London-Paris Club loans: Our Governors should fear God and pay outstanding salaries and pensions (Photo)

The Federal Government has released N388.304 billion out of N522.74 billion to 35 states as refunds of over-deductions on London-Paris Club loans.

Topping the list of states with the hugest reimbursements are states controlled by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contrary to their claims that they were being financially oppressed by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

3 ARRESTED IN ENUGU FOR IMPERSONATING EFCC ACTING CHAIRMAN, IBRAHIM MAGU

Chukwuma Charles Eze, Ogechi Emeka Okwuosa

The Enugu Zonal office of the EFCC has arrested three persons: Chukwuma Charles Eze, Ogechi Emeka Okwuosa and Anokwuru Miriam Iheoma, (F) in a case of impersonation and attempt to obtain money by false pretences from the Anambra State Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Prince Casmir I. Ajulu. 

The arrest of the trio came on the heels of a petition that a text message was purportedly sent on 26th March, 2016 by the Acting Executive Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu to Ajulu’s phone requesting him to send a list of names of House of Representatives designates that want their Certificate of Return for the last election held in Anambra State. 

Several subsequent messages from two mobile numbers belonging to Glo and MTN network respectively demanded from the petitioner the sum of N16,0000,000.00 (Sixteen Million Naira Only) assuring him that the EFCC Chairman was in touch and working with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 

1 YEAR IN OFFICE: President Buhari set to disclose recovered loot tomorrow

President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow fulfill the promise he made during his recent trip to Britain that he would disclose the names of those that looted the public treasury and the amount so far recovered from them on May 29, the Democracy Day.

However, speaking on the issue yesterday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said he could not remember his boss promising that he would disclose names of those who have returned stolen funds on Democracy Day, stressing that the closest his boss said was that he would update Nigerians on how far his government has taken the anti-graft war and how much has been cumulatively returned by the looters.

N400m Fraud: If I miss surgery, I risk paralysis - Olisa Metuh

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today deferred ruling on the application of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh to release his international passport to allow him travel abroad on health grounds.

Metuh through his counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN, had on May 16, 2016 filed a motion praying the court to allow him travel to the United Kingdom for proper medical attention.

Mr. Metuh threw up at the car park of the Federal High Court, venue of his ongoing trial, on Thursday, May 19, after receiving medication at the National Hospital the previous night

Ex Education Minister, Shekarau In EFCC custody - Investigation Reveals How N950m was Shared

Details of how ex-Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, shared N950million campaign funds to candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emerged after Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began investigation into the matter.

Security and party sources have revealed how the former minister appropriated and shared campaign funds in his residence on the eve of the election. Today NG reports

Mr. Shekarau, who is currently in EFCC custody, had earlier denied knowledge of how the money was shared, admitting that the funds were only shared in his house.

Herdsmen and the Killing Field...2

The verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi

Early in 2012, I took my son to the birthday of a classmate of his at Maitama Amusement Park, Abuja where I noticed a familiar face. As I muttered almost to myself, “is that not Mrs. Maryam Abacha?” my son, then eight years old, replied in the affirmative. “Yes, that is his grandmother. His grandfather was General Sani Abacha that you wrote about in your book.” Although I didn’t say anything to that, my son then added: “They say his grandfather was a very wicked man. But he (the classmate) is not wicked. He is a good person.”

I didn’t need any reassurance about this particular well-mannered classmate of my son even though I had no inkling until then that he had any relationship to the late General Abacha. However, my son was probably concerned that I might have been trying to judge the boy by my prejudices against his grandfather. That was one message I took away from the testimonials he was reeling out. As amused as I was, that also taught me a lesson about how we judge others, not necessarily by who they are but by the family or ethnic group they belong to or the religion they practice.

FAKE REPORT IN THE NATION NEWSPAPER THAT I AM IN HIDING AND RUNNING FROM THE EFCC - Fani Kayode

The former Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has refuted the reports by the Nation Newspaper that he was hiding and running away from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission.

