Association pleads with Buhari to re-introduce War Against Indiscipline

The Chairman of Katsina State Indigenes Association, Sokoto State chapter, Alhaji Aliyu Daura, has pleaded with the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to re-introduce the War Against Indiscipline (WAI).He made the plea in a congratulatory message to Buhari made available to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday.According to him, the re-introduction of WAI will check the menace of various forms of indiscipline across the country.He appealed to Buhari to also strive to ensure total eradication of corruption from the country, describing it as the bane of Nigeria’s socio-economic development.Daura further called on

Public declaration of assets being canvassed by Buhari not enough to curb corruption in Nigeria – Saraki

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said public declaration of assets, currently being canvassed by the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), is not enough to curb corruption in the country.Saraki made this known in a statement by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, in Abuja on Sunday.It reads: “While asset declaration is an accepted protocol of statutory disclosure, alone in itself cannot reduce corruption as a stand alone measure, as we have seen in previous administrations.“To reduce corruption in governance and public administration, a

APC denies plot to destabilize PDP, urges Metuh to take crash course on new role as opposition spokesman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied having any hand in the crumbling of the PDP, as alleged by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh, while offering him (Metuh) a free, six-week crash course on his new role as the opposition spokesman.Reacting to the allegation by Metuh that the APC has been working to destabilize the PDP, the party (APC) said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday, that during the training, Metuh will be given free lessons by his APC counterpart, in the spirit of cooperation and for the advancement of the nation’s democracy

Do everything possible to rescue Chibok girls before the end of your tenure – Group appeals to Jonathan

A Civil Society Coalition in Lagos on Friday said it would be historical if the President Goodluck Jonathan administration was able to get the Chibok girls back before the end of its tenure.Addressing a rally organised by the “Bring Back Our Chibok Girls Lagos,” convener of the Group, Mr Wale Ogunade urged the President to do everything possible to ensure that the abducted girls are returned before he leaves office.Over 200 schoolgirls were on April 14, 2014, abducted from the Chibok Government Secondary School in Borno State and have since remained missing.Ogunade said it would be sad if the

Finding 'juju' placed in various corners made me move out of Govt house - Gov Ajimobi

Re-elected governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi has explained why he moved out of his official residence to his private residence. He said he moved out of the Government House to stay in his own private home after he discovered fetish things placed inside the house by some unidentified people.

 He said his spiritual fathers aka Alfas advised him to move out of the government house so that the evil plans of those placing the sacrifices (ebo) within the premises will not work.

Avoid Obasanjo if you want to succeed as President – Senator Owie tells Buhari

Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday advised President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), to avoid former President Olusegun Obasanjo, if he wants to succeed as Nigeria’s leader.Owie, in a statement issued in Benin City said: “To Buhari, I thank God for you, but you must deliver on your promises and also build on what President Goodluck Jonathan did

APC candidates call for cancellation of legislative polls in Akwa Ibom

All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates who contested election into Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on April 11 have called for the cancellation of the polls.The contestants, who made the call at a news conference in Uyo on Thursday, said the Independent National Electoral Commission had yet to announce the results of the polls since April 11.A candidate from Nsit Atai State Constituency, Mr John Harry, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, called for the removal of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Austin Okojie.Harry wondered why the release of the results had been delayed by INEC.He added that since the Governorship and the State House of Assembly elections were