Author: Saint Augustine

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all Nigerians to brace up for the February 16, 2019 Presidential election as the only way to defend and save the nation from the fascism being plotted by the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party which spoke through the Director Media & Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan noted that Nigerians were already aware that the APC and the Buhari Presidency were not serious with campaigns ahead of the Presidential elections adding that Nigerians knew that the APC and its candidate, President Buhari…

…Collects over N600 million as revenue in December The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area command has impounded a total of 6, 753 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice equivalent to over 11 trucks of rice with combine Duty Paid Value (DPV) and levy totaling one hundred and fifty-seven million, four hundred and seventy-nine thousand, nine hundred and sixty Naira (N157, 479, 960) in more than one month. Also, a total of twenty-two (22) fairly used vehicles and means of conveyance have been seized within the period under review. Notable among them are; Toyota Coaster Van (2014 model), Toyota Land…

…As 20 political parties adopt YPP candidate By Abuchi Onwumelu No fewer than 7 Anambra South Senatorial candidates of various political parties last Monday stepped down for the Senatorial candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, even as they vowed to deliver him in the Zone. The candidates included Nze Ferguson-Umeh Pius of Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD); Anumba Ogonna Chiazor of Labour Party (LP); Onwukwe Emenike of Democratic Alternative (DA); Emeka Martins Udeh of Peoples Progressives Party (PPP); Chigbata Kelechi of Providence Peoples Congress (PPC) and Barr. Osunkwo of People for Democratic Change. Addressing newsmen in…

The Lagos State Police command has said that that the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adamu Mohammed has suspended the planned redeployment of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi from the command. This was contained in a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti who noted that the acting IGP directed that the status quo should be maintained. Oti added that the CP, who was well known for his discipline and respect for orders, was about handing over to Mr. Kayode Egbetokun on Tuesday when he received the directive…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Adamu Mohammed as the acting Inspector General of Police. Mohammed has served as the Commissioner Of Police in Enugu State and currently the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone Five, in Benin ,Edo State. AIG Abubakar Adamu Mohammed is to take over from outgoing Inspector General Of Police Ibrahim Idris. Mr. Mohammed was born on November 9, 1961. He enlisted in the police in 1986. He has a bachelor in geography. He was at one time a Director of peacekeeping operations. He is a former police commissioner in Enugu and was an…

…CJN absent from court The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has adjourned proceedings involving the charges of non-declaration of assets preferred against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The proceedings were adjourned till January 22. The tribunal adjourned the case after the lead prosecuting counsel, Aliyu Umar (SAN), conceded that Onnoghen was not properly served with the charges and the summons. Umar agreed that the CJN was not personally served with the charges and the court’s summons, as required by the law. He, therefore, requested the tribunal to direct a fresh service on the CJN. Wole Olanipekun…

By Mike A. Ozekhome A strong judiciary is one of the irreducible fundamental platforms for any meaningful constitutional democracy. If you terrorize, intimidate, harass and humiliate the judiciary, using strong hand and brute force, it is a stage set for bidding democracy farewell. The president Buhari government has been very intolerant of any credible dissenting voice in the country. From the crude break – in and invasion of judges’ houses in October 2018, by masked DSS operatives, to the horrific siege laid on the NASS and the residences of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Dr. Ike…

West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace has announced plans to commence daily flights into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on January 18. A statement issued by the airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah confirmed that the airline would operate from the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja into and out of the Port Harcourt NAF Base. The operations, he said, would be managed by the carrier’s subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper as part of its no-city-left behind project targeted at connecting underserved and unserved domestic and regional routes.…

The Lagos State Police command has described as false news reports circulating in the social media as well as in some sections of the print media to the effect that one Yinka Badmus, a photojournalist, has been arrested and remanded in Ikoyi prison, for allegedly sporting a hairstyle, which some policemen felt made him look like a cultist. Reacting to the reports, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police command, CSP Chike Oti observed that the command, ordinarily, would not have responded to the news but for the numerous phone calls and enquiries from well-meaning Nigerians, which prompted it to…

The South-South Governors’ Forum has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to ignore the court summon from the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as well as what it called the provocative call for his resignation in some quarters. Rising from an emergency meeting held on Sunday at the Bayelsa State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, the forum in a communiqué signed by the Governors of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, Cross River State, Ben Ayade, Akwa-Ibom Udom Emmanuel, Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa and Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to condemn without any…