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Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

Atiku, PDP show video to prove use of server for polls

July 16, 2019 4:10 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, played a video recording before the Election Petition Tribunal to establish the allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) used a central server during the February 23 polls.

The film featured the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, notifying the public that the electoral body would transmit election results with the use of smart card reader (SCR) to the INEC central server.

Igini spoke in an interview with Channels Television shortly before the election.

Atiku’s counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), had tendered 48 Video Compact Discs (VCDs) that …

PDP against 27-year-old Makinde’s commissioner-nominee

Gov. Makinde declares assets, worth over ₦60 billion

July 16, 2019 3:51 am

Mr Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor, on Monday, made public his assets after he received a copy of the asset declaration form which he had earlier submitted to the Oyo State office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that details of the assets show that he is worth over N60,473,300,066 according to the figures in the forms calculated with CBN rates for foreign currencies.

The details are contained in the CCB 1 with the name Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, which was declared at the High Court of Oyo State, on May

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Two foremost Yoruba leaders yesterday differed on the circumstances surrounding the death of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the

Yoruba split over killing of Fasoranti’s daughter

July 15, 2019 1:27 am

Two foremost Yoruba leaders yesterday differed on the circumstances surrounding the death of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the national leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. While the incident has continued to generate heated debates across the polity, the divergence between National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu and Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi might further cripple the ethnic group’s chances to curb insecurity through collective action. Mrs. Funke Olakunri was killed on Friday as she traveled to Lagos.

The Ooni declared that the southwest has had enough of killings by herdsmen, saying it is …

The former British colonial administrator, Sir Frederick Lugard’s handover notes on the three major Nigerian ethnic groups.

Exposed! Lord Lugard’s Hand Over Notes To His Colleague

July 15, 2019 12:17 am

The former British colonial administrator, Sir Frederick Lugard’s handover notes on the three major Nigerian ethnic groups.

Lord Lugard was Governor-General of Nigeria between 1914 and 1919. Earlier he was governor General-General of Hong Kong between 1907 and 1912.

Sir Frederick Lugard handed over as governor general in Nigeria to Walter H. Lang on the 25th of September 1918, and by 1919, he was done with his administrative duties in Nigeria.

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Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

Osinbajo calls for righteousness to transform Nigeria

July 15, 2019 12:04 am

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for self-sacrifice, righteousness to transform Nigeria.

He spoke at the weekend during the 50th-anniversary lecture, award and dinner of the Shepherd Hill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos State, with then theme: The Role of Contemporary Church in Nation-Building: Pessimism, Optimism or Activism.

The church’s 50th anniversary began about two months ago with several activities and ended yesterday with the anniversary thanksgiving celebration.

According to Osinbajo, Christians must not sit at home and pray but must be involved to make the difference.

“There is a test of courage and faith that every nation-builder must face and …

Undocumented migrants demand right to remain in Paris

Undocumented migrants demand right to remain in Paris

July 13, 2019 1:40 am

Hundreds of undocumented migrants calling themselves “black vests” stormed the Pantheon monument in central Paris on Friday demanding the right to remain in France.

Police on the scene told Reuters an estimated 200 to 300 protesters, mostly from West Africa, managed to get into the Left Bank mausoleum where national heroes including Voltaire and Victor Hugo are buried.

“We will remain here until the last one of us has been given documents,” a leaflet given out by an organizer read.

Young men were chanting “black vests” – …

China to impose sanctions on US firms in Taiwan arms sale

China to impose sanctions on US firms in Taiwan arms sale

July 12, 2019 9:28 am

China on Friday said it would impose sanctions on US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth $2.2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan — a move that has infuriated Beijing.

“The US arms sale to Taiwan has severely violated the basic norms of international law and international relations,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang in an online statement.

“In order to safeguard national interests, China will impose sanctions on US enterprises participating in this sale of weapons to Taiwan,” he said.

The planned weapons sale, the first transfer of big-ticket United States military gear to democratically-governed Taiwan in decades, …

Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first major foreign policy address as a Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s performance on the world stage as erratic and extreme.

Trump’s policies damaged America’s reputation, says Biden

July 12, 2019 12:03 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first major foreign policy address as a Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s performance on the world stage as erratic and extreme.

Trump, Biden told an audience in New York, has damaged America’s “reputation and our place in the world, and, I quite frankly believe, our ability to lead the world.”

The Republican president has unsettled Washington’s allies by withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord, a nuclear deal with Iran and a trans-Pacific trade agreement, and has also threatened to leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organization …

Trump escalates war on social media at White House 'summit'

Trump escalates war on social media at White House ‘summit’

July 11, 2019 11:35 am
Escalating his attacks on Silicon Valley, President Donald Trump hinted Thursday at new regulations on social media as he gathered critics of major online platforms at a White House “summit.”Trump invited conservative activists who have been curbed or banned on social media to press his argument that big social networks are discriminating against conservatives, notwithstanding his large online following.“A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer,” Trump tweeted.

The comments stoked fears that

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Issues formulated for Governor Obiano and his aides 8

July 11, 2019 8:15 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu

…and Obiano is doing well according to his aides

71: James Eze should tell us what happened to Nnewi and Awka shopping malls. Obi left money for their completion, but since he left, nothing has happened. He keeps flashing the Onitsha mall as his achievement, whereas he did not put 1 kobo into the project.

72. Who is the owner of over 300 plots of land a close Government official bought at Mgbakwu?

73. Why did Gov. Obiano restore and is maintaining all the guest houses closed by Obi and what does he use them for?

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Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

July 11, 2019 12:10 am

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied knowledge of a campaign group fronting an “unsolicited and unwarranted” campaign materials.

Tinubu in a series of tweets signed by his media office and posted on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday gave the name of the campaign group as ‘Asiwaju Reloaded Ambassadors’ Nigeria.’

“We have seen pictures of face caps, T shirts, shirts and even leaflets with Bola Tinubu 2023 embossed on them,” he tweeted.

“We hereby, through this medium, categorically deny any knowledge of the group and dissociates Asiwaju Tinubu from the group’s unsolicited and …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government would continue to give priority attention to the operational

Nigeria: Africa’s greatest military force – Osinbajo

July 11, 2019 12:03 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government would continue to give priority attention to the operational requirements and welfare of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Osinbajo who was the Reviewing officer, made the remark during the Passing out Parade of 187 Direct Short Service Course 28 at the Military Training Centre (MTC), Nigerian Air Force Base Kaduna on Wednesday

He appreciated the armed forces for effectively containing the territorial ambitions of the Boko Haram terrorists, by substantially degrading their capacity to attack and wreak havoc.

He assured Nigerians that the threats of ISWAP, bandits and other criminals would …

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