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  • I prefer a dancing senator to one that can’t control libido- Alibaba

    I prefer a dancing senator to one that can’t control libido- Alibaba

    Ace comedian. Alibaba has reacted to the viral video of Osun West senator-elect, Ademola Adeleke celebrating his victory at the just concluded senatorial by-election. In the video, Adeleke can be seen dancing excitedly as he is hailed by onlookers.

    Alibaba in his Instagram post said he prefers the senator’s dance to the antics of other senators who are wife beaters. He puts it this way:” So this Senator dances and that is your problem? What have we become? The Senate is filled with people who were elected through undemocratic processes. Some married under aged girls. There are those who left their state broke but left as billionaires. Wife beaters. The Distinguished Senator who still owed their workers before becoming senators. There are the ones that cannot even read talk less of contributing to legislative processes. Some cannot even string 3 sentences together.

    “Let’s not even talk about unbecoming characters. A few are upright in those hallowed chambers… but will the downright ugly let us feel the beauty of their thoughts? Naaaaa. Look at their history. What have they contributed to the Nigeria that they want to legislate for? BEN BRUCE chose entertainment. He stuck to it. And we can see the things he did. By himself. Mention others who are comparable to those ideals of “elected because of contributions to the growth of Nigeria?” FORMER GOVERNOR is no contribution. You used state money. And we are fixated on someone’s dance steps”?

    The revered showbiz expert also condemned Senators who enrich themselves with public funds and also have strings of girlfriends.

    Hear him:”I would rather he danced. At least I can see it as his weakness. What of the thieves that enrich themselves with public funds? Oh, it’s not a dance. A dance is sooooooooo grave. How dare he dance. But it’s ok if he has strings of girlfriends that are brought to his private party regularly? What has his dancing got to do with the laws he would make?

    “I would rather one Senator that dances than one that threatens to sleep with people’s wives! Or a senator who cannot sing the National Anthem! Or has more money than his working life can justify! Or one that knows teachers and pensioners have not been paid for over 6 months but collects his allowances and his salary unfailingly every 23rd of the month… plus community development allowance for projects we don’t see. This is how I see it, he can dance all he wants, as long as he is a Senator in that hallowed chambers. That’s all. So please… let him dance”

  • Sleeping with two women: ‘I’m entitled to a private life’ says Senator Ibrahim Bukar

    Sleeping with two women: ‘I’m entitled to a private life’ says Senator Ibrahim Bukar

    Former Governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim who was caught in a major sex scandal involving two women according to a video obtained by Saharareporters has admitted being in a scandalous video that showed him dressing up in the presence of two women in a room, supposedly after sex.

    According to Premium Times, Ibrahim, representing Yobe East Senatorial District, said in his first interview since the scandal broke that he had not committed any official wrongdoing and the video was only made public after attempts to blackmail him failed.

    “This is a personal, private matter. What does my having been with a girl have to do with the public?

    “You know the normal thing. People ask for unreasonable things, and if you deny them, they try to blackmail you if they have a way,” Ibrahim, a former governor of Yobe State, said Monday afternoon.

    In the room, one of the two women in the video held a device that was capturing the activities; while the other strolled about. But none of them was stripped like Ibrahim.

    Ibrahim said he couldn’t remember where or when sexual activities took place, but the room appeared like a typical motel accommodation.

    The senator said he owed no one an explanation since he was not accused of any crime.

    “If they say I raped, that’s a different matter altogether,” he said.

    “Is it because I am a public official then I am not supposed to be entitled to private life?”

    The senator said he knew when one of the women was filming him, but was told it was only for fun and they also wanted to illuminate the room with a camera.

    “They just mentioned it to me as a joke and I took it as nothing really serious,” he said. “This is something that happened between two adults.”

    Ibrahim, who signed a controversial Sharia law while in office as governor, nonetheless, said, “I have commenced investigations to find out why it is circulating,” the senator said. “But from all indications, it is a blackmail.”

  • Recall Saga: Senator Dino Melaye turns ‘Terminator’

    Like a movie series, the long duel between Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello [GYB] and the Senator representing Kogi West in the upper legislative chamber, Dino Melaye, takes newer dramatic turns at every time one feels it has neared an end.

    In one of his recent posts on his official Twitter account, Sen. Melaye, who one would have thought would be sober over his looming recall by his constituents [A project alleged by the senator to be sponsored by his political foe, Gov. Bello] announced himself as the ‘Terminator Senator’.

    In the viral ‘Terminator Senator’ tweet, Melaye who likened himself to a world-famous actor, Arnold Schwarzenneger in the film “TOTAL RECALL” said his antagonists, GYB is cruising for a bruising.

