Today's Headlines: Don't Provoke Nigeria Into Waging War Against You, Fani-Kayode Warns Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Military Juntas, Lagos ex-PS, Selem, clocks 90 today
Don’t Provoke Nigeria Into Waging War Against You, Fani-Kayode Warns Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Military Juntas
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A former ation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has warned the military regimes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso not to provoke Nigeria to wage a war against them.
Following the recent coup d’etat in the Niger Republic deposing President Mohamed Bazoum, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave the military junta in Niger seven days to restore the ousted leader.
Regional bloc ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on Niger, including halting all financial transactions and freezing its national assets. It also threatened to use force to reinstate Bazoum. Meanwhile, there have been protests in the Republic of Niger, warning ECOWAS, especially Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu who is the Chairman of the regional bloc, not to interfere with the affairs of their country.
The military governments of Burkina Faso and Mali have warned that any military intervention against the coup leaders in Niger would be considered a “declaration of war” against their nations.
Niger’s neighbours – whose governments were also results of coups – issued the warning in joint statements read out after West African leaders threatened to use force to reinstate the ousted Nigerien leader.
But Fani-Kayode has described the open anti-Nigeria sentiments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as provocative.
He said he had faith in the envoys sent to Niger Republic to resolve the impasse but warned that Nigeria – which he described as a sleeping sword – should not be woken up.
He said, “Before you threaten us with war think twice, study our history and learn about who we are and what we are capable of doing.
“As Shakespeare wrote, ‘wake not our sleeping sword lightly’ and know that we are ‘slow to anger but irresistable in battle’.
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Lagos ex-PS, Selem, clocks 90 today
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One of Nigeria’s renowned educationists and former Permanent Secretary in Lagos State, Alhaji Shukrullah Selem, popularly known as Bob Selem, will celebrate his 90th birthday on Sunday (today).
This was announced in a press release jointly signed by his daughter, Alhaja Morenike Selem, and the President of Ansar-Ud-Deen High School Old Students Association, Tunjib Sherif, to celebrate the educator in Lagos.
Described as resolute, industrious, and determined, Selem was appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Schools Management Board and was also a part of the free education of the former Lagos State governor, Lateef Jakande.
The statement read partly, “Born at Ita Akanni in Lagos on the 6th of August 1933 into an Ahmadiya family, his father was late Alfa Muhammed Olatunji Selem, an Ahmadiya cleric. His mother was the late Alhaja Ayisat Agbeke Titilola, daughter of the late Buraimo Aduloju Baruwa Louis of Brazilian Quarters of Lagos.
Otti duly resigned from APC before joining LP – Abia Gov’s aide counters tribunal witnesses.
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The reports that Governor Alex Otti did not resign his membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2022 before joining the Labour Party, LP have been described as false and ridiculous by Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the governor.
Ekeoma while reacting to the reports, blamed politicians in opposition parties for allegedly sponsoring the falsehood.
He alleged that the APC witness who testified in the ongoing Abia State governorship election petition tribunal against his boss, Alex Otti is not a genuine member of the party but an impostor allegedly engaged to do dirty jobs against the governor.
Ekeoma ‘s statement read, ”Governor Alex Otti duly resigned his membership of the APC at his ward in line with the provisions of the constitution before joining the Labour Party.
”His resignation letter was duly received and acknowledged by the then ward Chairman who prior to that time was recognised at all levels as the Ward Chairman.
“The individual being paraded by the defeated APC Governorship candidate Chief Ikechi Emenike as the APC Chairman of Ward 5 Isialangwa South LGA is an impostor hired to do a failed dirty job, so he and his paymasters should be ignored.
Atiku Suffers Setback in Bid to Subpoena Chicago State University over Tinubu
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Ahead of the presentation of judgment by the Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja in the petition he filed against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in that election, Atiku Abubakar, has suffered a legal blow in the United States of America (USA).
A Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County in the US has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the PDP candidate to get access to President Tinubu’s confidential educational records at Chicago State University.
The former vice president had filed the suit seeking to subpoena the university but later withdrew the case.According to the Circuit Court papers, Justice Patrick J. Heneghan dismissed the case without prejudice.
In the judgment dated July 31, 2023, the judge held that the “Petitioner’s subpoena in this case is withdrawn, and thus Chicago State University will not be deposed pursuant to the subpoena in this case.””
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