January 24, 2020

Nobody Can Unseat Obaseki – Governor Umahi

January 24, 2020 2:40 pm

Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi on Friday assured Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected Governor of Edo state.

He said nothing will stop the Governor’s re-election because he has done well and deserves to continue in office.

Obaseki is a member of the All Progressive Congress(APC) while Umahi is a member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Umahi was addressing Obaseki’s wife, Betsy and other Southern Governors’ Wife’s who were on a courtesy call to him in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital.

The Governor’s Wives were in the state for the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Wifes’ Forum quarterly meeting.

Umahi said: …

Obiano

Obiano Announces Payment Of New Minimum Wage In Anambra

January 24, 2020 2:38 pm

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced that he will pay the new minimum wage, starting from Jan. 26.

Obiano made the declaration while inspecting the 5.3Km Eziowelle-Umunnachi-Afor Igwe roads in Idemili South and Dunukofia local government areas.

According to him, the new minimum wage implementation will improve socio-economic status of the state and boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

He stressed that the economic importance of the implementation of the new minimum wage, pointing out that improved welfare of workers was top priority of his administration.

Gov. Obiano, while inspecting the Eziowelle-Umunnachi-Afor Igwe roads, currently under …

Ganduje

I Have Never Seen Anyone As Selfish As Kwankwaso – Ganduje

January 24, 2020 2:38 pm

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Thursday night berated former governor of the state, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, describing him as the most selfish person he had ever known.

“It is natural to be a bit selfish but I have never seen anyone as selfish as Kwankwaso. It was such that he imposed his whims on all and exploit them for his personal benefit as against the collective interest of all,” Ganduje alleged.

“All of us seated here were with him in the past and we made him what he is politically but had to withdraw from his …

Uniting Against Poverty

January 24, 2020 2:18 pm

There is need for increased partnership between the public and private sectors to address the rising incidence of poverty in the country, writes Obinna Chima

Globally, the gap between the haves and the have nots have continued to swell.
On daily basis, thousands of migrant from Africa, mostly Nigerians, attempt to enter into Europe and other continents in search of greener pastures, in order to get out of what they perceive as the excruciating poverty in the continent.

In the course of this, a lot of them migrate through dangerous route through to Europe through Libya, with thousands of them …

One Person Hospitalised As Explosion Rocks Houston

January 24, 2020 2:18 pm
A large explosion, on Friday, jolted the U.S. city of Houston, with authorities saying at least one person had been hospitalised.

The blast, which was believed to be an industrial facility, shattered windows of nearby buildings and was felt kilometres away.

Smoke and flames could be seen from the site in the North-West of the city.

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The Houston Fire Department said emergency responders’ cordon-off the area, before transporting the injured person to the hospital, NAN reports.

However, following the explosion, some schools in the state announced

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Wife Dumps Her ‘One-Minute’ Husband For A Corper

January 24, 2020 2:17 pm

◗Wife plans to marry a youth corps lover

◗ Man machetes wife for exposing his sexual inadequacies

◗ She is heartless and deserves to die – Husband

Sex. Lack of hot, good sex! This has driven a serious wedge in the marital relationship between Mr. Audu Abaa, 39, a Migili man, from Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and his pretty young wife, Talatu, and mother of their three children. It was so serious as to make Talatu, a Jukun by tribe, determined to leave Audu for a younger man, a youth corps member who she met during …

EFCC

EFCC Vs Maina: What Happened In Court On Friday

January 24, 2020 2:17 pm
Khalid Aliyu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prosecution witness (PW5) in the ongoing trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), on Friday, disclosed that the PRTT rejected a N2 billion bribe from the accused persons in the police pension fraud.

Aliyu, who is also Maina’s younger brother, made the disclosure during a cross examination before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC had, on Oct. 25, charged Maina and his son, Faisal, before the court alongside his firm, Common Input Property and

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Mbaka As End Time Gambling Opportunist

January 24, 2020 2:16 pm

Since 2015, Rev. Fr. Mbaka has found intimacy with political harlotry but in a very treacherous and malicious manner unbecoming of a priest. As a fellow Catholic priest, I am embarrassed by Fr. Mbaka’s materialistic and opportunistic gambling in the name of prophecy, and the condoning silence kept over his merchandise by those who should stop him, especially his superior and boss, Bishop Onaga, who, for very strange reason, seems to look away.

Unlike the Catholic Church that usually cautions her ministers when they err and derail, Fr. Mbaka operates like the independent and autonomous pastors of the new generation …

APC Withdraws From Akwa-Ibom Rerun Elections, Gives Reasons

January 24, 2020 2:15 pm
Less than 12 hours to the rerun elections in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom state, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state has announced its decision to withdraw from the race.

It alleged a perceived bias of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in the state.

In a press conference on Friday evening at the party’s secretariat in Uyo, the state Chairman of the party, Mr Ini Okopido said “APC has withdrawn from the re-run election in Essien Udim local government area as we are dissatisfied with the conduct of the Independent National

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Uzodinma

We Admitted Results By Uzodimma Because INEC Didn’t Object

January 24, 2020 2:15 pm

The Supreme Court has explained why it accepted the results sheets presented by the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma.

The apex court disclosed that the result sheets by Uzodinma became admissible because the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, did not counter them when produced by the APC governor.

In a copy of the judgment released yesterday, the Supreme Court explained that the Court of Appeal and the election petition tribunal misread the pleadings by Uzodinma and APC in their dismissal of the petition and appeal.

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Recall …

Rivers: 5 Young Men Go Insane After Intake Of Unknown Drink

January 24, 2020 2:14 pm
Five young men have reportedly gone insane after drinking mixed herbs with gin fondly called ‘Kaikai’ at Omuakwuru community in Igboo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The victims, who are young men from the community, committed the act of drugging themselves when they went for the burial of one of their elders, Blessing Wokowa.

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A source in community, who confirmed the incident said, “The boys started misbehaving immediately after the intake of the root mixed with local dry gin which was prepared by one of

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Yoruba’s Have Come Together To Fight A Common Enemy – FFK

January 24, 2020 11:55 am

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on his verified Facebook page has quoted that all Yoruba’s are finally coming together irrespective of political parties or region to align and fight for a better interest against a common enemy for the collective good of all sons of Oduduwa.

Read Also: Fani-Kayode Attacks Tinubu Over Statement On Amotekun

 

In his words:

“On Wednesday night I had long, turbulent and intense discussion with one of the most important and powerful political leaders in the South West.”

“We spoke till 3.00 a.m in the morning. I will not mention his name because he is …

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