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New Service Chiefs will Succeed in Fight against Insurgency- Nasir El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has expressed strong optimism that the newly appointed service chiefs will succeed in the fight against insurgency and other crimes in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently replaced the former service chiefs to give more bite to the fight against insecurity in the country following increased tension across the land.
However, the Kaduna State governor believes that the new chiefs with their track records will perform and bring insecurity to a halt in the land.
Exchanging views with newsmen after a visit to his Niger State counterpart, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, in Minna on Tuesday evening, El-Rufai said the new service chiefs “are coming in with new vigour so I expect them to succeed”.
“Whenever you have new people, they come with renewed vigour and the focus to make a difference. So, we hope that things will be even better,” he said.
The governor was of the opinion that banditry, kidnapping and other crimes in the northern part and across the country will soon come to an end with the appointment of the new service chiefs, but asked them to build on the foundation already laid by their predecessors.
He advised them to study a report he and his Niger State counterpart submitted to the previous service chiefs in which recommendations were made on how to check the insecurity menace in the country but did not give details of the suggestions.
February 3, 2021
APC Registration/Validation: Nasarawa Speaker tasks lawmakers on full mobilisation, fairness, extends recess for one week
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Nasarawa State House of Assembly has extended its recess with additional of one week to enable members of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) to go to their various constituencies to participate fully on the ongoing APC registration/ validation exercise.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, who announced this to newsmen in Lafia today said the House supposed to resume on Monday, February 8th, 2021 after Christmas and new year recess but will now resume on Monday,February 15th, 2021.
The speaker called on APC lawmakers to visit their constituencies to sensitize and mobilise their people for the exercise as well as to ensure full participation of party supporters.
Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi made a case for fairness during the exercise to ensure it success in the state.
” We are extending our recess, holiday with one week to enable Honourable members of APC visit their various constituencies to mobilise and sensitize their people on the ongoing party registration/ validation exercise.
” I am calling on all my Honourable colleagues, especially those of the APC party to ensure full mobilisation, sensitization and participation of their people and ensure it success in their various constituencies.
” As you are aware the new registration/ validation exercise commences Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 next week aside other activities line up for the exercise which some have already commenced, I on my side have already set machinery in motion to achieve huge success among my people, he said.
It would be recalled that the House on December 22nd, 2020, went on recess for Christmas/ New Year celebration and is expected to resume on Monday February 8th, 2021.
February 3, 2021
Corruption has worsened under Buhari – Peter Obi backs TI report
Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has said that Nigerians do not need the latest Transparency International (TI) report to know that corruption has worsened.
Obi was reacting to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Spokesman, Garba Shehu, that TI’s report was not an accurate portrayal of the facts on ground.
He had maintained that Buhari deserves credit for diminishing corruption in the public service and dared the watchdog to “come clean and desist from further rehashing of old tales.”
But speaking to Arise News, Obi urged the Buhari administration to listen when told the truth even if it does not favor them.
He said, “Is corruption getting worse in Nigeria? Yes, we don’t need Transparency International to tell us that.
“We see it every day; we witness it every day; it is getting worse and we know it is getting worse.
“We have to respect and learn to listen when people are telling us the truth. It is not only when it favours us. In fact, one of the leadership tools is for you to listen and learn whenever you are criticized genuinely.”
February 3, 2021
Youth Democratic Party Submits Letter Of Intent To Participate In 2023 Poll
The Nigeria Youths Democratic Party (NYPD) on Tuesday submitted its letter of intent to register as a political party and participate in the 2023 elections.
As monitored by Native Reporters, the National Chairman of the party, Barry Johnson after submitting the letter of intent at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Abuja urged youths to participate in the electioneering process that will enthrone a new leadership in the country.
Johnson urged Nigerian youths to join the NYPD noting that there is a need for Nigerian youths to break the monopoly of leaders who cling to power at the expense of the nation.
“We will like to call on Nigerian youths both home and abroad. They are already automatic members of the Nigeria Youths Democratic Party.
“We have our own political party now so it will be fraudulent for any Nigerian youth to join a failed and a sinking ship.
“We want the world to know that we are a political party that is under registration process with INEC and we are not holding ourselves back from what we can provide for the Nigerian people,” he said.
Johnson stressed the need for INEC to do the needful by registering the NYPD as the party is determined to save the nation’s democracy.
February 3, 2021
APC governors forum DG accuses Transparency International of attempting to influence 2023 polls
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has accused Transparency International of attempting to influence the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
TI had in its 2020 report of Corruption Perception Index released on Thursday said Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, ranking 149 out of 183 countries surveyed.It was the country’s worst rating in years.
