Hon. Isma’ila Yushua Maihanchi, the representative-elect for Taraba State’s Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency, is dead.
According to information obtained by Vanguard, Maihanchi passed away early on Saturday morning at an unnamed Abuja hospital following a brief illness.
He will be interred today at the national cemetery in Abuja, according to an aide to the late member-elect.
Details to come…
After eight years as Nigeria’s civilian president, President Muhammadu Buhari has reflected on his journey, noting that it was not always easy.
In 2003, 2007, and 2011, President Buhari said that he ran for office three times, but was unsuccessful in each attempt. He added: “I dared the politicians and ended up at the Supreme Court three times.
“They made fun of me, and I retaliated, ‘God dey,’ (and) God sent technology to my aid, in the form of a Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC)’. The fraudulent individuals lost their jobs.
President thanked Nigerians for the honor of allowing him to serve for two terms, from 2015 to 2023, while also apologizing to anyone he may have offended in the course of his duties. President received residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sallah homage.
President Buhari stated that he took all of the criticisms and grievances in good faith, understanding that they were a necessary component of the leadership God had granted him in his prayers.
“God gave me a wonderful chance to serve my country. We are all just people, so if I have ever hurt anyone while serving my country, I humbly ask for their forgiveness.
“I ask forgiveness from all those I have hurt.”
President Buhari expressed his gratitude to Nigerians for electing him in 2015 and 2019 without receiving any financial compensation, with some only attending campaigns and receptions in their respective states to catch a glimpse.
“I think it’s a good coincidence that I’m saying goodbye to you, and I want to thank you for putting up with me for almost eight years,” the speaker said.
The President is still reflecting on his more than forty years of national leadership with less than 37 days left in office. He claimed to have held various positions in the military, including those of military governor, minister, and head of state, before winning reelection as president in 2015. He also claimed to have spent three years in prison following the coup that removed him from office in August 1984.
He recalled that during his eight-year administration, efforts were made by unidentified individuals to make life difficult for Nigerians, particularly in Abuja.
“It is beneficial to think back on what used to occur in FCT, particularly with regard to security. “Those who wanted to make our lives uncomfortable reached the FCT, and they have been marginalized.” “Security is not just about the North East; it spread to the FCT and all over the country.”
President Buhari emphasized the benefits of democracy as a form of government, especially the ability to participate and the promotion of a sense of community among citizens.
“I’ve been keeping track of the years. Because of democracy, a person from one end of the country can rule for eight years. About eight kilometers separate my hometown of Daura from the Niger Republic.
“There was a fuel station close to my house when the Minister of Interior wanted to close down petrol stations ten kilometers from the border, and I begged him if he could allow it to continue operating.”
After years of work, the President claimed he chose to retire to Daura, which was far from Abuja, in order to get some rest.
“I am eager to return to Daura. I will depart for the Niger Republic if they make any noise in Daura that would disturb me. I made sure to position myself as far away as possible. I got what I wanted, so I’m retiring quietly back in my hometown.
“Despite technology, getting to Daura won’t be simple.”
The President was thanked by the Minister of FCT for welcoming residents for the 9th Eid-el-Fitr and allowing more people to enter the Villa for the final homage before his departure on May 29.
President Buhari was reminded of his participation in the military Recce Team for the capital in the 1970s by the minister, who praised the historic conception and execution of the FCT.
The minister thanked the President for the opportunity to hold the same position for nearly eight years while being joined by Umaru Shagalinku, the founder of one of the oldest restaurants in Abuja, and some contractors.
Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president, Ahmad Lawan, the Senate president, Boss Mustapha, professor Ibrahim Gambari, the chief of staff, Senator Philip Aduda, and Rev. Timothy Amakum, the chairman of CAN in the Federal Capital Territory, were also present at the Sallah homage.
The conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Sudan has escalated, killing civilians and causing untold suffering, which is of great concern to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson, Francisca Omaluyi, claimed in a statement that “the warring parties’ failure to heed repeated international calls for a ceasefire has worsened the situation of civilians and prevented the beginning of their evacuation.” Nigeria, therefore, wants to emphasize the urgent need for a ceasefire to happen right away.
In the interim, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the Sudanese authorities and has formally requested permission to evacuate Nigerian students and other community members who may want to leave the country through the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum.
For the purpose of proper coordination and consistent updates, the Nigerian Embassy has also established WhatsApp and Telegram platforms for the students and other Nigerians in Sudan. The statement also advised Nigerians in the nation to stay inside and call the Embassy at any of the following numbers: +249 90 765 0702, +234 803 698 1824, +249 90 132 5359, or +249 92 440 1217.
