January 2020

Herdsmen Shoot Gov. Ortom In Benue

January 27, 2020 1:54 pm
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has narrated how he narrowly escaped death after suspected herdsmen shot at him in his farm.

The Governor said he was shot while in his farm located along Makurdi – Naka road in Makurdi, Benue state capital.

Ortom, who spoke to journalists in Makurdi on Monday, reiterated his call for arrest and prosecution of the leadership of Meyitta Allah for allegedly instigating violence against farmers in the state.

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The Gov said, “I went my farm last week and the herdsmen

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Ihedioha

INEC Committed Fraud By Declaring Ihedioha Winner

January 27, 2020 1:53 pm
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted that Emeka Ihedioha never won the March 9, 2019, governorship election in Imo State.

Oshiomhole said the Supreme Court judgment was a remedy for the fraud committed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by declaring Ihedioha governor.

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Addressing his party members in Auchi, Edo North over the weekend, the APC National Leader claimed that Ihedioha did not meet the constitutional provision of scoring 25 percent in two thirds of the 27 local government areas of

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Osinbajo: Govt Has No Business Running Oil Refineries

Biafra: Osinbajo Speaks On Nigeria After Civil War

January 27, 2020 1:51 pm
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said all Nigerians, despite ethnicities, must join hands together to build a strong nation where everyone can legitimately aspire to the limits of their dreams and visions in all areas of national life.

According to his Spokesman Laolu Akand, Osinbajo stated this on Monday in his address at a special Town Hall Meeting at the National War Museum in Umuahia, Abia State, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.

The event was hosted by the Civil War Museum in Umuahia under the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) and

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Araraume

Imo: APGA Expels Senator Araraume For Anti-Party Activities

January 27, 2020 1:50 pm
The caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo State, John Iwuala, has said that the party has expelled Senator Ifeanyi Araraume.

Iwuala said that the senator who represented Imo North between 1999 and 2007 and was the APGA governorship candidate during the 2019 election in Imo State was guilty of alleged anti-party activities.

Araraume had publicly pledged to work with the governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress.

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Araraume had endorsed the APC candidate

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MURIC: “Amotekun Is A Christian Name, Must Be Changed”

January 27, 2020 1:49 pm

You cannot blame Muslims for crying out when you ask them to bring birth certificates from churches before joining Amotekun. Neither can you expect them to stand akimbo when you tell them to bring letters of recommendation from churches.

“Muslims in the Yoruba enclave are not opposing Amotekun per se. What they oppose is a situation where a ostensibly anti-Islam security outfit comes into operation in Yorubaland.

“Apart from the reference to birth certificates from churches and letters of reference from pastors, the choice of nomenclature is another controversial issue because it has a strong Christian identity.

“Why ‘Amotekun’ as …

I Have No Hand In Prosecution Of Agba Jalingo – Ayade

January 27, 2020 1:49 pm

Governor of Cross Rivers State, Ben Ayade has washed his hands off the prosecution of Agba Jalingo, a journalist standing trial in a Calabar court on charges of treason and terrorism.

Professor Ben Ayade said the case is between Agba Jalingo and the federal government Nigeria.

He said Agba Jalingo was arrested for his link to Omoyele Sowore’s revolution now movement.

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The Governor said he would prefer that the detained journalist is released but should be strongly warned against using the power of the pen and journalism to …

Court Grants Shehu Sani ₦10 Million Bail

January 27, 2020 1:48 pm
  • After about 26 days in custody court finally grants Shehu Sani N10m bail

 

Senator Shehu Sani has been granted Ten Million naira (₦10m) bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Sani who represented Kaduna Central, in the 8th senate was accused of collecting money in the name of the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.

A source familiar with the arrest told journalists that Mr Sani was arrested following a leak that he collected money from a popular Kaduna businessman to give Mr Magu.

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Following a conflict …

PDP Reacts As Its Chairman Resigns In Imo

January 27, 2020 1:47 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has reacted to the resignation of its chairman, Chief Charles Ezekwem from the party.

NAN had reported that the Imo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Charles Ezekwem on Monday, announced his resignation from the party.

Ezekwem had said he resigned due to prevailing circumstances facing his party, and after due consultations with his family.

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Reacting in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Damian Oparah, the party accepted Ezekwem’s resignation.

The statement reads: “The attention of the

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EFCC Vs Maina: Again, Court Fails To Deliver Judgement

January 27, 2020 1:46 pm
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, again failed to deliver ruling on Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT)’s application for variation of his bail conditions.

Justice Okon Abang, who made this known during the proceeding, attributed the reason to heavy workload on the court.

The judge, who said the ruling was still within time, said it would be delivered on Jan. 28.

“The matter was adjourned till today for ruling on the application for variation of bail conditions and for continuation of trial.

“The said ruling is still not ready on account of heavy workload on

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Southwest Has No Plans To Secede From Nigeria – Fayemi

January 27, 2020 1:46 pm
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has assured that the Southwest geopolitical zone has no plans to secede from Nigeria in the heat of the controversy generated by the launch of Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun.

Dr. Fayemi said the Southwest region remains part of Nigeria, will continue to be part of Nigeria and remain committed to a united and indivisible Nigeria.

The Governor gave the assurance on Monday when he hosted a pan-Yoruba development interest group, the Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) Worldwide who were led to his office by the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani

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Utomi

We Wrote APC Manifesto At Pat Utomi’s House, Says Osinbajo

January 27, 2020 1:14 pm

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says some parts of the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was drafted at the residence of Pat Utomi, a professor, in 2014. 

According to Laolu Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity, Osinbajo said this at the 5th edition of the Airtel Touching Lives in Lagos.

The vice-president said the APC included a social safety initiative to specifically address poverty, among other things in its manifesto.

“Listening to each story of a life touched this evening must remind us of the many others who need our help, our comfort and our …

Actor Ernest Asuzu, Now Roadside Beggar, Needs Help

January 27, 2020 12:55 pm

Popular Nigerian actor Ernest Asuzu has according to reports turned to a beggar after years of battling stroke.

Ernest Asuzu, was a household name 15 years ago when he joined Nollywood but went off the scene because he was hit with Stroke disease.

According to reports, On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Ernest Asuzu was spotted topless rocking a blue jean pants and bathroom slippers, at Shoprite Surulere, begging for alms to feed.

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The latest video privy to Africa Daily News, New York captures Ernest Asuzu and an actor known …

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