Kwankwaso to Saraki: Don’t destroy APC with your ambition

                                                                   Saraki

Former Governor of Kano State and Senator representing Kano Central, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, warned the Senate President, Bukola Sarki, against using his ambition to destroy the party they laboured to build and betray the confidence which Nigerians reposed in them by voting them for change.
In an interview with newsmen in Abuja, the former Defence Minister regretted that the Senate President had used his ambition to destroy party discipline and should be punished for it.
Kwankwaso also said the position of Deputy Senate President, currently being held by Ike Ekweremadu, did not belong to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and must be returned to All Progressives Congress, APC, adding that for the 16 years that PDP ruled the country, at no time did the opposition get the benefit of having such a position.
According to the APC chieftain, Saraki’s ambition has given the defeated PDP an opportunity to reap where they did not sow because they were rejected in the polls by Nigerians.
‘I’m most qualified’

Kashamu backs down, withdraws N20bn libel suit against Obasanjo

                                                       Obasanjo and Kashamu
Determined to wriggle out of the extradition net ‎that is threatening to envelope him,‎ Senator Buruji Kashamu has withdrawn the N20billion libel suit he filed against former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Kashamu who is representing Ogun-East Senatorial ‎District, persuaded Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, to terminate further hearing on his case against Obasanjo.
This is even as Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja Division o‎f the Federal High Court has slated June 25 to commence hearing on the extradition application that was entered against him by the Federal Government.
Vanguard gathered that Kashamu, who is currently battling with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over moves to extradite him to the US, premised his decision to withdraw the libel suit on an ongoing settlement talks between him and Obasanjo.
Consequent upon a notice of discontinuance he filed before the court Justice Ashi struck out the matter on May 26.
Kashamu had dragged Obasanjo to court for defamation and character assassination, immediately the content of his letter to President Jonathan ‎was made public.

Buhari’s presidency is a ‘Made in Bourdillon’ product

This morning, I woke up to a post with the title “Anxiety mounts as Buhari keeps Tinubu, Atiku, Fashola in the dark over new cabinet”; and I could only think to myself – “St. Bourdillon and Others continue to hold the nation hostage!”

I really do find it very laughable when the same folks that were urging Tinubu on to push for the emergence of Buhari as President now begin to suggest “Tinubu has done enough; he should retire!” The question is “Retire to what exactly?”

I was shocked further when even OBJ made similar comments during the week – coming from a Man that has refused to retire – making sure he had a hand [and a leg] in the next three Presidents that came after him, I find such a position to not only be hypocritical but tending towards senility! Remember how “Tinubu was visiting Obasanjo” every other week prostrating to him saying “You are the Father of our Party; lead us?” How can the same OBJ come back after a few weeks telling “Buhari to ignore Tinubu” after he collected several prostrations from Tinubu on behalf of Buhari?

How do you tell a Man to retire from reaping his investments on the day the dividends are to be shared? Who does that? Why do folks preach to others what they won’t practice? You can say what you want but even though everyone knows that I am not a Bourdillonist, the History Books already have it on record that Buhari’s Presidency has boldly written on it the Made in Bourdillon tag and no amount of blackmail; counter-theories can erase that from the history books.

”Buhari’s Number 1 Problem : APC Leaders” – Alkali

The former Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali to the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has said that the recent problems encountered by the All Progressive Congress, (APC) in the election of leaders of the National Assembly was a vindication of his position that the party was not prepared to govern a complex nation like Nigeria.

Speaking with state House Correspondents in Abuja, Prof. Alkali said from the reactions of some leaders of the Party to the events at the national Assembly, President Buhari’s greatest problem is the people in the leadership of APC and not the Peoples Democratic Party.

According to him, “I have observed with keen interest the scenario in the National Assembly that resulted in the election of Sen. Bukola Saraki and Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other leaders of NASS and what attracted my attention more, though not surprising, were the incoherent and contraditory responses from the leaders of the APC, especially the faction led by the former Governor of Lagos, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu who outrightly rejected the outcome of the election and without decorum blamed President Muhammadu Buhari as being responsible for the debacle in the National Assembly.

