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The national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has been dragged before Federal High Court in Abuja over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State. The plaintiffs are Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, House of Representatives, Senator Sulaiman Nazif, Senator Isa Hammah Misau, Senator Muhammad Muhammad, Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, Ibrahim Zailan, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Captain Mohammed Bala Jibrin, Aminu Tukur and Maryam Garba Bagel. The defendants in the suit are APC National Chairman, Oyegun, Mallam Mai Bunu, National Secretary of APC, Dr. Tony Macfoy, state chairman of the party, and Mr. Sam Para.…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, warned that his administration would not tolerate mediocrity from any public or private citizens but promised to go out of his way to reward excellence. Buhari, who gave the warning at the 17th National Productivity Order of Merit, NPOM, Awards at the Nigerian Airforce Conference Centre, Abuja, presented awards to Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, and other Nigerians drawn from the corporate and public sectors. The President frowned at the menace of corruption which, according to him, has affected the economic well being of the country and warned that his…

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met behind closed doors with the committee set up by the Senate to interface with him over alleged attempt by the police to implicate Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, in a criminal case. Saraki had recently raised the alarm that Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, was planning to implicate him in a cult case in Kwara State. The IGP, Ibrahim Idris, was said to have ordered for the transfer of some of the suspected criminals from Kwara State to police headquarters, Abuja, which Saraki feared was aimed at implicating him, considering the running…

Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed to make the All Progressives Congress, APC, a political party where every member will have sense of belonging with equal opportunity and mutual respect for one another. Oshiomhole stated this Tuesday when he met Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, and caucus of the party to intimate them of his intention to contest for the position of national chairman. Addressing the APC senators in the Upper Chamber at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, Oshiomhole, who admitted that organs of the ruling party had not been functioning as expected, however, promised to…

Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano is sad over a whopping N1.4 trillion spent on fuel subsidy which was enough to be ploughed into the provision of many infrastructure in the country, calling on the Federal Government to prioritise its expenditure. Speaking on Power Lunch, a CNBC programme, Tuesday, Sanusi who is also a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is said the federal government needed to prioritise its expenditure in order to be industrialised. Sanusi said that by simply improving the allocation efficiency, the government could make greater impact. ”I have looked at some of the…

No fewer than six billion people are affected by the growing wave of grand corruption worldwide, Transparency International, TI, has stated. Transparency International’s chair, Delia Matilde Ferreira Rubio, stated this Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the opening of an international experience-sharing workshop on best practices to address emerging issues organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC. Rubio said, “Our last Corruption Perception Index CPI states that 69 percent of the 180 countries we have surveyed are under 50 in our scale. ”Our scale reads from 100, very transparent countries, how public sector is perceived…

The troubling security situation climaxed by persistent killings, kidnappings and arson in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State has continued to generate more condemnations and scathing remarks from most members of the public in the state. Venting anger on a privately owned radio station, Planet 101.1 FM, Uyo, some callers wondered the reason the insecurity is continuing despite the presence of policemen and other security operatives in the area. Speaking Monday under the radio’s programme tagged “The People’s Parliament”, a caller from Ikot Udo Obobo in the area reported that his poultry had been burgled by the hoodlums,…

Though the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.95 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of 2018, financial analysts have advocated easing of monetary policy for sustainability. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Monday, showed a stronger growth when compared with the first quarter of 2017, which recorded a growth of -0.91 per cent, indicating an increase of 2.87 per cent points. Compared to the preceding quarter, there was a decline of -0.16 per cent points from 2.11 per cent. Quarter on quarter, real GDP growth was -13.40 per cent. Real growth…

With winter fast approaching, many of people try to stick to a healthy eating plan to avoid gaining the excess kilos during the colder months. However, Susie Burrell, Australian dietitian, says regular fasting has a range of benefits and may help some people to lose weight. ‘While fasting is not a new invention, many religious and cultural groups have been fasting for thousands of years, the potential benefits it offers for weight loss is still being understood,’ she said on her blog. ‘One thing we do know is that various types of fasting offer a myriad of health benefits and…