TI cited an absence of transparency, nepotism, lack of adequate anti-corruption legal frameworks, the prevalence of bribery and extortion in the Nigerian Police, corruption in the security sector, among others, as reasons for the low rating.But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the PGF DG described the rating as a poor attempt at politicising the fight against corruption.
“For a government that prioritises the fight against corruption to have been condemning in the way the CPI report did, it is not only indicting but troubling,” the statement partly read.
“Given that it is a report of “perception by Nigerian businesses and country experts on the level of corruption in the public sector”, it is important to engage the issue beyond the media campaign going on, which may only be gaining prominence because of the widespread sentiments of Nigerians that every government initiative promotes corrupt practices and every public official is corrupt.

“With or without the 2020 CPI report, this is the belief of most Nigerians. Therefore, the 2020 CPI report only help to advance the gullibility of most Nigerians with a report of the survey of ‘perception by Nigerian businesses and country experts.’”
February 3, 2021
Underage Married Girls won’t Vote, Says Senator Gaya
According to Gaya, the ongoing amendment to the Electoral Act No 6 of 2010 would not confer voting right on underage married girls, referred to as child-wives.
The Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a suggestion that underage married girls should have the right to vote.
According to Gaya, the ongoing amendment to the Electoral Act No 6 of 2010 would not confer voting right on underage married girls, referred to as child-wives.
He said the issue raised a lot of dust when it was presented in a memorandum submitted to a technical committee set up on the reforms.
He said someone had made the suggestion that underage married girls should be allowed to vote and this was dismissed with justifiable reasons.
“One of the people who came to the public hearing submitted the memorandum, and argued that the word underage was not his, but that any woman or man that is married should be considered as an adult.
“That was his reason. Our own resolve is that if a woman is at the age of 16 and she gets married, she should not be allowed to vote.
“Generally, there was a lot of noise about it. It was in a memorandum submitted by a group of people and they have their rights as Nigerians.
“But when we came to the committee, we discussed a lot on that and at the end of the day, we felt we could not go along with that suggestion and it was dropped,’’ he said.
Gaya said there was another suggestion not to hold elections on Saturdays as some faithful observe the day as their holy day.
He added that the same argument would be made if elections were fixed for Fridays or Sundays.
“If we move elections to Fridays, some people will say it is their worship day; if we move it to Sundays, some other people will say it is also their worship day.
“So, that suggestion was also thrown out,’’ Gaya said.
February 2, 2021
Sunday Igboho Vows to Sack Killer Herdsmen in Ogun
A Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho yesterday stormed some parts of Ogun State and vowed to flush out killer herdsmen in the troubled areas in the state.
However, the Ogun State Government yesterday refuted reports insinuating that it had enlisted the help of Igboho, to combat crimes in the state
Igboho had a brief interaction with his supporters in Abeokuta, the state capital, before he later proceeded to Ketuland where some soldiers allegedly connived with herdsmen to flog some farmers for not allowing them grazing their cattle on their farms in Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state.
While addressing his followers in Abeokuta, the activist said, “I observe there is an injustice from the herdsmen because they know the power that they have in the federal government. So, they behave as if Yoruba people are nobody. They kill our people, they kidnap our people, and they rape our women.”
“Any Fulani herdsman who engages in kidnapping would be flushed out,” Igboho vowed.
When asked whether he would limit his activism to Igangan, his hometown in Oyo State, Igboho said, “Not only Igangan, we are going to visit all Yorubaland and ensure there is peace everywhere.”
The activist lauded the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for allowing him in the state.
Appreciating the gesture, the activist said, “We have not visited the governor, we will do that after we have flushed the Fulani herdsmen out of the state.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Government yesterday refuted reports insinuating that it had enlisted the help of Igboho, to combat crimes in the state.
This was just as it reiterated its commitment to the security of all residents and properties.
The government made its position known in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile, in Abeokuta.
Refuting the news report credited to the Special Adviser on Public Communication to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Mr. Remmy Hazzan, Odusile noted that his (Hazzan’s) virtual interview with a reporter “had been quoted out of context and twisted to achieve sensational effects”.
The statement said, “In the interview, Hon Hazzan had said that the state government, in its usual inclusive approach to governance, would continue to work with all the stakeholders, both within and outside the state, to ensure security of lives and properties.
“Sadly, however, this statement was disingeniously twisted to mean that the State had invited Mr. Adeyemo to help curb insecurity. This is regrettable and totally misleading.
“Prince Dapo Abiodun’s Administration, since inception, has been known to be inclusive in its approach, always collaborating and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.
“Security is no exception, resulting in the achievement of the enviable status and recognition as most secure state in the country by many organisations, including the recent Award by Business Day Newspaper, among others.”
