APC membership: ‘You have low IQ’, Fani-Kayode attacks critics
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, insulted those criticising his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Fani-Kayode, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television programme, ‘Politics Today’, described his critics as “little monkey”. The ex-minister felt angered after that the journalist asked if his motive for defecting is finance-related. Responding, FFK said only people with a “low intelligence quotient” can ask such a question. Apart from describing the question as “insulting”, FFK also said only people with “small brains” would ask such. He said, “I don’t expect that kind of ridiculous and absurd question from you. I have fought
Strike continues, resident doctors to appeal court ruling
The National Association of Resident Doctors has directed its lawyers to appeal a ruling ordering its members to return to work. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, and the union’s Secretary-General, Dr Jerry Isogun, on Friday The doctors said they have begun the process to appeal the ruling. “As we are all aware, especially those that were present in court today (Friday), the NIC has given a ruling on the application for interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government,” the statement said. We are not satisfied with the ruling. “After consultations with
Senator Shehu Sani Defects To Opposition Party, PDP
Sani was elected a senator on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) into the eight assembly from 2015 to 2019. Senator Shehu Sani, who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Sani was elected a senator on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) into the eight assembly from 2015 to 2019. The Senator was unable to return to the senate in 2019 following an unresolved issue with serving Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The controversies stopped him from getting the party ticket, which forced him to defect
Delta suspected Yahoo boy arrested over alleged plot to use mother for ritual
A youth, Mr Emma Eregarnoma, has been arrested by the police in Delta State over a failed attempt to use his mother, Mrs Oke Eregarnoma, for alleged money ritual. PUNCH Metro gathered that Emma was detained at the Orokpe divisional police headquarters in the Okpe Local Government Area over the incident, which occurred on Tuesday in Okuokoko community near Warri. His mother, while narrating her ordeal to journalists on a hospital bed where she was recuperating, recalled that before the attack, her son boasted that he “must drive GLK this week”. The woman, who spoke on Tuesday around 8pm, said
FG to spend $4.9bn fresh loans on Kano-Niger Republic rail line, others
A standard gauge rail being planned from Kano State in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is one of the projects the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), plans to fund with the fresh external loans he is asking the National Assembly to approve for his regime, The PUNCH has learnt. Buhari had asked the National Assembly to approve fresh external loans of $4.054bn and €710m ($839m) for his regime. He also sought the legislature’s approval for grant components of $125m in the 2018-2020 external rolling borrowing plan. These were contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of the
BREAKING: Court awards N20bn damages against DSS for raiding Igboho’s house
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court has declared the raid conducted by the Department of State Service on the residence of Sunday Igboho in Ibadan as illegal. The court also ordered DSS to pay N20 billion to Igboho as damages. Details later…
Matawalle: bandits deceived us, breached agreement
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday said his administration pulled out of dialogue with bandits because they were deceptive. He said the bandits did not honour a peace agreement. Matawale told reporters at the State House, Abuja, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, that relative peace had returned to the state. According to him, the state government had been steadfast in the fight against banditry and that the people were seeing results. Among other measures, telecommunication operations were shut down in the state. Asked whether dialogue was no longer an option, Matawale said: “They have deceived us. Some
I felt dizzy in Villa, back to work, EFCC chairman says
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday dismissed fears over the state of his health. Bawa had collapsed during an official function at the Aso Rock Villa earlier in the the day. The EFCC boss said these while responding to questions about the incident. He spoke on a Channels Television Political Programme, Politics Today. Bawa said, “As you are aware, today is the 16th of September and it is the National Identity Day. “I was invited for a programme by NIMC, Specifically, by the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. “While I
Southern govs back state collection of VAT, laud anti-grazing law progress
The Southern Governors Forum has expressed support for the collection of the Value Added Tax by states. The governors made their positions known on Thursday, during their meeting in Enugu on Thursday. The disagreement over VAT started last month when the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, in a judgment in suit number FHC/PH/CS/149/2020, held that the Rivers State Government had the powers to collect VAT within its territory. Although Rivers and Lagos states have started the process of collecting VAT within their territories, the Court of Appeal in a ruling on September 10 stopped the collection
APC membership: Sheikh Gumi attacks Fani-Kayode, calls him ‘Judas of Oduduwa’
1971-2020 The Punch newspaper Controversial Nigerian Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of being a traitor after defecting to the All Progressives Congress. The Kaduna-based Islamic cleric said this in a Facebook post titled, ‘Judas of Oduduwa’, where he attached a previous post by Femi Fani-Kayode that he prefers to die than join APC. Commenting on the post, Gumi called the former Nigerian minister “Judas of Oduduwa”. The cleric also said he had known that FFK’s actions were not real. He posted, “I have for long, neglected the rantings of the Judas
