Fani-Kayode denies saying Nigerians deserve Boko Haram for rejecting Jonathan

Fani Kayode has reacted to reports he said Nigerians deserve Boko Haram for voting out Jonathan.

Read the press statement below: 

It has been brought to our attention that Premium Times, a popular Nigerian online magazine, has alleged that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode wrote the following words on his Facebook page- ''For rejecting Jonathan, Nigerians deserve Boko Haram''. This is false and, needless to say, Chief Fani-Kayode has never and would never say such a thing or harbor such a horrendous and heartless view.

Stop and Search returns to highways across the country

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase has directed the commencement of special ‘stop and search’ operation on roads and highways across the country.

APC govt must stop intimidating Ekweremadu – PDP chieftains

Chairmen of state chapters of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop the unnecessary intimidation and harassment of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

The warning was contained in a statement issued, in Abuja, on Tuesday, by the Chairman of Conference of PDP States Chairmen, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, who is also the Chairman of Benue State PDP.

Ike Ekweremadu

The PDP chieftains declared that they would mobilise members of the party across the country to resist any further attempt to harass and intimidate Ekweremadu, whose election by his colleagues as Deputy Senate President to Senator Bukola Saraki of the APC was, according to them, as a result of his outstanding performance in the previous sessions of the Senate.

Gunshots, tears as pro, anti Aregbesola clash at rallies for impeachment

There was drama on Tuesday when protesters rallying for the removal of Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola were dispersed with gunshots and beaten up by suspected thugs. 

Another group also held street rallies in support of the governor.

The anti-Aregbesola rally was organised by the Civil Society Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun, while his supporters operated under the aegis of the Osun Progressives Left.

The anti-Aregbesola group was led by Comrade Adeniyi Alimi, while that of his supporters was co-ordinated by Comrade Wale Adebisi.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State

The protesters, who had begun to converge around 7am at Ayetoro, we’re seen running for dear lives at about 10am.

Ebonyi Governor orders arrest of ‘agbero-boys’ over illegal toll collection

Ebonyi State governor, Chief Dave Umahi has ordered the immediate arrest of members of Ebonyi Youth Assembly, allegedly involved in unauthorised collection of levies in the state quarry site, located at Umuoghara in Ezza South Local Government Area of the state.

The governor also directed that all levies collected by the youth organisation should be refunded as they were never authorised to do so.

Chief Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor

He gave the order on Tuesday at a meeting with quarry operators/miners, traditional rulers and town union executives of their communities at Akanu Ibiam International Conference Centre, Abakaliki.

National Assembly Members know what is good for the APC - Former Speaker Tambuwal

The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday said the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress as a result of the leadership row in the National Assembly would soon be over.

Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is heading one of the committees set up to find an amicable settlement to the crisis.

He spoke with State House correspondents shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said his committee would continue its sitting on Tuesday, adding that “solution is on the way.”

Tambuwal said, “We have commenced meetings and even today (Tuesday), we are going to have yet another meeting. I believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel; peace and normalcy will be restored to the chambers of the National Assembly.

“I assure you that we will continue to support Mr. President for us to deliver on our promises to the Nigerian people.”

When asked to comment on the insistence of the Femi Gbajabiamila group to produce four principal officers in the House of Representatives, Tambuwal said as a mediator, he was not at liberty to pre-empt what should be the outcome of his report.

On the belief that the way he defied his party to emerge the Speaker in 2011 could have contributed to what is currently playing out in the National Assembly, the governor said the lawmaker “are matured enough to know what is best for the country and the party.”

“I should leave that to you to make your own judgement but I believe that they (the lawmakers) are all matured people, representing their various constituencies in both at the Senate and the House of Reps and they should know what is best for the country and the party,” he said.

Actress Toyin Aimakhu and hubby celebrate 2nd wedding anniversary

At the beginning of 2015, their marriage crashed and many thought it was over but Toyin went to her family and they quickly gave her the best advise - 'go and meet your husband, talk out your issues and enjoy your marriage. As a true Yoruba lady she listened. Today, it's a testimony. See more photos:

Congrats Toyin and Adeniyi Johnson!

Is FFK supporting Boko Haram because Nigerians rejected Jonathan?