Fani-Kayode said "I have just read some absurd media reports in the Nation Newspaper which have qouted their sources in the EFCC as saying that I had gone underground and that I was hiding from them. This is false.!

REVEALED: DSS invasion of Dasuki’s house has nothing to do with Buhari

*The multi-billion dollar terror fund link
* $40,000 cash, 3 guns, travel documents recovered in DSS search

Contrary to in­sinuations that President Mu­hammadu Bu­hari ordered the arrest of former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Da­suki because he was the Army officer who led sol­diers to arrest him (Bu­hari) on the day he was overthrown as military Head of State in August 1985, facts emerging from the security circle indi­cate that the retired Army Colonel is wanted in con­nection with multi-billion dollar funds domiciled in his office as NSA.


Operation against Dasuki was two-pronged as a team of DSS operatives were also deployed in his family house in Sokoto. Between Thursday eve­ning and 6pm yesterday (Friday), Department of State Security Service (DSS) operatives had been searching for Dasuki in his Abuja and Sokoto homes. Though, he was believed to be in his Abuja home. He eventually allowed the DSS detectives to enter his house to execute a search warrant. At the end of the search, it was learnt that items recovered from the house included $40,000, three automatic rifles and his travel documents. The operatives thereafter va­cated the house.

Aregbesola’s son gives Osun PDP chair ultimatum to retract false publication

Kabiru Aregbesola, eldest son of the Osun State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has given the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Ganiyu Ola-Oluwa, a seven-day ultimatum to retract the publication linking him (Kabiru) to money laundering.

The governor’s son said Ola-Oluwa should also tender an unreserved apology on his claim that he was arrested for money laundering at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Kabiru’s solicitor, Barrister Ajibola Basiru, in a letter directed to the PDP chairman, copy of which was made available to newsmen in Osogbo, said failure to comply with the ultimatum would make him face the wrath of law.

The letter reads in part:

“The retraction and apology must be done in at least two national dailies with wide circulation, and failure to publish the retraction with an apology within the said period may leave the client with no option but to seek legal redress with its attendant consequences.
“Your orchestrated lie had reduced the image of our client in the estimation of every right thinking member of the public and has also injured our client’s reputation and that of members of his families as you have portrayed him falsely as a money launderer.
“My client was never arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport for the offence of money laundering and was nowhere near the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. He was not arrested at the airport or anywhere in the country at any time whatsoever.
“It may also interest you to know that our client has never been arrested anywhere in the country or outside the country for any offence since he was born. Our client is a young professional with a brilliant career.”

The letter pointed out further that, “our client informed us that he received numerous calls from families and friends directing him to check a news publication in two national dailies with captions: “Osun Govt, PDP bicker over alleged arrest of Aregbesola’s son for attempted money laundering”, and “Osun denies Kabiru Aregbesola’s alleged arrest.”
“In the said publications, you (Ganiyu Ola-Oluwa) issued a statement on behalf of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) emphatically stating that our client was arrested at the departure wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with a lump sum of money that was not cleared but stocked in his luggage.

BREAKING NEWS: OSUN ELECTION TRIBUNAL DISMISSES OMISORE'S CASE FOR LACK OF MERIT

The election petition tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the Osun state capital has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in that last year state governorship election which saw the incumbent governor of the state Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola retained the seat for the next four years.

Contrary to the unnecessary and wide jubilation by the PDP supporters  since the both party closed their cases at tribunal and yesterday in Osogbo, the Tribunal dismissed the petition for lack of merit in all ramification and that the incumbent is duly and validly elected.


The Leading tribunal member, Justice Elizabeth Ipejime on Friday at the High Court in Osogbo declared  governor Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress winner of the election tribunal.

Aregbesola who had defeated PDP’s Senator Iyiola Omisore during the polls with 392, 284 votes to 292, 742 votes but the results were contested by Omisore and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Both Aregbesola and Omisore were absent in court but were ably represented by their party’s agents.


On allegations of over-voting, the Tribunal ruled that no single evidence of over-voting was proved by the petitioners.

