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Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk this afternoon reveals that the Nigerian national assembly complex in Abuja has been besieged by heavily armed Gunmen.

The gunmen believed to officers of the Department of State Security Services(DSS) numbering about 10 stormed the assembly premises armed with guns called 'Tavor' and took specific positions around the building that houses the two chambers.

When confronted for an explanation on what must have informed the sudden change in security strategy, a top security officer in the National Assembly who prefer not to be identified, stated that there were some security developments that dictated the new trend.

According to him, "There are issues within security circles which you cannot understand. And because of the sensitivity of such issues, they cannot be divulged to the general public for now."

Some of the masked men were seen in front of the entrance to the Senate chamber, others at the route leading to the office of the Senate President while more were at the entrance to the white house.

However, at the time of sending this report, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris who is meant to appear before the Senate today is yet to arrive.

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-masked-heavily-armed-gunmen-take-national-assembly/

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Popular Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has reacted to President Buhari's comment on herdsmen killings at the White House during a recent visit to President Donald Trump.

Buhari made headlines when he told Trump that herdsmen only carry sticks and occasionally machetes adding that they did not carry AK-47 rifles.

He said;  "The problem of herders in Nigeria is a very long historical thing. The Nigerian herders don’t carry anything more than a stick and occasionally a matchet to cut down foliage and give it to their animals, these ones are carrying AK-47.

So, people should not underrate what happened in Libya. 43 years of Ghaddaffi, people were recruited from Sahel and trained to shoot and kill. With the demise of Ghaddaffi, they moved to other countries and region and carried the experience with them."

Speaking on the development, Afenifere, through its secretary, Yinka Odumakin, said that the president spoke as a "the patron of Miyetti Allah, not as the President of Nigeria." He continued;

"Buhari should not have gone to the international stage and say Fulani herdsmen don’t carry AK 47; that destroyed everything for the President.

This is why Afenifere said he should make a choice between the Presidency and being the patron of Miyetti Allah. He spoke in America in defence of Fulani herdsmen as their patron, not as the President of Nigeria and that is conflict of interest," he said.

https://politicsngr.com/afenifere-reacts-president-buharis-herdsmen-dont-carry-ak-47-comment/

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Below are photos from the bombing that occurred today in Mubi, Adamawa state.

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The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations.

PoliticsNGR learned that the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole made this known in his office in Abuja on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

He said that the directive became necessary due to the gross abuse Codeine usage has been subjected to in the country.

In its stead, the Minister said Codeine containing cough syrups should be replaced with dextromethorphan which is less addictive.

He also directed the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, (PCN) and NAFDAC to supervise the recall for labelling and audit trailing of all codeine containing cough syrups in the country, while he has also banned sales of Codeine containing cough syrup without prescription across the country.

He noted that the National Agency for Food and Drug administration and Control had an emergency meeting with the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group (PMGMAN) to inform them that there is an embargo on all new applications for registration of codeine- containing cough syrups as well as applications for renewal has been abolished.

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has been directed to continue enforcement activities on Pharmacies, Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendor’s Shops and outlets throughout the country.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control [NAFDAC] was also directed to fully carry out its functions among others: to regulate and control the manufacturing, distribution and sale of drugs, including inspection at points of entry of drugs, drug products and food for compliance with the new directive.

The Minister stated that the FMOH shall ensure collaboration among regulatory agencies namely, NAFDAC, PCN, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), for effective implementation of extant Acts, regulations, policies and guidelines on codeine control and usage.

‘Furthermore, these agencies shall work together to increase pharmacovigilance around codeine, tramadol and other related substances of abuse,’ Adewole stated.

Already, NAFDAC has developed IEC materials that will be used in an already planned national campaign against drug abuse, an awareness programme thatincludes Young Pharmacists Group of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria. This will soon be flagged off in Kano and Lagos.

As a way of discouraging youths to shun the drugs, the Federal Government through Federal Ministry of Health shall partner with National Orientation Agency (NOA), Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Football celebrities, members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Performing Musicians of Nigeria and other celebrities to drive national campaign against drug abuse.

