Let me start this article by commiserating with the government and good People of Bauchi South over the loss of their representative in the red chamber, Distinguished Senator Malam Ali Wakili Mni, my heartfelt condolence also goes to his family, President Muhammadu Buhari, our party APC and the entire People of Bauchi State.

Late Sen. Ali Wakili was a vibrant grass-root politician whose legislative contributions in the Senate touched on the needs of the poor and less privileged Nigerians.

Malam Ali Wakili had always defended the image of the Senate by going against any matter that will denigrate the institution.

Two weeks ago, Senator Wakili stood against the Senate’s proposed amendment of Electoral order along with eight other Senators under the leadership of former governor of Nasarawa state and the impeached Chairman of Northern Senators Forum, Abdullahi Adamu.

A press conference was held where Malam Ali Wakili and the other eight Senators were featured, they gave reasons on why the proposed amendment to election order was not necessary.

Wakili gave so many convincing reasons that his constituency was avast to the way election are staggered and fixed in the current amendments, according to Wakili, the new law is self serving and against the people, particularly President Buhari.

In his words: “Why did we wait until this long time, after INEC has fixed date for elections, when election was about to take place.

‘’Apart from these, the cost will affect the economy looking at the economic situation of the country, to hold four elections in one month is so staggering. My people are not in support of this, if I want to represent them, Imust put this forward for them.

‘’We are going to stand on the alter of truth and justice”. Sen. Wakili Said.

The nine Senators action have justified their unalloyed loyalty to their people and President Muhammadu Buhari, their loyalty was never in question like the Kano Senators.

In the title of this article, I asked about the questionable loyalty of Kano Senators that include Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso(Kano Central), Arch. Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya(Kano South) and Sen. Barau I Jibrin(Kano North).

The three Senators with the exception of presidential hopeful Kwankwaso are self proclaimed Buharist in the red chamber, they hide under the umbrella of Buhari to win elections, they hide under Buhari to secure support from their people but they’re always against anything Buhari in the red chamber.

Forget about Kwankwaso, he neither hide under Buhari nor go against anything the President has forwarded to the red chamber.

Any good follower of the happenings in the Senate hallowed chamber would testify to this.

Where was senators – Kabiru Gaya and Barau Jibrin when the proposed amendment to election order was done, when the President rejected it and the Senate response to override his power; what was their response?



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The convener of #BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to the withdrawal of policemen order by Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris.

IGP on Monday ordered the immediate withdrawal of all policemen attached to Very Important Personalities (VIPs), political and public office holders in the country.

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IGP wants me dead, Dino Melaye cries out

Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, on Monday reacted to the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris for the withdrawal of police from Very Important Persons, VIPs.

Malaye alleged that the police boss was exposing him to be killed, having survived assassination twice.

In a tweet, the lawmaker insisted that he deserved police protection because he was a taxpayer.

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Adesina: Buhari has no rival if he decides to contest in 2019

Femi Adesina, Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media & publicity , says his principal is yet to declare his intention for the 2019 election because he wants to prevent opponents from sabotaging the country.

In an interview with reporters during the weekend, Adesina said it will be a problem if Buhari “speaks too early”.

He said the president will keep his intentions in his “chest” until the “time they can do less damage”.

Adesina claimed that many of those who asked Buhari not to run are doing so because they don’t have the “foggiest chance in hell to beat him”.

According to Melaye, “Withdrawal of police from VIP I am the target. IG want to expose me so I can be killed.

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he Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it generated N24.80 billion in February up from N24.76 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2017.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mrs Nkiru Nwalla, made this known in an interview with media men in Lagos on Sunday.

She said the command generated N55.81 billion between January and February 2018 up from N50.72 billion generated in the corresponding period of 2017.

“The command had an increase of N5.09 billion from what it generated between January and February 2018 compared to the two months under review in 2017,” Nwalla said.

The NCS spokesperson explained that the increase in February revenue was made possible with the leadership qualities of the Customs Area Controller, Alh. Jibrin Musa.


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The forthcoming Campus Journalism Awards (CJA) being organised by Youths Digest next weekend in Abuja will address the spate of hate speech on Social Media, especially among youths and students.

The Editor of the Youths Digest magazine, Gidado Yushau Shuaib disclosed that top public functionaries, editors and campus journalists would attend the event.

He said: “The Publisher of the Premium Times Newspaper, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi as the Guest Speaker will speak on Curbing Hate Speech on Social Media while the Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung will serve as Special Guest of Honour among other top dignitaries.”

