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One of the 22 members of the Boko Haram sect, recently arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, identified as Maita Alhaji Modu, also known as Abu, has revealed how the Chibok girls were kidnapped in 2014.

Abu, a commander of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, made some shocking revelations on the murderous activities of the sect.

Abu told Vanguard that he was part of the group that carried out the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from a government secondary school, in Chibok area of Borno State.

Abu, a 20-year-old Boko Haram commander from Bama Local Government, said that he was equally responsible for moving young girls who were used for suicide bombings from Sambisa Forest into Maiduguri Town.

Abu disclosed that as a commander, he had been fighting for the sect since 2011 and assisted the group in taking over several towns, villages.

He said he also participated in ambush attacks across the Northeastern states of Nigeria and some parts of Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

He disclosed that the leadership of the group usually paid each fighter the sum of N30,000 after each attack.

Narrating how the group carried out the April 2014 Chibok school girls’ attack, he said; “One of our commanders, who received direct orders from our leader, Abubakar Shekau, Bana Chungori, called out over 100 of us and we all assembled at the Sambisa Forest.

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The Naira, yesterday, depreciated by 22 kobo to N361.91 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters window.

Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the window rose to N361.91 per dollar yesterday from N361.69 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating 22 kobo depreciation of the naira.

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Dino Melaye escapes assassination attempt in Kogi
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Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi west district at the National Assembly Thursday allegedly escaped another assassination attempt on his life as unknown gunmen allegedly open fire on his car.


The Senator, who arrived Kogi State on yesterday, was in his constituency to commission over 143 projects scattered across the seven local government areas that formed the district.

It was gathered that the Senator was on his way to Isanlu in Yagba East local government council to commissioned some projects when some gunmen prevented him from entering the town.

According to a source well-known to STAINLESS MEDIA , Senator Melaye who left his country home at Ayetoro-gbede on Thursday morning met road block with heavy truck shortly before Isanlu as the gunmen also set up burn fire with tyres blocking any one moving into the town.

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Leaders of foremost socio-political organizations in Nigeria have berated the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over the persistent killings across the country.

They berated the Buhari-led government over its failure to find a lasting solution to the killings across the country.


The leaders from the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Afenifere, Ohaeneze Ndigbo, and Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF stated this in a communiqué they issued after a summit yesterday in Abuja.

Signed by each leader of the organizations, the communiqué said various infractions being experienced in the country are “steadily eroding public confidence in our hard-earned democracy”.

They noted that the nation was witnessing “unprecedented incompetence” from the government.

The communiqué reads, “The summit observes as follows: that the general state of insecurity and incessant killings in Nigeria have escalated in recent times with several communities at the mercy of marauding killers.

“The present administration had identified security as one of the three pillars of its change agenda. However, the country’s entire security and law and order assets appear incapable of arresting the drift towards a state of anarchy.

“Summit, therefore, observes with regret the negation of this administration’s commitment and undertaking to provide security to all Nigerians.

“That the country now witnesses unprecedented incompetence and enthronement of mediocrity in dealing with the horrendous spate of killings and general insecurity across the country.

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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim (APC, Kwara-South), has vowed not to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of N228,854,008,215 to fund the 2019 general elections.


President Buhari had asked the National Assembly to vire N228,854,008,215 from the N9.12trillion 2018 budget, to fund the 2019 general election and other critical projects.

But reacting to the request, the Senator told Punch, “I will not support it. I don’t believe that. That is not planning. Since we held the last poll, the next election time had been fixed.


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The police have stated that they cannot investigate the alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, exemption certificate by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, because there is no formal complaint against her.


The Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, told newsmen yesterday in Abuja, that the Nigerian Police was not aware of the allegations against the minister, adding that no one had come forward to lodge a complaint against her.

“There must be a complaint, either written or verbal to us. You must write to a divisional police station or the Commissioner of Police or to the Inspector-General of Police; we have not received any complaint, so we can’t investigate it (allegation of forgery),” Moshood, acting Deputy Commissioner of Police stated.

Asked if the media reports of the allegation were not sufficient for the police to initiate a probe, the spokesman stated that police detectives could not initiate an investigation based on newspaper reports.

