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Gunmen Kidnap ​Pastor In Plateau, Demand ₦20m Ransom

Gunmen Kidnap ​Pastor In Plateau, Demand ₦20m Ransom

September 13, 2022 5:51 am

The Police Command in Plateau State has confirmed the abduction of a Christian cleric, Rev. Bung Dong sparking fresh fears in the area. 

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Dong was kidnapped at Ganawuri community in Riyom Local Government Area of the state.

DSP Alfred Alabo, Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident to newsmen in an interview in Jos.

Alabo said Dong was abducted on Sunday night, alongside one James Mann who was later rescued.

Mann, Principal of Government Secondary School in Bum, is the younger brother of State Chief Judge, Justice David Mann.

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N96bn Fraud Rivers Govt Files Charges Against Amaechi

‘You’re A Total Failure’ – Gov Wike Hits Back At Amaechi

September 12, 2022 8:36 pm

Nyesom Wike who is the Rivers State governor, on Monday blasted the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, while he described him as a total failure in government.

Governor Wike had also noted that as far as Rivers State is concerned, Amaechi has been unable to attract any meaningful project to the State in seven years while he had been serving as a minister as well.

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Wike had been making this statement in reaction to comments by the former minister that the Rivers State government had refused to …

Real Reason Why vote-Buying Will Continue – INEC, Others

We’re Deleting Double Registrants, PVCs Ready November – INEC

September 12, 2022 6:04 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Monday revealed that it has detected some of the several double, multiple and ineligible registrants in the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise which had taken place earlier in the year.

The commission had however, noted that most of the detected double registrants have also been invalidated.

Read Also: ‘Withdraw APC Members From INEC’ – SERAP To President Buhari

Festus Okoye who is the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, while giving an update on the exercise in a statement had also disclosed that the cleaning …

2023 We’ll Retire Political Tourist Atiku To Dubai -Shettima

2023: We’ll Retire Political Tourist Atiku To Dubai -Shettima

September 12, 2022 7:20 am

The Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima has explained why he believes that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar will not win next year’s election.

He pointed out that if an excellent track record of service delivery, qualitative leadership, and capacity for grooming competent administrators are criteria, Atiku cannot match the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Exuding confidence, Shettima said the Tinubu/Shettima ticket will retire the former vice president in 2023 poll.

The former governor of Borno State spoke in Abuja when a support group, ‘APC National Integrity Movement’, visited him.

But, …

Nigeria Going Through Darkest History — Catholic Bishops

Nigeria Going Through Darkest History — Catholic Bishops

September 12, 2022 5:37 am

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has asserted that Nigeria is currently passing through the darkest chapter of its history.

The President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji made this assertion over the weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State.

He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high-level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population.

Ugorji said: ‘The level of insecurity in the country …

2023 I'm Not Going To Step Down For Anyone - Kwankwaso

2023: I’m Not Stepping Down For Anyone – Kwankwaso

September 12, 2022 4:02 am

Amidst the ongoing speculations about the possibility that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, will step down ahead of the next elections, he has now come out to debunk the speculations.

He asserted that on no account will he be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that, over the last few weeks, there have been several speculations that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, or the …

Mamu's Arrest: DSS Cautions Gumi Against Comments

Mamu’s Arrest: DSS Cautions Gumi Against Comments

September 11, 2022 6:50 pm

In lieu of the recent arrest, the Department of State Services has cautioned Sheikh Gumi and Nigerians in general against making some unguarded utterances on the matters which had been relating to the arrest and investigation of self-acclaimed Kaduna Train hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu.

The secret service which had made an effort in an apparent response to the comment made by the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, had also revealed that it would not be distracted by some of the skewed narratives which had been pervading the media space.

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Flood Victims: Atiku Tasks FG On Humanitarian Assistance

September 11, 2022 5:55 pm

Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Vice President of Nigeria has openly urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to initiate some humanitarian assistance for flood victims.

The Wazirin Adamawa who had also acknowledged that climate change is real, had added that flooding that has followed torrential downpours in towns and villages in Nigeria – like other places around the globe, confirms this.

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Atiku, in a statement Sunday, described the damage that has been occasioned on account of the floods as …

Detention Of Mamu Is Terrorism - Sheik Gumi Slams DSS

Detention Of Mamu Is Terrorism – Sheik Gumi Slams DSS

September 11, 2022 5:49 pm

Controversial Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Ahmad Gumi has revealed that the continued detention of his media consultant, Tukur Mamu, by the Department of State Services (DSS) can be described as an act of terrorism.

According to to some of the recet reports, Gumi had reiterated this during his weekly preaching at Sultan Bello Mosque on Saturday.

Read Also: Justice System Non-Existent In Nigeria – Gumi

He asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to either charge Mamu to a court or release him from detention.

“Take him to court to face trial. Keeping him in custody despite being a family man …

As First Lady, I Will Be Voice Of The Voiceless - Remi Tinubu

As First Lady, I Will Be Voice Of The Voiceless – Remi Tinubu

September 11, 2022 4:34 am

The Wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen Oluremi Tinubu, has declared that she would be the voice of the voiceless while providing support for the less privileged and vulnerable Nigerians if she becomes the country’s first lady post-2023.

Mrs Tinubu made this vow when she met with Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and people with special needs at Karon-Majigi Ward of Gwarimpa and Yar Goje community of Abuja Municipal Area Council in Abuja.

She was accompanied to the IDP camps by Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of APC vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, and the party’s national …

IPOB Nobody Can Threaten Buhari, Imo Govt Blows Hot

IPOB: Nobody Can Threaten Buhari, Imo Govt Blows Hot

September 11, 2022 4:06 am

The Government of Imo State has dismissed as laughable the threat issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ahead of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state this week.

The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba while speaking at a press conference which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York declared that IPOB couldn’t threaten Buhari.

Read Also: Troops Dislodge IPOB/ESN Hideouts In Anambra, Enugu

Emelumba, who was reacting to a threat earlier issued by IPOB declaring a sit-at-home in the state on Tuesday, insisted that security operatives were ready for the president’s visit …

Vote Of Confidence Can’t Save Ayu, Wike Tackles On Secondus

Vote Of Confidence Can’t Save Ayu, Wike Tackles On Secondus

September 11, 2022 4:00 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that no vote of confidence can save the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, just as the tool of assurance that was passed by the party’s National Executive Committee in April 2021 failed to save Ayu’s predecessor, Uche Secondus.

Speaking yesterday, Wike said; ‘I was listening, watching, they said there is one man they call Secondus. They said he was dancing, celebrating that NEC gave their person a vote of confidence.

“He (Secondus) forgets history that the same NEC through Aliyu Babangida who moved a motion for a …

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