Buhari mourns foremost lawyer ”Ziggy Azike”
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Chief Chibuzo Nduwueze Ziggy Azike, a member of the Body of Benchers and a close political associate.
The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday.
He described the death as a “painful loss,” adding that “the nation has really lost a patriotic citizen”.
Buhari noted that in his political journey, late Azike contested for a seat in the Senate in 1999 on the platform of the All Peoples Party (APP) and contested for the Governorship of Imo State under the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2007.
By Festus Ahon, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dennis Agbo & Chioma Onuegbu
Pondering the insecurity situation in the country, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has again asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly to put things under control, saying the country was being set on fire under his watch.
Spokesman of the group, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a Twitter post on Saturday night, said Nigerians living in any part of the country must be protected.
He also said there would be no attacks on Southerners living in the north as a response to the alleged attack on Northerners in the South.
“Attacking innocent southerners living in the north will not be the right response to attacks on northerners in the south.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed deep concerns over the rising sectional disagreements and violent conflicts in various parts of the country, which it said are being "exacerbated by the insensitive, divisive and parochial approach to governance by the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC administration.
Stop the dance of shame in NDDC, Niger Delta monarch urges Buhari
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By Emma Amaize
The Ovie (traditional ruler) of Idjerhe Kingdom, Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta state, HRM Obukowho Monday Whiskey, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the dance of shame at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by quickly returning the regional interventionist agency to the presidency.
King Whiskey in a statement made available to Vanguard at Asaba, said: “Just like a similar body, the North East Development Commission is under the presidency, I am advocating the urgent return of troubled NDDC back to the Presidency because it will help to address the controversial control of NDDC that has been today hijacked by the Minister of Niger Delta, Obong Godswill Akpabio.”