Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has reacted to the Thursday invasion of the National Assembly by the Federal Police. Tinubu, in a statement said that the Jonathan Presidency had lost its head. He said the government had run amok and had discarded all sense of proportion. He said the nation now faces the threats of Boko Haram and of the Presidency’s attack on the people’s democracy. - Report says, the Inspector General of Police, Sulieman Abba has ordered the arrest of the Speaker of the House of Representatives . Report says the order was given after the IG appeared before the Presidency to defend why the Police failed to stop the Speaker from gaining access into the Assembly complex on Thursday.However,Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal has stated that as a law abiding citizen, he was ready to honour any invitation extended to him by the Police, but cautioned the police not to take side in ongoing squabble but to be objective and politically neutral. -. Impeached Speaker of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, and his deputy, Tunji Orisalade, have dragged PDP to an Abuja Federal High Court over their alleged impeachment on Thursday by 7 speakers of the PDP amid police protection. - The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday collected his nomination form for the Sokoto State Governorship election at the office the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Sokoto. - The founder, Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, has prayed a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja to suspend forthwith the coroner’s inquest into the collapsed building in his church. He also prayed the court to stop the invitation of his person before it as no charge had been brought against him as a person. - President Goodluck Jonathan said in London on Friday that the Nigerian Security forces were working so hard to ensure that the Boko Haram insurgents do not capture more territories in the north, boasting that since the past one week, the insurgents have not captured any territory. - Ex militant commanders in the Niger Delta have sent a warning message to members of the House of Representatives to stop all moves targeted at impeaching President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that some of the law makers have lost the respect of Nigerians. Speaking under the umbrella of Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, the former militant commanders said they were behind President Jonathan and would stand against any attempt to embarrass him. - The reinstated Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Abubakar Sani Danladi, Friday night nullified all political appointees made by the sacked acting Governor, Garba Umar. Danladi, who spoke at the Executive Chambers of Government House, Jalingo shortly on his arrival from Abuja, directed the affected persons to hand over government property in their possession within 24 hours. The deputy governor pledged “total loyalty” to ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai, saying: “I will continue to be loyal to my boss, Governor Danbaba Suntai throughout the remaining period of his tenure. -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has set up 15 Standing Committees to ensure the success of the general elections in 2015. This is contained in the commission’s bulletin issued in Abuja on Friday.The committees include: Appointments, Promotion and Discipline, Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisition, Board of Electoral Institute and Election Observation and Party Monitoring.There are also Estate, Works and Transport, Finance and General Purpose, Health and Welfare, Information Technology and Voter Registration, and Information and Voter Registration committees. Others are Legal Services, Clearance and Complaints, Electoral Operations and Logistics, Outreach and Partnerships, Planning, Monitoring and Strategy, Security, and Tenders Board.The bulletin quoted a memo signed by the Secretary to the commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, dated, Nov.13, as saying that the committees came into effect on Nov.17.It added that the commission had in 2010 set up 14 standing committees for similar purpose. - With his reinstatement by the Supreme Court, the Taraba State Deputy Governor, Abubakar Sani Danladi Friday fired all political appointees under the sacked acting Governor, Garba Umar. He had as a result directed the affected persons to hand over government property in their possession with immediate effect.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:00:59 +0000
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