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APC Governors agree to implement judicial and legislative autonomy

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Governors elected under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to commence process for implementation of autonomy of the judiciary and state legislature as directed by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Committee and other stakeholders.

Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state said the decision was reached at an emergency meeting of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) where the recommendations of Gov Aminu Tambuwal- led NGF Committee were reviewed.

Attorneys-General of APC- controlled States have been directed to begin consultations with a view to providing necessary legal framework for the implementation of the policy.

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APC Denies Targeting Ganduje for Presidency in Viral Update

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The ruling All Progressives Congress has distanced itself from the report credited to its Kano State chapter of the party that the Presidency may have been behind the move to remove the National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, from office.

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, made the rebuttal when he was featured as a guest on Arise TV on Thursday.

The Kano APC through its spokesperson, Ahmad Aruwa, had on Wednesday accused the Presidency of undermining and conspiring against the APC national chairman.

Aruwa made the claims in a viral Update circulating on social media where he blamed some forces in the presidency for Ganduje’s travail.

The Kano APC also criticised President Bola Tinubu for not publicly speaking up for the embattled party national chairman, saying Ganduje personally facilitated his presence in Kano even when some grassroots politicians rejected him.

Reacting, Morka said much as he couldn’t tell the context in which Aruwa made the claim, it was a true reflection of things.

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Open Letter To President Tinubu Over Perceived Political Witch-Hunt Of Yahaya Bello – Lifestyle Nigeria

On the 27th day of January 2024, Yahaya Adoza Bello handed over to Ahmed Usman Ododo as Governor of Kogi State.

Few days to the said handover date, rumors were spreading that EFCC was planning to arrest and or invite Governor Bello over some alleged corruption or fraud that had to do with the notorious 20 billion bailout fund, diversion of N80b Local Government or security funds; etc.

Rumors were also circulating that the Chairman of EFCC sent text messages inviting the former Governor, but no indication or evidence of an invitation letter delivered to Alh Yahaya Bello.

Curiously, on the 5th day of February 2024, and to confirm some of the rumors, EFCC filed an amended charge, wherein the name of Alh Yahaya Bells was included in the charge; though not as a party, but was accused of misappropriating about 80billion Naira sometime in 2015,when he was not Governor of Kogi State.

One wonders how possible this could have happened, which gave credence to the notion that EFCC was on political witch-hunt.

Strangely, while the controversy on the 2015 was raging, EFCC in her desperate attempt, that further exposed her as an agency on a hatchet mission, and as an afterthought, filed another Charge against Yahaya Adoza Bello at another FHC; wherein the 2015 date was changed to February 2016. The question still begging for answer is; how possible for a regime that was sworn in on the 27th day of January 2016 misappropriated or laundered about 80 billion Naira in February 2016, when the budget of Kogi State for the year 2016 was not near 80billion Naira???

It is indeed ridiculous, a mockery of any so called anti-corruption fight, and an embarrassment to Nigeria. This appears to give credence to the belief that EFCC is clearly working outside her mandate( if any) and only out for persecution, witch-hunt, and other primordial, political agendas.

Ironically, Yahaya Bello’s administration was adjudged the best administration in the history of Kogi State. It was also believed that despite the meager resources available to the state, it was optimally utilized to address the issues of security, infrastructure, education, health, etc, to the extent that the government received accolades from the World Bank, other international organizations, and even the Country’s National Intelligence Agency ( NIA ).

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President Tinubu Endorses Tunde Onakoya’s Attempt to Break the Record for the Longest Unbeaten Chess Marathon

President Bola Tinubu and other prominent citizens have backed chess Grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon.

Onakoya’s 58-hour quest to break the Guinness World record for the longest unbeaten chess marathon began Wednesday April 17 at 10am in Times Square, New York and according to Tiltify, he is scheduled to conclude at 8pm on Friday (US time today).

The current Guinness World record for the longest chess marathon stands at 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds and was set by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad of Norway on November 11, 2018.

Reacting to Onakoya’s Guinness World Record attempt, Tinubu simply wrote on X, “Checkmate the world Tunde Onakoya.”

Vice President Kashim Shettima added, “We are not only proud of the ambition of the chess maverick, Tunde Onakoya, in his attempt to break the Guinness World record for playing chess for 58 hours without losing a game, but also of his humanitarian interventions and his representation of Nigeria on the global stage through this game of brilliant minds.

“Mr Onakoya is a symbol of excellence and resilience that distinguishes Nigerians both at home and abroad and we stand with him in spirit as he captivates the world from Times Square, New York City. Go, make history and inscribe our name in gold.”

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, also tweeted, backing Onakoya to set the new record.