This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Today, Monday, May 06, 2019.
Osun Gov’ship Election: PDP Alleges Fresh Plot Against Senator Adeleke
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to use some policemen to detain its Osun State governorship candidate in the 2018 election, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
In a statement on Sunday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP claimed that the plot was aimed at forcing Adeleke to drop his governorship ambition.
He said, “The PDP already has new information of how the APC, having seen that there is no way it can stop Adeleke at the courts, now seeks to forcefully hound him into a police station where he will be incarcerated and put out of circulation before the determination of the matters in court.
Atiku Vs Buhari: Tribunal To Give Strong Directive This Week
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal is set to issue the notice for the pre-hearing session on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The tribunal will, during the pre-hearing session which the Electoral Act provides must be completed within 14 days, fix “clear dates” for the hearing of the petition.
The five-man tribunal has 180 days period from the date of filing of the petition on March 18 to hear and deliver its judgment in the case in which the petitioners said they had assembled about 400 witnesses to testify
Buhari Breaks Silence On Those Who Will Make Up His New Cabinet (Video)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said he has not and will not disclose yet, those who will be part of his cabinet in his second term. He made this known while speaking to newsmen upon his arrival from a 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom.
Asked by a reporter what kind of people will make his next cabinet, the President and he replied: “I won’t tell you”.
He, however, expressed readiness to settle down and swear in the new cabinet.
Asked if news strategies will be adopted to tackle insecurity in the country, Buhari said: “I have just seen the IG, I think he’s losing weight, so I think he is working very hard”.
What Sultan Of Sokoto Told Muslims To Do As Ramadan Begins Today
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged all Muslims in Nigeria to pray for the blessings of Allah to lead Nigeria at all levels to succeed in steering the affairs of the country and also for the sustenance of peace and stability.
Naija News reports that Abubakar gave this advice during a broadcast where he announced the sighting of the new moon in Sokoto, northern Nigeria, on Sunday evening, May 5.
This online news had reported earlier that the Sultan declared Monday, May 6, as the 1st Ramadan, 1440H, signifying the commencement of the annual long-month fast by Muslims after sighting the moon.
Presidency Reveals Details Of How Buhari Won 2019 Presidential Election
President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to office in a seismic political shift that swept out of office 16 years of continuous rule by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP recorded yet another resounding victory to win a second term in office, leading his closest rival by a record-setting four million votes.
His party, the All Progressives Congress, APC gained the highest parliamentary majority in the Fourth Republic in the Senate and the House of Representatives, giving the President an ample room to carry out reforms he wished to carry out, but was outmanoeuvred and frustrated by the Eighth National Assembly.
DSS Arrests Naked ‘Commercial Sex Workers’ In Hotels
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday arrested at least 59 ‘commercial sex workers’ comprising 43 girls and 16 men in Calabar, Cross River.
The girls were arrested at 2:15 a.m at Peace Garden Hotel and Papsi Place along Murtala Mohammed highway. According to the director of DSS in the state, Ilupeju Adebayo, the girls work for a cartel that make them swear oaths of secrecy not to abscond or divulge information about the business.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/05/06/nigeria-breaking-news-today-monday-may-06-2019/
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