February 13, 2019

Buy vote, rot in jail, EFCC issues warning to politicians

February 13, 2019 11:14 pm

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has threatened to arrest and prosecute any politician who engages in vote-buying in any part of the country.

The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, was quoted as handing down the warning in a statement by the Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, in Abuja, yesterday.

He announced a special reward to Nigerians who would volunteer information on those buying or encouraging vote-buying during the polls.

Although the chairman did not specify the amount for each whistle-blower on voter-buyers, Magu said those who give out cash and those who receive the …

AIB explains why Osinbajo’s helicopter crashed

February 13, 2019 10:16 pm

LAGOS—The Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, yesterday, released preliminary report on the helicopter crash involving the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and members of his team.

The helicopter, Agusta AW139 with registration number: 5N-PEJ and serial number: 31389 owned and operated by Caverton Helicopters crash landed in Kabba, Kogi State with twelve passengers on board, including the Vice President.

According to the initial reports released in Lagos by the AIB Commissioner, Engineer Akin Olateru, the said helicopter had a valid certificate of airworthiness.

The report revealed that “Caverton Helicopters Limited did not conduct site survey of the landing field prior to …

Anumudu 16, wins ₦7.5 million InterswitchSPAK Prize

February 13, 2019 9:40 pm

Sixteen-Year-Old Akachukwu Anumudu of Apostolic Faith Secondary School, Anthony, Lagos, on Saturday, February 9, 2019, emerged winner of the first edition of the InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition held in Lagos – Nigeria.

He beat eight other contestants in an intense quiz session to win the grand prize of N7.5 million worth of tertiary education scholarship spread over five years, a laptop and a monthly stipend during the course of the scholarship.

The first runner-up was 16-year-old Henry Umunna of the Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja.   Umunna won N4 million worth of scholarship spread over three years; while the second runner-up, 16-year-old …

JUST IN: Nnamdi Kanu set to reveal more facts about Jubril

February 13, 2019 1:08 pm

The Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has vowed to deal a final blow that will settle this issue on President Mohammadu Buhari’s staunt double.

The IPOB’s  supreme leader has given the February 14 as the date for  the final onslaught.

It is on record that Kanu has earlier given verifiable evidences that the person being paraded as the Nigeria’s leader, is an impostor known as Jubril Al-Sudani from Sudan.

Kanu just officially made this known via his Facebook account@MaziNnamdiKanuTheLeaderIPOB

 

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North Korea nuclear threat not over yet

February 13, 2019 12:28 pm

Since President Trump met last year with Kim Jong Un, North Korea hasn’t changed a thing about its military capabilities. This blunt assessment came from Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of US Forces Korea, during a Senate hearing. Abrams said the North’s military still has the potential to put the US, South Korea and other allies at risk.

Tensions along the DMZ have eased though, the general said. Trump, who has said previously that the nuclear threat from North Korea is over, meets with Kim for a second summit on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam.

(CNN)…

Joaquín Guzmán, world’s biggest drug kingpin convicted

February 13, 2019 12:10 pm

There was no visible reaction from drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán as the verdict was read in his federal trial: guilty on all 10 counts. Guzmán, who led a lucrative yet bloody criminal empire that reached far beyond his native Mexico, faces spending the rest of his life in prison.

He’ll be sentenced in June. Despite the conviction, experts say the outcome will have little impact on the operations of Guzmán’s Sinaloa drug cartel, the world’s largest drug trafficking organization.

(CNN)…

US border security deal

February 13, 2019 11:43 am

President Trump said he’s “not happy” with the border security deal struck by negotiators in Congress. And he’s not the only one frowning on the agreement, which falls far short of the $5.7 billion Trump originally demanded for a border wall.

Some of the most conservative and liberal members of Congress have problems with it, too, but they’re likely to fall in line because no one wants another government shutdown. And that’s exactly what will happen if a bill based on the deal isn’t passed into law by the end of the week.

All eyes are on Trump right …

Jubril, Atiku, others sign National Peace Accord in Abuja

February 13, 2019 11:28 am

Jubril Al-Sudani, the Impostor being paraded in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari,  the  All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday joined other candidates to sign the second 2019 National Peace Accord in Abuja.

 

Jubril, the impostor, and Atiku have beckoned on Nigerians for free, fair and non-violent elections.

The Presidential election comes up on Saturday 16th of February, 2019.…

15 Imo gubernatorial candidates adopt Senator Araraume

February 13, 2019 11:04 am

Fifteen governorship candidates of diffrent political parties under the platform of forum of Imo state governorship candidates Wednesday adopted the state governorship flag-bearer of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume.

The candidates led by Elder Chukwuemeka Allias, of the National Interest Party, NIP, alongside 14 others stormed the campaign office, of Senator Araraume along MCC road in Owerri, where they unanimously adopted the APGA, guber candidate.

Allias briefly said among other things that their adoption of Araraume as their candidate was based on his capacity to offer good governance to the people of the state, adding that …

NYSC warns members on election duty not to accept snacks

February 13, 2019 10:43 am

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday warned corps members on election duty to desist from receiving snacks and drinks from unknown persons during elections.

Maj.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, NYSC Director-General, gave the warning while addressing the corps members in Gombe. Kazaure, who was represented by Mr Zakaria Alphonso, Assistant Director, Mobilisation, NYSC, Abuja, said that such gifts could harm them. “Because such items can be poisoned or flavoured with drugs that can induce sleep,” he said.

He advised the corps members to make personal feeding plans and water, and make they do not over feed. “Rather, you should go …

I’ll make Lagos, the commercial capital of Africa – Atiku

February 13, 2019 3:06 am

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar yesterday promised to revive the country’s ailing economy and make Lagos the commercial capital of Africa.

Address a cheering crowd at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, venue of the PDP presidential rally, Atiku said as a Lagos boy, he passed through the hustle and bustle of the Centre of Excellence.

The PDP candidate added he had never reneged on any promise, noting he would restructure the country and ensure true federalism.

A vote for him, he said, is a vote for job security and end to unemployment.

“I am not like …

Esther Kiobel, an Ogoni widow sues Shell in ICC

February 13, 2019 2:16 am

Esther Kiobel is testifying in court in The Hague, demanding compensation from the Netherlands-based firm.

She is among four women who accuse Shell of being complicit in the hanging of their husbands by Nigeria’s military in 1995. Shell denies the allegation.

The activists led mass protests against oil pollution in Nigeria’s Ogoniland.

The protests were seen as a major threat to then-military ruler Gen Sani Abacha, and Shell. They were led by author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was among nine activists hanged by the military regime.

Their executions caused global outrage, and led to Nigeria’s suspension from the Commonwealth for more …

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