“Lift the sanctions first, agree with them to start negotiating on when and how they are going to release the ousted President Bazoum, and then when they are going to hand over to civilians,” he advised.
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Tinubu ill-advised on Niger Republic sanctions – Ndume
Tinubu ill-advised on Niger Republic sanctions – Ndume
The Senate Majority Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu was wrongly advised on ECOWAS sanctions on Niger military junta.
Mr Ndume, who represents Borno South in the Senate, said the sanctions were ineffective because they were only affecting innocent citizens.
Newstrends reports that the West African regional bloc imposed heavy sanctions on Niger following the ouster of President Mohammed Bazoum by the country’s military.
But speaking during an interview with journalists in Maiduguri, Mr Ndume said the sanctions were not affecting the military junta but innocent citizens.
“The sanctions are not affecting the military junta. The sanctions are affecting the poor people that are not part of the coup, and these are people, especially children, women, petty traders, and poor middle-income earners.
“Even the international law that guides us does not support sanctions that affect humanitarian needs. The suffering the people of Niger Republic are going through is more than imaginable.
The senator lemented that seven northern states who shared borders with Niger are also bearing the brunt of the sanctions.
He, therefore, appealed to Mr Tinubu, who is the ECOWAS chairman, to immediately lift the sanctions and address the crisis.
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“Because Nigeria is ECOWAS, and ECOWAS is Nigeria. Nigeria has the majority of votes and contributes 70 percent of ECOWAS funding.
“I am one of those against the actions taken by the ECOWAS leadership to impose sanctions on Niger. I strongly believe that that decision was rushed and it was not the right thing. I don’t support those sanctions because the decision affects me, my state and my region.
“Over 100,000 Nigerians, Borno State citizens from Abadam, Guzamala, Kukawa, and other places, all migrated to Niger, and they received them with open arms, not putting them in the camp, but taking them to their own houses; and they have been for more than 10 years now,” he said.
“Niger Republic has been supporting Nigeria. During the Biafran War, France, the colonial masters of Niger, supported the Biafrans, but the then Niger Republic President [Diori Hammani]refused to follow France in that decision. They gave us military support. Not only that, every time Nigeria stands for something, Niger stands with us.
Tinubu ill-advised on Niger Republic sanctions – Ndume
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Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name
Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has directed the immediate freezing of all state-owned bank accounts.
In a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, the governor stated that the accounts would remain frozen until further notice.
He instructed commercial banks, ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to comply with the order immediately or face severe consequences.
The statement reads: “All state bank accounts with commercial banks have been frozen. Commercial banks must comply with this order and ensure that not a single naira is withdrawn from government coffers until further notice.
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“Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies must ensure full compliance without delay.
“Following necessary investigations and reconciliations, the governor will take appropriate action and decide on the way forward. For now, this order remains in effect.”
Okpebholo also directed relevant agencies to revert the name of the Ministry of Roads and Bridges to its previous title, the Ministry of Works, a change made during the Godwin Obaseki administration.
“It is odd to name a government institution the Ministry of Roads and Bridges, especially when not a single bridge was built by the previous administration — not even a pedestrian bridge.
“In the coming days, we will examine further actions taken by the previous administration and make decisions that serve the best interests of the state,” the statement added.
Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name
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Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi
Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi has criticized the widely discussed two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, calling it a “deception.”
His remarks followed a recent summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, where President Bola Tinubu and other leaders condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and urged an end to hostilities.
In an interview with Daily Trust at his Kaduna residence, Gumi argued, “This Two-State Solution is a deception. No Israeli will allow a Palestinian to survive, and Palestinians will never allow Israel to survive.
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The only solution is to dissolve the two states and create a democratically electable region.”
Gumi commended the OIC’s support for Palestine, noting that Muslims and Arabs worldwide increasingly see the treatment of Palestinians as “genocide” and accuse Israel of human rights abuses.
He also called for a return to the pre-1948 structure, where Palestinians, Jews, and Christians lived together, suggesting a single, inclusive state that allows peaceful coexistence.
“When I hear people talking about Two-State Solutions, I know they are just deceiving themselves,” Gumi added, advocating for a unified region where people of all faiths can live together, similar to the multi-faith coexistence seen in countries like the United States.
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Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll
Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll
The Labour Party candidature of Olusola Ebiseni for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State has been nullified.
The nullification follows the sacking of Ebiseni by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday.
The governorship election of the southwest State will hold on Saturday, 16 November 2024.
The judgement disqualifying Ebiseni was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel, Justice Adebukola Banjoko.
The judgment granted the prayer of the Labour Party who preferred the case against Ebiseni.
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Justice Banjoko held that, “the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/1172/2024 brought by the Labour Party against Chief Olusola Ebiseni and two others is allowed.”
Justice Banjoko further stated that the Certified True Copy of the judgment would be provided to the parties involved in the appeal as soon as possible for their review.
Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept and recognize Olusola Ebiseni and Ezekiel Awude as the Labour Party’s governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the November 16 Ondo State governorship elections.
Justice Nwite confirmed that the second primary election conducted by the Labour Party, which resulted in Ebiseni and Awude being selected as candidates, was valid and should be upheld by INEC.
However, the appellate court has now overturned the judgment of the trial court’s judgment.
Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll
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