Group warns APC over suspension of Timi Frank

The National Committee of Yoruba Youths (NCYY)
has stated that the All Progressives Congress APC
will head for the rocks should its Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of (APC) Comrade Timi Frank
be suspended.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja,
President of the group, Oladimeji Olayemi said the
party should rather work towards solving all its
internal disputes in order to promptly deliver on
her mandate to Nigerians.
The national leadership of the APC had on
Wednesday inaugurated a disciplinary committee
to investigate a petition which had accused Timi
Frank of granting press interviews, where he
claimed the party might not last beyond next
year.

“We, by this statement call on Chief Oyegun and
this cabal to immediately put an end to the
continuous blackmails, harassment and intimidation
of Comrade Timi Frank.
“We wish to inform Nigerians, APC party faithful
across the nation and particularly all peace and
fact-seeking ones that there is no established
legal or political precedent for the charade that
Chief Oyegun and this cabal are currently planning
to embark upon by stampeding an elected party
official from his duty post through illegality and
incitement”, the group stated.

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Why Buhari must increase minimum wage now – NLC

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,
Mr. Ayuba Wabba, yesterday, urged President
Muhammadu Buhari to increase workers’ current
minimum wage without further delay.
He said the demand by the organized labour was in
view of the economic recession, noting that N18,
000 was not an amount that any worker can
survive on.
Wabba said increment was the strategy the United
States used to address recession.
He argued that the economy cannot return to its
former state unless the citizens have purchasing
power.
“The state of the country’s economy requires that
we increase minimum wage. We need to empower
the people to buy and sell. If the economy is at
standstill and people cannot buy, the economy will
not grow.
“It is the workers’ money that keeps the economy
growing. It is not the fund disbursed for big
contracts that are kept in different accounts
that keeps the country economy growing.
“That was the logic that helped the United States
to revive their economy,” he added.
Meanwhile, President Buhari has urged Nigerians
to always speak positively about the country in
spite of the current economic recession.
Buhari made the call at the 7th National Prayer
Breakfast organised by the National Assembly on
Thursday in Abuja.
Represented at the occasion by the Secretary to
Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal,
Buhari assured Nigerians that the recession would
end very soon as the government was doing all
within its power to restore the economy of the
country.
“As Christians and political leaders, we must strive
to be the light of the world by speaking positively
concerning the state of the nation.
“These hard times we are in, require leaders who
are aware of the situation to stand in the gap to
see how to turn the situation around.
“I have total faith that Nigeria will emerge from
this crisis strong, united and prosperous, this will
come to fruition in the lifetime of this
government.
“Also as Christians and leaders we should all thank
God for the opportunity to be key player in this
time of economic meltdown,” Lawal admonished.

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Attempted murder of Enugu ex-commissioner – Police arrests suspects

The Special Anti-Robbrey Squad, SARS, yesterday, arrested the alleged
masterminds of the attempted murder of Enugu ex-commissioner, Beloved-Dan
Anike.
The suspects were Fancis Anike and Andrew Okolo, Vanguard reports.
The former commissioner, a zonal pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God,
RCCG, was reportedly attacked over his opposition to the indiscriminate resale of
people’s land and parcellation of 20 plots of land in Umuchigbo Secondary School
Francis, is the Chairman of Umuchigbo-Iji-Nike community.
The arrest came following pressure by groups, including the Christian Association
of Nigeria, CAN, and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Enugu-East
Local Government Area Chapter.
A statement jointly signed by CAN Chairman, Rev. Henry Omenkenkwu, and PFN
Chairman, Apostle Joshua Nnamani, condemned “the nonchalant attitude of the
police, both at the Nike Division and the SARS”.

“We are always thanking God that the police is now doing a good work but they

failed in this matter. Therefore we ask,is it because the person attacked is a

pastor?

“Or did anybody ask the police not to respond to the cry of these innocent people.

We are confused and may be forced to approach a higher command to tell us what

we want to hear.

“This is a barbaric,inhuman and wicked handwork of evil men. It has to stop so that

peace will be restored in Nike community.

“We also call on the noble sons and daughters of Nike community to rise and

condemn this dastardly act”, the groups had stated.

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Nigeria lost $9bn to Boko Haram attacks – Presidential panel

The Presidential Committee on North-East
Initiative has revealed that the nation lost about
$9bn to the violent activities of the Boko Haram
insurgents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
According to the committee, a strategic
framework would soon be set up by President
Muhammadu Buhari in line with his determination
to rebuild the North-East.
The Vice-Chairman of the PCNI, Alhaji Tijani
Tumsah, said this on Thursday in Abuja, while
briefing newsmen on the outcome of its inaugural
meeting.
According to him, the focus of the meeting was to
discuss the mandate given to the PCNI to fashion
out a way that would be most direct, in terms of
the delivery of that mandate, analyse the
enormity of the task and fulfil the presidential
mandate to give succour to the people of the
North-East.

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