Edo election: Benin palace chiefs disagree over lze-lyamu's endorsement

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Alexander Okere, Benin
Some chiefs in the palace of the Oba ‎of Benin have disagreed over the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, for September 10 governorship election.
A group of the chiefs belonging to the Egha Evbo’ Nore (town chiefs) had last week adopted the PDP candidate at the...read it here...

Buhari delivers address at UN meeting on migrants.

President Buhari delivers address at high level plenary meeting at the United Nations Headquarters, New York on 19th September 2016.

Age Cheat: Azerbaijani media claims 23 yr old Nigerian striker is well over 40...Read It All On Tafia World

 The media in Azerbaijan claims Nigerian striker Victor Emenayo who was recently signed by Azerbaijani top division side Shahdagh Qusar FK, is 17 times older than the age (23) that is on his international passport. According to his international passport the forward who has already made his debut for his new side was born in 1993. But search on the internet about the striker who has played in Uganda for the best part of his career shows, he should be 28 years old judging by his official age before his move to Shahdagh Qusar.Emenayo has already become the subject of ridicule by social media users in Azerbaijan with the media also joining in the discrepancies documents about the age of the Nigerian, stating that he indeed looks well above 40 years old. They claim the fact that he shaved five years off the official age he has been using, means he has more than one international passport in his possession and his looks suggest he is well above 40. Victor Emenayo The former SC Villa of Uganda striker is reportedly older in appearance than the coach of the team Adil Mahmudov according to...read it here...

Kanu distraught over mom’s death Kanu distraught over mom’s death...Read It All On Tafia World

 Former Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu has been speaking over the demise of his mother who gave up the ghost on September 7 in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The former Arsenal and Inter Milan forward has a reputation for frequently eulogising his now late mother, who is said to have told him that one day, he would make her proud with his football talent. “The loss of Mama is hard to bear. She was a rock that stood by me and all my siblings,” Kanu said. Kanu “She showed us...read it here...

I'II PRODUCE 100 MILLIONARIES IN FOUR YEARS- OBASEKI...Read It All On Tafia World

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said he will produce 100 millionaires in the state in four years, if elected as governor.

Obaseki, who spoke on Monday during an interactive session with a group, Grassroots Youth Initiative, in the Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, explained that with the presence of natural resources, the residents had no reason to be poor.

He said, “God has blessed us in Edo. No state is like Edo. We do not have any reason to be poor; the only reason why we are poor is because of bad leadership. With good leadership, the sky is our limit

“So, the first thing I am going to emphasise in employment is to register the unemployed because we have employed a lot of...read here....

APC, PDP senators in separate stormy sessions, as Saraki today leads debate on economy...Read It All On Tafia World

 ABUJA — Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were yesterday, locked in separate meetings to deliberate and fine-tune common positions ahead of debate on the country’s economic recession, expected this morning at plenary. The development came as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is expected to lead a debate on the state of the economy this morning, shortly after presenting his welcome speech at plenary. While the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, superintended over the APC caucus meeting in his Maitama residence, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was...read here...

INEC Chairman: I Was Never Privy to Security Report on Postponement of Edo Election...Read It All On Tafia World

Bolaji Adebiyi, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City

Obviously due to the backlash the postponement, last Saturday, of the Edo State governorship election has generated, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday stepped up its denial of any complicity in the security report that led to the abrupt shift in the date of the poll to September 28, 2016.

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Prince Solomon Soyebi, said emphatically that the security agencies never took the commission into confidence about the security report.

While Yakubu spoke exclusively to THISDAY through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, Soyebi spoke to Channels TV on its breakfast talk show, Sunrise Daily. 

THISDAY had, however, gathered at the weekend that contrary to the election ma

nagement body’s claim, its chairman might have had fore knowledge of the security report but failed to disclose it to his colleagues on the board of the commission.

Citing security concerns, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the police had, after a closed-door meeting between...read it here...

Buhari Hits PDP Again:For 16 Years,No Savings,No power,No Road,No Security...Read It All On Tafia World

 

Muhammadu Buhari

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Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari is obviously not done with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he hit the party again monday, dismissing its 16 years in the saddle as extremely wasteful and of no moment.
‘‘I want Nigerians to realise that what this government inherited after 16 years of the PDP government was no savings, no infrastructure, no power, no rail, no road and no security,” he told...read it here...