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The Periscope Reporter What has been going round as rumour has eventually been proven right that Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo known as Cliff a Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa State at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly has eventually decamped to All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party. Abbott has in a letter to the Senate President Wednesday, expressed dismay over what he considered as mismanagement of the ruling party in the state by the Adamawa state governor which resulted to dissension and mutual mistrust within the party. Abbo said he was joining the APC to…

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Baraza/Dass constituency, Musa Mante, has been killed by suspected gunmen. A source, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi that Mr Mante was killed on Thursday at his residence in Dass. The source said that gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, invaded the house of the deceased at the wee hours of the night, firing shots at him. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command in state, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident, adding that the gunmen kidnapped the two wives and a son…

The Periscope Reporter Adamawa State University (ADSU) Mubi, northern senatorial district, Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria has concluded all arrangements to start issuing admissions for the first set of law students. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, made this known on Tuesday in Yola while speaking at a public hearing organised by Adamawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Education, Tertiary and Professional Institutions. Prof Kaletapwa stated that ADSU has since gotten approval from National Universities Commission to run Faculty of Law, and that any moment Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its strike action,…

By Ebenezer Ishola The wanton destruction of public assets in the violence that trailed the recent nationwide protests by the youth against police brutality has bolstered the Federal Government-led initiatives geared towards engendering peace and security in the country. Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday, held Stakeholders’ Engagement on Internal Security and Conflict Resolution in Lagos State, with the purpose to strengthening peace and security in the aftermath of the destruction. The Ministry engaged in consultations with the State Government, traditional rulers, civil society groups, religious institutions and youth groups on the need to adopt dialogue as key approach in channeling…

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said the ongoing oil search activities in the North-East region of the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been very successful. The minister, who made this known on Monday while featuring on a television programme in Abuja, said two oil wells have been drilled in Gombe State while exploration will continue on Nigeria’s side of the Chad Basin. When asked to give an update on the exploration of oil in the Lake Chad area, Sylva said, “Definitely, we are very much on that project. We have already found oil.…

President Donald Trump has virtually conceded defeat to Joe Biden agreeing to begin the transition to the Democrat’s administration while also making claims that he will be the ultimate winner of the November 3 election. In a Monday evening tweet, Trump said that he was asking General Services Administration head Emily Murphy to cooperate with Biden to facilitate his transition to become the 46th President of the United States. The announcement came 16 tension-filled days after the media had declared Biden winner of the election, while Trump has refused to concede citing the vote-counting that is still going on. In…

Leaders of the South-South on Tuesday insisted on the restructuring of the country and true federalism, one that includes the devolution of powers to the federating units. They made the demand at a consultative meeting with a Federal Government delegation with governors, ministers and other stakeholders from the region at Government House, Port Harcourt. The chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, who presented the region’s demand, said that the nation was not at peace because the country had failed to practice true federalism. Mr Okowa said that it was time to restore the country…

The Periscope Reporter Ondo State House of Assembly has eventually impeached the embattled Deputy Speaker, Mr Iroju Ogundeji. Ondo state lawmakers took the action at the plenary of the House on Tuesday where they subsequently elected Hon. Samuel Aderoboye from Odigbo Constituency II as the new Deputy Speaker.

The Periscope Reporter Gombe state House of Assembly has impeached the Speaker of the House, Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim and replaced him with Hon Abubakar Mohammed as the new Speaker. The Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Musa Buba who briefed the press Tuesday, on behalf of the House said the removal of the former Speaker was in exercise of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. Buna explained that 16 out of the 24 members of the House passed a vote of no confidence on the former Speaker. Buba dismissed the insinuations that they were…

The spectre of insecurity countinues to loom large over Northern Nigeria. Yet, the region appears unable or unwilling to call out those whose responsibility it is to ensure safety of lives and properties or even create the environment that would just allow a large chunk of her people to suffer their acute poverty peacefully. The politicians, traditional rulers and Mullahs who led the charge of lamentations in time past have dissapeared from the scene* or maybe they are blind to the current reality. No more inciteful international radio interviews accusing the centre of incompetence or negligence or both. No more…