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The parallel faction of the Zamfara State House of Assembly has elected Bashar Aliyu Gummi as Speaker.


The faction stated that they will continue to discharge their functions as lawmakers despite what they described as intimidation by the Governor Dauda Lawal-led state government.

“No amount of intimidation from the state government, including the use of some so-called politically twisted courts or legal officers, can derail our focused leadership,” the lawmakers said.


The faction spoke in a statement issued by their spokesman, Aliyu Ango Kagara, representing Talata Mafara South Constituency.

“We are aware of the malicious actions against us by the state government and have written petitions against the Dauda Lawal-led administration to security agencies both at the state and national levels and approached stakeholders who mean well to both the state and our good people on all the situation and flagrant abuse of law by the other faction of the state House of Assembly under Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki which suspended some of us for over a year now without recourse to the Constitution and the law.

“We are also aware and in possession of recorded planned attack on us and our families by some thugs close to the governor and have alerted the security on these, in case anything happens to any of us (individually or collectively).


“While the state government mandated some past leaders of the State House of Assembly to meet and discuss with us towards resolving the crisis and while we have a pending case at the Appeal Court, Sokoto, it hurriedly went to a lower court to seek for our arrest without any charge which was wrongly granted by a presiding Justice Halima Jaafar Mikaila who decided to treat us as criminals.

“Because it was haphazardly processed, one of the dates on the said court order is even reading the year 2024, while Justice Halima Jaafar Mikaila who prides herself as a legal officer failed to even indicate who she ordered to arrest us, unless if she meant the arrest to be carried out by the governor’s attack squad mentioned above.

“Our stance on the respect to the rule of law by all arms of government in the state remains unshaken. We are not afraid of all the threats, nor shall we be deterred on our mandate.


https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/04/zamfara-house-of-assembly-faction-elects-speaker-dares-gov-lawal/

Tinubu only came to steal, kill, and destroy...nothing more, nothing less

MightySparrow:
Congratulations 👏
It remains Song in the cursed Tottenham.

I hope that guy will not retire trophiless.

How can Mourinho, Conte coach a club without trophies?

Abeg they should sell the club to buy boots for better clubs jare.

The fact that they sacked Mourinho just six days before a Carabao Cup final against Manchester City in 2021 still beats my imagination

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reclaiming ungoverned spaces across the country, especially forests in the North West.

The President, who made the promise when he addressed Katsina elders and leaders at a state dinner at Government House, during his recent trip to the state, promised to deploy advanced surveillance and technology to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism in the region.

Speaking on the prevailing insecurity, Tinubu said, “I agree that security is a challenge for the country. I addressed the men and women of the Armed Forces earlier today and assured them that we will do everything to fight terrorism and banditry.


“We will invest more in technology and take over the forests. Security is a national issue, not just at the local or regional levels. If we genuinely need investment in Nigeria, we must address security.


“Investment is cowardly, and it will not go where there is banditry and terrorism. We will solve the problem together with the states and local councils,” he said.

President Tinubu highlighted encouraging signs of Nigeria’s economic recovery, attributing recent positive growth indicators to bold policy decisions.

The President said the federal government would consider upgrading the airport in Katsina State to create jobs and expand the economy.

President Tinubu also assured that victims of terrorism will receive support to pick up their lives.

The President thanked Aminu Bello Masari for his role in ensuring that he got the endorsement of the North West and emerged as the APC presidential candidate.

The President also thanked the governors who honoured the invitation of the Katsina State Governor for the commissioning of projects and his daughter’s wedding.

The governors were those of Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno, Benue, Yobe, Sokoto, and Kwara States.

President Tinubu acknowledged the leadership roles of Katsina indigenes in the country and described President Muhammadu Buhari as a man of integrity who contributed significantly to Nigeria’s development.

In his remarks, Governor Dikko Radda said the state had established a security outfit that gathers and supplies intelligence.

He said the proposed airport expansion, including the cargo terminal, customer terminal, and fire truck, would create 2,700 direct jobs and cost N54 billion.

Former Governor Masari thanked the President for appointing two ministers from the state to the Federal Executive Council.

On why he supported the President’s ambition to contest the 2023 elections, he said: “You have the political will and courage to face the challenges of this country. You know the problem with humans: There will be resistance when new changes and a new social order are coming. And if you are not strong enough and determined, you will succumb, and the problem continues.

“But leadership is not about when it is all well. The hard way is the best; you know leaders during hard times. I know and believe you can do it; you have the courage.”

Masari said the insecurity in the North West must be tackled holistically from the bottom up


https://dailytrust.com/tinubu-we-must-address-security-if-we-genuinely-need-investment-in-nigeria/

It is certainly the only option left, or this country will be ravaged by hardship, strife, hunger, insecurity, and starvation instituted by Tinubu’s calamitous regime

saintopus:
To be honest, the State of Emergency in Rivers State should be in place for at least 10 years. With the might of the President Tinubu, he can do it.


Love Tinubu.

Tinubu should go further by declaring a state of emergency at the federal level and excuse himself from office for six months....or better still, for at least 10 years as you suggested

Dogalmighty17:
In 1964, Nigeria has a GDP per capita of over 2000 dollars. This was higher than the GDP of even South Korea then. Today, Nigeria has a GDP per capita of less than 900 dollars while South Korea has a GDP of over 35000 dollars.

