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Former Deputy Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Pally Iriase on Tuesday said the crisis rocking the Edo House Assembly points to the fact that the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is fighting democracy. Iriase, a member of the think tank of the APC in 2015, revealed this in a chat with the Thenewsguru saying Obaseki’s action clearly connotes a war against democracy in Edo State. The one-time deputy speaker and SSG of Edo State said” people went for election, it was keenly contested APC won 24 over in the 24 member house. “After the election, people had the right…

Kidnappers have murdered six teenagers in Ethiopia after their demands for ransom were denied. The six victims were buried on Tuesday, a state-owned Amharic regional broadcaster said. Shortly before Christmas eight youths aged from 10 to 16 had been abducted in the region of Gondar. Why we arrested Shehu Sani – EFCC One teenager was able to escape, another was severely injured and is hospitalised. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom payment of 120,000 birr (3,760 dollars).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed the arrest of the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani. “He is now being quizzed in our Jabi headquarters in Abuja”, the source told P.M. News on Tuesday. According to the source, Sani collected money from the chairman and CEO of ASD Motors, his name sake Sani Dauda, under the pretence of passing it as bribe to EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu. Sani Dauda was a former chairman of Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN). His ASD Motors is a major car dealer in Abuja. The EFCC however did not confirm the amount that…

Seinye, widow of Benson Lulu-Briggs, founder of Moni Pulo Limited, on Tuesday opened up on the reason her stepson, Dumo Lulu-Briggs is hell-bent on portraying her in a bad light. The poor widow who made the remarks in a statement she issued to newsmen through her spokesperson, Oraye St. Franklyn stressed that Dumo is plotting to rubbish her husband’s legacy and undermine his last Will and testaments. Her new outcry is in reaction to a malicious publication published on Facebook on December 30, 2019 at 12:20pm by Uche Woke (who goes by the sobriquet: Uchman Dela Rosa on Facebook), a…

Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo on Monday renamed Jacob Zuma Road in Owerri after First Republic parliamentarian and minister, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi. A statement issued in Owerri by Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, stated that Ihedioha announced the re-christening at an occasion to mark Amaechi’s 90th birthday in Owerri. NAN recalls that the naming of the dual carriage way after the former South African president by former Governor Rochas Okorocha attracted public opprobrium against the administration. In a speech, Ihedioha described Amaechi as an icon, whose contributions to nation building should not be ignored. “Dr…

Chelsea are investigating the details of a rumoured release clause in RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner’s contract. The 23-year-old has scored 23 goals in 24 games for his club this season. (Telegraph) England striker Tammy Abraham’s new contract talks with Chelsea have stalled because the 22-year-old wants to be on the same wage – £180,000 a week – as winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, 19. (Goal) Everton and England Under-21 striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, 22, is a summer transfer target for Manchester United. (Sun) Manchester United are also considering a January move for Benfica and Portugal midfielder Gedson Fernandes, 20. (Sky Sports) Arsenal could move for RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano, 21, after new Gunners boss Mikel Arteta…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. Ahmad replaces Damilola Ogunbiyi who has overseen some of the milestone achievements in the agency. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Artimas said that Ahmad, a renewable energy expert, holds two masters degree in development studies and project planning. Buhari places travel restrictions on ministers According to him, Ahmad has vast knowledge and experience in power sector…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, placed travel restrictions on all his ministers. According to the Minister of Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed, the ministers can only travel out of the country eight times in a year. Buhari directed that no Minister should go on foreign trips more than twice in a quarter. Also, no minister on a trip outside the shores of the land should go with more than four aides. How Nigerian Army fared in 2019 Lai Mohammed also disclosed that government officials below the rank of ministers are henceforth entitled to fewer aides. Besides, estacode would no…

The Nigerian Army, such as other armed forces in Nigeria, has been involved in series of security operations to counter myriads of existing and emerging security challenges in different parts of the country. Notable among these security challenges is the Boko Haram and Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents’ activities in the North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe as well as the banditry and kidnapping in the north western states of Kaduna, Zamfara and Katsina. There has also been cases of farmer/herders and communal clashes in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states; kidnapping and armed robbery in…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has denied the allegation that he is behind the Hate Speech Bill at the National Assembly. Addressing newsmen on Monday in Lagos, the minister said the allegation made against him by Sen. Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East Senatorial District, ‘is fake news”. “You must have read the fake news attributed to Sen. Fadahunsi that I am behind the hate speech bill at the National Assembly, and that the senator who is sponsoring the bill is fronting for me “This is a typical example of the fake news we are trying to fight.…