Obasanjo urges Nigerians to shun tribal politics, extremism

 

Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday appealed to Nigerian politicians whom he observed are still playing tribal politics to eschew such unpatriotic attitude, insisting that Nigeria could only progress if every citizen sees himself or herself first as a Nigerian before any other consideration.
Also at the weekend, Obasanjo advised the Federal Governments to use education as a tool to end the Boko Haram insurgency. He carpeted some religious leaders whom he alleged have abandoned preaching tolerance and peace to encouraging violence, extremism and materialism
Obasanjo said it was regrettable that 55 years after Nigeria’s independence, the country’s progress is still being hampered by tribal, sectional, ethnic or regional politics.

EFCC Arrests Jonathan's Ex-ADC

EFCC Arrests Jonathan's Ex-ADC

Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday arrested Mr. Moses Jitoboh‎, Chief Personal Security Officer to former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Jitoboh, a serving Commissioner of Police, We gathered, was arrested by EFCC operatives after shortly after luring him into the Presidential Villa.

Jitoboh served as ADC to Jonathan when the latter served as vice and acting President, and is the third security aide of the fomer president to face harassment in a week.

An EFCC source told newsman that Jitoboh was "brought into our custody‎" on Sunday evening.

As at the time of this report, EFCC spokesman Mr. Wilson Uwujaren told newsman‎ he didn't have any information on the reported arrest.

FRSC Warns Motorists Against Driving Under Influence Of Alcohol, Hard Drugs

FRSC Warns Motorists Against Driving Under Influence Of Alcohol, Hard Drugs

 

 

The Lagos State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Hyginus Omeje, on Monday warned motorists to desist from driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or hard drugs.
Umeh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that most of the accidents on the highways were as a result of reckless driving by motorists, especially those who have taken alcohol or hard drugs, before setting out.
He said that the FRSC would have to tackle the menace through the relevant agencies, so that the situation could be addressed from source, to ensure a drastic reduction in accident rates, especially during festive periods.

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US to trace Nigeria’s stolen funds

 

Buhari, Obama

The United States will offer to help Nigeria’s new leader track down billions of dollars in stolen assets and increase US military assistance to fight Islamic militants, US officials said, as Washington seeks to “reset” ties with Africa’s biggest economy.

The visit to Washington by President Muhammadu Buhari is viewed by the US administration as a chance to set the seal on improving ties since he won a March election, hailed as Nigeria’s first democratic power transition in decades.

Buhari set to meet Obama

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on a four-day official visit to United States, where he is expected to discuss bilateral issues with President Barrack Obama and other government officials.
The president, who arrived at Joint Based Andrews Airport Washington, was received by the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Mrs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Mr. James Entwistle, U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Others at the airport to receive the President included the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, Nigerian embassy officials and governors of Borno, Nasarawa, Imo, Oyo and Edo.

Aregbesola denies plan to sack 10,000 workers

Aregbesola

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday denied speculations that that his administration was planning to sack 10,000 workers.
Aregbesola in a statement by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon, said in Osogbo that “the so-called plan’’ to sack 10,000 workers is a figment of an imagination by the opposition party in the state.
According to the statement, nowhere has the Aregbesola administration signifies any intention to sack any worker.

Fayose to Obasanjo: Stop Attacking Jonathan

Fayose to Obasanjo: Stop Attacking Jonathan

 

Governor Ayodele Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop the consistent vitriolic attacks being launched against the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayose said: “Dr Goodluck Jonathan is no longer the president of Nigeria; he should be allowed to live a private life devoid of mudslinging from elder statesmen like Chief Obasanjo.”

Suicide bomber kills five in Damaturu

A suicide bomber on Monday diffused a bomb at check point in Damaturu, Yobe State.
At least five people, including a policeman, were feared dead.
Details later…

Ekweremadu, APC and the ICC meeting

 

Ekweremadu

THE emergence of the leadership of the current National Assembly in our country has thrown up many issues that will generate a heated debate for a long time.
The June 9 inauguration of the Eight National Assembly and the drama attending the election of the Senate President, Speaker and their deputies have presented drama, intrigues and political calculations which deserve that not only books be written about the event of that day and what happened before and after, but also requires scholars of political science and Nigerian political developments and government to further interrogate and document what happened for posterity.
While so much has been written and many explanations given by the actors and their supporters on the leadership crisis, one has noticed how the issue of the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu representing Enugu State and a member of the minority party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the Deputy Senate President has equally assumed a life of its own.

Bailout Not from Savings Made by Jonathan Govt, Presidency Replies PDP

Bailout Not from Savings Made by Jonathan Govt, Presidency Replies PDP

President Muhammadu Buhari

The presidency has described as false, banal and ludicrous the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh, that the funds released to states by President Muhammadu Buhari to enable them pay their workers’ salaries came from savings made by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

But in a counter statement, the People Democratic Party is insisting that the LNG bail out fund approved by President Buhari to the state governors is part of the savings by the past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.