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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has formally petitioned German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister, Theresa May, over what it described as “growing impunity and acts of oppression’’ by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The party, in a letter signed by its national chairman, Uche Secondus, Tuesday, also accused the All Progressives Congress, APC- led government of using anti-corruption agencies to harass and intimidate opposition figures, ahead of the 2019 general elections. The letter read: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, under this administration, has metamorphosed into a draconian agency, showing scant regard for the rule of law and…

Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, FOCAC, has resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects across the country, valued at more than $5 billion in the last three years of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari, who stated this in his remark at the FOCAC Round Table meeting, attended by African leaders and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Tuesday, noted that through the Chinese support, Nigeria had impressively addressed significant challenges in the areas of infrastructure, human capacity development, power, transport, agriculture and humanitarian assistance. In a statement by Malam Garba…

Barring any last minutes change, the Tripartite Committee approved by the Federal Government to review the minimum wage will submit its report this week. Although the committee was supposed to present its report last month, the public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir affected the date. It was reliably gathered that the committee met Tuesday at the Trsnscorp Hilton Abuja and a highly placed source privy to the meeting told Vanguard that the organised labour was pressing that the report be concluded Wednesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Vanguard that though the government representatives had requested for more…

The All Progressives Congress, APC has said it will commence sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for all elective offices ahead of the 2019 general elections Wednesday. Consequently, the party has fixed the presidential nomination form at N40 million and Expression of Interest form at N5 million, totalling N45 million. For governorship, the nomination form is N22.5 million, while expression of interest is N2.5 million. As for the Senate, the nomination form costs N7 million, while the expression of interests costs N1 million. Nomination for the House of Representatives cost N3.5 million and the expression of interest form…

Legislative aides to senators and members of the House of Representatives, Tuesday, threatened to shut down the National Assembly if allowances allegedly owed tham totalling N5.8 billion were not paid before the September 25, 2018, resumption date of NASS. The legislative aides in their hundreds, who made the threat Tuesday at the central lobby of the National Assembly, were seen shouting “We are aides and not slaves, pay us our entitlements” ! Addressing journalists on their plights, chairman of the aggrieved legislative aides, Comrade Sam Melaye, stated that the entitlements totalling about N5.8 billion now, must be paid before resumption of the…

Chief Edwin Clark, former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Tuesday, vowed that he will not stop commenting on national issues as well as speak his mind on anything that is unjust in this country. Clark who stated this after the police had raided hisAbuja residence for alleged possession of arms and ammunition pointed out that he would not relent in criticising injustice, oppression, discrimination, religious bigotry, ethnicity and anything that affect the unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria as a country. The policemen stormed the 43, Haile Selassie Street, Asokoro, residence of the 91- year-old elder statesman at 12.30 and left…

The job of 500 workers in Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria, ALBON, in Anambra State may be on the line following the state government’s directive for the luxury drivers to relocate to new bus terminal in Onitsha. The luxury owners especially those who load at Izu Chukwu Park appealed to Governor Willie Obiano and Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Uchenna Okofor to allow them to remain where they were operating at upper Iweka since the park did not extend to the expressway or block the road. The National Task force Chairman of ALBON, Chief Joseph Ejiofor and the Chairman…

Fierce legal fireworks over the recent impeachment of Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, commenced Monday, in the State High Court, presided over by Justice Benjamin C. Iheka. A glimpse of what was in the offing reared its head when Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, announced his presence for the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly and Imo State House of Assembly, while the State Attorney-General, AG, Mr. Milletus Nlemadim, SAN, remained for the Chief Judge. Madumere’s counsel, Prince Ken C. O. Njemanze, SAN, told the Court that the provisions of Section 188(5) of the Nigerian Constitution as amended remains central…

Nigeria, Germany, Norway, and the United Nations Monday converged on Berlin, Germany, to raise funds in excess of $1.56 billion for humanitarian assistance, civilian protection and crisis for Lake Chad region. The Berlin Conference, which continues Tuesday, is jointly organised by the three countries and the UN, is one of the 2018 largest pledging conferences the prevention and stabilisation of Lake Chad. The pledges at the conference would help provide humanitarian assistance for North East Nigeria and parts of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, ravaged by Boko Haram insurgents. It would also discuss the perspectives of civil society, their concerns and…

Some presidential aspirants, who had remained with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, since 2014 have warned the party’s hierarchy against giving preferential treatment to aspirants, who recently returned or defected to the PDP. Stressing the need for the leaders to reward loyalty, the old PDP aspirants contended that the main opposition party would have ceased to exist but for the loyalty of those, who refused to defect to other parties before the 2015 presidential elections that the PDP lost as a ruling a party. Senate President Bukola Saraki; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal;…