPolitics2023: PGF DG Warns Against Recklessness, Indiscipline in APC Leadership

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 13, 2021

Salihu Lukman, director-general of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), has expressed concern over the intraparty disputes that have engulfed the All Progressives Congress (APC). The DG stressed that the party risked losing in the 2023 elections over the recklessness of some of its leaders. In a statement released on Monday, he stated that the party’s biggest opposition in the next round of general elections is members of the party. “An inconvenient reality, which every APC...

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FG Printed N60bn to Share In March – Obaseki

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Printed N60bn to Share In March – Obaseki

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 12, 2021

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said Nigeria is in “huge financial trouble” with the way the economy is run. Obaseki lamented that Nigeria was the only country in the world where the federal, state and local governments earn salaries at the end of the month, adding that the Federal Government printed N60bn as part of federal allocation for March. Speaking at the state transition committee stakeholders’ engagement, the governor said the economy was no...

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Djibouti’s Incumbent President, Guelleh Re-elected Based on Provisional Results

AfricaNewsPoliticsDjibouti’s Incumbent President, Guelleh Re-elected Based on Provisional Results

PilotnewsApril 10, 2021

ADDIS ABABA — Djibouti’s incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected, according to the provisional results released on Saturday. The country’s Interior Minister Moumin Ahmed Cheick told local media that the provisional results showed Guelleh to have won over 98 per cent of the vote. Voters on Friday went to the polls, which lasted until 7:00 p.m. local time as counting proceeded soon after. Confirmed results would be released by the Constitutional Council several...

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Edo APC Hails Buhari Over Board Appointments

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEdo APC Hails Buhari Over Board Appointments

PilotnewsApril 10, 2021

BENIN — The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of some of its members into boards of federal agencies and parastatals. The Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Victor Osehido, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Benin. He quoted the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Col. David Imuse (rtd.), as appreciating the president for the appointment. The...

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Prof. Gana, 3 Others Rejoin PDP in Makurdi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsProf. Gana, 3 Others Rejoin PDP in Makurdi

PilotnewsApril 10, 2021

MAKURDI — Former Information Minister Jerry Gana, Amb. Esther Audu, Humphrey Abah, and Adakole Ijogi, all former members of the PDP, formally rejoined the party and were re-admitted on Saturday in Makurdi. The ceremony took place at the party’s North Central Zonal Congress at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi. Speaking on behalf of the returnees Prof. Gana, the former chairman of the then federal orientation agency, MAMSER, said they were delighted to be back into...

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Gov. Zulum Restates Faith in One Indivisible Nigeria

National DevelopmentNigeriaPoliticsGov. Zulum Restates Faith in One Indivisible Nigeria

PilotnewsApril 10, 2021

IBADAN — Gov. Babangana Zulum of Borno says Nigeria will continue to be united in spite of its many challenges. Zulum said this on Saturday in Ibadan during a courtesy visit to his Oyo State counterpart, Gov. Sheyi Makinde. The governor appealed to those fomenting trouble in parts of the country to desist forthwith and allow peace to reign, adding that nobody could predict what would happen in times of crises. He called on the...

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PDP Governors Call for Devolution of Powers

NewsPoliticsPDP Governors Call for Devolution of Powers

Beloved John (Staff Writer)April 10, 2021

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor’s Forum have demanded an urgent devolution of powers and restructuring of Nigeria, saying the security situation in the country has worsened due to the incompetence of the government. The demands are contained in a communique jointly signed by the governors after the five hours of the closed-door meeting. The governors said that Nigerians were more divided along ethnic and religious lines more than ever before, lamenting that...

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