Some media are reporting that Femi Fani-Kayode is relishing in Boko Haram's attack because Nigerians had rejected Goodluck Jonathan at the polls. But he said he did not. Read the report below:

After Rejecting Jonathan, Nigerians Deserve Boko Haram Bombings – Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation, and spokesperson of Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that Nigerians asked for the recent upsurge in Boko Haram attacks by refusing to renew Jonathan’s mandate, instead voting in Muhammadu Buhari as president.

Mr. Fani-Kayode said Mr. Buhari had always been sympathetic to Boko Haram.

His words: “Anyone that honestly believed that a man who secretly shares the same vision and core principles of Boko Haram and who spent many years defending them can do anything but give them a free hand when he comes to power is living in cuckoo land.”

The remark was posted on Monday on Facebook, but was deleted before being re-posted on Tuesday.

Nigeria has in the last two weeks witnessed an escalation of Boko Haram’s bloody campaign, with several suicide bomb and gun attacks targeting places of worship, communities and public places, killing hundreds of people.

The latest attack occurred early Tuesday at a local government office in Zaria, Kaduna State.

Twenty-five people were killed when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive where civil servants had gathered for data verification in the Sabon Gari area of Zaria.

About 400 Nigerians are estimated to have been killed by the sect in the last five weeks.

Mr. Fani-Kayode, who recently changed his name to Femi Olukayode, in celebration of his court victory in a corruption case, said he was not surprised with the recent bombings and killings.

“I am not surprised by the resurgence of Boko Haram and their new-found barbarity, courage and zeal,” he said.

He also said the cause of the Boko Haram sect may have been aided by the removal of military checkpoints in towns and along highways.

He said the Nigerian government is also transferring Boko Haram suspects to Prisons in the eastern part of the country in order to ”spread the word” adding that no less than 182 Boko Haram suspects were released on the president’s orders just a few days ago.

“Is all this just a coincidence or is something that is dark and sinister now afoot in our country? “

“Whatever each of us may or may not believe, one thing is clear- that Boko Haram now have powerful friends and secret allies right at the epicenter of power and those friends and allies are running the affairs of the country,” he said.

Mr. Fani-Kayode said there is a much wider picture unfolding which the Nigerian people have yet to see and which they find difficult to accept, understand or comprehend.

“There is a hideous and frightful hidden agenda which is slowly manifesting before our very eyes. Though we warned them, the Nigerian people wanted ‘change’ so they must live with the consequences of their choice,” he said.

He also said one of those consequences is the new-found “audacity, courage, growing power and rising strength of Boko Haram”, while another is the “resurgence of a clearly ethnic agenda which is designed to leave no-one in doubt about who really owns Nigeria and who the slaves are”.

He said, yet another is the destruction and demystification of a national leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, and his “Yoruba loyalists by his erstwhile northern allies in the APC”.

“Only a fool did not see that one coming and I am rather surprised that Tinubu’s followers are now crying foul and alleging that there is a northern conspiracy. Didn’t they know that before? Were they not warned over and over again?

“There are many other grave consequences which the Nigerian people will witness, in a most harrowing and frightful manner, in the next few months and years.

“May God deliver our people and our nation and may we learn to make the right choices,” he said.

 
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EFCC arrests former Gov. Sule Lamido and his two sons

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, for alleged money laundering-related offences.
Investigations revealed that operatives of the anti-graft agency picked up the former governor and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu in the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja.

It was learnt that the EFCC leadership ordered a crack team of detectives to fly them to Kano by 2.30 pm to prepare them for their arraignment for alleged fraud that amount to billions of naira.

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The source said,

“The former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu, were arrested this morning by operatives of the commission.

“They were actually arrested very early this morning, they were with us for hours before they were flown to Kano for possible arraignment on Wednesday (today).

“They left Abuja Airport around 2.30pm. It is most likely that they would be arraigned tomorrow (Wednesday), that I can tell you.”

The EFCC had arrested the two sons of the governor in November 2014, over alleged misappropriation of billions of naira belonging to the Jigawa State Government.

Operatives of the commission investigating Lamido and his sons alleged that billions of naira that belonged to the state government was traced into the accounts of companies owned and run by the governor and his two sons.

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest of the former governor and two of his sons.
He said,

“I can confirm to you that the former Governor of Jigawa a State, Alhaji Sule Lamido and his two sons are with the commission.”

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