Girl arrested for allegedly drugging okada rider, snatching motorcycle (Punch)
The Police Command in Katsina State has announced the arrest of a 19-year-old girl, Zinatu Abubakar, who allegedly drugged a commercial motorcycle operator and attempted to snatch his motorcycle. A statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Gambo Isa, made available to newsmen on Thursday in Katsina, said the suspect belonged to a syndicate operating in the state. Read more
Cult members protesting associate’s death, kill police sergeant (Punch)
Tension enveloped Emmanuel Olorunfemi and Oshunkeye streets in the Ifako-Ijaiye, Ogba area of Lagos State on Wednesday after a police sergeant was killed by some youths suspected to be cult members. PUNCH Metro gathered that the irate youths were protesting against the death of one Shina, aka Ishan, who was reportedly injured during a police raid on Oshunkeye Street in Idiagbon community. Read more
Voting APC in 2019 will further divide Nigeria, says Sule Lamido (SUN)
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that voting in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general election would further divide Nigeria. Lamido said this when he paid a courtesy call on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, in Makurdi. Read more
I won’t leave PDP again – Atiku Abubakar (SUN)
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said he would not defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anymore, even if he failed to secure the party’s presidential ticket. Atiku Abubakar stated this in Minna while addressing party supporters at the PDP headquarters. He, however, expressed optimism of winning the presidential ticket of the party if a level-playing ground was provided. Read more
Apapa gridlock persists a month after Osinbajo’s intervention (Nation)
More than one month after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited the ports in Lagos and ordered a 72-hour joint operation by security operatives to clear the gridlock in and around Apapa port, very little progress appears to have been achieved in that regard. Osinbajo, who paid an unscheduled visit to Apapa at the peak of the gridlock on July 20, directed relevant government agencies to immediately embark on the decongestion of the Wharf roads and the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to allow for free flow of traffic. Read more
Division in APC over direct primaries as NEC meets today (Nation)
A major division has emerged in the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) over the mode of conducting primaries to pick the party’s candidates for the 2019 general elections. Sources in the party told Daily Trust yesterday that majority of the party’s governors rejected the idea of adopting a direct primaries approach favoured by APC National Leader Bola Tinubu and National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. Read more
Stop subverting rule of law, Soyinka warns Buhari (PMNews)
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday warned President Muhammadu Buhari to stop subverting the rule of law. Soyinka spoke in view of recent cases in which the Buhari-led administration was found wanting of subverting the rule of law in his usual dictatorial style during the military regime. Read more
2019: Fela Durotoye Emerges As Consensus Candidate For Young Politicians (NaijaNews)
The presidential candidate of the Alliance For A New Nigeria (ANN), Fela Durotoye, has been chosen to by the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) group to contest the 2019 presidential seat in Nigeria. Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) is a coming together of various young presidential aspirants who believe they can work together to wrest power from the old political class. Read more
Dogara And Lasun Absent From APC NEC Meeting (NaijaNews)
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and his deputy, Suleiman Lasun are absent from the on-going National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress. In the legislature, Dogara and Lasun are the highest ranking members of the party, following the decision of the Senate President Bukola Saraki to dump the party to join the opposition. Read more
Pandemonium as Davido sworn-in at Lagos NYSC camp (Punch)
Ace musician, David Adeleke (Davido), was among 2152 Batch “B”, Stream 2 corps members sworn-in at the Lagos State NYSC Orientation Camp, Ipaja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that security personnel had a hard time controlling fellow corps members and NYSC staff rushing to take a glimpse of the popular musician. Read more