He insisted on a written or verbal complaint to the police, noting that this was the basis for all police investigations.

“I have not read the report of what you said was published in newspapers. As I said, we can’t investigate the allegations until there is a verbal or written complaint against her (the finance minister),” the police explained.

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Prince Odi Okojie, the husband of popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, has revealed a sudden change in his wife’s behaviour since her mother passed on.

It seems that the mother of three is yet to get over the death of her mother.


The actress’s husband, who could no longer endure his wife change of behaviour, took to his Instagram handle lamenting.

He made this known while responding to a fan’s question on Mercy Johnson’s sudden weight loss.

His post reads: “Wife isn’t herself yet, she’s still trying to heal after moms death. She asked to see @hopefashion today since it’s her birthday so I had to support her. I want my playful best friend/Wife back ooo.”

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… Asks NASS to approve N164 billion as Virement , Supplementary for 2019 Election
…Wants NASS to remove N228 bn from the inserted N578 bn in the 2018 budget for critical projects



ABUJA – ONE Month after the 2018 budget was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, strong indications emerged yesterday that fresh crisis looms between the Executive and the legislative arm of government over the burning issue of insertion of N578bn into the N9.12trillion 2018 budget by the lawmakers.


In a letter to the Senate Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to remove a total of N228 billion as reinstatement from the inserted N578 billion in the 2018 budget to fund critical projects.

In a letter read yesterday at plenary by Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, President Buhari told the Senators that not less than N242 billion would be required for the conduct of 2019 general and Presidential elections.

President Buhari in a letter sent to National Assembly dated July 11 which was addressed to Saraki, however explained that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Security agencies have submitted their requests in preparation for 2019 general elections.

According to the President in the letter, a proposed sum of N164 billion should be provided for through virement or supplementary of the 2018 budget.

President Buhari in the letter seeking for Virement or Supplementary, explained that out of the proposed N242, 445, 322, 600.00 billion estimated funding of the 2019 general elections , N164.104billion should be appropriated for by the National Assembly through Virement while the balance of N78.340billon would be provided for in the 2019 budget provisions .

According to him, a total amount of N228, 864, 008, 215 billion was required to be vired from the N578bn inserted into the N9.12trillion 2018 budget by the National Assembly for the projected N164bn for election expenses this year and the balance of N64billions for restoration of votes into critical projects earlier removed by the federal lawmakers.

President Buhari in the letter explained further that the urgently needed N164bn for funding of the 2019 general elections are to be allocated as follows , INEC – N143,512,529,455.00 bn; N3,855,500,000 bn for the office of National Security Adviser; N2,903,638,000 for DSS ; N1,845,597,000 for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , N11,457,417,432bn for the Nigeria Police Force and N530.1million for the Nigeria Immigration Service .

It would be recalled that President Buhari had last month while assenting to the N9.12 trillion 2018 budget , lamented that the National Assembly inserted a total of 1,403 new projects into the budget amounting to N578bn, just as he vowed to send an amendment/supplementary budget to the federal lawmakers for required remedies .

If the President’s request for N228bn virement is approved, it means that the balance of the inserted sum would be N350bn.

President Buhari’s letter is titled, “REQUEST FOR VlREMENT & SUPPLEMENTARY 2018 BUDGET”

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The Naira, yesterday, depreciated by 70 kobo to N358.7 per dollar in the parallel market even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected $210 million into the inter-bank forex market.


The apex bank offered $100million to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got the sum of $55 million, just as $55 million was also allocated for invisibles such as tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel allowance (BTA).

According to naijabdcs.com, the live exchange rate platform of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), the parallel market exchange rose to N358.7 per dollar from N358 per dollar on Monday, indicating 70 kobo depreciation of the naira. However, the Naira appreciated by 15kobo to N361.70 per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window yesterday.

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… reports security lockdown to Ewi of Ado, appeals to him, other Obas to intervene
.Alleges over 300 members of PDP, top aides are still clamped in detention by security agents
“I have been under house arrest in govt office”, he decries


Ekiti State Governor Chief Ayodele Fayose being hailed by the market women on his way to the Ewi’s Palace after the just concluded Governorship Election in Ado Ekiti today.
Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday made his first public appearance in Ado Ekiti, state capital after the July 14 poll which produced All Progressive Congress (APC)’s Kayode Fayemi, as governor-elect.

