Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, yesterday urged all those who know their hands are dirty to come forward and confess, assuring that certain lenient terms can be obtained by doing so. President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Sagay. The committee’s brief, according to the Special Adviser ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
Your Comments Betray Your Repute, Gbenga Daniel Replies Soyinka
The former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has responded to the allegation of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka that he (Daniel) closed down the state House of Assembly for almost one year with the aid of the police. Otunba Daniel said the comment of Soyinka against him was prejudicing and belittle the repute of the Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner ... Read More »
Buhari Is ‘Born Again’ Phenomenon – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described President Muhammadu as a “born-again” phenomenon on the Nigerian political landscape, who is ready to make amends for his past mistakes. Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with Zero Tolerance, a periodic publication by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, noted that Buhari has already paid some debts to the Nigerian community, ... Read More »
Odumakin Drags Aregbesola To EFCC Over Alleged Corruption
Political activist and National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin Human has submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, detailing allegations of financial recklessness and corruption against Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. Odumakin, who is an indigene of Osun State, submitted the petition on behalf of a group, Osun Stakeholders, on ... Read More »
Trial Of Nigerian Treasury Looters To Commence Soon-President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing all within its powers to break the ... Read More »
DEPLOYMENT FROM LANDS TO SPORTS MINISTRY: IS HMO PAYING FOR HIS ALLEGED VISIT TO BUKOLA SARAKI
Following the recent redeployment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola from Lagos State Ministry of Lands to Lagos State Ministry of Youths and Sports by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, there have been speculations that this development may be due to some political reasons. It would be recalled that last week, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode had transferred the appointment of ... Read More »
OGONI CLEAN-UP: BUHARI A BETTER SON OF THE NIGER DELTA THAN JONATHAN AND WIKE, SAYS APC
…berates Jonathan and Wike for frustrating project The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the Report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and issued on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers APC ... Read More »
ARMS BOUGHT BY JONATHAN GOVT. HAVEN’T ARRIVED NIGERIA – DASUKI
The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, (retd), has given a hint that some arms and ammunition procured by the Jonathan administration had not arrived the country. The former NSA said that some elements whose identities he did not disclose were frustrating the nation’s efforts to get the critically needed equipment to fight the Boko Haram insurgency. According ... Read More »
Panel Recommends Sanction For Osun Judge Who Calls For Aregbesola’s Impeachment
The House of Assembly panel which investigated the petition written by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, against Governor Rauf Aregbesola, today in Osogbo said that the allegations of corruption contained in the petition were based on rumour. The Chairman of the panel, Mr. Adegboye Akintunde, who presented the report at the plenary sitting of the House of Assembly also recommended disciplinary action ... Read More »
APPOINTMENT OF DAURA AS DG OF DSS UNCONSTITUTIONAL; WHY HE MUST BE SACKED – CIVIL SOCIETY
On 3rd day of August 2015, we issued a public statement condemning the blundered presidential appointment of retired Senior Agent (director) Lawal Musa Daura of Daura-Katsina State origin as the “acting” Director General of the Department of State Security Services (DSS/SSS). We also gave the appointing authority, President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling party-APC 72hours to present publicly relevant constitutional or statutory sections ... Read More »