September 2019

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 46

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 46

September 13, 2019 1:59 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

(All Rights Reserved)

 

130. INT. DAN’S CHAMBER. DAY

At the LAW FIRM of DAN, RAY and his FRIEND arrive for the purchase of the PROPERTY.

 

DAN

Do sign here, sir.

 

RAY

Address him well man! He’s an Alhaji.

 

DAN

Oh sorry! Alhaji, please sign here.

 

ALHAJI

All right, that’s okay.

 

DAN

Ray, please sign on this side as well, as his witness.

 

RAY

Okay.

 

ALHAJI

I hope you’ve confirmed the payment in the bank?

 

DAN

Certainly, Alhaji. I will hand you over the keys right now.

 

ALHAJI

That’s okay! So smile to the bank.

 

DAN

And …

FGN: $400bn looted from govt treasury

FGN: $400bn looted from govt treasury

September 13, 2019 1:28 am

The federal government said Thursday that the amount of money looted from government treasury through corrupt practices stood at $400 billion.

This is coming as the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said the commission was committed to the recovery of stolen assets for the development of the country.

The Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Festus Keyamo, who made the declaration in Abuja, said government arrived at the amount through a research conducted recently.

Keyamo, who spoke while addressing 164 officers of the EFCC Cadet Course 8 currently undergoing …

LGA polls: Certificate forgery rocks Niger APC

2019 Election: FGN, APC demand apology from Atiku, PDP

September 13, 2019 1:10 am
  • Your gloating won’t last, opposition party replies

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday taunted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for losing their bid to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the election.

The duo urged them to apologise to Nigerians for challenging the president’s declaration as the winner of the election, adding that Buhari will win the former vice president even at the World Court or the Supreme Court.

But the …

Facebook cancels event in South Africa

Facebook cancels event in South Africa

September 12, 2019 11:50 am
Technology giants, Facebook have cancelled their upcoming event in Cape Town, South Africa scheduled for October 3rd, 2019 due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.It is unclear, however, if the cancellation is related to the attacks on foreign businesses that has rocked South Africa in recent weeks.

“Due to a number of unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel the Facebook ID8 event in Cape Town on October 3rd, 2019. We hope to bring the event to the region later in the year,” Facebook said.

The social media company which connects over 139 million in Africa organised the event for developers and

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Once you can read, write, understand, you can stand for election -Yakassai

‘Once you can read, write, you can stand for election’

September 12, 2019 11:36 am

Second Republic politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has said that he was not surprised by the verdict of the presidential election petition tribunal which affirmed President Muhammad Buhari as the winner of the presidential elections conducted by the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) earlier in the year.

Alhaji Tanko, in his reaction to the verdict, during a telephone conversation with our correspondent in Kano on Wednesday night declared:  “I’m not surprised. It (verdict) did not come to me as a surprise in any way.”

Alhaji Tanko explained that his mindset about election petition tribunals at the presidential level is that they …

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 45

Unfathomable Mercy: A full length TV drama series 45

September 12, 2019 1:43 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

(All Rights Reserved)

126. EXT. PARK.DAY.

The TWO BUS DRIVERS are at corner of the PARK discussing.

 

BUS DRIVER II

So, bros, what’s happening now? Have you been able to come up with something?

 

BUS DRIVER I

Brother, relax! Stay cool for Christ, soon, I mean very soon the affairs of this park will change for good.

 

BUS DRIVER II

My brother, I’m really getting fed up each day, these two men are frustrating us, we have to do something very fast.

 

BUS DRIVER I

Well, the bible is always right, it says when the wicked is …

Wike accuses PDP’s BoT committee of corruption

September 12, 2019 1:17 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be heading for crisis as the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, wednesday berated the committee set up by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition party to investigate the emergence of Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives against the wish of the party, describing the committee as the most corrupt in the history of PDP.

Speaking in Port Harcourt wednesday, Wike also hailed a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Austin Opara, for withdrawing from the committee.

The governor said that …

Nigerian Governors reject calls to scrap security votes

Nigerian Governors reject calls to scrap security votes

September 12, 2019 12:38 am

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Wednesday kicked against calls for the removal of security votes, insisting that doing so would be inimical to development.

NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said in Abuja that the abolition of security votes as being advocated by many in the country would breed chaos in the polity instead of curbing corruption as is being widely believed.

He said there was no development without security.

The position of the governors came just as Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, advocated parameters …

North ‘ll not be allowed to manipulate Middle Belt again - Pogu

‘North ‘ll not be allowed to manipulate Middle Belt again’

September 11, 2019 11:17 am

Bitrus Pogu is the national president of the Middle Belt Forum, a body which is made up of the non-Hausa, Fulani ethnic groups in the North. He tells Daily Sun that the Middle Belt will continue to fight for emancipation and against the general perception that they are all part of one monolithic (huge) North which is united by language and culture.

A former commissioner of Police from Benue State, Abubakar Tsav, has said that the leaders of your organisation are noise makers because you say that the Middle Belt should not be regarded as part of the monolithic North. …

Breaking: Court rules against Atiku, PDP on INEC server

Breaking: Court rules against Atiku, PDP on INEC server

September 11, 2019 10:55 am

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday declared that there was no evidence that INEC transmitted the results of the 2019 presidential election electronically to any server.

Delivering judgement on the matter, the chairman of the tribunal Justice Mohammed Garba said that the petitioners – PDP and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar failed to prove the existence of an INEC server or that the electoral commission transmitted results electronically.

Read Also: 2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

The court held that there was no law in place in Nigeria that allows electronic transmission of results or the transmission of …

2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

2019 Election: Court dismisses case against fake Buhari

September 11, 2019 10:44 am

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has dismissed the argument by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2019 General Election.

The court ruled that Buhari possess the West African School Certificate Examination, (WASCE), to contest the 2019 presidential election.

It said Buhari was not only qualified, but eminently qualified to contest the election, saying that the petitioners (Atiku Abubakar and PDP), could not run away from the fact that Buhari obtained WASCE which qualified him for the election.

Read Also: Fake Nigerian President and his clueless

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I was hated, called “Okoro Hausa” because of APC – Okorocha

I was hated, called “Okoro Hausa” because of APC – Okorocha

September 11, 2019 12:23 am

Sen. Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo, has lamented the humiliating treatment meted out to him by his party the All Progressives Congress (APC), in spite of his sacrifices and financial contributions to the party.

Okorocha, the senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that he got evil reward from APC for his commitment to the course of the party especially in the South East.

He noted that he had to go contrary to his kinsmen and political associates just to ensure that the party was placed on a sound footing in …

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