In the last 10 years, India lifted over 175 million of her citizens out of poverty. In the last 10 years Nigeria has fallen off the cliff.

Leadership matters! There is no denying the fact that the Tinubu led government is the most incompetent, directionless and visionless this country has ever had. There is no metric of development this man has improved on. Non! He brought that brain dead Buhari, packaged and sold him to Nigerians. A failure just as he himself is.

It will not be well with anyone who voted and still plans to vote for APC.

Those who worked for, supported, and voted for this calamity will say, 'Na statistics we go chop,' as if they are even seeing the food to chop.

thesolutions:
OP You sabi.

The response is all reasonable people should focus on.

Propagandist accusing innocent people of propaganda.

This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Tinubu's The Nation propaganda newspaper, notorious for spreading misinformation, is calling someone else a propagandist.

It has been failed promises all round

jamafa:
Nah Ur people dey do drug most.

U just like pointing fingers

There are drug lords who run streets, and there are drug lords who run countries.

DeLaRue:
Be deceiving each other.

We are still waiting for that your evidence Mrs Uduaghan.

While the brigade of irresponsible politicians, ably led by the drug lord, is deceiving us all.

helinues:
It's that same 5k votes Peter Obi received in Sokoto state out of the available 500k votes

The way Peter Obi would be disgraced in 2027 should he contest heh

You are obviously loosing it all

Vision101:
What is in Aba? I live in Lagos but work in Aba. Sure Oti has done well relative to his predecessors. The so much hype is like the experience of a man that has lived in face-me-I-slap-you house all his life. The day he moves to a room self-contained apartment he will celebrate it like he is living in a mansion.

This is enough

Statutory allocations to state governments, as required by law, are now being counted by Tinubu as achievements. When there's nothing else to hold on to as an achievement, even sleeping and waking up becomes one.

TimeManager:
Governors lack the power to sack a party chairman. If his tenure had expired, the party through convention elects a new NWC. The meeting which Otti summoned to select Caretaker Committee was illegal.


-Kiss the truth!

What moral ground and authority do you even have to declare that governors lack the power to sack a party chairman or to question who holds what power in the Labour Party when the president you support runs the APC like a one-man show, completely void of internal democracy?


What credibility do you cling to when you stand behind an elected president who casually suspends an elected governor, deputy governor, and an entire state House of Assembly declaring a state of emergency with zero constitutional foundation?

TimeManager, let’s be honest you didn’t kiss the truth, you waltzed with the lie.

Firebox123:
is tinubu part of your misfortunes

Tinubu brings misfortune

Educationalserv:
after 7 kids you never retire .

Man no dey tire not to mention retire

Tinubu needs to visit Abia to witness what real leadership looks like, where a governor delivers visible results and projects in just two years.

This stands in stark contrast to peddling lies, falsehoods, and propaganda about supposedly building Lagos from scratch, being a so-called 'Lagos blueprint builder,' becoming president, and then implementing wicked and draconian policies masquerading as economic reforms that ruin the country and run it aground.

Sharpsharp00123:
typical Igbo

Even if tinubu drop it below the price he met it in 2023 they will still tell him to take it to 1960

Typical Ronuuus

Crash ke?

Has it dropped to the price Tinubu met it in 2023? Because that’s the only real crash. Anything else is just noise and propaganda.

Fubara: Stop embarrassing Rivers – Wike condemns alleged sponsored walkout on Mrs Tinubu

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday condemned yesterday’s walkout on the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, by a group of women loyal to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, describing it as an embarrassment to the people of the state.


Some women, led by some sacked Local Government Vice Chairmen had staged a walkout during the Renewed Hope Initiative empowerment programme organised by the office of the First Lady of Nigeria, held at the EUI Event Centre in GRA, Port Harcourt, yesterday.

The programme was meant to benefit 500 women in the state with various empowerment items.


However, the Minister, who apologized to the First Lady and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on behalf of the people of Rivers State, said “insult on anyone representing the First Lady of Nigeria in an event is a direct insult on the office of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and as a leader in Rivers State, I apologize.

The FCT Minister, who is in China for official engagements, described the incident as “very disturbing and embarrassing,” while cautioning supporters of the suspended governor to desist from ridiculing the state.

Wike’s comment was disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.


The Minister counselled the suspended governor to demonstrate honesty by being bold enough to tell President Tinubu, what “exactly he wanted, rather than saying something today, and doing another thing tomorrow.”

He said; “It is not enough to be visiting people to plead for peace, those who genuinely want peace work and act for it.

“These are the same people pleading for peace but at the same time doing things that are contrary to what they are pleading for.


“How can you say you want peace and, at the same time, you are sponsoring people to insult everyone, including the President and his wife?

“All those shenanigans won’t bring peace, and I am sure they know that, because they are not sincere with their up and down pleadings for peace.

“As for me and those who subscribe to my leadership, we condemn in totality that yesterday’s show of shame and we apologize to our First Lady for the embarrassing conduct of those few women who do not represent the characters and ideals of the people of Rivers State.”

https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/03/fubara-stop-embarrassing-rivers-wike-condemns-alleged-sponsored-walkout-on-mrs-tinubu/

Kenneth4u205:
TINUBU must be blamed for those that will lose their job

His TV station will be the starting point of the blame.