He was hailed by a huge crowd of market women, kids, aged and youths on the street of Ado Ekiti as he walked from the Oja Bisi area of the state capital to the palace of the monarch of Ado Ekiti, the Ewi of Ado, Oba Rufus Adejugbe.

The crowd who showed excitement on seeing him, prayed for him and wished him well in his future endeavours.

They saw him off to the Ewi palace where he reported the security lockdown in the state, particularly as it affects ts him at the government office to the monarch, urging the Ewi and other traditional rulers in the state to intervene.

He still wore the neck guide which he had shortly after he alleged he was physically assaulted by security agents on July 11.

Reporting to the Ewi, Fayose said: “l have come to let you know that before the July 14 election, the government house was invaded by the police and men of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the poll was rigged, over 300 of our members and top government functionaries have been arrested and clamped into detention since then. My wife was also subjected to a 45 minutes harrowing experience while entering the government house shortly before the poll.


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2019 election: INEC speaks on ‘online sale of PVC’

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday said it received reports of attempts to clone Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and sell them online.

Nigerians on social media had over the weekend raised alarm after Permanent voters’ cards, PVCs, branded with the Nigerian colour and logo was listed for sale on Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba.


However, in a swift reaction, the commission in a statement by Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze Uzzi, said ‘the clone and sale of the cards were anticipated and measures have been taken to preserve and further secure electoral materials.”

Osaze-Uzzi added that “Several security features and secret source codes are contained in the Smart Card Readers, which enable them to read only PVCs duly issued by the Commission. The advertisement shows photographs of blank cards, which have not been personalised and which do not contain any details.”

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Plateau: Niger Delta militants blow hot, reveal what’ll happen in 21 days

A coalition of Niger Delta militants, yesterday, gave the Federal Government a 21-day notice to end killings in the country.

The group lamented the recent killing by herdsmen in Plateau State.

The militants, who met at Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State during the weekend, also tasked the Federal Government on protection of lives and property of Nigerians.


The militants warned the Federal Government that there’ll be doom if it failed to forestall anarchy and further bloodshed.

They declared a 21-day mourning period for those massacred recently in Plateau State by rampaging herdsmen, and threatened to declare herdsmen and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association enemies.

A statement by leader of the coalition, W.O I Izonebi, read, “As agitators with conscience, we take lives of fellow Nigerians sacrosanct as no amount of provocation will lead to the slaughtering of innocent Nigerians because of cows.

“We, therefore, declare 21 days of mourning for the innocent Nigerians killed in Plateau State by foreigners trained by late Gaddafi that are now masquerading as herdsmen, according to our President, Muhammadu Buhari.

“We urge the government to do the needful before the expiration of our 21 days of mourning to avoid a total breakdown of law and order because it seems we do not have law, and government is unable to implement its primary responsibility of protecting lives and properties of its citizens.

“We demand implementation of the following to avoid doom and more loss of lives: The immediate devolution of power to states and regions to enable governors discharge their primary responsibility of protecting lives and properties and declaration and proscription of the Gaddafi mercenaries masquerading as herdsmen as a terrorist organisation.

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Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has lashed out at the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain described the Vice President as a “very sick man.”

Fani-Kayode was reacting to Osinbajo’s reported declaration that farmers, who lost family members to herdsmen will be given money.


In a tweet, the former Minister wrote: “The farmer’s family that were killed by Fulanis will be given money. If your family member was affected, you qualify for the money – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

“Yemi Osinbajo is a very sick man, a very sick man indeed.”

He also berated President Muhammadu Buhari over claims that more people died during the administration of PDP.

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A 32 year-old former Boko Haram Commander, Rawana Goni, has appealed to the Nigerian military authorities to allow him make a phone call to the elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists to make them surrender.

Goni, who is undergoing rehabilitation at a military detention camp in Maiduguri, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The former Boko Haram commander is an indigene of Bama in Borno state.


He surrendered to the military in Cameroon after escaping from Sambisa Forest eight months ago.

