Adamawa Assembly Wants Chief Judge To Dissolve Impeachment Panel

The twenty PDP members in the Nasarawa House of Assembly are insisting that the impeachment panel set up by the state Chief Judge should be disbanded.

The assembly’s spokesman, Mohammed Ibaku alleged that the panel is made up of APC sympathisers.

Al-,Makura Appear Before Impeachment Panel; Sues Lawmakers

Governor Al-Makura has appeared before the seven-man panel investigating the gross misconduct allegations against by the state lawmakers.

He told the panel members that he was yet to be served with the impeachment notice.

The governor described the allegations against him as spurious, adding that he only appeared before the panel in order to clear his name.

The governor’s lead counsel, Chief Udechukwu Nnoruka asked the panel to dismiss the case since the accusers failed to appear to substantiate their allegations.

FG Not Behind Bomb Attack On Buhari - New IG

The new Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba has said the Federal Government was not behind the recent bomb attack on former Head of State, retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna.

The IGP who held his first meeting with senior police officers in Abuja said preliminary investigations could not establish any government complicity.

Suleiman Abba said policemen have to be drafted to Osun State a week before the governorship election because of reports of alleged recruitment of armed thugs by some politicians.

Doctor Who Treated Liberian Man That Died Of Ebola In Lagos Has Contracted The Virus.

One of the doctors who attended to the Liberian man that died recently in Lagos of Ebola recently has contracted the virus.

The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu who announced this in Abuja said eight persons that had close contact with the Liberian man have been quarantined

He assured Nigerians that the Federal Government was doing everything to prevent an outbreak of the virus in Nigeria.

Professor Chukwu who also inaugurated the Treatment Research Group to verify claims of a cure for the virus said there was no known vaccine and cure for Ebola, adding that it has not been scientifically proven that bitter kola can cure the virus. 

Adamawa Acting Governor Appoints 50 Special Advisers

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has approved the request of the Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri to appoint fifty Special Advisers.

Some stakeholders in the state questioned the decision on the grounds that the Acting Governor has less than ninety days in office.

They accused him of wasting state resources since the impeachment of former governor, Murtlala Nyako.

Oyinlola Set To Defect To The APC

There are indications that a former governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola may formally defect to the APC today along with his ten thousand supporters.

This is coming less than a week to the governorship election in that state.

The APC is expected to hold it grand rally in Oshogbo today to drum support for Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

The former governor had in a letter to President Jonathan at the weekend said he was looking beyond the PDP for future political career because of the refusal of the party to obey a court judgement reinstating him as the National Secretary of the party.

NAFDAC Threatens To Arrest Those Claiming To Have Cure For Ebola.

 NAFDAC has threatened to arrest those making claims that they have a cure for the virus.

The Director General of the agency, Doctor Paul Orhii who gave the warning in Lagos said Ebola virus has no known cure for now.

Incidentally, a former Chairman of INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu, who reportedly claimed that bitter kola can cure Ebola is a member of the Federal Government’s Treatment Research Group.