See Passenger Who Specialises In Stealing On Local Flights

There was mild drama aboard a 6:45a.m. Aero flight from Lagos to Abuja yesterday, as one of the  passengers (names withheld) stole about N350,000 from a luggage belonging to an Austrian, Novotny Anton, also a passenger on the flight.
The 31-year-old suspect, seating on seat number 23C, was said to have been spotted by one of the airline’s cabin crew when he removed the Austrian’s bag from the locker where it was kept as he was planning to change his seat.
An eyewitness, who was aboard the aircraft, said the suspect removed the bag from the locker where the Austrian sat, took it to his own seat, giving the impression that he was changing seat and stole N150,000 and 500 Euros belonging to the Austrian.

SAD NOTE: NNPC TERMINATES EX-MILITANTS, OPC’S PIPELINE SECURITY CONTRACTS

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has terminated the N9.3 billion surveillance contracts offered to some former Niger Delta militants and self-determination groups.
New Telegraph learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari embargoed the renewal of the multimillion dollars pipeline surveillance contracts which expired yesterday. In March, the Federal Government under erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan through the NNPC had handed over the job of protecting the nation’s oil and gas pipelines and waterways to former militants and selfdetermination groups.
Among the beneficiaries of the contracts are Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo and Chief Bipobiri Ajube (aka Gen. Shoot-At-Sight) alongside Fasehun and Gani Adams of OPC.
The terms of the contracts detailed seven companies to operate in allocated “regions” or operational areas: Egbe Security River One (Bayelsa), Gallery Security (Mosinmi-Ore), Close Body Protection (Edo State), Adex Energy Security (Rivers), Donyx Global Concept (Lagos and Ogun), Oil Facilities Surveillance (Delta) and New Age Global Security (Mosinmi-Ibadan). Checks by New Telegraph revealed that the President decided to wait till the expiration of the three-month contracts.
“He has embargoed the renewal of the contracts to these groups. They are just three-month contracts and it is best to allow them to expire than to terminate them. He was advised not to rock the boat and he followed that advice,” a source at the Presidency told this newspaper. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) confirmed that the contracts have not been renewed.

Nkpor – Amawbia Road: How not to Defend a Legacy By Obiora Aghadinuno

Ever since the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano commissioned the Nkpor – Amawbia Old Road that links the commercial city of Onitsha to neighbouring Enugu, the idle opposition camp in the
state has risen in a loud defence of what it considers a wrongful appropriation of the legacy of Obiano’s predecessor. Some opposition megaphones saw it as an attempt to take away an honour that rightly
belongs to former governor Peter Obi and said so without losing their heads. But for Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem and his Facebook fans, it was yet another opportunity to take a stab at the object of
their pet-peeve.

Obiano Commissions first ever Functional Borehole in Nanka

The years of anguish of the people of Nanka ‎in search of portable water may have come to a happy end with the commissioning of the first ever functional borehole project executed by the government of Anambra State in conjunction with the community at Agbiligba Nanka in Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra State.

Speaking at the event, governor Obiano expressed happiness that clean portable water was eventually struck at a depth of 2000 Feet, and described the‎ borehole as an important project carried out to assuage the thirst for clean portable water in the community after several trials thus making it the first functional borehole in the area.

US Donates $5 billion To Combat Terrorism In Sub Region

The United States has announced a $5 billion contribution to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in order to boost military operations against Boko Haram insurgency. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US assistant secretary, Bureau of African Affairs,  announced this at a news briefing via telephone from the African Union Summit on Monday. “We have been working with Nigeria as well as the African countries innovation to address their concerns about Boko Haram because we don’t see this as just a Nigerian problem,” NAN quoted her as saying. “We are having discussions with President Buhari on how we might bolster our support. We have already been working with them and providing information. “We are providing some training and support and we’ll love to work with the new administration to see how we might increase the level of support to Nigeria. “At the same time, we’ve just announced at the venue of the AU, a five billion dollar contribution to the

Winners Chapel pastor kidnapped during prayers in Calabar

THE Senior Resident Pastor of Winners Chapel, along IBB Way in Calabar, Cross River State, Mr. Seyi Adekunle, was on Saturday, abducted by yet-to-be identified kidnappers, who stormed the church premises around 8pm.

The development created confusion among members of the church, who had gathered at the church to pray for the success of the Sunday service.

The confusion, according to an eyewitness, stemmed from the fact that the church is located next to the headquarters of the Airport Division of the Nigeria Police in Calabar, but it took officers and men of the division 30 minutes to arrive at the church after they were contacted for an emergency.

The eyewitness, who craved anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the crime, told Southern City News on Sunday that three armed kidnappers entered the church building unnoticed during the prayer session while a fourth person, who was masked, identified the pastor in the midst of the praying group.