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Yahaya Bello, who was recently elected as a new Kogi state governor, said he would not join issues with James Faleke, the running-mate of late Abubakar Audu, who has resumed full legislative duty just 72-hour after the conclusion of the election. After Bello has been declared the governor-elect on Sunday, Faleke said he would not take oath of office as deputy governor. ...
December, 2015
November, 2015
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30 November
Buhari Shocks Minnisters With Reduced Salary, Austere Package!
Members of the Buhari’s cabinet have formally received their official letters of appointment signed by the Secretary to The Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir David Lawal. Here’s the content of the letter: “I am pleased to inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has appointed you as a Minister in the Government ...
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26 November
Lagos Welcomes Buhari, Rebrands RRS Team
The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state on Friday, November 27 at a ceremony that will mark the rebranding and repositioning of its Rapid Response Squad (RRS). The visit will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office six months ago. In a press release issued by the State’s ...
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25 November
Yahaya Bello Not Faleke Should Replace Late Audu – INEC, Supp Election For Dec 5
Supplementary elections in the 91 polling units cancelled during Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State will be held on December 5, INEC has said. A statement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, signed by its Secretary, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, said that the All Progressives Congress will be allowed to fill the vacancy created by the death of its candidate, Abubakar ...
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25 November
Eternal Lessons Of Audu’s Death
IT is when tragedies, such as the sudden demise of Abubakar Audu, occur that some people start reassessing their lives and thinking about death. Ordinarily, it is not in the nature of man to always remember that this life will expire someday. Strangely too, man even thinks that he is the controller of the universe by the way he does ...
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25 November
Fuel Scarcity – Senate Attempts To Summon Buhari As Petroleum Minister!
Efforts by senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to convince the Senate to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to give reasons for the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country, were frustrated, yesterday, by their counterparts in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP senators, who berated the President’s handling of current economic situation in the country, insisted that ...
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25 November
Buhari Reveals: Ex-Govt Officials Secretly Returning Stolen Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the necessity for compliance with due process of the law, was responsible for the delay in the prosecution of the looters of the country’s economy, declaring however that “the day of reckoning is gradually coming.” The President also disclosed that a number of officials of the past administration had started returning stolen funds voluntarily, saying ...
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23 November
Resurrection Prophet Escapes Death At Audu’s Burial
The late former governor of Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, was buried today Monday, November 23, 2015 amid tears and wailing in Ogbochia. This was before rumours went viral that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been raised by a prophet who stormed the venue from Lagos with a promise of returning life to the lifeless body ...
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23 November
4 Constitutional Reasons Why Faleke “ll Replace Audu In Kogi
Death of Abubakar Audu has thrown up fresh debates. Though a novel case, there are similar Constitutional Provisions. According to Supreme Court in Amaechi Vs Omehia – APC is standing for election, not individual. In supplementary election you cannot replace, the co-ticket bearer carry on the battle. Admittedly, this is a strange and novel constitutional scenario. It has never happened ...
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21 November
Jonathan Denies Dasuki Over $2.2bn Arms Contract
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied claims that he awarded a $2bn arms procurement contract, contrary to reports of a presidential investigations committee into arms procurement under his administration. The committee had said that the Jonathan administration claimed to spend $2.2bn to procure arms that were never bought. It also accused the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, of supervising ...