He claimed to have held several positions in ten different cells of Boko Haram in Sambisa. He said the last position he held was as the Chief officer of Dispute Resolution for the group.

He explained that many militants came to him to settle problems ranging from family matters. He also reconciled Boko Haram factions.

“I rescued people sentenced to death and minimised punishment of those who committed crimes. I am one of the most influential persons in the group and they always listened and abided by what I said.

“I joined Boko Haram because of the condition I found myself in the last five years. When the insurgents invaded Bama town, I ran with my family to Cameroon thinking I was in a safe destination.

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Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), the media arm of Presdient Muhammadu Buhari campaign team has accused the Peoples Democratic Party as the brain behind the recent killings of innocent Nigerians in Plateau State.

The organization in a statement jointly issued by the chairman, Mr Austin Braimo and Secretary, Mr Cassidy Madueke, on Friday in Abuja, said opponents of APC wanted to replace the party’s recent successful national convention with tears, sorrows and blood.


It added that the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was behind the “harvest of death in order to truncate the achievement of the APC and cast dark imagery on the season of goodwill of President Buhari’s political party.”

“This was done to tarnish the reputation of the President and cast the image of APC in bad light, just for the desperate opposition to gain some political advantage.

“It was also gathered that illegal road blocks were set up by the hired assassins to carry out their nefarious and dastardly hatchet act of man’s inhumanity to man.

“Almost 90 people were cut down in their prime near Jos, Plateau Capital,” it said.

“The APC today is laden with heavy hearts by the mass killing of innocent breadwinners, women and children, under the guise of herdsmen versus farmers’ unrest.

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The Nigeria Police on Monday directed the Afrobeats star, Oladapo Olabanji, “D’banj’’, to make a formal report on the circumstances that led to the death of his son.

Mr Edgal Imohimi, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, said that the family should report the incident to the police after the period of mourning.

D’banj had lost his only son, Daniel Oyebanjo, who turned one year in May, in a swimming pool inside the singer’s Lagos home on Sunday, June 24.

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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said he has no regrets being a person of honesty and integrity.

“I am satisfied with what I am. I am happy I have kept myself and people close to me from benefiting from government contracts,” the President told a delegation of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria at the State House.

President Muhammadu Buhari casting his vote during the 2018 National Convention of the Party at the Eagle Square in Abuja.

President Buhari said he did not award contracts and did not care about who got them so long as they did a good job at a cost that is justifiable to the nation.

According to him, “I have been in many places including (Ministry of) Petroleum. I would have gone to jail if I had taken an oil well. For integrity and honesty, I have no regrets. By this, I have contributed to my social safety. I won’t go to jail.”

The President, who said he had been accused of many things, said his critics cannot accuse him of stealing.

“You cannot accuse me of stealing,” he said, adding, “I have appointed ministers and they are in charge. I appeal to their integrity. When they come here (Federal Executive Council) Chambers, we ensure they follow the due process. If I owned an oil well, I would have gone to jail.”

President Buhari also responded to a number of issues raised by the delegation, including complaints that Muslims had been marginalised in appointments to government institutions such as the military and the civil service.

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A chieftain of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Ayo Adebanjo, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari won’t get votes in the South West despite honouring the late M.K.O. Abiola.

The constitutional lawyer insisted that the Yoruba race will not be deceived into voting Buhari in 2019.


Speaking with ThisDay, Adebanjo said Buhari has not done enough to deserve a second term.

He said, “Thank you (President) Buhari for doing what is right, although belated. Full stop! Nothing more. If he is going to get any vote it will depend on his performance in the last three years, and not to give emergency recognition just to get votes, that doesn’t work with the people of Nigeria or of Yoruba land, we are no dunces.

“I appreciate this good thing he did; nothing will deprive me from saying that he has done well by doing this thing, although belated. I don’t want to read any meaning into it. It is a thing I have been agitating for, however belated. Even in his (Buhari’s) own case, he has been there for three years, but he didn’t do it until now. There is no question of drawing a red herring. If we begin to go into why he did it, it will defeat the benefit of the good thing that he has done. Let us acknowledge the good thing he has done and don’t read any other meaning to it.

