APC In Disarray: Way forward Truncated But Party Supremacy Stands

Ashiwaju.org was reliably informed by Presidency sources, yesterday, that part of the reasons for the seeming prolonged process of resolving the crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, may be the slightly differing positions of President Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, regarded as a leader and financier of the party.

Specifically, the sources disclosed that the Friday NEC meeting of the party “brought to the open the seeming centrifugal positions of Mr. President and Asiwaju.”

One of the sources added: “At the meeting between the governors and the warring parties that followed the APC NEC parley, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, was mandated to chair a committee of three that would come up with possible resolutions to the crisis.

Transfer of B/Haram prisoners to Anambra: Obiano lied — Peter Obi

Former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi , has refuted claims by the state governor Willie Obiano that the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners was concluded in 2012 during the reign of former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and Obi as governor of the state.

He expressed shock about Obiano’s claims, describing it as a blatant lie.

Reacting to the claim that Jonathan and Obi were behind the relocation of Boko Haram terrorists to Anambra State, the media aide to Peter Obi, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said he was shocked that Governor Willie Obiano would personally sign such a release laying claims to what appeared nauseating and childish.

Obienyem said that such a claim would only end up proving to the people that there were more to the relocation than they already knew.

Describing the claim as a blatant lie, Obienyem wondered how an action or a plan concluded by a man who left office almost 16 months ago was being implemented now.

TRANSGENDER: EX-OAU Student Dapo Adaralegbe Transform To Woman

The last has not been heard of Dapo Adaralegbe; the first Nige¬rian transgender who was born a boy, but has now transformed into a lady and now referred to as Stephanie Rose.

Dapo, who made history as the first Nigerian to transform from male to female, recently released her latest photographs looking completely fair in complexion. He was a law student at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State until he was expelled in 2001 from the school due to identity crisis.

After the sad experience, he relocated to Netherlands as Dapo and later underwent surgery to change his gender from male to female. Before he left the country, Dapo granted an interview in which he spoke extensively about his life as a trans-sexu¬al, how he is a woman trapped in a man’s body and his ordeal as a student of O.A.U.

He was quoted to have said the follow¬ing: “I was studying Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ife. I am of the 1995 set, but I had to leave school in 2001 because of pressures. People were too harsh on me; they did not understand me at all.

Buhari Sacks CSO Abdulrahman Mani For Exposing Alleged Secret Meeting With Former Petroleum Minister

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Abdulrahman Mani, his chief security officer (CSO), over what insiders described as “shady deals” in fixing appointments and for “undermining” the president. Presidency sources told Ashiwaju.org  that Mani committed various misdemeanor, “chief among which was a recent discovery that he was actually the one who leaked Buhari’s itinerary to Diezani Alison-Madueke when he travelled to London in May”. Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, had surprisingly traveled on the same British Airways flight with Buhari, sitting in the same cabin and right behind the then president-elect. 

Tenant Murdered By Landlord's Son In Nkpor Over Alleged Late Payment of Electricity Bill

A tensed situation arose between a landlord and his tenant over delay in payment of electricity consumption bill that degenerated into a fight which left one person dead and five houses razed down by angry mob in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria 

Investigation revealed that trouble started when a tenant simply identified as David was attacked by his landlord and his family for allegedly not being able to offset his electricity bill.

As the landlord forcefully wanted to collect the money from the tenant, fight ensued between them, on seeing that the landlord seeing is being overpowered by the tenant, the son of the landlord brought out a knife and stabbed the tenant who immediately fell and slumped after loosing so much pants of blood as regards the knife perforation into his stomach and died.

But before the stabbing, the landlord’s daughter had earlier hit the tenant with electric pressing iron on his face which made him to lose some of his teeth.

The Transfer of Boko Haram Detainees to Ekwulobia Prisons: Obiano’s True Position

The attention of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has been drawn to the cover story of Vanguard and Daily Independent on Friday, July 3, 2015, crediting him with some comments on the transfer of Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State. 

We wish to inform the general public that Governor Obiano NEVER made any comments to these publications. Since the eruption of this controversy, Governor Obiano’s position has been consistent. This is fully reflected in the two Press Statements issued on Sunday, June 28, 2015 and Wednesday July 1, 2015. In both statements, his message was simple – he re-assured Ndi Anambra that he was on top of the situation and that he was speaking with the relevant authorities to achieve a peaceful resolution of the issue. Governor Obiano’s commitment to this extremely sensitive issue remains the same. 

Man Dumps Wife For Multiple Birth, Governor Ambode Intervene

Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode the Governor of Lagos State, has directed his deputy, Dr. Mrs. Oluranti Adebule to immediate rehabilitate and provide welfare assistance to Mrs. Ruth Uche, the mother of three set of twins whose husband absconded from their home in Agege, Lagos.

This was made kwon in a statement signed by the Governors Chief Press Secretary Habib Aruna on Friday.

Ambode’s directive followed newspaper publications which narrated the ordeal of the woman, who spoke with reporters during her distress visit to the Government Secretariat, Alausa on Thursday.

EL-RUFAI TO SUE NEWSPAPER OVER N90BN ASSETS REPORT

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday announced that he has directed his lawyers to sue The Union newspaper over a report by the paper that he declared owning N90billion and 40 mansions.
“After a busy few weeks as governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is dismayed by the blatant falsehood being practised as journalism by The Union newspapers,” the governor’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement. “He has consequently directed his legal team to vigorously enforce his rights to protect his reputation from the vandalism of irresponsible hacks.”
The statement added, “The Union chose to write a spurious story alleging N90b as his assets declaration without seeing the declaration made by Malam El Rufai. The circle of blackmail that did the story claimed they heard a rumour, and they pursued the rumour so vigorously they transformed it into news.
“When some of their cohorts made contact with the governor’s media team insisting that they respond to rumour, they were told that it is better if they chose the more legitimate route of agitating for a public asset declaration.

Boko Haram massacres over 148 in Borno homes, mosques

Suspected Boko Haram militants gunned down 48 Muslim worshippers in two northeastern Nigerian villages, witnesses and a lawmaker said Thursday, shortly after some 100 people in the same region died in a similar attack.
“The Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 men and injured 11 others in the attack,” local lawmaker Mohammed Tahir said of the Wednesday raid in the flashpoint Borno state.
Medical staff help a man who is treated in a hospital after he was injured in a bomb blast carried out by young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram.  The blast happened near a fish market in the Baga Road area of the city, which has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks by shelling, bombs and suicide attacks.
Also the militants killed close to 100 people in attacks on homes and mosques in a northeastern Nigerian village, witnesses said Thursday.

ASUDEB Destroy Properties Worth Millions of Naira At Ngozika Estate Road Market

ASUDEB Destroy Properties Worth Millions of Naira At Ngozika Estate Road Market

Traders along Ngozika and Iyiagu housing estate, Awka in Anambra state have accused the men of the Anambra State Urban Development Board (ASUDEB) for illegal demolition of their shops under short notice.

The traders protest in their tens carrying pla-cards with  different inscriptions called on Governor Willie Obiano to rescue them from the activities of the men of ASUDEB whom according to them  have always taken to carrying out illegal operation at the expense of the poor masses.

Speaking to journalists, Chief Sam Onyiloguru decried the action of the men of ASUDEB, stated that they were given short notice to adjust to their demands.