January 15, 2020

INEC Reacts As Fire Guts Ondo Headquarters

INEC Breaks Silence On Supreme Court Ruling On Ihedioha

January 15, 2020 2:08 pm
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not received the certified true copy of the Tuesday Supreme Court Judgment on Imo governorship election.

The apex court had on Tuesday removed Gov Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared the All Progressive Congress, APC’s Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of Imo State.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said 236,000 votes due to Uzodinma and APC from 318 polling units were wrongly excluded and should be added.

Reacting, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, in an interview with the News Agency

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We Are Dying In Penury – Ex-Soldiers

January 15, 2020 2:08 pm
Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in Cross River State, Comrade Michael Ekok has said that members of the legion are dying in penury.

Speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday during the celebration of the 2020 edition of the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Ekok lamented what the ex-soldiers are passing through.

He said many of his members are now very weak and well beaten and afflicted by serious hunger, hence cannot feed themselves. He said ailments, inability to pay bills were characteristically what they go through. “We are weak. We need supports from well-meaning members of the public and

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Trump Under Attack For Causing Crisis In Middle East

January 15, 2020 2:06 pm
US President Donald Trump has come under fire for engineering all the crises coming in the Middle East.

During the last debate before the first votes are cast in the 2020 presidential primary, Democratic candidates on Tuesday attacked Trump for pulling out of the Nuclear deal with Iran and for ordering the assassination of Iranian army general, Qassem Soleimani.

Most of the Democrat presidential aspirants promised to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon while vowing to try re-entering the landmark nuclear deal Trump discarded.

The presidential hopefuls castigated Trump for inflaming tensions with Tehran.

Ex-Vice President Joe Biden, Senator

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Amotekun

‘Hisbah Is Okay, But IPOB Are Terrorists?’ – FFK

January 15, 2020 12:12 pm

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to his verified Facebook page to blast the Nigerian Federal Government on their recent declaration which labelled the newly formed South-south Security organisation as Illegal and how they tagged IPOB as a terrorist organisation but discreetly allowed the Hisbah (Sharia Police) to carry out their daily menaces without fear of repercussions.

 

Read Also: Amotekun: Explain Why Hisbah Police In North Is Legal

 

“Hisbah Police in North West is ok. Civilian Joint Task Force in North West is ok. Civilian Joint Task Force in North East is ok.”…

Rwanda Breaking Jinx In Africa

January 15, 2020 10:53 am

Rwanda as a nation in Africa has continued to show a clear sign that they are tired of waiting for the West as it concerns development. Unlike other African Countries like Nigeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya who are on the list of African Countries with highest Chinese loan debt, it has shown that long held belief by many African leaders that they can’t achieve any thing without the help of the Werstern countries. It has shown a clear sign of leadership with vision, sincerity and determination unlike her other African Countries who glory in perfidy.

 

Recently, Rwanda just …

Amotekun: Explain Why Hisbah Police In North Is Legal

January 15, 2020 7:34 am
The Southern and Middle Belt leaders Forum, SMBLF, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to declare Southwest security outfit, Amotekun illegal.

SMBLF said the Federal Government should explain why Amotekun security outfit is considered illegal while Hisbah in the North was legal.

Recall that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Tuesday declared the Southwest security outfit code named Amotekun illegal.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, Malami had said the establishment of Amotekun was not backed by any known law in the

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Why S/Court Judgement Should Be Interrogated – Ozekhome

January 15, 2020 7:32 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the 2019 Imo governorship election.

Ozekhome said analysts should “interrogate” the Supreme Court ruling to decipher if the judgment was delivered in accordance with the law.
Recall that the apex court had on Tuesday declared Uzodinma, who came fourth in the last Imo State election, winner of the poll.
However, Ozekhome wondered why a candidate who came fourth in an election would eventually be declared winner of the poll by the Supreme Court.
He

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Amotekun: We Won’t Allow You Turn Yorubaland Into War Zone

January 15, 2020 7:26 am

Following the declaration of ‘Operation Amotekun’, the South West newly inaugurated security outfit as illegal by the federal government, a Yoruba youth group has described the move as an attempt to subject the Yoruba nation to further attacks by bandits and kidnappers.

According to the group, Oodua Youth Coalition, OYC, in a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to DAILY POST, with what is currently going on in the northern part of the country, particularly in the North-East zone, the Yorubas will not allow the South West to degenerate into such terror status.

While stating that the laudable effort

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We’ll Support Gov. Ugwuanyi Till End Of His Tenure – Eze

January 15, 2020 7:25 am
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the 2019 election, Senator Ayogu Eze has reaffirmed his total support for Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration.

THISDAY reports that Eze spoke in his country home, Umuida, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the State during the inauguration of a water project.

The project was done with the N5m grant received by the community from the Enugu State Government. Senator Eze, who represented Enugu North Senatorial Zone, provided the generator for its use.

Speaking at the event, he said it would go a long way in solving the water needs

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Imo: We Know Who Gave You Hints – Pastor Giwa Attacks Mbaka

January 15, 2020 7:24 am
Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ, Adewale Giwa has said that he was not surprised to see the fulfilment of the prediction by Revd. Father Ejike Mbaka that Hope Ozodinma would be declared Imo State governor by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court declared Uzodinma winner of the 2019 governorship election in Imo State yesterday, sacking Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Giwa described Mbaka as a partisan prophet, adding that he must have got the hint of the judgement before speaking.

He said this in a statement he signed and forwarded to DAILY

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Ogun State Gov, Abiodun Reacts To Dismissal Of Ihedioha

January 15, 2020 7:20 am

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the Supreme Court ruling declaring Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the Imo State governorship election was an indication that God was at work.

Abiodun stated this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin.

The governor urged the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha to see the hand of God in his dismissal by the Supreme Court.

Read Also: Why Buhari Govt Declared Amotekun ‘Illegal’ – Fani-Kayode

Abiodun also expressed hope that Uzodinma’s coming will not only swell the ranks of

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Imo: Atiku Speaks On Supreme Court Ruling

January 15, 2020 7:20 am
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which declared Senator Hope Uzodinma winner of Imo election.

The apex court had on Tuesday removed Gov Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared the All Progressive Congress, APC’s Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of Imo State.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said 236,000 votes due to Uzodinma and APC from 318 polling units were wrongly excluded and should be added.

Read Also: Why Buhari Govt Declared Amotekun ‘Illegal’ – Fani-Kayode

On his Twitter page, Atiku urged Nigerians to accept the Supreme Court ruling.

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