Gidado Shuaib further disclosed that twenty students from various universities in the country have been shortlisted to receive different categories of the awards of excellence in campus journalism.

Gidado said “The award winners in the maiden Campus Journalism Award were carefully shortlisted by the Award Committee after a vigorous screening of nominations for different categories.

“The winners whose names will be announced at the event come from different higher institutions in Nigeria including federal, state and private universities as well as from Polytechnics.


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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Saturday expressed deep sadness over the sudden death of the Senator representing Bauchi South, Senator Ali Wakili.

Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described the late Senator as a vibrant lawmaker and public servant who was very passionate about his assignment and engagements in the Senate, especially his Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation and other committees where he was a member.

“Mallam Ali Wakili is one lawmaker you can never be in doubt where he stands on a particular issue. He spoke his mind fearlessly,” Saraki said. “His contributions at plenary were always very incisive and rich. I find it difficult to acknowledge that he will not resume plenary with us next Tuesday.”

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awmaker representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili, is dead.

Sources in the Senate said the lawmaker slumped on Saturday morning at his Gwarimpa, Abuja residence after which he was taken to a hospital within the estate, but he died before getting emergency treatment.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB, has urged its 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates to patiently await the results of the just concluded examinations.

The Head of Media of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.

He said the board was working diligently to ensure that the results are processed and posted on the board’s website soonest.

Benjamin said that modalities were being put in place to ensure all the results are transparent and accurate.

He reiterated that the board was delaying some of the results because each has to undergo total scrutiny before being posted on its website to avoid cancellations later.

According to him, some of the results would be ready by Monday, March 19.

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Three days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited Benue State, the state government has said the visit did not rekindle any hope in the people.

Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and ICT, Mr Tahaz Agerzua, stated said on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

“We appreciate the visit, but we didn’t get any hope,” he said. “In Benue State, the President did not condole with us.” “We appreciate that he was able to take his time and come and sit down for several hours to listen to the stakeholders, but he did not sympathise with the families,” the governor’s aide added.

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The Federal Government has said that it has no money to fix the nation’s refineries.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, while briefing State House correspondents after the cabinet meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The minister stated that he had given all the guidance required to fix the refineries.

He said the government had to raise money through a Public-Private Partnership model.

He stated: “As a seasoned professional, I have given all the guidance that is required to fix the refineries. We came into a situation where we don’t have money to fix the refineries. We had to raise the money looking into the PPP model; it has to go through a process.


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he House of Representatives says it will override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the recently rejected Peace Corps Bill.

This means the House will exercise its power to make a passed bill to become a law, without the assent of the president.

The House’s move, however, will only be effective if a similar decision is taken by the Senate.

The decision to overrule the president was announced Wednesday by the House spokesperson, Abdulrazak Namdas.

He told journalists at the National Assembly that apart from the widely anticipated Peace Corps bill, the House will commence the process of overriding the president’s veto on nine other bills.

The bills are: A Bill for an Act to establish the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management; A Bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Council for Social Works; and A Bill for an Act to amend the currency conversion, freezing orders act to give discretionary powers to the judge of high court to order for forfeiture of assets of affected persons, and a bill for an act to establish the police procurement fund.

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#Dapchigirls: I do better than Jonathan, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration’s did well to the abduction of secondary school students is better when compared to that of the previous government.

Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped 110 students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state on February 19, 2018, the group abducted 274 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, on April 14, 2014.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan was accused of not responding to the Chibok incident on time because he felt it was the antics of the opposition.

Speaking during a townhall meeting in Damaturu, Yobe state capital on Wednesday, Buhari said his government acted immediately it learnt of the kidnap at Dapchi.

He also spoke about how some Chibok schoolgirls and other captives were released due to the efforts of his government.

“The federal government’s response to the unfortunate abduction of the schoolgirls is a clear departure from the insensitivity of the past administration which looked the other way while the Chibok girls were taken away in 2014 and held in captivity for over three years,” he said.

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The West African Examinations Council on Tuesday announced the release of its January/February series of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun who announced the release in Lagos, said results of 1,021 candidates were, however, withheld.

Newsmen report that the approval to introduce and conduct the additional diet in the country and other national offices of the five-member countries was given at the council’s 65th annual general meeting in March 2017.

The introduction of the series for Private candidates, brings to the three, the number of examinations conducted by the council each year.

According to Adenipekun, the results were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice by the affected candidates.


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President Donald Trump of the US has fired Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state.

Tillerson was replaced with Mike Pompeo, director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The president announced this on Twitter.

Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018

The development comes less than 24 hours after Tillerson rounded off his visit to five African countries, including Nigeria.


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Fiorentina have confirmed that club captain Davide Astori passed away suddenly on the eve of his side’s trip to face Udinese in Serie A.

The 31-year-old centre-back had been capped 14 times by Italy and had enjoyed a professional career spanning 12 years.

“Fiorentina are profoundly shaken and forced to announce that their captain Davide Astori has died,” a statement posted on the clubs official website reads.

“For this terrible and delicate situation, and above all out of respect for his family, we appeal to the sensitivity of the media.”

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Messi hits 600th career goal in Atletico win

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi struck a remarkable 600th professional goal for club and country on Sunday by scoring the opener in his side’s Liga clash at home to nearest challengers Atletico Madrid.

The Argentine slammed a free kick right into the near top corner in the 26th minute to break the deadlock in the top-of-the-table clash and put league leaders Barca 1-0 up at halftime, scoring from a set piece for the third game running.

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Vodafone Germany, Nokia and Audi said today they were working together to support the mission that could allow lunar rovers to communicate with each other via a 4G mobile phone network.

If it goes ahead this would also enable high-definition live streaming from the lunar landscape back to Earth & make trips to the moon commercially viable.

The plan is to connect two Audi lunar rovers to a base station in the Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module (ALINA).

The 4G network will enable the Audi lunar rovers to transfer scientific data and HD video while they study Nasa’s Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle that was used by the last astronauts to walk on the Moon.

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SikurPhone with a secure Cryptocurrency wallet unveiled at MWC 2018

A long time after launching its security-focused GranitePhone, Brazil’s Sikur at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona on Tuesday brought the SikurPhone that helps you protect your cryptocurrency.

The new smartphone comes with a pre-installed cryptocurrency wallet and includes cloud integration to securely store various cryptocurrencies under one roof.

Pre-orders for 20,000 units for the SikurPhone have already started at a promotional price of $799 (roughly Rs. 52,100), while the units will ship sometime in August this year.

The SikurPhone is touted to be “hack proof”, protecting user data as well as cryptocurrencies from hackers.

To test how the phone can protect users, Sikur hired ethical hackers from bug bounty company HackerOne between November and December who were failed to gain access to any information, as per COO Alexandre Vasconcelos.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says its allegation of double registration against Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State still stands.

“The allegation of double registration has not been swept under the carpet; we cannot prosecute Bello now because he enjoys immunity as a sitting governor.

“He has committed an offence and we shall prosecute him when he is out office,” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi, James Apam, said in Lokoja on Thursday.

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Yusuf Buhari, son of President Mohammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after spending weeks in Germany receiving medical treatment.

According to reports, Yusuf received treatment at the St. Joseph Hospital in Wiesbaden as well as further treatment to fix a broken arm at another hospital in Munich.

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Fifty-four students have graduated with first class at the Federal University Dutse, FUD, Jigawa.


Fatima Batul-Muktar, ‎the Vice-Chancellor of the university made this known at the pre-convocation briefing in Dutse on Monday.

Mrs Batul-Muktar said of the 427 graduating students, 54 made First Class, 223, second class upper, 149 second class lower, while only a student made third class.

In all, 427 students are graduating with degrees in different disciplines.

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Dino Malaye, Senator representing Kogi West, has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for failing to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari failed many citizens who defied the odds to vote for him as Nigeria’s President in the 2015 general elections.

Dino said this after he was conferred with the Legislator of the Year 2017 at the Daily Asset Newspaper maiden annual awards and lecture in Abuja.

He also charged Nigerians to conquer fear by rising up to ask critical questions on governance and service delivery.

He described the APC to the Public Complaint Commission due to its penchants for blaming past administrations for its inability to deliver on some of its electioneering campaign promises.

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Executive Committee has been given one year extension to be in office.

This was revealed at the end of the 5th meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC), it was generally agreed by members to extend the tenure of all elected and appointed officers of the Party in the 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the national level.

The current tenure is expected to end 30th of June, 2018

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Aisha Wakil, a lawyer, Human rights activist and expert on Boko Haram issue, has dropped hint that Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi school girls.

Aisha Wakil, a former member of the Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the northern region of Nigeria under the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan, had, in previous efforts, brought military officers and Boko Haram Commanders together during negotiations.

She was also credited to the release of some abductees from the Boko Haram sect via phone calls to the leadership, including some Chibok girls. Her relationship with the sect members earned her the name ‘Mama Boko Haram.’

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