These are the stories that drove conversation this week.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately order the sack, arrest, and arraignment of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun for alleged criminal forgery of her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate.
As contained in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said the Minister’s NYSC certificate scandal was a vindication of its position that the Buhari government is not as upright as it wants Nigerians and other citizens of the world to believe.
The world can now see how the @MBuhari Presidency has been concealing sharp practices under it. We can now see why there is humongous corruption under President Buhari’s watch and why Mr. President has refused to take any concrete steps to check the sleazes in his administrations pic.twitter.com/41irmawrqc
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) July 7, 2018
According to a statement issued on Monday by the NYSC Head of Press unit, Adeyemi Adenike, in Abuja, the NYSC affirmed that checking by its records, the Minister applied for an exemption certificate but that it was still investigating the origin of the alleged forged certificate that has been a source of controversy for days.
Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, a.k.a ‘Princess Nikky,’ daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was found dead and already decomposing at the Akure home of her boyfriend.
Confirming this, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ondo command, Femi Joseph told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the incident was not a rumour.
Adeyemi Alao, the suspected killer has since been arrested.
Joseph said the suspect has been cooperating with them on relevant information surrounding the circumstances of Khadijat’s death, assuring the public that the case would be thoroughly investigated to establish the facts and all other suspects and others involved in her death, would be prosecuted.
Governors of the South-East states have resolved to stop the movement of cattle in the zone, following increased challenges in the movement of herdsmen and the resultant effect of clashes with farmers.
Chairman of the South East Governors forum, David Umahi of Ebonyi, who read the communique at the end of a meeting of the forum held at the Government House, Enugu, said they have requested for an emergency meeting in the zone with federal security chiefs, farmers and herdsmen to stop the movement and prevent possible spillage of herdsmen killings into the South-East zone.
The governors also restated their opposition to the proposed ranching in states, as they said the Federal Government was already aware that the South-East occupied little space of land and has no accommodation for ranching of any sort.
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris deployed 30,000 police officers in Ekiti ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday (today).
As contained in a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, the police boss has directed that a robust and elaborate security arrangement be implemented in Ekiti to ensure peaceful, credible, free and fair election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) entered into a new alliance with more than 30 other political parties in the country.
The parties who announced a new name – Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) at a meeting which held at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) and mobilise support for consensus candidates at the states, and the legislative arm of government.
Omoleye Omoruyi… an apprentice web/game developer, novelist, sensitive to happenings in the world. Meet him @Lord_rickie on Twitter/Instagram
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