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- UN Report Indicts Lai Mohammed As A Liar - Nigerian Govt Responds
- President Buhari Returns From 10-Day Vacation In UK, As His Plane Touches Down In Abuja
- ‘Stop Postponing The Evil Day, You Must Be Humiliated’ – Omo-Agege Threathens Saraki Over NASS Crisis
- President Buhari Returns From Vacation Today
| UN Report Indicts Lai Mohammed As A Liar - Nigerian Govt Responds Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:03 PM PDT  Nigerian Government has stated unequivocally that it did not pay any dime for ransom to secure the release of the abducted Dapchi girls.The Federal Government stated this again on the back of the 22nd report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations' Security Council, which disclosed that large ransom payment was made to Boko Haram to secure the release of the over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State in February.READ ALSO: DSS Discloses The Condition Boko Haram Gave Before Release Of Dapchi SchoolgirlsThis is contrary to what the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told journalists at the time that the girls were released following "back-channel" negotiations brokered with the help of some "friends of the country."Lai Mohammed has maintained that no ransom was paid for their release, and also denied that any Boko Haram prisoner was swapped as part of the negotiations.READ ALSO: Nigerian Journalist Rattle Lai Mohammed - Over Question On Corruption And APC Crisis The Minister In a statement issued in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, challenged anyone who has any evidence of payment to publish such. "It is not enough to say that Nigeria paid a ransom, little or huge. There must be a conclusive evidence to support such claim. Without that, the claim remains what it is: a mere conjecture," the Minister added. Related Topics: #LaiMohammed, #DapchiGirls, #UnitedNations, #BokoHaram, #PVCIsaGoal, #Politics Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||
| President Buhari Returns From 10-Day Vacation In UK, As His Plane Touches Down In Abuja Posted: 18 Aug 2018 12:25 PM PDT
President Buhari has returns to Nigeria after a 10 days vacation in the United Kingdom.The President's plane touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja this evening.Mr. President on the 3rd of August, 2018 started a 10-working days official vacation to London, and handed over authorities to his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo as acting President.READ ALSO: INEC To Use N6bn To Feed Policemen In 2019 ElectionsYou are welcome back sir!!!!! Related Topics: #Buhari, #PVCIsaGoal, #Politics Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||
| Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:04 AM PDT
A leading member of the Parliamentary Support Group, PSG, a body of the All Progressives Congress, APC members in the National Assembly loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has vowed that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki must be humiliated.Omo-Agege disclosed that the APC caucus is insisting on the reconvening of the National Assembly.According to Omo-Agege, the APC caucus was also not in support of the alleged proposal for a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives whenever the National Assembly is reconvened.The lawmaker while speaking with the Punch said that Saraki must not remain Senate President after his defection from the APC to the PDP.READ ALSO: Police Apprehend Senator Ovie Omo-Agege For Stealing The Mace Omo-Agege revealed that the APC lawmakers had a meeting with Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the party, during the week on Saraki matter. In his words; "We have the information that they want to reconvene a joint session and that is completely unacceptable to us. Of course, we won't accept it. "The Senate itself has to be reconvened for this purpose. The reason (for postponing the planned recall on Tuesday) is that he knows that we have the numbers now – and indeed we have the numbers now – to remove him. Any opportunity that we have right now, we will get rid of him. "They have no choice, they have to (reconvene). They are just postponing the evil day. The credibility of the 2019 elections is at stake and it would be a jeopardy if because of Saraki's selfish interests he refuses to reconvene the Senate towards approving this budget. "Saraki must understand that the national interest ought to supersede his personal and selfish interest. He cannot tie down the fate of the entire country just because he wants to hang on a position that we are determined to remove him from. READ ALSO: Senate Suspends Senator Ovie Omo-Agege For 90 Days Over Election Reordering "We as a caucus are very resolute to remove him and at the slightest opportunity he gives to us, he is gone. We have said that he ought to do the honourable thing, the right thing by stepping down, otherwise he would be humiliated. We have the numbers and we are going to remove him." Related Topics: #OmoAgege, #Saraki, #APC, #PVCIsaGoal, #Politics Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||
| President Buhari Returns From Vacation Today Posted: 18 Aug 2018 12:25 AM PDT
President Muhammadu Buhari will return to Nigeria, today after 10-days of vacation in the United Kingdom.The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, confirmed this yesterday while speaking with the Punch.Mr. Garba, however, did not disclose the exact time the President would touch down in the country today."The President is expected back in the country tomorrow (Saturday)."For now, I can't confirm the exact time he will land but protocol officials will alert us on time ahead so that we can move to the airport to receive him. He will definitely arrive in the country on Saturday." READ ALSO: Why Buhari Will Win 2019 Presidential Election - Akeredolu It could be recalled that President Buhari left the country on August 3 on another round of vacation in London, United Kingdom. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had in a statement on August 1 notified Nigerians that the Mr. President would be away for 10 working days, the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be the Acting President during the period. In Adesina's words: "President Muhammadu Buhari begins a 10- working day holiday from August 3, 2018. In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, a letter has been transmitted to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker, House of Representatives to that effect. "While the President is on vacation, the Vice President will be in acting capacity as President. READ ALSO: Focus On Infrastructure, Ignore Defectors, They are Detractors - MURIC Tell Buhari "President Buhari will be in London for the holiday." Related Topics: #Buhari, #GarbaShehu, #FemiAdesina, #PVCIsaGoal, #Politics Sharing is caring. Share this story  |
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