According to Mohammed Bello, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Philip Aduda, the Senate minority leader, regrets not being persuaded to defect from the People’s Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress.
It is important for Aduda to carpet cross to the ruling party, the minister reportedly said on Friday, April 21, at the Presidential Villa during the Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party defeated Philip Aduda in his race for reelection.
Before the Labour Party (LP) wave of the February 25 National Assembly elections swept him away, Bello, the president of the Nigerian Senate, claimed he had tried to woo Aduda to the ruling party, but all his efforts had been in vain.
Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party defeated Aduda, who had served for three terms as the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, in the most recent election, regretting not wooing Philip Aduda to the APC prior to the LP tsunami. Top Minister Under Buhari Cries
Bello urged the lawmaker to think about defecting from the PDP to the APC, further praising Aduda as a bridge builder despite being in the opposition party.
Considering that the minority leader of the Senate had less than six weeks left in office, the minister also suggested that he be appointed as an ambassador to Ukraine.
In response to the minister, Aduda stated that he would give Bello’s suggestion to join the APC some thought.
The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, was also praised for his tolerance of everyone, including opposition party politicians.
The Labour Party’s (LP) Mrs. Ireti Kingibe was declared the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The outcome was declared on Tuesday, February 28, in Abuja by INEC Returning Officer Prof. Sanni Saka.
Saka reported that Ireti won the election with 202,175 votes, followed by Mr. Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in second place with 100,544 votes and Angulu Dobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in third place with 78,905 votes.
Ireti Kingibe, the district’s newly elected senator, has received encouragement from Federal Capital Territory residents to vote for her.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance senatorial candidate made the call to the residents of FCt.
In order to provide the citizens of the FCT with good governance, Anthony Ezekwugo stated that Kingibe needs all the help she can get.
Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Umar Ganduje stated that he has no resentments toward anyone during his eight years in office.
Malam Muhammad Garba, the commissioner for information and internal affairs, released the governor’s Sallah message in Kano yesterday. In it, the governor expressed his gratitude to Allah for allowing him to serve as the state’s governor for more than 20 years and his desire to step down without any unresolved issues.
The statement claims that the governor also renewed his request for people he may have offended in the course of leading the state to beg for forgiveness.
According to Governor Ganduje, those who wronged him should forgive him in return because he had already done so.
The declaration urged the new administration to see that all worthwhile projects started by his administration but postponed for lack of time are completed for the benefit of the state’s citizens.
He added that continuity was key in government and that no project funded by tax dollars was worth quitting.
After eight years in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that he has fulfilled his promise to leave behind free and fair elections in Nigeria. He will leave the office in May 2023.
In addition to his neutrality in the election’s administration, he claims that the peaceful conclusion of the general elections in 2023 is evidence of that pledge and will go down in history as one of the proudest accomplishments of his tenure.
In his message of goodwill to Muslims today (April 20) in honor of the Eidel kabir celebration tomorrow (May 21), which marks the end of the 30-day Ramadan fasting season, Buhari stated that the results of the elections were consistent with his promise to leave a legacy of free and fair elections.
“I’m proud that I’ve leveled the playing field for all contestants, regardless of party affiliation, to produce a fair result for all,” the candidate said.
The President claimed that “free and fair elections are the only principles that give credibility to our democracy because the subversion of the people’s will undermine democracy itself. I never tried to sway the outcome in anyone’s favor at any point in the process.
Muslim leaders received President Buhari’s congratulations for successfully completing the arduous Ramadan fast, which he described as a religious duty.
He prayed for Allah to reward Muslims for their sacrifices made during the fasting season and said, “We shouldn’t forget the important lessons of Ramadan which include improving our bond with the underprivileged and poor members of society. Our ability to appreciate those who go without food every day was made possible by our fasting period abstinence from food and drink.
The president’s attempt to muddy up the killings in Benue State, according to Governor Samuel Ortom, is regrettable and repugnant. He charged that residents of Benue were not adequately protected by the federal government, which is led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In response to Garba Shehu, the president’s media aide, who claimed that Ortom had politicized insecurity in his state and allowed the crisis to worsen, Ortom made these remarks.
Shehu claimed that although the Buhari administration had already taken a number of measures to address the killings in Benue, more progress could have been made if the Ortom administration had shown some receptivity.
The killings and mass murder committed in Benue by the Fulani militia, however, had the full support of the Buhari administration, according to Ortom, in a statement released by his spokesman Nathaniel Ikyur.
