ECOWAS CRIES OUT AT COST OF DOING ELECTIONS
What is the actual cost of conducting elections in the Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) Region?
APC AND ASO ROCK….
As the tempo for 2019 elections GAINS momentum, all eyes are fixed on the APC, the party ruling Nigeria currently. The country’s Main opposition PDP has declared its presidential candidate…and the face-off will be between two towering politicians of the country…Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar. Roots TV spoke exclusively to bigwigs of APC…Predictably, they are confident Buhari will bring it home
kano State Govt react To Video Of Governor Ganduje Allegedly Taking Bribe
Commissioner for Information in the state, Muhammad Garba,in a statement, stated that the video was “cloned, doctored, disjointed” and that it was deliberately released to “affect the anticipated quantum of APC votes from Kano in 2019”.
He Further states that,the Kano state government has decided to file a criminal case against the online publication and its publisher on defamation of character after it released a clone and doctored video footage mischievously portraying Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje involved in Allegedly taking bribe.
Buhari Travel Ban Includes Governors And Ex-Ministers
President Muhammadu Buhari has put a international travel ban on 50 persons. This list includes 13 former governors and seven former ministers. Those in the list are facing corruption trials.
No Travel ban list :Presidency
The Presidency has denied issuing a list of Nigerians affected by a travel ban as it also clarified that the Executive Order is not a political weapon against opposition but part of revolutionary efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,said this in reaction to the trail of criticisms over the implementation of the EO6 by the federal government.
Death Toll In Abia Pipeline Explosion Rises To 24
The death toll from Friday’s oil pipeline explosion in two Abia State communities in Osisioma Local Government Area of Nigeria has now risen to 24