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Nigeria Breaking News Today Monday, August 13 2018
This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Monday, August 13 2018
Atiku Promise To Rule Nigeria For A Term In Elected As President
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he would only spend one term in office as Nigeria’s president if elected come 2019.
He said this in reaction to fears that a new president from the North would do two-terms against the current arrangement of eight years turns between the North and the South.
How Lawal Daura Secretly Abused Office – Rights Commission
The recently sacked Director-General, Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Daura reportedly abused his office the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed.
The commission accused Daura of secretly detaining Nigerians illegally and torture many innocent people.
Senate Leadership Not Party Positions – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, on Sunday said Senate leadership is not the property of any political party but a seat that belong to Nigerians.
In a statement, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Press Secretary of PDP, stated that the Principal Officers of the National Assembly were elected by the lawmakers, who themselves were equally elected by Nigerians.
PDP Accuses APC Of Plots To Arrest Saraki, Ekweremadu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again alleged a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the cabal in the Buhari Presidency to use compromised security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite, arrest and detain Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
The party claimed that it had unraveled fresh facts confirming that the pressure by the Presidency for the reconvening of the Senate is out of a sinister motive and not for any emergency in the approval of the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 election.
Stop Exhibiting Thug Mentality, PDP Blasts Oshiomhole
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has attacked that National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole over what it described as an obsession to change the leadership of the Senate.
Naija News recalls that the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has been in the face of the storm after he dumped the ruling party, the All Progressives Party, (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party.
Details Of Why Prof. Hafiz Abubakar Resigned As Kano Deputy Governor Revealed
Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, who recently resigned his position as the Deputy Governorof Kano State under controversial circumstances has revealed the cause of his action.
According to him, he would have loved to remain in office till the end of their tenure, but decided to resign due to irreconcilable differences with the governor.
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