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Jonathan Releases Statement on Decamping From PDP, Drops More Shocking Statements

18Mar

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Jonathan Releases Statement on Decamping From PDP, Drops More Shocking Statements

BREAKING: Jonathan Releases Statement on Decamping From PDP, Drops More Shocking Statements Ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he has no reason to quit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or retire from politics for now. He made the statement on Sunday, through his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, in reaction to a report by an online publication, which claimed that the ex-President had resigned from the PDP, and quit politics. Eze’s statement described the news as fake, saying that, it was a “calculated attempt to rubbish the Elder Statesman”. “The PDP gave Jonathan the platform to serve as Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President, and eventually President of Nigeria. Jonathan has no reason at this time to resign his membership of the platform. “Those who derive pleasure in...

Offa Robbery: Suspect Reveals How Police Killed Adikwu

16Mar

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Offa Robbery: Suspect Reveals How Police Killed Adikwu

Offa Robbery: Suspect Reveals How Police Killed Adikwu A suspect of last year’s bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State, has alleged that the police killed Michael Adikwu. Michael Adikwu, was a principal suspect and the mastermind behind the robberies, which claimed many lives. Testifying before the court in a “trial within trial”, Ayoade Akinnibosun, after alleging that the police killed Adikwu, also narrated how the police asked him to implicate the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, in the robbery incidents. Akinnibosun and two other accused, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham, alleged that they made their statements under duress. Akinnibosun said, “Abba Kyari told me to say that the Senate President Bukola Saraki gave me the guns we used for the operations. But I declined. “He (A...

Big Shame as Rochas Okorocha Faces Major International Embarrassment

16Mar

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Big Shame as Rochas Okorocha Faces Major International Embarrassment

Big Shame as Rochas Okorocha Faces Major International Embarrassment BBC News Igbo, has mocked the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, for erecting a President Muhammadu Buhari look alike statue, in Owerri, the State capital. Sharing the photos on its Facebook page, the British medium wondered if the Governor was never tired of erecting statues. The caption given to the images in Igbo language, simply translates: “It is like Okorocha is not tired of erecting statues, who is he erecting for Imo people again?” Recall, that Rochas Okorocha was not issued a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, after he was adjudged to have forced the Returning Officer for Imo West Senatorial District, to declare him as the winner of the Februa...

David Mark, Abba Moro, 21 Other Pdp Chieftains To Serve As Ortom’s Agent In Benue Governorship Rerun

15Mar

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David Mark, Abba Moro, 21 Other Pdp Chieftains To Serve As Ortom’s Agent In Benue Governorship Rerun

Benue Re-Run: David Mark, Abba Moro, 21 Other Pdp Chieftains To Serve As Ortom’s Agent In Benue Governorship Rerun The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named its agents for the Benue State governorship election rerun. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed March 23rd for the rerun poll in Benue after the last Saturday’s governorship election in the state was declared inconclusive. The PDP named incumbent Governor Samuel Ortom who is contending for a second term as one of the agents. A look into the forwarded to INEC on Thursday revealed that a former Interior Minister Abba Moro was also listed as an agent by the party. Below is the full list of names that will serve as agents for the PDP during the re-run: (1) Gabriel Torwua Suswam (2) David Ale...

Kwankwaso Set to Deliver the Biggest Kano Votes to PDP As Top APC Chief Decamps With Immediate Effect

14Mar

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Kwankwaso Set to Deliver the Biggest Kano Votes to PDP As Top APC Chief Decamps With Immediate Effect

Kano Re-Run: Kwankwaso Set to Deliver the Biggest Kano Votes to PDP As Top APC Chief Decamps With Immediate Effect About a week before Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, knows his electoral fate in the re-run Governorship election, one of his top Aides has deserted him, to join the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under the leadership of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, in the State. Ganduje’s Senior Special Assistant on Urban Beautification, Hashim Dungurawa, resigned his appointment, on Thursday. He tendered his resignation letter to the Secretary to the Governor’s Office, Usman Alhaji, but did not state any reason for the resignation in the letter. “I am writing this letter to formally inform you of my resignation from the Office of the SSA, voluntarily, and I thank you for the oppo...

