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Imo State APGA Forms Coalition With APC (Video), Reactions

January 20, 2020 2:34 pm

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State has directed its members to support the new All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the best interest of the state.

At the meeting in Owerri which had in attendance the APGA Chairman, Henry Okafor, its governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and other top officials, the party said following the recent development in the state, it is collapsing its structure into the APC in the state to form a coalition.

Araraume noted that the people of the state have suffered hence the need for the people to help the current administration in …

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Boko Haram Set Yobe State Many Years Behind – Governor Buni

January 19, 2020 2:31 pm

Governor Mala Buni of Yobe state has said the challenges of the Boko Haram insurgency has set back the progress of the state many years, affected the people in many ways and had sapped the very scarce resources that the state would have used in more useful and more impactful ways to improve the living conditions of the people of the state.

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Governor Buni stated this, while swearing the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Baba Malam Wali and seven newly appointed permanent Secretaries at the Banquet Hall …

Imo State: APGA, Ararume Pledge To Support Uzodinma

January 19, 2020 9:56 am

 

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State has directed its members to support the new All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the best interest of the state.

 

At the meeting in Owerri which had in attendance the APGA Chairman, Henry Okafor, its governorship candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and other top officials, the party said following the recent development in the state, it is collapsing its structure into the APC in the state to form a coalition.

 

Araraume noted that the people of the state have suffered hence the need for the people to help the …

Ogun State Gov, Abiodun Reacts To Dismissal Of Ihedioha

January 15, 2020 7:20 am

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the Supreme Court ruling declaring Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the Imo State governorship election was an indication that God was at work.

Abiodun stated this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin.

The governor urged the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha to see the hand of God in his dismissal by the Supreme Court.

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Abiodun also expressed hope that Uzodinma’s coming will not only swell the ranks of

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Kano Anti-Corruption Investigating Three Judges In State

January 14, 2020 10:26 am
The Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission has started investigating three Magistrate Judges in the State over alleged corrupt practices.

The investigation was to unravel how the Magistrates allegedly indulged in corrupt practices while carrying out their duties.

One of the Magistrates Judge under investigation is Aminu Usman who was said to have since been removed as a Judge of Magistrate court 34 Rigiyar Zaki, where he allegedly sent so many people to Kano Correctional Center for refusing to compromise.

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Usman Bello, a Director at the Commission confirmed

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Akwa Ibom CP Asks State Assembly To Revisit Vigilante Bill

January 10, 2020 6:41 am
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, has called on the State House of Assembly to reconsider as well as pass into law the ‘Vigilante Bill’ as soon as it resumes plenary on January 21, 2020.

The Commissioner noted that passing the vigilante bill into law in the state was important as it would give the group a legal framework in combating crimes and criminality in the communities.

CP Edgal, who was the special guest of honour at the ‘community and safety partnership interactive session’ held at itu local government area of the state on Thursday,

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Over 50 Homosexuals Arrested During Orgy In Kano State

January 5, 2020 10:32 am
The Kano Sharia Police best known as Hisbah have raided a party allegedly organized by Homosexuals to celebrates their togetherness.

The Sharia law enforcement operatives invaded a compound located at Sabuwar-Gandu quarters in Kano metropolis, where the suspected homosexuals were arrested, prior to the commencement of the planned party.

Our Reporter gathered that the organizers of the party were new grandaunts who planned the party to commemorate their graduation from a tertiary institution.

Each of them was said to have invited their same sex partners to the event.

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Obaseki Can’t Hold APC Hostage, State Chairmen Declare

January 2, 2020 8:24 am

The Forum of State Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress has tasked the recently constituted National Reconciliation Committee to come up with an action plan to resolve the lingering crisis in the party.

The chairmen urged the committee headed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to set for work and ignore the camp of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, which had raised objection to the membership of the committee.

They said Edo as the only one out of the 36 states and Abuja, should not be allowed to frustrate peace efforts in the party since it was not …

2020: Hope Uzodimma Will Take Over Imo State – Fr. Mbaka

January 1, 2020 9:39 am
Charismatic Roman Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (Amen), Fr Ejike Mbaka, is at it again.

The Enugu cleric, who is known for his controversial prophecies, in his New Year message, said Senator Hope Uzodimma would be sworn in as governor of Imo State.

Mbaka had predicted President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory during the 2015 New Year Message, which he titled ‘From Goodluck to Badluck.’

Addressing thousands of members of his congregation, he said that the 2019 APC governorship candidate, Uzodinma, would dislodge the incumbent governor of the state, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha of Peoples Democratic Party

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Zamfara Govt Bans Illegal Gathering In The State

December 31, 2019 2:36 pm

The Zamfara state government has resolved to prosecute any one involved in any unlawful gathering in the state, saying that it may create another tension in the state.

This came on the heels of a public protest in Shinkafi Local Government area of the state, where a group of youths that some politicians have doled out huge amount of money to some unscrupulous elements to invoke the alleged dead banditry in the state.

In a press briefing by the commissioner of Security and Home affairs, Hon. Abubakar Dauran said the protest had been scheduled to take place in the 14

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State Of The Nation: Speak up, ACF Tells General Danjuma

December 29, 2019 11:22 am

Secretary-General, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, has tasked former Minister of Defence, General T.Y Danjuma (Rtd), to speak up if he is patriotic enough about issues bothering Nigeria.

General Danjuma had at a public lecture recently said that if he was to speak about the state of the nation, the people would no longer sleep.

In this exclusive interview, Sani said that it is better for the retired General to speak up than to keep entire Nigerians in suspense.

The ACF scribe also spoke on other national issues. Excerpts:

 

Some people have been accusing you of …

Buhari, NITDA Govt Vows To Investigate Lagos State

December 27, 2019 3:36 pm
The government of President Muhammad Buhari, through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has vowed to investigate the Lagos State government over what it described as the breach of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), 2019.

This was contained in a statement made available to THISDAY on Friday by the Chief Information Officer of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.

In the statement, NITDA said it was “reliably informed and duly ascertained that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) published a web portal – https://lagos.qpay.ng/TaxPayer – where personal information of tax payers of Lagos State was gleaned by the general

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