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Security operatives on Saturday denied Benue Governor Sam Ortom access to the Air Force Base on his way to receive Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Vice President was on his way to Wukuri, Taraba State en route to Benue to attend the convocation of the Federal University, Wukari. Addressing journalists at Government House Makurdi, Ortom described the action of the security operatives as unacceptable, breach of protocol, and politics have taken too far. Fuming, the Governor said: “How can I go to the Air Force base and I am bounced back? In my State? It’s politics taken too far and…

A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul'aziz Yari, has been flown to the United Kingdom in a wheelchair. Yari was in a bad shape medically when he was brought to the airport ahead of the six-hour-long flight to the UK on a British Airways aircraft. “Yari is flying to UK on British Airways flight for a medical trip. He was even brought in a wheelchair,” a source at the airport confirmed to SaharaReporters on Saturday morning. The 54-year-old politician was governor of Zamfara State from May 2011 to May 2019. In April 2021, Yari was detained by the Economic and…

The Director-General, Arewa Summit International, Dr. Bashir Lamido, has advised Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and other presidential hopefuls from Southern Nigeria to jettison their presidential ambitions by backing Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Lamido, a chieftain of the APC made this submission yesterday while entertaining questions from journalists in Yola. Lamido advised the southern APC aspirants to throw their weight behind the former Governor of Abia state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu to emerge as the President in 2023. He noted that Northern Nigeria were backing the Senate Chief Whip because of his nationalistic background.…

The Umuahia branch chairman of Ebem Ohafia Development Union, EODU Mr. Ebere Okoro has been shot by suspected arm robbers and currently in an undisclosed hospital in Umuahia, Abia State capital. ABN TV reports that Mr. Okoro was attacked on his way to bush market along Osaa Road where he normally buys palm oil for retail when he was attacked by suspected robbers in police camouflage. He was travelling along with his co-trader who gave his name as Mr. Chinenye Eze. The duo were robbed of the total sum of N1.5m. Trouble started when an ash colour Toyota Corolla blocked…

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has complained that the IPOB leader was not allowed to change his clothe by the Department of State Services. He made the complaint after Kanu was visited by his legal team on Wednesday at the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja. The lawyer complained that this was against the Tuesday, January 18, 2022 order by Justice Binta Nyako, asking DSS to allow Nnamdi Kanu to change his clothe. He said, “Though, for reasons we were not told, the officials of the DSS rejected for…

Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unlawful, Dismisses Governors’ N66bn Suit The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional, Executive Order 10 (EO10) on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, a majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari. The apex court also dismissed the N66 billion suit filed by the state governors against the Federal Government. More to follow…

The National Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ) has awarded its prestigious Interfaith Personality of the Year Award to Dr. Muhammad Bashir Shamsudeen Lamido, Group Managing Director, Aluqea Group UAE. President of the association, Dr Charles Tola Okhai said the award was predicated on Lamido’s impressive track record of self discipline, transparency, professional exploits, honesty, selfless service to humanity with a high sense of integrity, particularly his religious tolerance which is a panache for national development. Responding, Lamido commended the leadership of NACJ for finding him worthy of its honour and award. “I see this as encouragement to be more devoted…

The beneficiaries of the Ike Okorafor (IOK) Educational Foundation Scholarship and their parents, led by their School Principals paid an appreciation visit to their benefactor and the founder, Prince Ike Okorafor on 26th December, 2021 at his Ozu Abam residence in Arochukwu LGA. Speaking earlier, the Proprietor of one of the host schools, Mr. Ernest Ikpe said they embarked on the visit to thank him for extending his magnanimity to the students via his scholarship scheme and also appraise him of the performance of the beneficiaries. He said the students has been performing excellently and expressed overwhelming joy for his…

18 Zamfara lawmakers vote to impeach deputy governor, Aliyu Gasau The deputy governor parted ways with Governor Bello Matatwalle after he refused to join the defection of the governor and other elected officials in Zamfara to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last year. 18 out of the 22 members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have voted in support of the motion seeking to impeach the deputy governor of the state, Mahdi Aliyu Gasau. This is coming three days after the Assembly said it had sent a notice of impeachment to the deputy governor. The deputy speaker of the…