‘The FMOH shall ensure that Drug treatment intervention for victims of substances abuse shall be undertaken across the spectrum of health care delivery system in the country,’ Adewole stated.

He stated that Civil Society Organizations shall be strengthened to deliver effective sensitization, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services.

Recalled that in view of the serious public health concerns drugs abuse poses to Nigerians , a working group which comprised of experts from various Ministries, Agencies of Government (including regulatory agencies), Development Partners and Associations was constituted in January and tagged Codeine Control and other Related Matters Working Group (CCRWG).

The CCRWG was formally inaugurated on January 23, 2018 with clear Terms of Reference of developing key recommendations and strategies to address the menace of codeine, tramadol and other related substances in Nigeria.

The CCRWG submitted its interim report on April 12, 2018 and recommended short-, medium- and long-term measures for implementation in a memorandum submitted to the Minister, today, 1st of May 2018.

Finally, Professor Adewole restated the commitment of FGN to ensure the full implementation of the National Drug Distribution Guideline (NDDG) by January 01, 2019 and closure of all open drug markets penultimate the implementation date of the NDDG that is, December 31, 2018. It is a public knowledge that easy access to codeine, tramadol and other substances of abuse is promoted by the chaotic drug distribution system.

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-fg-bans-production-codeine-based-syrups-nigeria/

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A heavy clash occurred at the Chief Magistrate court, Mpape, Abuja earlier today between some lawyers and police officers over the detention of two lawyers and relatives of Senator Dino Melaye.

PoliticsNGR gathered that David Amaefula and Pius Udo-Inyang, who are of the law firm of Messrs Rickey Tarfa & Co. Abuja Office, were on Tuesday, April 24 and 25 arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office Guzape after they were dispatched to the Zankli Medical Centre, Mabushi, Abuja to secure justice for Senator Melaye, who was being admitted there.

Two other persons including a cousin to Melaye and his friend were also arrested during the raid. Magistrate Zubairu on Monday granted the defendants bail in the sum of N200,000 and one surety each in like sum, adding that the sureties must be resident in the FCT.

All hell broke loose when over 50 armed policemen deployed in the court attempted to seize placards from protesting lawyers. The over 100 lawyers in the court premises resisted the move.

The police officers then encircled the lawyers and demanded that they leave the court premises. This attracted stiff opposition from the lawyers. Watch the footage below;

https://politicsngr.com/dino-melaye-lawyers-clash-50-policemen-court-premises-photos-video/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0fuBgM3_H8

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President Donald Trump has spoken about the recent killings of Christians in Nigeria. During his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari today, Trump said;

"We’ve had serious problems with Christians who have been murdered, killed in Nigeria. We’re going to work on that problem and working on that problem very, very hard. Because we can’t allow that to happen,”.

Days before Buhari’s visit, 19 Christians were killed after a gunman opened fire in a church in a remote region of the country. The clashes are largely between Muslim herdsman and Christian farmers in the region.

“Buhari’s Fulani kin are responsible for hundreds of deaths already in 2018, attacking villages and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and land. The scale of the Fulani aggression threatens to surpass Boko Haram’s reign of terror, based on the sheer number of deaths,” Open Doors CEO David Curry wrote in an op-ed for USA Today ahead of the visit.

https://politicsngr.com/donald-trump-reacts-killings-christians-nigeria-details/
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At About 5:05 pm Nigerian time today, President Donald trump welcomed Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari to the White house for a meeting.

In the meeting monitored by PoliticsNGR, the US president Ushered Buhari into the White house.

https://politicsngr.com/donald-trump-welcomes-president-buhari-white-house-photos/

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PoliticsNGR has been furnished with video footage of APC youths attacking Senator Mathew Urhogide for calling for moving a motion for President Muhammadu Buhari's impeachment over the withdrawal of $462 million without authorization from the National Assembly.

The footage shows youths attacking the Senator in the company of Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki who was heard telling Urhogide " So you want to impeach my president, Follow me my friend!".