On allegation of using O'Yes as INEC officials, there is no such evidence on record as what they have are two O'Yes member who testified as agent and not INEC official

The tribunal ruled that the Petitioners failed to prove allegations of improper accreditation.

On the allegation of non stamping of result by the Petitioners, the Tribunal ruled that the result sheets were properly signed and stamped.

On the allegations of intimidation and prevention of people from voting, the tribunal ruled that there was no evidence to that effect.

Also, the Tribunal ruled that there is nothing expert in the so called expert witness report.

On the complaints that INEC did not call witness, the Tribunal ruled that the petitioners is duty bound to discharge the onus to prove the allegations.

In this case the petitioners failed to prove their allegations to warrant INEC calling evidence.


More details later.....

Aregbesola, Omisore and Osun state’s August votes by Lasisi Olagunju

About 18 months ago, I was at a media event in Lagos where Senator Iyiola Omisore unveiled his decision to contest the 2014 governorship election in Osun State. He spoke so passionately about his love for the state and why and how he would contest and win. I remember a number of people spoke. I remember (for whatever reasons) I was asked to also say something. I remember I got up, slowly, then told Senator Omisore that if the election was held under the prevailing circumstance, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, then of the ACN, would win. I remember I explained that Aregbesola would win, not for anything else, but for the fact that there would be no opposition political party to contest the seat with him. Omisore’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as far back as that time, was already rent, badly divided in Osun State. It was at that event that some of the editors got to know that Omisore had parted ways with his friend, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at a time he ( the senator) was already in competition for the governorship ticket of the party with three other key stakeholders in the PDP. I thought I was helping him, giving him hints of what needed to be done, but the ever confident, optimistic Omisore dismissed my words. “Nobody will be a threat to this project,” he said as I took my seat.

As I sat back at that event, playing with my phone, my mind was scouring the ocean beds of history, of Generals who went to wars and came out victorious and in one piece, and of those defeated, badly bruised. I remembered Hannibal, imperial Rome’s tormentor for many years. Would history have listed Hannibal among military geniuses if he had repeatedly fought and failed in his missions? And, more importantly, would he have won his wars if he had fought all battles? Should a good commander fight all battles? Shouldn’t he select his battles while focusing intently on winning the war? Would Hannibal have been celebrated in history if he had not taken his troops (and elephants) through the Alps? Would he have been able to cross the Alps if he had not been conciliatory with the Gauls through whose territory he had to pass to fulfill his destiny?

Aregbesola's victory: Jonathan refuses to pick Omisore's calls

The Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has refused to pick the repeated calls of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the State of Osun, Iyiola Omisore, since declaration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Aregbesola, contrary to the PDP evil calculation defeated  Omisore in a land slide victory as he won massively in twenty four local government areas o the state

Gaius Nosa wrote:

But Where is Chief Ebenezer Babatope who predicted that PDP will win in Edo and Osun states? Is the PDP chairman in Osun, Gani Olaoluwa still in office?  If so ,he is alainitiju. Where is Ife High Chief, Chief Gunju Adesakin who is also known as Mr N94.7 million tricycles supplier?

Ekiti Victory: President Jonathan Congratulates Governor-Elect Ayodele Fayose

The Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose with a call on him to be humble and magnanimous as he prepares to assume office as the goverenor of Ekiti state.

President Jonathan in his congratulatory message to the governor elect, charged him to “commit himself to forming an administration that will work for the advancement of the interests of all Ekiti people irrespective of their political affiliations or loyalties”.

He charged Mr Fayose to regard his second chance to serve as Governor of Ekiti State as a “sacred mandate from God Almighty and his people which he must discharge with immense dedication, wisdom and vigour to achieve a much more rapid pace of socio-economic development in Ekiti State for the benefit of its people who resoundingly reaffirmed their trust in his leadership by voting overwhelmingly for his election”.

President Jonathan’s message which was conveyed through a statement signed by the special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati.

Gov Fayemi congratulates Ayo Fayose on his victory at the Polls, Promises to arrange a meeting with the governor-elect on way forward for Ekiti state

History was made today in Nigeria for the first time a candidate in an election congratulated his opponent on his victory as the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State and incumbent governor, John Kayode Fayemi has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Ayo Fayose for his victory at the polls.

