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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has charged Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands by procuring their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to vote out the ruling party for failing to deliver on promise made prior to its victory in 2015 general elections. Secondus, who stated this in a Democracy Day prayer to Nigerians that the President would have no further opportunity to address the nation on Democracy Day, said never gain would a non-democrat as President Buhari be given access to power to put the country’s democracy in danger. He also urged…

National Assembly members Tuesday hit back at Professor Attahiru Jega, former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over claim that they take bribe before passage of budget into law. Jega had at the Democracy Day lecture on Monday alleged that federal legislators were notorious for bribe-taking. He had said: “Members of the National Assembly engage in bribe taking when they pursue committee works and oversight, and I wonder what is happening with intelligence and investigative responsibilities of security agencies in policing our National Assembly. “Some chairmen of the committees in the National Assembly have become notorious on this issue…

Mariah Carey, the music goddess, has sold a 35-carat diamond engagement ring worth $10 million her former boyfriend, James Packer give to her two years ago. The huge sparkler, which was worth $10 million, was part of the financial settlement the diva made in 2017 after her split from the Australian media baron. “Mariah has been very vocal recently about her choice to move forward in her life surrounded by positivity,” her publicist told me. “That requires leaving emotional and material baggage behind, including an old engagement ring from an ex-boyfriend.” A source said Carey had one of her business managers quietly sell the ring…

Cristiano Ronaldo cast a shadow over Real Madrid’s third consecutive Champions League triumph by suggesting he could have played his last game for the Spanish giants in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Liverpool in Kiev. Ronaldo, 33, has now won five European Cups in all, but failed to score in a fourth final as Gareth Bale was the hero for Real after coming off the bench to score twice. “I am going to enjoy this moment and in the next few days I will give an answer to the fans, who have always been at my side,” Ronaldo told BeIN Sports…

ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 2018 DEMOCRACY DAY CELEBRATION, TUESDAY, 29TH MAY, 2018 My Dear Nigerians! Today marks the 19th year of our nascent democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of this administration. I am thankful to Almighty God for bringing us thus far. This administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver. We have faced a lot of challenges on this journey and Nigerians have stood by us in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely;…

Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, is worried that since May 29,1999, political parties in the country have no distinct ideologies. General Babangida, who made the observation in a statement to mark the 18 years of democratic practice in Nigeria, noted that the parties are decked with internal squabbles and cross carpeting that is not healthy to our democracy. According to him, unlike in the past, democratic governance had totally derailed from what it used to be and now polarized along ethnic and religious lines. He said, “As we celebrate 18 years of democracy in our country, democratic governance…

Global Amnesty Watch, GAW, an International human rights organisation, Monday, urged the Federal Government to exit the International Criminal Court, ICC, saying it was the only way that on-going war against terrorism in the country could be won without repercussions. The Geneva based group made the call in a communique it issued at the end of the 2nd International Human Rights Conference on Local Armed Conflict in Nigeria, held in Abuja. The conference, with the theme: “Assessing Nigeria’s response to the global security threats & its implications for world peace”, was organised in partnership with Institute for African Studies, University…

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Monday, raised the alarm, saying there were danger signals over the 2019 general elections. He also noted that said it was through God’s intervention that the country was not thrown into constitutional crisis during the 2015 general elections. Prof. Jega, who raised the alarm while delivering the 2018 Democracy Day lecture in Abuja, also told the federal government to ensure that security operatives display high sense of professionalism and neutrality in the forthcoming elections.. He further said there was deficit of good governance in the country and that…

The Ministry of Finance is yet to submit its report to the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating the $17 million fee for lawyers involved in the transfer of $321 million Abacha loot to Nigeria. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, had engaged Oladipo Okpeseyi, a senior advocate, and Temitope Adebayo, two Nigerian lawyers to do a job that had already been completed by Enrico Monfrini, the Swiss lawyer hired by the Nigerian government since 1999 to work on recovering the loot. Monfrini had questioned the engagement of the lawyers in an e-mail interview with online portal, TheCable, saying there was…

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed that in 2015 the National Assembly leadership allegedly coerced the executive arm to part with an additional N17 billion before the year’s budget was passed into law. Okonjo-Iweala responded to allegation by Femi Gbajabiamila, the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, over claims that she and her aides inserted their own projects into the 2015 budget. Clarifying the issues on her verified Twitter handle on Sunday, she said the lawmaker’s claims were inaccurate. The former minister had in her book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines,’ revealed…