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The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid in 2019 was unstoppable.

Umar said no mortal can stop Buhari from being re-elected next year.

Speaking when he received a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu in his palace yesterday, the monarch also warned against frustrating Buhari’s re-election bid because, “God will shame them.”


According to Umar, “No mortal power will prevent Buhari’s re-election. He has five more years to go from date.

“At the end of his second term tenure ,Nigerians will even crave for his third term, because of what he might have achieved, God will shame any one against Buhari’s re-election.

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Mrs Falmata Abubakar, the mother of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has told Chika Odua “I did not set my eyes on him since he came into contact with Mohammed Yusuf.

“I know he is my son, and everyone knows a mother’s love for her son, but our attitude to life is different.”

She spoke with the Voice of America, VOA, in the village of Shekau, Yobe State, in what appears to be her first media interview.

In a report published yesterday, VOA English, said elders and leader of the village took its team to the woman. The report also said Mr Shekau’s late father was the Imam of the village Mosque before his death.

Mrs Abubakar said she had no idea where her son was.

She said: “I don’t know whether he is dead or alive, only God knows. I have not seen him in the last 15 years.”

Residents of the village said they always hid the identity of their village for fear of being associated with the Boko Haram leader.

Mr Shekau is notorious for his leadership of the deadly group responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

He has personally carried out the execution of several people, including members of the sect he leads. He has also carried out many raids leading to death and destruction of many towns and villages across the north eastern part of Nigeria.


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Choose between MKO Abiola , Abacha, stop confusing us – Soyinka confronts Buhari

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has called on president Muhammadu Buhari to take a stand between late MKO Abiola and former military president, Sani Abacha.

Soyinka, speaking on Tuesday during the Special National Honours Investiture at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, urged Buhari to stop confusing Nigerians and take a stand.


He was one of the speakers at the occasion where MKO Abiola, the adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and others were honoured.

Soyinka said, “As we inaugurate hall of fame, we should inaugurate hall of shame on another hand.

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Some set of people like Abia Guber aspirant, Ukauwa tell Buhari say make him arrest Obasanjo

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Abia state, Ambassador Chidike Ukauwa has called for the immediate arrest of the former President Olusegun Obsanjo for rising frivolous alarm, alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has hatched plan to assassinate him.

STAINLESS MEDIA reported that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had last week, alleged that Buhari- administration wanted to frame him.

Ukauwa made the call in a statement issued to newsmen by his media office in Abuja, and was made available to Stainless media on Sunday, in Umuahia, while reacting on Obasanjo’s claims on threat to his life by the Buhari-led federal government.

The APC chieftain, expressed displeasure over what he termed as ‘false allegation’ leveled against the federal government by the ex-president.

Ukauwa advised the former President to clear himself over the claim by the federal government that his then administration expended $16 billion on power sector, without no improvement on the sector.

He warned Obasanjo to desist from heating up the polity unnecessarily, and clear himself, if he has no skeleton in his cupboard.

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Popular singer, Folarin Falana, popularly called Falz has called for the restructuring of the Nigeria Police over security issues in the country.

Falz stated this while addressing his highly debated ‘This is Nigeria’ video which touches on many issues including the Nigeria police ,corruption and online fraud, also known as ‘yahoo yahoo’.

In an interview with CNBC, the singer cum actor explained that he was inspired to tell the Nigerian story through his music over his disappointment in how ills are being celebrated and normalized in the country.

“I feel like we need to stay at a heightened level of social consciousness and political awareness out here because everyone is seemingly distracted by entertainment… that we sort of forget we’re facing a lot of struggles as a country.

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A chopper that was to convey Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada in Abuja, was forced to land, few seconds after take off on Thursday.

Osinbajo was in the school for the graduation ceremony of Senior Division Course 1/2018 participants.


The chopper had earlier taken the Vice President to the college for the ceremony.

The Nation reports that while taking off, it could not ascend beyond the tree level, before it emitted thick smoke and landed on the same spots few seconds after take off.