In a statement broadcasted to the people of Ekiti State, Fayemi said he has spoken with Fayose congratulating him on his victory. According to the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Fayose polled 203,090 votes to defeat Fayemi, who scored 120, 433 votes, while the candidate of the Labour Party, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele scored 18, 135 votes.

#EkitiDecide: Ayo Fayose Leads With A Wide Margin - Updates 2

As Celebrations still going on in Ado Ekiti as the shouts of "Power!" "Power!" reverberate everywhere.Vote count still ongoing in some PU's in Ado-Ekiti although supporters of PDP's Fayose already jubilating.

This is even as reports spoke of an early lead by former governor Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had vowed to unseat the incumbent, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has yet to announce the official result of the ballot.

There are 16 local government areas in Ekiti State, with a total number of 732, 166 valid registered voters.The state has 177 wards, 2195 polling units as well as 2803 voting points.

The gender distribution of voter population are Females: 371, 419 (51%) and Males: 360, 747 (49%), according to statistics provided by INEC.

Don't plunge Nigeria into crisis over 2015 ambition - APC warns Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress, APC has condemned the violence unleashed on peaceful members of the party at Ado Ekiti on Sunday by the police, apparently acting out a script written by the Presidency
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to foment trouble in the South-west ahead of the 2015 general elections.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party put the blame for the violence squarely on the shoulders of the Presidency and the PDP, wondering why the police, who are paid by taxpayers to maintain law and order, would turn their weapons on the same defenceless citizens they are paid to protect.

Kwara Lawmaker, Idris Haliru is dead

A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Idris Haliru, is dead. 

Hon. Idris represented Kaiama/Kemanji/Wajibe constituency of Kwara North. He died in the early hours of today at the official residence in the Legislative Quarters, Ilorin. 

The deceased was the son of Sen. Haliru Mohammed from Kwara North.

E-kwara learnt very reliably that the deceased had been battling with a chronic terminal illness for over two years now. He practically spent the better part of his legislative life on the sick bed. 

At a point, he was said to have been flown to India for intensive medical treatment.

Gun Shot: Omisore Fires Tinubu over comment on Osun, Ekiti gov polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  governorship candidate in the coming election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Friday,  lambasted the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the statement credited to him that his party would resort to jungle justice if the forthcoming governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun states were rigged.

APC True Colour of Tanbuwal: Can't declare defecting lawmakers’ seats vacant

Nigeria House of Representatives has declared that Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was not under pressure to declare vacant seats of the 37 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Victor Ogene (APGA, Anambra), stated this at a news briefing after a closed door session at yesterday’s plenary.

“There was no pressure on the Speaker to sack the defected legislators. If there was, we would not have held the closed door session today, he said.


He explained that they were nominal parties in the suit by virtue of their office and the counsel was briefed by the Management of the National Assembly to represent the House of Representatives as an institution.

Ogene clarified that the executive session was convoked by the leadership to create room for the legislators to talk among themselves and “and there was nothing unusual.” “We talked to ourselves in order to get things clear about the defection matter that is already in court.

APC PRESIDENTIAL TICKET: We Will Present The Best And Most Competent - Nasir El-RufaI

The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,FCT, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has hinted that the All Progressive Congress, APC, will present to the nation in the 2015 general elections, the best , most competent and most acceptable candidates for the Nigeria highest and most exhorted positions of President and Vice President.

 Former Minister said, those speculating on this and advising me on all manners of persons and religions should know my views as follows: "APC will present an integrity-competence ticket not religion." "Politics and governance are not to be mixed or dictated to by any religion."

 El-Rufai insisted that The All Progressive Congress (APC) will present to Nigerians the best persons with the integrity, capacity and competence to create jobs, fight corruption and rebuild our nation without discrimination. How these persons worship the Almighty God is private to them and dies not matter to discerning Nigerians particularly young people that suffer most from bad governance, unemployment and the Jonathanian culture of impunity.