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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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EPL: I Left Watford For China Because Of Money – Ighalo

January 16, 2020 11:39 am

Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has admitted that he left Premier League side, Watford to join Chinese side, Changchun Yatai back in 2017 because of ‘money’.

Ighalo scored 33 goals in 82 matches for Watford during his spell at the English club.

“There’s lot of reasons I went there [China]. I wasn’t playing much in Watford and I did not want to keep sitting on the bench,” Ighalo told the Watford Observer.

“Watford fans don’t know it but I had an offer from Crystal Palace on the

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I Joined Politics Because I’m Not Corrupt – Buhari

January 10, 2020 11:10 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he decided to become to join partisan politics after release from prison.

Speaking when he received the youths leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who came from across the country to pay him a visit in Abuja, Buhari said he took interest in politics after a clean bill on his integrity by those who detained him after the 1985 military coup and who thoroughly checked his record as governor of the North East, Minister of Petroleum and Head of State and found nothing incriminating.

“After I was released and nothing was found

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‘Nigerian Businesses Suffering Because Of Border Closure’

November 19, 2019 1:22 pm

Mr John Mahama, Former President of Ghana on Tuesday appealed to the Nigeria Government to open up her border so that economic activities can resume in West Africa.

Mahama made the plea while delivering the 7th Anniversary Lecture, Investiture into The Realnews Hall of Fame and The unveiling of the Book: Pathways to Political and Economic Development of Africa in Lagos.
The title of the lecture is `Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa’. He said that the total closure of, especially, the Benin border was having a significant toll on many small and medium businesses especially in Togo, …

Herdsmen Attack Us Because They Are Neglected – Masari

October 10, 2019 1:15 pm

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has attributed banditry and other security challenges that have hitherto bedeviled the state to the systematic neglect of herdsmen by successive governments and the inability to provide social amenities to their communities.

He said although the state government had been able to successfully persuade the herdsmen to renounce their criminal acts and embrace peace, the government must however put in place the structures that would sustain the peace permanently.

Masari, in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday by his Director of Media and Publicity, Abdu Labaran Malumfashi, said the herders complained of

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I was hated, called “Okoro Hausa” because of APC – Okorocha

September 11, 2019 12:23 am

Sen. Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo, has lamented the humiliating treatment meted out to him by his party the All Progressives Congress (APC), in spite of his sacrifices and financial contributions to the party.

Okorocha, the senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that he got evil reward from APC for his commitment to the course of the party especially in the South East.

He noted that he had to go contrary to his kinsmen and political associates just to ensure that the party was placed on a sound footing in …