Watch below;
https://politicsngr.com/apc-youths-attack-senator-urhogide-benin-airport-buhari-impeachmentvideo/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WREeY6vTazo

Babacele:
Bill Gates be like : so PDP looted the country so bad it would have died.... no wonder all the billions in aids I sent under PDP has no impact at all. It means whatever you , Buhari and your economic team is doing to rescue the economy is great and I have to reconsider my earlier critiscism of the PMB administration...

boring

Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder sent a message to the legion of critics who have dogged him for his soft schedule: So how do you like me now?

In a fight that went from sleep-inducing to sensational in the blink of an eye, Wilder retained his title for the seventh time, scoring a thunderous 10th-round knockout of division boogeyman Luis "King Kong" Ortiz before 14,069 on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Ortiz nearly knocked Wilder out in a brutally one-sided seventh round, but Wilder kept himself together and stormed back for a sensational knockout to set the stage for a potential undisputed title fight with the winner of the three-belt bout between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker on March 31 in Cardiff, Wales.

Yemea1:
Jagaban baba... the brain behing the success of lagos state. Lets give this man a chance to be incharge of the politic of federal republic of Nigeria.

ur head no correct

IamAirforce1:
Bill gate with all the billions, still looking like what I Dont know ..

Why person go get money and no go look good

because he keeps working day and night to build a legacy

verifielive:
longer tails

Thats for bush rabbit o

Gkay1:
someone should tell me d different between RAT AND RABBIT

longer tails

Billion dollar man

am tired of this country.....what is this teaching the youths.... The government can ban olamide's wo video but can't ban this semi blue film.....S. M. H

They are all the same

This is a serious matter... This guy should go to court......i feel fapson is lying.. What would a responsible girl be doing outside her father's house by that time....... And again the driver dropped her in front of an unknown building and started dragging her out.... Dat girl is a liar

DaddyKross:
All of a sudden now, Sanchez is world best to Man U fans.... Smh




Reno Shut the f×ck up






Sex doll is a beast now ? Haaa Jesu. It is finished


Some people's brain that is

ur brain nko....i know u will soon buy your own sex doll.... Bloody pervert

I can't stop laughing l... Is it the PDP that told yusuf to carry the power bike?. Is it the PDP that told yusuf to overtake his friend....is it the PDP that fueled yusufs power bike.. ##get sense

This one's Brain is leaking

NextGovernor:
Hmmm. Why are Nigerians easily been deceived. Orisefemi is spraying #360 in naira. Non let the dollar deceive you my dear.

Who spray #500 get level pass am.

#nohate

u see yourself...what if one of those is 100 dollars..and that's equal to 40 something thousand naira.....##thinkbeforeyouspeak

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axortedbabe:
Que sera sera

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EzeIgboNwaChukwu:
Of course we all know that the educated igbo elites are against this Bia'fraud hogwash.
We the educated and advanced igbos kick against bia'fraud as we solely pledge our allegiance to the Unity of this great Nation.
The sets of people that needs Bia'fraud are the gullible and dociled illiterates that have been brainwashed by Namdi Kanu who was a Dropout.
U could do a little research and find out that this Ipobs are sets of uneducated louts, majority of them are carpenters, kekedrivers, okadas, welders, farmers etc who don't have any clue about politics, state, sovereignty, government, diplomacy, federalism etc.
The rate of illiteracy and unemployment here in the South East Region is very high.
The Federal Govt. Should do something about it and curb the growing menace of illiterate secessionists.
IGBOS STAND WITH ONE NIGERIA.
LONG LIVE NIGERIA.
GOD BLESS PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

FOOLISH MAN

preciousmaro:
Please the Army should help us curb this terrorist group, before they turn into another Boko Haram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dshOe8W-OHc

your a very stupid person for calling is terrorists.....##slave

So easy.......for naija girls ooooooo... A girl that's 25 or more wants marriage....below 25 only wants u.. Simple

This girl is Acctually right.....

This guy get luck...y I'm no put I'm picture make we see am