    Recall that TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Melaye filed a lawsuit at the Federal high Court in Abuja seeking a court injunction to halt his recall from the Senate.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), confirmed the receipt of a petition against Melaye from his constituents and promised to embark on the process of verifying over 188,000 signatures submitted to the commission.

    In as much as it is difficult for one to state the root cause of the brawl between Melaye and Gov Bello, the strain in their relationship has been on for and months, with both of them freely exchanging invectives.

    The governor has called the Senator a “child” who “lacks proper parental care and upbringing…a social menace in the society.”

    Melaye has referred to Bello as a man who is “afraid of anyone with a rising profile, a characteristic of one suffering superiority complex and intellectual stagnancy.”

    Melaye says civil servants haven’t been paid their salaries in Kogi for like forever.

    The Governor disagrees.

    “Sincerely speaking, Kogi State is living in peace. Projects are ongoing. We are all happy over there. Salaries are being paid as and when due and we are making serious progress,” the Governor demurred.

    Melaye alleges that the Governor has attempted to have him assassinated twice.

    According to the lawmaker, Bello wants him dead only because he’s been railing against the poor performance of the Governor since he was inaugurated.

    Melaye has called for a state of emergency to be declared in his home state.

    “I will seek the leave of this senate to bring a proper motion to ask for the declaration of a State of emergency in Kogi state. As I speak to you, Kogi state is no longer passable since Yahaya Bello became the Governor. Kidnap is going on, on daily basis. Insecurity on the rise than ever. There have been four jail breaks in Kotorn Karfe prison”, says Melaye during a recent plenary session.

     

     

  • Senator Abe promises Senate, Sickle Cell Anaemia group partnership

    Senator Abe promises Senate, Sickle Cell Anaemia group partnership

    The senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has promised to spearhead sickle cell awareness campaign and the group’s collaboration with the Senate.
    Senator Abe who was speaking at a symposium to mark the World Sickle Cell Awareness Day 2017, said he would facilitate the Senate committee on Health to work in conjunction with the Association with a view to creating a legislative platform and framework for intensive national awareness as well as legal control in attitude and behavior regarding sickle cell disease in the country.

    The forum was organized by Sickle Cell Interactive and Management Association in Collaboration with Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria and Action Against Sickle Cell, in Port Harcourt.

    The only APC senator from Rivers state speaking further said this was necessary if the plights of sicklers are to be alleviated and the critical condition stemmed.
    Senator Abe, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), narrated a pathetic account of news of the horror of sickle cell disease in many homes in Nigeria and urged all stakeholders to form a synergy aimed at addressing issues of sickle cell in Nigeria and beyond.
    He commended the organizer, Ifeoma Ifejika, who, earlier, also in her speech had commended Senator Abe for agreeing to work with the association to partner with the Senate to provide legislative support to stem many issues arising from sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria

  • Adeleke: What I gave late Senator before death – Nurse

    Mr Alfred Aderibigbe, the nurse who treated Sen. Isiaka Adeleke before he died, on Thursday in Osogbo told a coroner inquest that he never administered a drug overdose on the late politician as was reported.

    Aderibigbe, while giving evidence before the coroner, Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, said all the drugs he administered on the late first civilian governor of Osun were in normal dosage.

    He also told the coroner that he had been treating the late senator in the last 15 years, adding that the drugs he administered on Adeleke the day he died were those the late politician gave to him.

    Aderibigbe said: “The senator gave me his drugs which he brought from Lagos to keep on the evening of Monday, April 17, with the understanding that when he wants to take them, he will call me to bring them.

    “On Sunday, April 23, at about 4 am, I was, however, woken up by two men from the senator who banged on my gate and later informed me that the senator had been calling my phone and that I was not picking my calls.

    “They said the senator needed me to come and treat him and that I should bring his drugs along.

    “ I later went inside to get them and also found the calls I missed on my phone.

    “I called the senator but his friend, one Dipo Fagborode, picked his call.

    “ As he was explaining what was going on, the senator himself collected the phone and asked me to come quickly that he was having serious knee pains.

    “When I got to the senator’s house, he asked for his drugs and gave me his prescription which contained the dose I was to administer on him.

    “The drugs which the senator kept with me that was to be administered on him were Analgin injection, Diazepam injection, photroine injection and hydrocortisone.

    “ But the senator said I should not give him hydrocortisone because when he took it in Lagos, he had headache and was also vomiting.

    “So the other drugs was what I gave him and they were in the right dosage.

    “ Even when the prescription said he should be given 20mg of diazepam, I had to limit it to 10mg because I discovered he had taken some oral pain painkillers.

