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RIVERS PEOPLE VOTED FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE~GOVERNOR WIKE. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that Rivers people overwhelmingly voted for him during the 2019 Governorship Election because of his outstanding performance and projects delivery. In a response to false allegations made by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi during his appearance on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Governor Wike said that the Former Rivers State Governor failed in his quest to truncate his second term because Rivers people are happy with his work. He said he wouldn't have responded to the falsehood being peddled by the Minister of Transportation, but he owes the public the duty to set the record straight. He said: "It is unfortunate. I extended the Olive Branch and I meant every word of it. It was on that basis that the State Attorney General filed a nolle prosequi to withdraw the charge against Flag Amachree
'Nobody Is Safe, How Do We Live Like Animals?' Emir Of Katsina Laments Insecurity. Nobody is safe now, whether in your house or road, wherever you are. Tell the president that we have to take care of our people, security first. All these programmes, as good as they are, cannot be (successful) without security. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAY 07, 2019 Abdulmumini Usman, the Emir of Katsina, has said that the efforts of the Buhari-led administration may not yield the desired results if the insecurity ravaging the North-Western part of Nigeria is not checked. The Emir told Audu Ogbe, the Minister for Agriculture, that farmers and herdsmen who are the target beneficiaries of government initiatives have abandoned their farms and herds as killings and kidnappings have become rampant in the region, including Katsina, Mr Buhari’s home state. Mr Ogbe was in the Katsina palace, alongside the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, ahead of the national lau
UPDATE: 1. Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP Governor Elect of Osun State who was earlier arraigned before an mpape magistrate court has been granted bail. 2. Senator Adeleke was granted bail with the sum of N2million and a surety with like sum 3. The matter has been adjourned to the 24th of June 2019.
How Do We Survive When Kidnapping Is The New Occupation? Buhari Ask Nigerians “So our youths, our children have turned to a new industry which is causing fear in the heart of all of us, namely kidnapping, abduction and all kinds of crimes including rustling of cattle. How long can we endure as a country in this circumstances? How can we survive when kidnapping is a new occupation and a business? BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAY 07, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the prevailing insecurity in the country because according to him, it has now taken an occupational dimension. Audi Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development who represented the President during the flag-off distribution of cotton seeds and inputs to 100,000 cotton farmers for 2019 planting season in Katsina said: “The mistakes of yesterday are causing us anxieties today. Our children are graduating from universities and polytechnics and they can’t find a job to do. "Some will return h