The United Kingdom yesterday advised the National Assembly not to relegate legislative duties to the background as the political campaign for the 2019 general election in Nigeria gathers momentum. The acting British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Harriet Thompson, who gave the advice in Abuja at a close-door meeting with both the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, emphatically told the National Assembly leadership not to relegate legislative duties to the background with the outset of campaigns for the 2019 general election in the country. The envoy, who spoke with journalists at the end of the one-hour meeting, said: “We met with the Senate president and the Majority Leader of the Senate in order to talk about a very important legislative business that the National Assembly should undertake even before the elections and with the start of the official campaign period at the weekend. “We are very pleased to hear from both the leader of the ma

The Federal High court sitting in Uyo has declared vacant the seat of Hon Ituen, who decamped from PDP to APC. The court interpreted the relevant section of the constitution and stated that there is no division in the PDP to warrant the lawmaker to defect to the APC. Good and sound judgment. This nonsense must stop. As written by  I srael Lite Nwachukwu  To whom it may concern.

Full Summary of NNAMDI KANU’s WORLD PRESS BROADCAST from Jerusalem Few days back, it was reported that  Nnamdi Kanu  will be holding a World Press Live broadcast from Jerusalem. The World Press Live Broadcast from  Jersualem , and some of the points he has raised so far include; -His house being invaded by soldiers while he was preparing to go to court -President Buhari planning to kill him and sparing Fulani herdsmen -He also advised middle belt residents to join the  IPOB   struggle and liberate themselves from the Fulani herdsmen mayhem. See the summary below: This is coming after we reported that Nnamdi Kanu, who recently resurfaced in Jerusalem denied plans to work with the PDP to kick President Buhari out of office in 2019. FFK had yesterday in a Tweet, disclosed that he spoke with the secessionist group leader and they have both agreed to work together to vote out President Buhari. FFk wrote; ”I just received a call from my brother Nnamdi Kanu. I am delighted tha

INEC chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu: Parties rush to meet deadline for submission of candidates list for presidential and National assembly elections Nigeria’s  political parties on Thursday resorted to last minute rush to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the submission of list of candidates for the 2019 general elections. According to INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, only eight parties submitted submitted their nominations for Presidential and National Assembly out of 89 political parties by Tuesday, 16 October. The others appeared to have settled to do so at the last minute. INEC had scheduled the submission of candidates’ names for the Presidential and National Assembly between Oct. 10 and Oct. 18, and deadline for the Governorship and State Assemblies election on Nov. 2. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who were at the venue of the exercise, International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja, reported that many pa

•Ex-governor asks for mattress Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose is telling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives all he knows about the N4.685 billion allegedly withdrawn from the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA). Fayose spoke yesterday after 72 hours in detention. He admitted knowing a former Minister of State (Defence) Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, who ferried N1.299billion slush funds to him in a chartered jet. He also said he has links with Abiodun Agbele, who allegedly bought six choice properties for him in Lagos and Abuja. But the ex-governor added  drama to his grilling when he wrote the EFCC to demand an additional mattress in his cell. He said sleeping on two mattresses will be more comfortable for him. The EFCC was looking into his request as at the time of filing this report. The governor, who had vowed not to speak, made a U-Turn,  The Nation  learnt. Agbele and Obanikoro are central to the disbursement and receipt of N1.2

We have allowed ourselves to be used and dumped by selfish prehistoric politicians who always neglect them in leadership positions. “It is painful to see that the Ohafia youth of today are the ones been used by politicians during elections to perpetrate different negative vices, after the politicians win their elections, they will abandon the same youth that gave them victory during the election. This has increased all sorts of injustice among youths and That is wrong and it has to stop now. Dear Ohafia youths our destiny is in our hands and not designed by old politicians who do not have the interest of the youths at heart. If everyone will sit back and complain, I refuse to be everyone. Ohafia is above individual projects as a Constituency Project. No man do anything same way and get a different result. Together we can.  I have humbly Declared my interest. !