I will Perform Better In Second Term If Given - Yahaya Bello.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has promised to improve upon his present performance if given another term to serve the state as governor.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Governor, says his administration has made the state safer even though he inherited a chaotic security apparatus. The governor said that both citizens, residents, travelers, investors, and tourists in the State have continued to enjoy peace under his administration.

The governor says his claims are hinged on verifiable national data coming out of credible institutions. The governor said this at the University of Abuja, during a Two-day colloquium organised by The Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace, Leadership and Developments Studies (SMIPLDS) where he featured as a keynote speaker on issues bothering curbing insurgency and insecurity in the country.

Bello who was represented by Navy Commander Jerry Omodara, his State Security Adviser said Kogi state before he came on board had suffered insecurity, due to sheer laxity, corruption, and non-commitment of resources over the years. He said nothing was put on the ground to secure infrastructure and manpower in the State as the security agencies found themselves trailing the highly mobile and logistically superior criminal franchise. Bell noted that killing, bank robberies, jailbreak by Boko Haram insurgents, attack of offices of security agencies, kidnapping and other forms of criminality categorized the previous government and there was no political will and opacity in the use of security votes.

The Governor also added that Kogi under the previous administration suffered the most terrifying periods of extended and unrelenting insecurity the state has ever witnessed since inception. Since he came to power, Bello said the state which was initially bedeviled with all these criminal vices, in April 2018, ranked as the 2nd most peaceful state in the country after Osun and the most peaceful in the North of Nigeria by the Nigerian Peace Index. The State was also ranked as the State with the second lowest crime statistics in the country after Kebbi by the National Bureau of Statistics, he noted.

Bello, who made the promise on Thursday in Lokoja during a stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), also appealed to the people of the state not to lose hope in his administration.

According to him, the recent reconciliation of the two factions of the party in the state is also a pointer to a better tomorrow for the state.
Bello said his outstanding achievement was in the area of security where he said he was able to banish armed robbery, kidnapping and thuggery from the state.

“I confronted these ugly incidents headlong, and today the story has changed.
” We were able to institute infrastructure and integration of people into the administration that has been operating without sentiment.
He called on party members to remain committed and dedicated to its ideals, saying that this was the only way for it to emerge victorious in the coming governorship election.
Two serving governors and a former governor attended the meeting where party members reiterated their preference for indirect primary to pick a candidate for the Nov. 16 governorship polls.

The two serving governors in attendance were Alhaji Bagudu Atiku of Kebbi state and Alhaji Mala Bunni of Yobe State.

The immediate past governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, was also present.
Speaking in behalf of the visitors, Bagudu, who is also the Chairman of APC governors forum, commended members for their efforts which made President Muhammadu Buhari to win the presidential election in the state by a wide margin.

He urged them to sustain their passion and love for the party, saying that they should ensure the victory of the party’s candidate in the Nov. 16 governorship election holding in the state.

” Governor Yahaya Bello is a dynamic leader that the party is ever proud of.

“He remains a gift of Providence that should be supported all the time ,” Bagudu said.
The APC state Chairman, Alhaji Abdullai Bello, said that the party performed a rare feat in the last general elections when it won all the 25 seats in the state assembly.

EXCLUSIVE!!!! COZA Pastor Bidoun Fatoyinbo raped me- Timi Dakolo's wife, Busola says in shocking new interview.

Wife of singer, Timi Dakolo, Busola, has accused controversial clergyman and founder of the CommonWealth of Zion Assembly COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo, of sexually assaulting her when she was much younger.

In an explosive interview with YNaija, Busola, the mother of three, recounted how the clergyman who has been embroiled in a number of sexual assault related cases, Ese Walter being the most prominent, allegedly raped her in her mother’s house while she was still in secondary school.

In her interview, Busola recounted how the clergyman also allegedly tried having sex with her inside his matrimonial home when she came in to help his wife, Modele, when she had their first child.

Recall that Timi Dakolo recently launched an attack on the clergyman, anonymously. He called out the pastor, accusing him of taking advantage of women in his ministry and leaving them broken emotionally.

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APC Names Senate Principal Officers

 The All Progressives Congress has named its Principal officers in the Senate.

The party zoned the majority leader to the north central, deputy majority Leader to the South West while the south east got the chief whip and north west got deputy chief whip.

Former Governor of Nasarawa state and Chairman of parliamentary support, Abdullahi Adamu emerged the Senate Leader and Senator Ajayi Boroffice, representing Ondo north emerged the deputy Senate Leader.

Former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu emerged the Chief whip and Senator Yahyah Abdullahi from Kebbi state emerge Deputy Senate Chief whip.

The party is expected to name Principal officers in the House of representatives by Tuesday

Ahmed Wase is the 9th Deputy Speaker, House of Representative

Congratulations to the leadership of APC and the House of Reps for electing Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase as the 9th Deputy Speaker, House of Reps....

