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IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

October 28, 2019 4:07 pm

Four months after the Enugu state police command arrested 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly organising unlawful procession, some members of the group are yet to be found.

The command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, told The Guardian that after the IPOB members were arrested on Wednesday 22 May in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, the way about of Iloegbusi Ikenna Emmanuel is yet unknown.

He said the man who hails from Oji River LGA and some of his fellow members of the group were caught displaying “proscribed items” on the streets and …

90% Of Defectors Are Not Real Members Of PDP, Says Dickson

90% Of Defectors Are Not Real Members Of PDP, Says Dickson

October 24, 2019 3:57 pm

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the purported members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress are not true members of PDP.

The Governor said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Thursday, that the defectors were elements within the party who were engrossed in internal sabotage activities against the party.

He said that most of the defectors who formed an opposition group within the PDP actually supported the Action Democratic Congress in the last election while the rest refused to work for …

Do Not Hold Procession Tomorrow, Police Warn IMN Members

Do Not Hold Procession Tomorrow, Police Warn IMN Members

October 18, 2019 1:17 am

• We’ll march peacefully, not disrupt traffic, says IMN
• JNI flays Kano kidnap, Sharia council begins probe

From the police force, yesterday came another warning to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) which the security outfit accused of planning to perpetrate illegality.

It gave the warning in a reaction to the group’s plan to hold its yearly Arbaeen procession tomorrow, saying: “Since it (IMN) is proscribed, the police as a law enforcement agency won’t sit and look at people take the laws into their hands.”

Spokesman for the police in Kaduna State, Yakubu Sabo, told The Guardian: “It is …

Court Frees Nine Zakzaky Shi’ites Members In Kaduna

Court Frees Nine Zakzaky Shi’ites Members In Kaduna

October 17, 2019 7:14 am

The Kaduna State High Court has freed nine members of the Sheikh El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites arrested following the proscription order by the Kaduna State Government in 2016.

The nine shi’ites members, including two women, were arrested precisely three years ago while on their way to attend the Islamic religious rite of Ashura mourning in Kaduna and have been in detention since 2016.

Justice Shiri Nyom discharged and acquitted the sect members of the charges levelled against them, a statement by the President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa stated.…

Bayelsa: Party Members Disrupt INEC Stakeholders Meeting

Bayelsa: Party Members Disrupt INEC Stakeholders Meeting

October 17, 2019 2:43 am

Two elders loyal to the two contending political parties in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, almost engaged each other in a fisticuff at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yenagoa.

Consequently, the meeting ended abruptly as Chairman of the Bayelsa Elders Forum (BEF), Francis Doukpolagha, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalist and representative of All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman at the event, Dennis Otitio, engaged each other in a war of words that almost led to a fight.

This was due to disagreement over the issue of the people allegedly …

Five NYSC Corps Members Bag Extension Of Service Year

Five NYSC Corps Members Bag Extension Of Service Year

October 4, 2019 3:56 pm

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered five corps members in Sokoto State under Batch C Stream 1 to repeat/extend their service year for violating various rules.

The coordinator of the scheme in the state, Philip Enatonme Enaburue, disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Sokoto on Friday.

He said that four out of the five corps members will have their service extended for two months for absenteeism, while one is to repeat the service year for absconding.

He further stated that out of a total of 1,181 corps members that were discharged, 20 will have to go …

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

August 15, 2019 12:57 am
The leadership of the National Assembly has begun moves to procure operational vehicles for the lawmakers that make up its dual legislative chambers.It was learned yesterday that meetings in that regard started among presiding officers in the Senate even before the apex legislative body embarked on its eight-week recess, which ends on September 24, 2019.

A National Assembly official confirmed the meetings on condition of anonymity, saying the cost of the cars would be deducted from lawmakers’ allowances.

He hinted that the preferred brand being considered for senators is Toyota Land Cruiser Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).

The Bukola Saraki-led Eighth

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IPOB, bishop cleric trade words over RUGA in South East

IPOB seeks release of members arrested in Akwa Ibom State

June 14, 2019 12:21 am
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday demanded the release of its members allegedly arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday.The group, in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in Enugu yesterday, said that 122 of its members, including a three-year-old child, were arrested by the police and Department of State Services (DSS) officials during a peaceful gathering in the state.

Read Also: IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

He said that no amount of arrest would deter the harmless members from continuing with their peaceful agitation for the realisation

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Face-off: APC NWC members back Oshiomhole

June 2, 2019 12:02 am

The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Lawal Shuaibu  may have lost his battle to get Comrade Adams Oshiomhole sacked as the party’s national chairman.

Shuaibu who launched an Oshimhole –must-resign campaign last week, does not have the support of the majority of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) members save for one or two.

Chairmen of the party in the Southsouth states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers, have given him a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to Oshiomhole or incur the wrath of the people of the zone.

Some members …

Tinubu urges members of Lagos APC to work for victory

March 7, 2019 12:13 pm

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged members  to work for the victory of the Lagos State governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and 40 House of Assembly flag bearers at the Saturday elections.

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Governor Poll: Aggrieved members vow to work against APGA

March 2, 2019 1:34 am
If Obiano Doesn’t Refund Their Money
Aggrieved members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State have vowed to work against their party and ensure it records colossal failure in the Governorship and House of Assembly election next week if Governor Obiano fails to refund monies collected from aspirants for interest forms during primaries in the state. 

Electoral fraud: Army parades 11 corps members, 43 others

March 2, 2019 1:07 am

The 6 Division Nigerian army, PortHarcourt, has paraded 11 National Youth Service Corps Members, 43 others over  alleged electoral fraud  in Rivers State.

The corps members were said, to have been arrested in a hotel in Gokana Local Government Area  of the State  filling result sheets in favour of a political party during the Presidential and National Assembly elections last week.

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