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- The EFCC on Tuesday, May 14, grilled the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Ataba Sani Omolori - Omolori was interrogated on issues related to financial records as well as the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly - When contacted, authorities at the EFCC confirmed Omolori’s interrogation A report by Leadership indicates that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) interrogated the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Ataba Sani Omolori, on Tuesday May 14. According to the report, Omolori was interrogated on issues related to financial records as well as the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly. The battle for the leadership of 9th National Assembly was said to have been the EFCC's investigators main concern. Omolori who was interrogated for six hours, from 11am to 5pm, was made to write answers to questions asked by the commission on the financial records of the National Assembly, and asked further questions on issues surrounding National Ass

- The Ekiti state governor has allegedly sacked 2,000 workers in the state - The workers were said to have been employed by the immediate past governor of Ekiti state Ayodele Fayose - A spokesperson to the former governor, said, Fayemi has only succeeded in writing his name in the history books of Ekiti as one who inflict pains and sorrow on the people The governor of Ekiti state on Wednesday, May 15, allegedly ordered the sack of 2,000 workers employed by the immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose. Reacting to the alleged disengagement of the Ekiti state workers, Lere Olayinka, the spokesperson to Fayose in a statement on Wednesday, described the action of the governor as wicked and political vendetta promoted to its peak. Olayinka said the governor has only succeeded in writing his name in the history books of Ekiti as one who inflict pains and sorrow on the people. READ ALSO: 5 days after installation, Kano court declares Ganduje's appointment of new emirs n

- INEC has withdrawn Honourable Kawu Sumaila’s certificate of return - The electoral body took the decision after a Federal High Court in Kano disqualified Sumaila from the House or Reps primary election - The certificate has now been issued Mohammed Shamsuddeen Dambazau as the House of Representatives member-elect for Sumaila/Takai federal constituency A report by Daily Trust indicates that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a certificate of return to Mohammed Shamsuddeen Dambazau as the House of Representatives member-elect for Sumaila/Takai federal constituency in Kano state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). INEC had earlier issued the certificate to AbdulRahman Sulaiman Kawu Sumaila, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari. But Dambazau, son of the minister of interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, sued INEC, APC and Sumaila, challenging the recognition of Sumaila as the candidate of the party. READ ALSO: House of Reps re

- The opposition party has condmened the recent remarks by the minister of information and culture - The party said Lai Mohammed and the All progressives Congress (APC) veered off issues of governance and dwelt on hauling insults - PDP's spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan said the party is committed to the unity and stability of Nigeria which nurtured her democracy for 16 years The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the recent remark by the minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that the opposition party is doing everything possible to sabotage the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The PDP in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Wednesday, May 15, said Mohammed and the All progressives Congress (APC) veered off issues of governance and dwelt on hauling insults, misplaced accusations and threats against the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Ologbondiyan said that Mohammed's tone betrays the frustration

- Rochas Okorocha has said that he is the most controversial governor Imo state has ever had - The governor said he was misunderstood by the people of the state - According to Okorocha, his crazy system of governance is working in Imo state The Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that the people of the state misunderstood him and his style of leadership. Daily Independent reports that Okorocha said his also the most controversial governor Imo state has ever produced i the history of governance. Speaking at the official commission of the new justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa High court complex , the governor said his passion for good governance makes him bend rules and regulations rather than breaking such rules. Okorocha said he had no regret for his actions as history would vindicate him because if he had adhered to the usual style of governance, he would not have succeeded. He said: “I came in through the window of the masses and not through the doors of the elite and