The Late 5: Customs boss blames PDP for failures in Buhari’s administration, ‘Okada’ association in Ekiti says 50 percent of its members are graduates, and other top stories

Good evening.

Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today:

President Muhammadu Buhari played host to six northern governors at the State House, today. The visiting governors were those of Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kano and Yobe states. The purpose of the visit was not disclosed.

This kind of visit, normally, wouldn’t call for much attention, but what is peculiar in this case is that the president also hosted the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in his home, yesterday, also for undisclosed reasons.

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While we can only speculate on the reasons for the president’s serial meetings, one thing has been made clear by recent events. The promise of corruption eradication which President Buhari made during his campaign is derailing.

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, agrees with this, but believes it is no fault of the president’s. He attributes this failure to the fact that most of those calling the shots in Buhari’s government do not share President Buhari’s vision.

“We have 50 percent of PDP in our government. How can we move forward with this load? How can we achieve our target with this load? It is a spoilt system,” he said.

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When the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is not buried in one scandal or another, it actually does some ‘real work.’

The corporation will soon begin oil exploration in Nasarawa state, according to the NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru — who was implicated in a corruption allegation a few weeks ago.

Baru also said this was in fulfilment of the presidential mandate to resume oil exploration activities in some of the nation’s inland basins, and is aimed at “improving revenue streams and creating more business opportunities for Nigerians”.

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A shocking revelation in Ekiti: About 5,000 out of the 10,000 motorcyclists in the state are graduates.

The Okada Riders Tricycles’ Association of Nigeria (ORTAN), Ekiti chapter, revealed that, at least, 50 percent of its members possessed between National Certificate of Education and‎ Bachelor Degrees.

While this could appear as a travesty from one point of view, the association still bragged that the nature of its population accounted for the orderliness and good conducts within the body.

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Meanwhile, the battle against insurgency in Northern Nigeria continues.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it has bombarded Boko Haram hideouts in Sambisa with air strikes from five aircrafts resulting in heavy causalities since the commencement of Operation Ruwan Wuta II.

NAF said within three days of the rain of fire on the insurgents in the Northeast, their structures have been destroyed, while survivors who were fleeing the target areas were neutralised with rockets and cannons.

Here’s more information on the Air Force’s Operation.

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