Gov Aregbesola: I have Done Well Despite Owing Seven Months’ Salaries

Gov Aregbesola Says He Has Done Well Despite Owing Seven Months’ Salaries

Despite his failure to pay state workers for the past seven months, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has said that his administration has performed excellently well since his assumption of office for a second term in August 2014, Daily Post reports.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola

The governor in a statement issued in Osogbo, on Tuesday, June 9, by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon, during a courtesy visit by the state’s Action Strategy and Development Group, said his government has performed creditably well despite the financial shortage it is experiencing.

Senator Saraki 'Elected' Senate President While APC Senators Were Meeting With Buhari

Senator Bukola Saraki, backed by minority senators of the All Progressives Congress and those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who earlier endorsed him today "emerged" as the President of the Senate. SaharaReporters learnt 57 senators were present at today's meeting at the National Assembly. The "election" was presided over by the Clerk of the National Assembly.The election held was majority of his party members were meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the International Conference Center in Abuja, a meeting Saraki shunned.  

Senator Bukola Saraki

The Kwara state senator led a group of renegade senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress in a revolt against the party hierarchy which had chosen a different candidate for the office of Senate president.

Boko Haram Storms Huyum Village,15 fear dead

Boko Haram Storms Huyum Village, Kills 15

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Monday, June 8, stormed a Borno village killing 15 people and injuring one.
Huyum residents told AFP that the attackers first surrounded the area and then opened fire burning many houses. They sprinkled petrol on homes to further set them ablaze.
Bukar Zira, who managed to escape to Mubi, Adamawa state, disclosed:

President Muhammadu Buhari Reacts To Election Outcomes Of Leaders Of The National Assembly

This Tuesday a statement issued by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president would have preferred that the APC process of electing leaders been followed.

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Muhammadu Buhari Buhari Media Team

Post elections, Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara State emerged as the Senate President while Yakubu Dogara was voted Speaker of the House of Representatives.

G7 Nations To Support President Buhari: Reason is out

Why G7 Nations Decided To Support President Buhari

Following the summit held in Germany, members of the G7 explained why they decided to support Muhammadu Buhari, the new president of Nigeria.

Muhammadu Buhari at the G7 Summit

It was disclosed on June 8, Monday, that the world leaders pledged support to Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, which was one of the major issues discussed at the meeting.

Nigeria:Buhari's Political Associates Surprised By London Trip, Diezani Denied Conversation With Him Throughout Trip

Buhari's Political Associates Surprised By London Trip, Diezani Denied Conversation With Him Throughout Trip

Last night’s secretive and rather abrupt trip to London by Nigeria President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari caught several of his political associates unawares, several of them learning about it only when we broke the story. President -Elect, Muhammadu Buhari Wikipedia

Asked if the President-Elect had any health issues that may have required urgent travel overnight, they insisted he appears to be healthy.

Nigeria:Northern Leaders Demand Pardon For Boko Haram

Prominent Northern leaders including the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais have called on the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to declare amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents when he takes over power on May 29.

The leaders include; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari.

NDLEA Officials to extracdit Buruji Kashamu’s Home

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly surrounded the residence of the Ogun state senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu.

According to Channels TV, the drug enforcers are set to extradite Kashamu to the US to answer to drug charges levelled against him.
Recall that Kashamu Buruji sued the chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency and 11 others over an alleged plot to extradite him to the United States of America to face trial on alleged drug-related offences.

The senator-elect is alleged to have been indicted for drug dealing in Chicago in 1998, a report which he has denied on several occasions.

2015 Budget Gets Jonathan's Approval

With just over a week before his official handover, the outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the sum of N4.5 trillion ($22.6 billion) budget for 2015.
According to a statement credited to the president’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the budget, which was by the National Assembly in late April, was approved by the Nigerian president on Wednesday, devoid of the usual fanfare.
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It was also reported that the budget is 3.2% smaller than last year’s, following the issues associated with global crude prices which are responsible for the cash crunch in the country.

Billboard Music Awards 2015: Nicki Minaj Gives Us a "Night" to Remember

Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles of One Direction, winners of the Top Duo/Group and Top Touring Artist awards, pose in the press room during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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