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Offa bank robbery: Police deny withdrawing invitation to Saraki

…Insist he must appear before FIRT
…Saraki not aware of our operations—Suspected gang leader
…We won’t be party to disgrace Saraki— Offa monarch


ABUJA —Police, yesterday, denied withdrawing their earlier invitation to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to appear before the Force Intelligence Response Team, in Abuja, to answer questions over his alleged involvement in Offa bank robbery and the gruesome killing of over 33 people in Kwara State by some political thugs loyal to him.

The police insisted that contrary to the claim by the Senate President that its invitation to him had been withdrawn, nothing of such emanated from them.

This came on a day the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Mufutau Gbadamosi, said his people would not be party to any attempt to ridicule or embarrass Senate President, Dr. Saraki.

This is even as leader of the suspected gang that carried out the operations, Ayoade Akinnibosun, told journalists, yesterday, that the Senate President was not aware of their dastardly act, contrary to insinuation to that effect.

Insist Saraki must appear before FIRT

Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, told journalists at the re-parade of the suspects in Abuja, yesterday, that going by confessional statements obtained from the suspects, Saraki was culpable in the robbery and killings and, therefore, had case to answer.

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Presidential Muhammadu Buhari has announced the cancellation of May 29 as the country’s annual Democracy Day.

Buhari in a press release on Wednesday said the annual celebration would now hold on June 12.

Buhari also announced that MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled election, will be posthumously awarded the highest honour in the land, GCFR.


Baba Gana Kingibe has also been conferred with a national honour.

“Dear Nigerians, I am delighted to announce that, after due consultations, the Federal Government has decided that henceforth, June 12 will be celebrated as Democracy Day.

“We have also decided to award posthumously the highest Honour in the land, GCFR, to the late Chief MKO Abiola.

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The National Assembly Tuesday resolved after a 3-hour joint sitting of the upper and lower chambers to invoke its powers against the executive arm of government if nothing was done to end the ongoing harassment and humiliation of perceived political opponents by the police.

It also said President Buhari must be held accountable for the actions of his appointees and, must ensure a strict adherence to the rule of law.

Parts of the resolution reads: That security agencies must be given a marching order to curtail the killings across the country and protect lives of innocent Nigerians, the president, government should show sincerity in the fight against corruption.”

It was further resolved that the sanctity of the National Assembly must be protected and, to pursue those who invaded the National Assembly and hijacked the mace of the Senate. The lawmakers also agreed to liase with the ECOWAS parliament, EU, UN, Civil Society Organization to save the country’s democracy.

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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ntufam Mba Ukweni SAN has observed that Nigerians are sad and disappointed with President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration.

Speaking with STAINLESS MEDIA on phone on Saturday, Ukweni said, “If President Buhari had lost the 2015 presidential election again, may be the country wouldn’t have been where we are today.

“Boko Haram would have been on the increase, the north would have been more divided and polarised because they would say, they were not given opportunity to rule and that if Buhari was allowed he would have performed magic, turned the country round and Nigeria would have been the most prosperous country.


“So, it is good that he has been given the opportunity to be there for people to know and see that it is not the tribe or religion that makes the difference.

“It has given opportunity for people to compare that the man we were thinking is a messiah after all is not messiah.”

According to the SAN, the people of the North have realised that the president must not necessarily be a Fulani or Hausa before people can benefit.

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Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Praise Adejo better known as Praiz, has said he does not take advantage of his female fans.

He, however. said that he tries to accommodate them when they reach out to him.

Praiz, who hit the limelight after he finished as second runner-up at the maiden edition of Project Fame West Africa, told the Nation Newspaper: “I try my best to accommodate my female fans. When they reach out to me by always replying them.

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that a four-year term is inadequate for political office holders to achieve their plans.

He stated this in a chat with Financial Times in Lagos, while answering a question on Nigeria’s manufacturing capabilities.

“There has been a lot of damage to the environment in terms of business and all that, but correcting that would take a while, don’t forget that we (this administration) are barely three years old. And we are focused on doing the right thing”, he said.

“I think that for anyone who is in office, it (four-year term) would be too small, because obviously you have all manner of plans and things to deliver. But my take is that the moment you have the right people and you put the right structures in place, you can do a lot, and I think we’ve been blessed with an incredibly good team.

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