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The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has declared that the state does not have land for cattle colonies.

The governor stated this on Tuesday while addressing stakeholders at a meeting involving herdsmen, farmers, community leaders and heads of security agencies.

He decried the inability of the federal government to disarm armed herdsmen who perpetrate crimes and other vices also called on the Federal Government to come up with a clear-cut policy that will help bring an end to the menace.

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kaduna state, Shehu Sani, has said that the appointment of Mr Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Chairman of the party’s reconciliation committee ahead of the 2019 elections, is the last attempt to save it from getting into a crisis.

He said Tinubu was the best person to handle the party’s reconciliation process and expressed optimism that he will reunite all aggrieved members though he has very limited time.

Mr Shehu said this on Tuesday while discussing issues surrounding the Party and its eligibility for the upcoming general elections; on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has arrived the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja for resumption of his trial for false assets declaration. The Court of Appeal had in December last year restored three out of the 18 –count charge dismissed by the CCT and ordered the Senate president to present himself for trial on the charges.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that its national leader, Bola Tinubu should reconcile aggrieved party members. APC said the directive was a welcome development, adding that such task required a great deal of political skills and experience which Tinubu possessed.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jonathan Vatsa has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and cabal surrounding him. He explained that Magu's removal would project the President a democratic with respect for the judiciary.

President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign three bills passed by the National Assembly into law. The three bills, passed in December 2017, are the Police Procurement Fund (Establishment) Bill 2017), Chartered Institute of Public Management of Nigeria Bill, 2017, and the Nigerian Council of Social Work (Establishment) Bill 2017.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to reconcile all aggrieved members of the party across the country preparatory for the 2019 general elections. The President gave the directive on Tuesday in a statement issued to newsmen by Senior Special Assistant on media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

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