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In reaction to the controversy that has surrounded the budget for the ministry of transportation and the face off between the minister, Rotimi Amaechi and the National assembly,  the Rivers state chapter of the People's Democratic Party has pleaded with the Minister and former governor of the state not to resign his office even as the Senate called for his resignation. The party made this known in a press release signed by the state chairman of the party, Bro. Felix Obuah. The statement reads: Press Statement.   Amaechi/Senate Budget Controversy,   Don’t Resign, PDP Tells Amaechi  The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly to apologize for his mischievous flippancy or resign from office.  The State PDP hinges its position on the high regard the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government has for him a...

Hundreds of millions of pounds of British foreign aid given to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram terrorists is instead being used to fund a witch-hunt against opposition politicians, it is being claimed.   According to a news report on Tuesday by the UK Telegraph, Britain has committed to spending £860 million in foreign aid to Nigeria, which now boasts Africa’s largest economy, to help support the country’s efforts to crush Boko Haram terror group, which has been responsible for a spate of outrages, including the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls. But Western officials are now raising concerns that the government of the country’s recently elected leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, is misusing the funds to persecute political opponents. Since Mr Buhari came to power last July, a number of prominent members of the former ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been arrested and imprisoned without charge. Among those detained was the party’s official spok...

  Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the raging controversies between the Presidency and the National Assembly over  the 2016 Budget as a confirmation of his position that President  Mohammadu Buhari was clueless and incompetent, saying; “Nigerians should expect more blunders like this until they send Buhari back to Daura in 2019.” The governor, who said it was now obvious that the President and his All Progressives Congress (APC) only wanted power desperately without the wherewithal to govern, added that; “I warned Nigerians of the consequences of electing an octogenarian as president and with the international embarrassment that this budget crisis has become, I have  been vindicated.” According to a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Pubic Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; “It is obvious that there is total disconnection between the President and his cabinet members as many of the mi...

Students of the Benue State University, BSU, yesterday, crippled commercial activities in the state over the recent hike in tuition fees by the school management. The enraged students barricaded the ever-busy Makurdi-Gboko federal highway, leaving travellers and road users stranded for hours. The aggrieved students displayed placards with various inscriptions such as, “Reverse this unpopular decision”, “the new fee is anti people”, “our parents cannot afford this” and “we did not bargain for this.” The protest, which lasted over four hours disrupted the free flow of traffic on the highway and also crippled all business and social activities within the neighborhood of the institution. Speaking with newsmen, one of the protesters explained that management of the institution recently hiked acceptance fees for fresh students of the institution from N5,000 to N25,000, insisting that the increase was completely at variance with the current economic hardship in the country. Accor...

Following the students’ protest that rocked the University of PortHarcourt (UNIPORT) in the Rivers State, the university senate has shut down the school for the next one month with immediate effect. In a statement by Deputy Registrar in Charge of Information, William Wodi, all students are to vacate their hostel accommodation before 6: 00 pm on Monday. According to him, students’ union and their affiliate bodies have also been suspended till further notice. There was commotion on Monday in Port Harcourt, as students of the University of Port Harcourt protested hike in school fees. The protest which started off as a peaceful one later turned violent when the Vice Chancellor brought men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police to disperse the protesting students. The action proved to be counter productive and led to the killing of at least three students, one of them being the President of the Faculty of Sciences, Comr. Peter. Who was a final year ...

  The Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ondo State on Monday demanded that agencies apprehend the killers of Ayodele Ige who was murdered two weeks ago in Ilado, Akure North Local Government Area (LGA). Mr. Ige was a guard to Olu Falae, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and was killed during a raide on Mr. Falae’s farm. The Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ondo State on Monday demanded that agencies apprehend the killers of Ayodele Ige who was murdered two weeks ago in Ilado, Akure North Local Government Area (LGA). Mr. Ige was a guard to Olu Falae, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and was killed during a raide on Mr. Falae’s farm. The OPC issued a threat that if the police did not apprehend the killers in 24 hours that their members would avenge the death of Mr. Ige. It is suspected that Mr. Ige was killed by Fulani herdsman, an event which has threatened to exacerbate ethnic tensions in Ondo State. Pius Ogunsanya,...

Nigeria risks another suspension from world's football governing body. Fifa issued a warning to Nigeria on Monday to either reinstate its sacked Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials or face a suspension. It follows last week's high court ruling that Chris Giwa should be installed as the NFF's President and that the Fifa-recognised head, Amaju Pinnick, be sacked. Fifa warned that the country could face sanctions - including a ban - if a decision of the Federal High Court in Jos from Friday is implemented. In a letter dated 11 April 2016, Fifa's acting secretary general Markus Kattner said the ruling by a Jos federal high court is classed as "interference." "The decision of the Federal High Court in Jos, if implemented, would likely be considered as interference in the internal affairs of the NFF and the case would be brought to the highest authorities of Fifa for consideration of sanctions, including the suspension of the NFF," ...