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  • UPDATED: Tinubu appoints Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, others

    UPDATED: Tinubu appoints Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, others

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

    This is disclosed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director Information, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity on Friday in Abuja.

    He said that the president also appointed Mr George Akume, the former Governor of Benue, as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

  • Tinubu supported PDP chair, Ayu to be Senate President against Muslim brother – Akume recalls

    Tinubu supported PDP chair, Ayu to be Senate President against Muslim brother – Akume recalls

    The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume has recalled that the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu supported PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu to be Senate President against his Muslim brother while in the Senate.

    Akume stated this during the party’s presidential rally on Thursday in Makurdi.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Ayu was elected President of the Senate during the Nigerian Third Republic (1992–1993).

    Akume encouraged the Benue people to vote massively for Tinubu because he was not a religious fanatic.

    “While in the Senate, he supported Sen. Iyorchia Ayu to be Senate President against his Muslim brother.

    “He also supported me to be Senate Minority Leader despite the fact that I and Ayu are Christians,” Akume said.

    He further said that Tinubu had the capacity to reunite the country, stressing that he was not out for experiment because he had held leadership positions for long.

    He reiterated that experiment was not in the party’s presidential candidate’s dictionary, adding that the people should not waste their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on any other political party.

    He also encouraged the people to vote all APC National Assembly candidates because Tinubu needed them.

    “You should also vote for our governorship candidate and all the state assembly candidates.

    “If you vote for APC you will not regret. You will continue to laugh and laugh,” the minister said.

  • Ortom fumes as Akume demands state of emergency in Benue

    Ortom fumes as Akume demands state of emergency in Benue

    Governor Samuel Ortom has attacked former governor George Akume for calling on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Benue State.

    Akume had at a press conference in Abuja on Monday called for a state of emergency in Benue over high level of insecurity.

    But Ortom hits back at him through a statement from his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase

    “We read the text of press conference addressed today in Abuja by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume with other All Progressives Congress, APC leaders from Benue State.

    “We had earlier alerted Benue people and other Nigerians to expect the said press conference. It is one in a series of an organized smear campaign against Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.

    “As expected, Senator Akume and his group avoided responding to the issues of insecurity in the country which the Governor has repeatedly and rightly accused the Presidency of complicity.

    “The outing of George Akume and others in Abuja was nothing more than a massage on the ego of the Presidency to curry personal favours. As long as he and his group secure their meal tickets, Benue can go to hell. A media attack on Governor Ortom instantly attracts a package from the Villa,”the statement said.

    According to the statement, Akume and his group must have been under intense pressure to hold the press conference and hurl vituperation against the Governor,saying this, they had to do to keep their jobs.

    It said the leadership of APC in Benue, having lost grip of the party membership in the state with hundreds defecting to PDP every week, now saw a window of opportunity to relaunch themselves into relevance.

    “As a two-term former Governor of Benue State, it is shocking that Akume is now calling for the declaration of state of emergency in the state to dismantle democratic structures.

    “Is it not contradictory that Akume faults Governor Ortom over his statements on the President’s handling of the security situation in the country but goes ahead to brand the Governor as a criminal and sponsor of militia? We challenge the Minister to provide evidence to back his claim that the Governor is involved in corruption and sponsors militia.

    “We recall that when he was Governor, Akume challenged the then President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for not doing enough to end the Jukun/Tiv crisis on the border of Benue and Taraba State. He is on record to have confronted President Obasanjo and said uncomplimentary things to the President. Now he finds it convenient to give lectures on respect for hierarchy in government and age,” the statement added.

    On Akume’s call for a probe, the statement said “we have no objection to that. Governor Ortom is running a transparent administration and has nothing to hide. We however invite Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to begin their probe from 1999 when Akume became Governor. The N2 billion that went missing at the twilight of his administration is yet to be accounted for.

    “Akume’s utterances in 2019 are still fresh in the minds of Benue people. After the state came under herdsmen attacks and hundreds were killed, he accused Benue people of killing themselves. That the people responded to him by voting him out of the Senate confirmed their anger towards him. Lastly, we expected APC to hold the press conference in Benue to test their popularity among the people of the state.”

  • I had sex with 2face in 2014- Lady declares

    Many of 2face’s fans were shocked on Monday after a lady accused him of infidelity.The outburst happened on Instagram after Annie answered a fan who accused her husband of cheating.

    The lady known as Akume, told Annie to stop defending her hubby. While they were exchanging comments back and forth, she made a shocking revelation stating that she had sex with 2face sometime in 2014 while they were both in Detroit.

    “He cheats all the time, I mean I f*cked him sometime in Detroit back in 2014, so see what you want me to say”she said.

     

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  • JUST IN: Ortom, Mark, Akume others meet Buhari, insist ‘No land for cattle colonies in Benue’

    Sequel to the recent killings of some residents by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, prominent leaders in the state led by Governor Samuel Ortom on Monday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa to find a long-lasting solution to the lingering crisis.

    Recall that the Federal Government through the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh had earlier proposed establishing cattle colonies as part of solutions to the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria.

    However, the leaders made it clear during the meeting that there is no land for the establishment of cattle colonies in the state.

    Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, Governor Ortom said the Minister of Agriculture, “who is a son of the soil has explained that cattle colonies are a combination of several ranches” and is proposing that ten thousand hectares should be provided for that purpose.

    “In Benue, we don’t have ten hectares for colonies, other states may have, but we don’t have in Benue State,” he said.

    Among those in the delegation are former Senate President, David Mark; former governor, George Akume and several others.

    Details later…