February 2, 2021
President Buhari has no right to condemn the Eastern Security Network- Nnamdi kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has no right to condemn the Eastern Security Network, ESN.
Kanu said both Buhari and governors lacked the moral right to criticize the security outfit recently launched by IPOB.
In a series of tweets, the IPOB leader wondered why the Buhari-led government would not prosecute terrorists but granted them pardon.
He also faulted the decision of the Nigerian Army to rehabilitate terrorists.
Kanu wrote: “When your President does not prosecute TERRORISTS but pardons and gives them scholarships. When your Governors negotiate with and BANDITS and pay them.
“When your security agencies rehabilitate terrorists and induct them in your Army. They lose the moral right to traduce #ESN. We move!”.
February 2, 2021
President Buhari Delays Appointment Of New IGP
The Presidency on Monday said no date has been fixed for the appointment of a new Inspector -General of Police .
The incumbent IGP , Mohammed Adamu , was expected to leave office on Monday , having attained the statutory retirement age .
However, Adamu was in office till past 6 pm on Monday and attended to a large number of visitors .
Findings indicate that he did not hand over to any senior officer as expected. The President was supposed to convene a meeting of the Police Council which has the mandate to appoint a new IG.
Findings , however, indicate that the council which comprised the President , state governors and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission , merely adopts whomever is appointed as IGP by the President , contrary to its prescribed roles .
Speaking on Channels television ’s Sunrise Daily, Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu said he was not aware of the imminent announcement of a new police chief .
He stated , “ The President returns to Abuja ( from Katsina) on Tuesday . He should be on his desk by Wednesday . I don ’t know when he will do this . One thing I can assure you is that in places sensitive like that, there is no vacuum that will subsist, so therefore , the system will take care of itself . ”
Shehu also stressed that the appointment of the next IGP will not be based on ethnic considerations.
“ The President will rather have an Inspector -General of Police who will make you and I safer , protect life and property than one who is more pronounced by his tribal marks ,” he noted.
Shehu said it is impracticable for top security appointments to be made based on factors such as ethnicity or regions .
The spokesman added that the appointment will be based on who can best help to protect lives and property across the country .
February 2, 2021
Rep Member, Akande-Sadipe Empowers 200 Constituents
…Gives Account of Stewardship in January

Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K, the member representing Oluyole federal constituency at the weekend empowered 200 women and youths in her constituency in Cosmetology training.
The Chairperson, House Committee on Diaspora, has also advised the beneficiaries to apply the knowledge they have acquired and judiciously make use of the start-up funding provided to them.
“This empowerment is part of my efforts to ensure fulfillment of my campaign promises of Worthy Laws, Provision of Water, Good roads, Education, Empowerment, Employment and Power, acronymed WWREEEP, in Oluyole Federal Constituency through programs that would promote self-dependency within the community.” She said.
Akande-Sadipe, who spoke through her Senior Aide, Mr. Kunle Fadiran during the flag off of the Empowerment Programme at her Constituency office also gave an account of her stewardship in January to members of her constituency during the event. Akande-Sadipe was at a Joint Committee retreat on INEC and Electoral Matters held in Abuja.
According to Hon. Akande-Sadipe, though the Motions and the Bills moved by her on the floor of the Federal House of Representatives have received acceptance and massive support, the development of her constituency remains a key priority.
Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe reiterated her commitment to the enactment of the Diaspora Voting Bill so that Nigerians in the Diaspora can play an active part in elections at home to deepen confidence in our Nation and commitment to economic Collaborations at home.
“As the Chairperson, Diaspora Matters at the House, I will continue to fight against the sufferings of Nigerians abroad, citing Human Trafficking and the case of Suliamon imprisoned on death row in Saudi Arabia. My position is well known on this, even on the floor of the National Assembly. The move to ensure Nigerians are respected anywhere they are in the world is quite paramount.” she added
As an indication of her commitment in January, the statement also mentioned 3 newly installed Transformers in 3 communities for January 2021: Orelope Isale-Afla General Community, Papa Eleye Community, Irepodun Community, Orike Anu within her constituency, with 9 more ongoing installations to be announced.
In addition, completion of “A Borehole with water treatment plant at Olubi Village in Oluyole Federal Constituency with the construction of 12 more, ongoing”.
The House of Representatives member also mentioned the recently completed school classroom blocks which include Ifesowapo Community Primary School, Boluwaji Oyalami Community School Orita Challenge, and Olode Community School Olode all completed in January 2021.
The lawmaker promised to continue in her efforts to make Oluyole the pride and joy of her people.
February 1, 2021