So Sad! Tanker Driver Knocks Down 19 Persons in Onitsha [Photos]

14Mar

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So Sad! Tanker Driver Knocks Down 19 Persons in Onitsha [Photos]

So Sad! Tanker Driver Knocks Down 19 Persons in Onitsha [Photos] A tanker driver has been arrested after knocking down 19 persons in Onitsha. The fatal Motor accident occurred yesterday evening, involving a Mack tanker with Reg No EFF81XA loaded with kerosene and driven by one Junior Agari ‘m’ aged about 35 years of No 7, Williams Street Aka Avenue Efurum, Delta state. The Truck driver lost control of the vehicle along service lane upper Iweka Onitsha and knocked down 19 persons. Police Patrol team attached to CPS Onitsha visited the scene and rushed victims to Toronto hospital Onitsha, where Seven (7) persons comprising of Six males and one woman whose identities are yet to be ascertained were confirmed death by the medical doctor while 12 others are receiving treatment, Corpses ar...

Father Mbaka Speaks on Buhari’s Re-Election, Passes Serious Warning to Politicians

14Mar

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Father Mbaka Speaks on Buhari’s Re-Election, Passes Serious Warning to Politicians

Father Mbaka Speaks on Buhari’s Re-Election, Issues More Warnings to Politicians Father Mbaka who spoke about President Buhari’s victory during his Wednesday weekly prayer meeting in his prayer ground Umuchigbo-Nike Enugu, warned politicians to stop ignoring him. Father Mbaka who stated that religious inclination was a gift that God bestowed on him to save the captives and preach the message of God to his people, warned politicians to stop ignoring him as he has never sold his gifts in the market. He said: “The gift I have is not sold in the market, neither do you get it anywhere in the world. So, when I prophesy you are not in a position to criticize the prophecy I give because it is from the oracle of the Holy Spirit. “Those who are still plotting for the downfall of the adoratio...

New Authentic Results Emerge, As INEC Set To Declare Wike Winner of the Rivers State Gov. Election

14Mar

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New Authentic Results Emerge, As INEC Set To Declare Wike Winner of the Rivers State Gov. Election

New Authentic Results Emerge, As INEC Set To Declare Wike Winner of the Rivers State Gov. Election Emerging report has revealed that the details of the meeting between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and the Fact-Finding Committee of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been released. It was gathered that the team was sent from the Headquarters of INEC, to investigate the actions that led to the suspension of elections in the State. Wike claimed that some members of the Nigerian Army, had attempted to manipulate the Rivers State Governorship election results collation. According to the information obtained from the social media page of the Governor, sources at the meeting said that the Committee requested duplicate polling units results from Security Ag...

Man Weeps Bitterly As Car He Borrowed To Attend Funeral Gets Burnt On the Road [Photos]

13Mar

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Man Weeps Bitterly As Car He Borrowed To Attend Funeral Gets Burnt On the Road [Photos]

Man Weeps Bitterly As Car He Borrowed To Attend Funeral Gets Burnt On the Road [Photos] A young Ghanaian man has been left in total disarray after the car he car he borrowed to attend funeral burnt to ashes in the middle of the journey. In a video circulating across social media, the man was seen crying and lamenting as the car which had burst into flames continued burning. According to the young man who was in funeral attire, the car was not his but for somebody and he had just borrowed it to attend a funeral. Some people who witnessed the unfortunate incident were around the man consoling him over the loss. One guy was heard telling the man to take heart and feel lucky that he did not die in the incident. Man Weeps Bitterly As Car He Borrowed To Attend Funeral Gets Burnt On ...

So Sad! Woman Loses 5 Children in Lagos School Building Collapse

13Mar

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So Sad! Woman Loses 5 Children in Lagos School Building Collapse

So Sad! Woman Loses 5 Children in Lagos School Building Collapse According to social media reports, a woman lost 5 children in the school building that collapsed in Ita-Faji, Lagos Island earlier today. Twitter user, @DROlufunmilayo, the unidentified woman lost 5 of her children in the tragic incident. He made this known while calling for an investigation into the incident. See what he wrote below; Over 100 pupils are feared dead, after a school building collapsed moments earlier in at Ita-faji, Lagos Island, Lagos State. Tragedy struck, as the three storey building housing a school collapsed, killing and trapping many. As at the time of filing this report, many students are being rushed to the General hospital, Marina, while parents are trooping there to search for their children...