Poligov Nigeria: June 2015

Aregbesola pays workers December salary

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said on Tuesday, that Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved the payment of December, 2014 salary for workers in the state.

The lawmaker representing Ojo federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Obasa, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly intervene in the leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly before things get out of hand.

The ongoing turmoil within the ruling All Progressives Congress drags Nigeria down a familiar path, writes JOHN ALECHENU

The Asiwaju Grassroots Foundation says those plotting against the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will fail.

No fewer than 110,849 people are living with HIV and AIDS in Taraba, Mr Edward Ogenyi, National Coordinator, Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), said on Tuesday.

Attahiru Jega has handed over the chairmanship of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Mohammed Wali, a national commissioner of the electoral body from the north-west. Jega handed over to Wali at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. Six other national commissioners also ended their tenure.

Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, has challenged President Barack Obama by asking for his hand in marriage. His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the United States by the Supreme Court. Mugabe during his weekly radio interview with Zimbabwe’s national radio last Saturday said:

Contrary to the claims by Deposit Money Banks (DMB) that there would be total restriction on accounts without Bank Verification Number (BVN), after the deadline today, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that account holders can still have access to cash transactions while the e-banking transactions would be restricted.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, generated about N8.1trillion between 2012 and May 2015, but paid only N4.3trillion to the federation account, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said Monday, citing new details from the federal economic council meeting.

The Federal Government has appointed Mr. Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan, as the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to take over from Mr. George Osahon whose tenure elapsed June 19, 2015.

The crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Bukola Saraki is taking its toll on executive-legislature relations as both men are not on speaking terms, TheCable understands.

The Ahmed Joda transition committee has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately terminate all dubious appointments made by former President Goodluck Jonathan in the last nine months, and review all contracts awarded by the administration in the last 18 months.

Akande laments effect of disagreement on party’s unity

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun’s political future is hanging in the balance.

TheAll Progressives Congress (APC) chairman should step down, some forces within the party are pushing, ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of the National Caucus Committee.

FOR those that are eager to hear President Muhammadu Buhari name his cabinet members, they will have to tarry awhile because the President’s cabinet members may not be announced untill the end of August or early September.

Bisi Akande, pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the rebellion in the senate is being viewed in the south-west as a northern conspiracy against the Yoruba.

Two sources close to President Muhammadu Buhari have told SaharaReporters that there was growing concern over the apparent determination of the president’s wife, Aisha Buhari, to transform herself into a politically powerful spouse, in defiance of her husband’s wishes.

President Muhammadu Buhari will today inaugurate his administration’s National Economic Council (NEC).

The dithering procrastination by the Muhammadu Buhari administration in making key appointments is an issue among some Nigerians. Should it?

Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu is a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was a member of the Imo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic. He speaks to Correspondent Jude Opara on issues including the developments in the National Assembly which he says show that the APC is not yet a homogenous political party. Excerpts:

Otuekong Jackson Udoh is a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress APC, an industrialist and respected elder in Akwa Ibom state. He was a member of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Council. In this interview with journalists in Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital, he spoke on some of the current political issues particularly relating to issues at the Akwa Ibom State Election Tribunal. Excerpts:

By Chioma Onuegbu

The All Progressives Congress says President Muhammadu Buhari has already surpassed President Goodluck Jonathan’s achievements in the area of fighting insecurity.

The sharing of principal offices in the Senate seems to be creating a fresh crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress.

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, and the Senator representing Bayelsa-East senatorial district, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce clashed on Thursday over Aregbesola’s inability to pay workers’ salaries.

The Bauchi State Government has seized 22 vehicles from the four wives of former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, which they allegedly took away.

The newly-elected Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Ondo’s Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday said that the opposition party would regain power at the centre come 2019.

THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that contrary to the claims by the immediate past administration that it left N7bn in the state coffers, he met an empty treasury.

The girl that allegedly made public the video showing a former commissioner with Zamfara State Government having sex with a girl may likely release another video showing the same person in a similar act with a pregnant woman if the former top official decides to harass her, a close friend to the aggrieved girl told Daily Trust.

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of awarding N720m to himself as the arrears of salaries and allowances of his unfinished first term.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday said his visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo was to receive his blessing and consult him on how to assist him in moving the Senate and the nation forward.

Contrary to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the immediate disposal of nine of the 11 VIP transport aircraft in the presidential fleet, the presidency on Friday denied knowledge of any such directive.

Following the heightened criticism against President Muhammadu Buhari’s secret declaration of assets as against his campaign promise to make public his assets, reports have come to light to reveal that Buhari who claimed to be unable to buy the March 28 Presidential form is set to declare an estimated N879 million in assets.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has expressed shock over comments by Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, suggesting that the massive electoral fraud perpetrated during the last general elections in Rivers State was not as huge as being reported.

A sequel to the still unsettled crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, arising from last week’s National Assembly leadership contest, another crisis may be in the offing as lawmakers take up battle with national officers of the party over the appointment of principal officers of the legislature.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday visited some of the major traffic points in the metropolis, stating that his administration will provide solutions to traffic snarls in the state.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has insisted that this year’s elections in Rivers state were credible and that the commission did the right thing by announcing the winner.

Amidst claims by Nigerian security agencies that they are being underfunded, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today that a total N4.62trillion has been allocated to the federal security sector in the past five years.

Rivers State Government recovers Government vehicle illegally acquired by Spokesperson for Amaechi’s administration

I am the biggest fan of Buhari, but it has not change the fact that my support for him is channel at my dream of a new and better nigeria. All of a sudden we don’t get to see the counting of days that was conspicuous on Channels TV and Some major news papers ,

A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been arrested by the Economic and FINANCIAL Crimes COMMISSION, EFCC.

THE JOINT TASK FORCE DESTROYING ILLEGAL REFINERIES IN OTEGHELE FOREST, WARRI SOUTH-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA ON WEDNESDAY

BOKO HARAM: Military Command Centre in Maiduguri

The Army High Command said, yesterday, that the Military Command and Control Centre, MCCC, being established in Maiduguri and Yola for the effective coordination of the onslaught against Boko Haram terrorists, will be completed in the next 21 days and the MCCC would be fully operational.

In this interview with SAHARA TV monitored by ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, the newly appointed Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who is also the immediate past Managing Director of The SUN and President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, speaks about his appointment

The Ekiti State government Wednesday said only May 2015 salary was being owed by the Governor Ayodele Fayose-led government.

PORT HARCOURT— Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dissolved the board of Rivers State Civil Service Commission.

Senator representing Bayelsa East and philanthropist Mr. Ben Murray Bruce of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pledged to donate his wardrobe allowance to the unpaid workers in Osun state and widows in his community at Akasa, Bayelsa state.

It was a horrific sight when the decomposing remains of 21 year old Morenikeji Owolabi were discovered in a shrine at the rustic Eposo village, Ishara, in Remo North Local Government Council of Ogun state.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has issued a response to reports that Nigerian lawmakers are set to receive a sum of N8.46bn as wardrobe allowance.

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has been elected the chairman the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ forum.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday grilled a former governor of Ebonyi State, Martin Elechi.

A prosecutor of the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Matthew Ologbon, has informed an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr. K.A.Yahyah, that a female National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Yetunde Idowu was raped to death by a 51-year-old man, Abdullahi Tanko, and his gang members.