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PDP Withdraws From Ekiti LG Polls, Accuses EKSIEC Of Bias

PDP Withdraws From Ekiti LG Polls, Accuses EKSIEC Of Bias

October 10, 2019 1:32 am

Ahead of the December 7 local government election in Ekiti State, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ado Local Government Area of the state has withdrawn from the race, it would not allow Governor Kayode Fayemi to allegedly use the party members to legitimise a “skewed and predetermined process.”

The opposition party added that rather than dissipating energies on the elections, it would focus on the 2022 governorship election with the aim of returning to the number one position.

PDP, in a statement in Ado Ekiti Wednesday by Hon. Yinka Olomofe, on behalf of Ado-Ekiti PDP Stakeholders, …

Lampard Accuses Barkley Of Naivety For Late Night Taxi Row

Lampard Accuses Barkley Of Naivety For Late Night Taxi Row

October 2, 2019 5:11 am

The midfielder was filmed arguing with a taxi driver on Sunday over spilled chips and has admitted to making a mistake.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has accused Ross Barkley of being “naive” after getting involved in a row with a taxi driver during a night out in Liverpool at the weekend.

Barkley was filmed arguing with the driver late on Sunday after chips were spilled in the back of his cab.

The incident took place three days before Chelsea’s crucial Champions League clash away at Lille but Lampard will still consider the midfielder for selection.

“He is traveling with the …

Wike accuses PDP’s BoT committee of corruption

September 12, 2019 1:17 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be heading for crisis as the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, wednesday berated the committee set up by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition party to investigate the emergence of Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives against the wish of the party, describing the committee as the most corrupt in the history of PDP.

Speaking in Port Harcourt wednesday, Wike also hailed a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Austin Opara, for withdrawing from the committee.

The governor said that …

RUGA: IPOB accuses Umahi of dispossessing Ebonyi landowners

RUGA: IPOB accuses Umahi of dispossessing Ebonyi landowners

August 18, 2019 12:45 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi of ordering the arrest and detention of Ezza people to dispossess them of their land for the suspended Rural Pastoral Grazing Areas (RUGA) of the Federal Government.

In a statement made available to The Guardian and signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, IPOB said its attention had “been drawn to the purported mass arrest of supposed members of IPOB in Ebonyi State by Governor Dave Umahi” under the guise that those abducted were Biafrans planning an anniversary.…

Wike accuses NDDC of ‘stealing’ Rivers’ ₦353 million

Wike accuses NDDC of ‘stealing’ Rivers’ ₦353 million

July 25, 2019 12:36 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of swindling the state of ₦353 million.

Wike, who threatened to sue NDDC, said the commission that was established to help the Niger Delta grow, had been hijacked by prominent Southsouth politicians who siphon development funds for the election.

He disclosed this yesterday when the acting managing director of NDDC, Professor Nelson Braimbaifa, visited him at the Brick House, Port Harcourt.

The governor regretted that years after the Rivers government paid N353 million as its counterpart fund to the NDDC for the construction of …

EFCC accuses judge of favouring Saraki, Okorocha

EFCC accuses judge of favouring Saraki, Okorocha

July 5, 2019 12:00 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja of exhibiting bias in favour of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, in his handling of the cases they filed.

The allegation is contained in two fresh motions the EFCC filed before the court, demanding the withdrawal of Justice Taiwo from the two fundamental rights enforcement cases filed by Saraki and Okorocha.

The EFCC said although it did not hope to always win its cases before the judge, the trend of Justice …

Russia accuses U.S. of deliberately provoking war with Iran

Russia accuses U.S. of deliberately provoking war with Iran

July 2, 2019 8:58 am

The United States is on a “deliberate course for provoking war’’ with Iran, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Russia’s foreign minister said this in reaction to the U.S. announcing it would send more troops to the Middle East.

Russia, a close ally of Iran, fights in conjunction with Iranian forces in war-torn Syria.

The U.S. intervention in Syria has opposed Russia’s position.

Read Also: U.S. ready to lift Iran sanctions – Envoy

The U.S. announced this week that it would send about 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, in response to attacks on two oil tankers in the …

Tribunal set to deliver judgment on Okorocha, Izunaso case

Okorocha accuses Ihedioha of destroying his legacies

June 23, 2019 12:56 am

The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has accused Governor Emeka Ihedioha of destroying all he built while in office.

Ihedioha has, however, faulted the allegation, saying it was incorrect and lacking in facts.

The governor’s Special Assistant, Research, Ogubundu Nwadike, said the Governor was always mindful of his actions.

In a statement, yesterday, signed by Okorocha’s Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, the former governor flayed invasion of the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ogboko in Ideato South Local Government Council of the state (Okorocha’s ancestral home) by hoodlums, who allegedly brutalised the student nurses …

Churchil accuses Tonto Dikeh of forgery, petitions IGP

April 5, 2019 3:20 am

Mr Olakunle Churchill, the estranged husband of Tonto Dikeh, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammad Adamu, against the controversial actress.

Churchil accused her former wife of document forgery and illegal sale of his Toyota Prado SUV vehicle worth N22 million.

He submitted the letter through his lawyer, Ace Solicitors, to the office of the IGP and made the acknowledged copy, dated April 4, available on social media.

The petitioner alleged that he acquired the said vehicle through his organisation, Big Church Group.

He alleged that after their divorce, he left the white Prado SUV with Tonto Dikeh,
…

Keyamo accuses Atiku of parading fake results

March 25, 2019 5:26 pm

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign team has accused the People’s Democratic Party 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abukabar of parading fake results.

The campaign team spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, Monday in a petition he sent to the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the State Security Service, said that “some criminally-minded PDP operatives” hacked the INEC server “to smuggle in fake results into that server.”

“Upon the last-minute postponement of the February 16, 2019 Presidential/National Assembly Elections, the nation was shocked to see already prepared presidential elections results floating around in the cyber space just less than 24 hours …

PDP accuses INEC chairman of bias

March 16, 2019 8:49 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, of refusing the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar access to election materials.

The Court of Appeal had ordered INEC to allow Atiku’s lawyers inspect ballot materials used in the February 23 presidential election, in furtherance of the petition filed by the PDP candidate against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. However, in a statement yesterday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that Yakubu and the leadership of INEC have refused to obey the order of the appellate court, given on March …

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