Wase had no opponent, the first of it's kind in the history of the National Assembly

Congratulations H.E Deputy Speaker @Ahmed Idris Wase

Femi Gbajabiamila is now the 9th Speaker House of Representative

Congratulations to the leadership of APC and the House of Reps for electing Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the 9th Speaker, House of Reps.... Gbajabiamila polled 281 votes to defeat Bago who polled 76votes.

A landslide and a sweet victory!

Congratulations H.E Speaker House of Reps Femi Gbajabiamila

Omo-Agege, 9th Deputy Senate President

Congratulations to the leadership of APC and the Senate for electing Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as the 9th Deputy Senate President....

Omo-Agege polled 68 votes to defeat Ekweremadu who polled 37votes.

A landslide and a sweet victory!

Congratulations H.E Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege

Ahmad Lawan, 9th Senate President

Congratulations to the leadership of APC and the Senate for electing Senator Ahmad Lawan as the 9th Senate President.

Lawan polled 79 votes to defeat Ndume who polled 28votes.

A landslide and a sweet victory!

Congratulations H.E Senate President Senator Ahmad Lawan

JUST IN: 32year old emerges Oyo Speaker

(32yrs) Thirty two year old Hon Adebo Ogundoyin representing Ibarapa East has just been elected unopposed as Speaker of Oyo State House of  Assembly (9th Assembly).

Ogundoyin is a graduate of Babcock University.

Hon Abiodun Mohammed Fadeyi from  Ona Ara has been elected as Deputy Speaker.

The event is being witnessed by the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, Deputy Governor and other top government functionaries.

Fake Catholic Priest Unmasked in Spain After 18 Years

A Fake Catholic priest who has worked as cleric for more than 18 years has been dismissed by the Catholic Church in Spain.

Miguel Angel Ibarra carried out weddings and baptisms, first in Colombia and then in southern Spain, despite having never been ordained.

Those ceremonies will still be recognised, the Church says, but not his communions or the confessions he heard.

He was found to be an impostor after a complaint was filed in Colombia. The complainant alleged Mr Ibarra had forged his documents. After a “thorough investigation”, it was found that he had never been ordained and he has now been ordered to return to Colombia, Church officials say.

Mr Ibarra moved to Spain last October, settling in the town of Medina-Sidonia, which is home to more than 11,000 people.

“Events like this could overshadow the work of parishioners and ordained priests, who serve the Church every day in an exemplary way,” the local diocese said in a statement.

This is not the first time someone has been caught in the act of pretending to be a Catholic priest.

In 2008, a man who had not been ordained was found to be hearing confessions in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

He was wearing clerical robes, but was later unmasked as a fake after his documents were checked by the Italian authorities

President Buhari accepts Justice Onnoghen’s voluntary retirement

President Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

According to a statement from Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the retirement takes effect from May 28th 2019. The President thanked Justice Onnoghen for his service to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and wished him the best of retirement life.

Justice Onnoghen who assumed office as CJN in March 2017, was suspended by President Buhari in January over false declaration of assets.

Full statement;.

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PRESIDENT BUHARI WRITES ACTING CJN ON APPOINTMENT OF FIVE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad, on the appointment of additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

The President wrote: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 230(2) A&B of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), I am pleased to request that you initiate in earnest the process of appointing additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make the full complement of 21 Justices as provided by the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution.

This is in line with the Governments Agenda of repositioning the Judiciary in general and Supreme Court in particular for greater efficiency, with a view to reducing the backlogs of appeals pending at the Supreme Court.

Please accept, your Lordship, the assurances of my highest regards.

Meanwhile, President Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria, effective from May 28, 2019.

The President thanked Justice Onnoghen for his service to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and wished him the best of retirement life.

Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President

(Media & Publicity)

June 9, 2019

APC NWC adopts Omo-Agege as Deputy Senate President for 9th Assembly

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has formally adopted Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege for the position of Deputy Senate President of the 9th National Assembly.

Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the NWC held in Abuja.

Issa-Onilu said that the meeting also endorsed Malam Muhammed Wase as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

He added that the decision was taken after consultations with President Muhammadu Buhari, party stakeholders, and APC State Governors.

The party had earlier announced Senators Ahmed Lawan and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila as its candidates for the positions of Senate President and Speaker of House Representatives.

“All elected APC members in the Senate and House of Representatives are hereby directed to fully mobilise as a united force behind the party’s choice.

“Members who have earlier signified interests in these positions are urged to support the party’s decisions as loyal and committed members,”Issa-Onilu said.

He added that such party members should work with other members to ensure the emergence of the adopted candidates.

The APC spokesman said details of other positions in the two chambers would be made public in due course.

Omo-Agege, a lawyer from Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area (LGA) represents Delta Central District in the Senate.

President Muhammadu Buhari had proclaimed that the 9th National Assembly should hold its first session on Tuesday June 11 after its inauguration