The governor claimed that it was public knowledge that he had pleaded with the Buhari administration to intervene in the ongoing invasion of Benue State by herders’ militias, describing the statement as a careless attempt by perpetrators of genocide to shift the blame to the victims.
He continued by saying that the attempt by the APC to make fun of him over losing his senatorial seat and the PDP’s victory in the governorship had only strengthened the notion that the state’s extensive deployment of security personnel for the elections was conceived and planned in the presidential villa under the watchful eye of APC agents.
Twitter, a microblogging platform, has finally removed the Legacy verification tick from a number of well-known people.
The business had made hints about wanting to market verification tick for a while.
Twitter reportedly removed the Legacy Blue Tick for famous people on Thursday.
Checks on the Twitter accounts of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the incoming president; Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate; Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States; and Tony Elumelu, the chairman of UBA PLC, revealed that the verification tick had been removed.
Three hundred thousand verified users who did not pay for the Blue Tick were impacted by the change, including many famous athletes, musicians, journalists, and other public figures.
Tweeters’ responses:
@TonyOElumelu:
I woke up to see that my verification tick had disappeared. Wahala!”, he lamented.
@torty_mercy:
Make I hear Okwute pays for Twitter Blue $8 that you will give someone as a happy holiday gift, and the person will appreciate it greatly, Okwute will now give to Billionaire for blue tick??? We are allergic to spending money wrongly.
@firstladyship
“Elon Musk has removed the legacy verification of over 400K notable persons. Peter Obi, Atiku, Tinubu, Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump lost their blue check marks. Is Elon from this planet? Only an alien can compel Heads of Government & Former Presidents to pay for Twitter Blue.
After Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter, the platform witnessed drastic changes geared toward boosting its revenue.
To this end, the company said, “Twitter Blue is an opt-in, paid subscription that adds a blue checkmark to your account and offers early access to select features, like Edit Tweet. Subscribe now with localized pricing starting at $8/month or $84/year in available countries to get the blue checkmark and early access to features”.
The Kogi State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Josiah Joe Majebi, established an anti-fraud system to clean up the state judiciary, particularly the High Court of Justice. As a result, the state judiciary has discovered the syndicate responsible for issuing fake enrolment orders.
This action, which was in line with the state’s Council of Judges’ vision, has already started to produce exceptional results as previously hidden dealings in the high court system are revealed.
Justice Majebi has ordered that the police look into the perpetrators after learning that a syndicate was responsible for issuing court Enrolment Orders to the general public.
According to preliminary investigations, Court Enrolment Orders were being issued without going through the required procedure of a formal request to the court for the issuance of the same by recipients.
As per the Chief Registrar of the
High Court, Jubril Oladimeji Ibrahim, the crime—which may have been ongoing for some time—was discovered thanks to the diligent work of the Chief Judge’s keen detective apparatus, which was used to look for suspicious activity involving the state’s administration of justice among the system’s users and the general public.
He claimed that the public and institution staff were unaware of the deployment of the mechanisms.
Investigations have shown that the syndicate, which has been predominately operating in Lokoja, the state capital, has its tentacles spread throughout the state and specializes in forging and issuing documents that are purportedly issued by the court.
He claimed that the breakthrough came about as a result of the Chief Judge’s quick response to the heinous act and the necessary steps that were taken to prosecute those responsible.
According to the CR, this prompted the invitation of Tenimu Muhammed, a former president of the Upper Area Court I, Lokoja, who is now an assistant director in his office. He is currently being tried for misconduct before the state’s Judicial Service Commission. He is said to have granted and approved an enrolled order that was made without any formalities or applications.
Police have detained and are looking into two additional High Court employees, Abdullahi Adams and Umar Muhammed.
Following this development, the Chief Judge issued a warning to all members of the judicial branch of government, stressing the importance of the Council of Judges’ mission to restore the institution’s integrity and sanctity and urging them to refrain from any actions that might damage their reputations or those of the judiciary.
Rapper Obrafuor from Ghana has filed a lawsuit against Canadian hip-hop mogul Drake for alleged copyright violations.
The Southern District of New York District Court received the lawsuit on April 18, 2023.
Drake is being sued by Obrafour for inadvertently using a sample of his song “Oye Ohene (Remix)” in the song “Calling My Name” from his 2022 album “Honestly, Nevermind.”
Drake attempted to sample the music via email, but he was never given permission, according to the specifics of the lawsuit. Nevertheless, he made the decision to publicly release the song from his album “Honestly, Nevermind.”
Obrafour is asking for $10,000,000 (ten million dollars) in damages as well as other forms of financial assistance.
Millions of streams of the song have been generated globally across digital platforms, translating into millions of dollars.
