Monday, 5 February 2018

News Extra 5th February 2018

Ø  2019: Heed Obasanjo, Babangida’s advice, don’t dare contest ―Afenifere

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed the call made by former Nigerian leaders, namely Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida not to contest the 2019 Presidential Election.
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Ø  Confusion as IBB Disowns Media Aide, Issues Own Statement on Buhari
Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), on Sunday evening disowned his media aide Kazim Afegbua and his statement “Towards a national rebirth” and subsequently issued a personally signed statement which he titled “The state of the nation”.
 Babangida in the new statement said: “It has been drawn to my attention a press statement on the State of the nation, particularly 2019 general elections and beyond.
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Ø  Kogi APC crisis: Party chairman blasts Bello over petition
The crisis rocking the Kogi state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), continued on Sunday, as the state chairman of the party, Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, attacked the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over an allegation of anti-party levelled against the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party.
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Ø  Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis: Governor invites all Nigerian herdsmen to settle in Kano
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano on Sunday invited Fulani herdsmen facing challenges in grazing their cattle in different parts of the country to come and establish themselves in Kano State.
Mr. Ganduje said the recent killings linked to the farmers-herders crisis were unwarranted especially since Kano has a wide expanse of land, including dedicated grazing reserves that remained largely underutilized.
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Ø  Atlas Lions maul Super Eagles 4-0 to lift CHAN Trophy
The home-based Atlas Lion of Morocco have lifted the 2018 CHAN trophy after drubbing Nigeria’s he-based Super Eagles 4-0 in the final on Sunday.
Eneji Moses’s red card on 48th minute changed the game for the Moroccans as they ran riot after then.
Thebreakingtimes
Ø  BREAKING: Violence erupts at Nigerian university, students ordered to vacate campus
A serious crisis has broken out among students at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola, leading to a hurried deployment of soldiers and anti-riot police.
‘’Already the university is closed on the alleged orders of the Vice Chancellor,’’ security sources and fleeing students told PREMIUM TIMES.

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