    “The two other injections I gave him were in the right proportion too– 50mg of Analgin and 1mg of photroine.

    “ I waited for him to sleep and finish the drip/water I had already placed him on before I took my leave around 7:30 am.

    “The reason I took my leave was to inform my church because the day was a Sunday and I would not be able to teach the Sunday class.

    “ I returned back to the Adeleke residence by 9:30 am.

    “Before I left, I had told the senator’s friend, who was with me throughout the treatment, to watch over him.

    “ When I returned, I found the senator in the sleeping position I left him, and on closer observation, his heart rate had dropped and his pulse was faint.

    “I quickly gave him cardiac massage and called on his friend, Dipo, to assist me and when the situation was beyond my control, I raised an alarm and he was quickly rushed to Biket hospital.

    “By the time we got him to Biket hospital, the CMD, Dr Adebisi Adenle, examined his body and pronounced him “Brought in Dead.”

    He asked his friend what happen and he was told that the deceased complained of knee joint pain (gout) and that I gave him some treatment.

    “The doctor now asked me what drugs I administered on the deceased and I told him.

    “ He then said it was the normal drug treatment for gout.

    “ But as the empty containers and the previous drugs the deceased had taken were brought to the hospital on the doctor’s request, lies broke out that he died of overdose.

    “The lies were generated by the crowd that had gathered at the hospital because Sen. Adeleke’s campaign bus and his Escalade were used to convey him to the hospital.

    “ As they drove against traffic, people got the hint that he was in trouble and gathered to find out more.

    Aderibigbe said after the incident, he was arrested by the police and detained till May 2 before he was granted bail.

    He said since he was granted bail, he had not returned to work or his house in Ede, having been placed under protective custody.

    Ayilara lamented that he had now been accused of killing Adeleke while his wife and children had fled from the family home.

    In earlier testimonies before the coroner, the Chief Medical Director of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, said Adeleke died of drug overdose.

    The Consultant Pathologist, who carried out the autopsy on Adeleke’s corpse, Dr Taiwo Sholaja, also claimed that he died of drug overdose.

    The coroner’s sitting was later adjourned till Friday.

  • Face your business as Senator, Fayose fires back at Kashamu

    …says Rann bombing by NAF was deliberate

    Governor of Ekiti State and the newly installed Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors forum, Ayodele Fayose has lashed back at the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu, over his statement where he described him (Fayose) as a “liability, a loud mouth and animmature politician” who is unfit to lead the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum.

    Recall that Kashamu had in a statement said that the Friday’s election, which produced Fayose ‎as Chairman of the PDP governors’ forum was a huge joke.

    “It was a misnormer that the governors of an opposition party that is in need of rebranding and repositioning could chose a liability, a loud mouth and an immature politician like Fayose as the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.

    “It is not that his emergence as the Chairman of the Forum means anything to me. But as a committed and loyal party man, it gives me great concern that instead of taking steps that will foster peace and unity, we are doing things that will widen the gap and cause more unity.

    “Those who chose him should have a rethink in the interest of the party that is striving hard to return to power. His brother-governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, whose tenure he purportedly continued as Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, is a cool-headed and balanced character,” Kashamu had said.

    Reacting to Kashamu’s statement during a monitored programme on TV on Sunday, Fayose asked the senator to face the legislative business he was elected for.

    In his words: “Senator Kashamu is just a Senator, when he comes up and becomes a Governor, he will learn how to talk like a Governor”.

    On the recent ‘accidental’ bombing of the Rann’s IDPs camp where over 100 persons were killed, Fayose said it was unfortunate and questionable.

    According to him, the Nigerian Airforce would not claim it was unaware that the IPDs were camped there.

    “To them it was an accident but I think it was deliberate. The federal government and the military were the ones that created the IDPs camp and same them went and bombed it, it is quiet unfortunate and questionable,” he said during the interview.

  • Uproar as another PDP Senator decamps to APC

    The National Assembly was almost thrown into chaos Thursday (today) as another a senator representing Akwa Ibom South, Nelson Effiong, cross-carpeted from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

    The lawmaker announced his defection to the ruling party on the floor of the red chambers at plenary.

    Effiong, who cited party crisis as his reason for defection, said,“Over the past one year this party has disintegrated; because of the crisis in the party, I have decided to resign from the PDP and join the APC.”

    In his reaction, the senate Minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, frowned at the decision, saying the lawmaker has automatically lost his senate seat because he became a senator under the platform of the PDP.

    ‎Akpabio warned that the party will contend Effiong’s continued stay in the senate in court.

    Recall that a senator from Ondo South, Omoyele Omogunwa, had in November 2016, defected from the PDP to the APC.