Fayose blasts Buhari - 'Stop influencing tribunal judgements in favour of the APC'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbSJenIIO4J0LAxtlbMmnf7AqezUPv6loWP0vxTsckYfQeT7YuIibqF4Bu-fVsq5ysusexYvScv5-Ho2uU72pI2lgkmWnEUzLVxX1OnB6vXqYE4xT_KNgTZkK1uKJQ0DxNVyMSPLrfR4F/s1600/Buhari-Fayose-300x182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbSJenIIO4J0LAxtlbMmnf7AqezUPv6loWP0vxTsckYfQeT7YuIibqF4Bu-fVsq5ysusexYvScv5-Ho2uU72pI2lgkmWnEUzLVxX1OnB6vXqYE4xT_KNgTZkK1uKJQ0DxNVyMSPLrfR4F/s400/Buhari-Fayose-300x182.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Saturday cautioned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari to abstain from influencing tribunal judgements in favour of the APC.</b><br /> <br /> Fayose was reacting on Saturday to the tribunal judgement that sacked Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the one that ruled for a re-run in Akwa Ibom.<br /> <br /> “The seeming collaboration between the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government and a section of the judiciary is worrisome and portends grave danger to the corporate existence of Nigeria.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “This is worse than corruption that the president claimed to be fighting,” Fayose said.<br /> <br /> The Governor added that “the desperation to take over the South-south states of Rivers and Akwa Ibom through the backdoor by President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC, in preparation for 2019, using the judiciary may, cause anarchy in the country.”<br /> <br /> Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the Governor accused the APC and President Buhari of another grand plot to rig the forthcoming Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship election using the newly appointed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Director General of Department of State Security (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura.<br /> <br /> He further described the suspension of the appeal court judgment on Senate President Bukola Saraki as part of the grand plot to use a section of the judiciary to wrestle power from those the Buhari’s presidency is not comfortable with adding that the indefinite adjournment by the appeal court smacked of interference from the powers that be.<br /> <br /> “There were widespread electoral malpractices during the presidential election in the North, with rampant under-aged voting. Yet, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not take steps capable of threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence.<br /> <br /> “Curiously too, in a State like Yobe where it was established that the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Abu Zarma received N15 million bribe from the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Zakari Deba to influence the State Governorship election, the tribunal did not nullify the election,” he said.<br /> <br /> The governor called on President Buhari to, in the overall interest of Nigeria, tread cautiously in his bid to consolidate power and prepare ground for his possible re-election bid.<br /> <br /> Governor Fayose, who reminded the President of the wild, wild west of the mid 60s and the 1983 saga between late Chief Adekunle Ajasin and Chief Akin Omoboriowo, which was orchestrated by the then Federal Government, said: “the consequences of the orchestrated plot to prevent the people of Western Region from having the government of their choice through a fair and just election in 1964 should be a watchful example for Nigerians in general and President Buhari in particular.”<br /> <br /> He appealed to the people of the South-south not to be intimidated and discouraged, expressing hope that the appellate court will protect the wish of the people of Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.<br /> <br /> “Governors Wike and Udom, as well as the teeming supporters of our party, PDP in Rivers and Akwa Ibom States should not be deterred and discouraged as I am sure that by the special grace of God, they will laugh last,” the governor said.

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'Tribunal’s Judgment is not the verdict of God' - Governor Wike

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLow9BlEsCCyjacQszQYntGXmMoGtpYZWsZ_l0DFYcmZ4doDUDEcAQgOZbewHOe65Qzc1KbLL3Oq06azKHIqhscEiMkHtpDljPfAU55hjJ52kGqs2g42IIzaSTY2iBOexjLQFm-cBY_f8/s1600/wike+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLow9BlEsCCyjacQszQYntGXmMoGtpYZWsZ_l0DFYcmZ4doDUDEcAQgOZbewHOe65Qzc1KbLL3Oq06azKHIqhscEiMkHtpDljPfAU55hjJ52kGqs2g42IIzaSTY2iBOexjLQFm-cBY_f8/s640/wike+s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Saturday that the he will appeal against the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal.</b><br /> <br /> Wike disclosed this to newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, shortly after arrival from Abuja.<br /> <br /> He said as a lawyer, he was not supposed to criticise any judge for whatever opinion the judge had.<br /> <br /> “ So, what I can say is that the tribunal has given it own verdict, but we know that by the special grace of God, that is not the verdict of God.<br /> <br /> “ Nobody can take your mandate, “ he said.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to Wike, our lawyers are going on appeal, we are going to appeal.<br /> <br /> He said if need be, the case would get to the Supreme Court.<br /> <br /> The governor said he was convinced that he had a good case and that in Lagos, one of the grounds that the PDP governorship candidate went to court was the issue of card reader.<br /> <br /> “So, I want to urge you to be calm and be peaceful; I am still the governor of Rivers State.<br /> <br /> “Our lawyers are going on appeal; we are all going on appeal. There is also the Supreme Court. We believe that we have a good case, “ he said.

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Obasanjo escapes death after tyres burst on the highway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC0Uttuj75_Haf_nOFwuLcy8gx2W7Ll1OKfmK066lmlPq8VMTo2JESGPOVy0PqWBmIT5KHbYNbDoWxRgFqXY6YiWxtTzaN0y7_lu1I3xUt0uRboKrJVPL1kH-04RQ82sXLLSTKvbHNwMi/s1600/obj+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC0Uttuj75_Haf_nOFwuLcy8gx2W7Ll1OKfmK066lmlPq8VMTo2JESGPOVy0PqWBmIT5KHbYNbDoWxRgFqXY6YiWxtTzaN0y7_lu1I3xUt0uRboKrJVPL1kH-04RQ82sXLLSTKvbHNwMi/s640/obj+new.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, escaped death by the whiskers , Saturday, while travelling to Lagos State after tyres burst on the highway.</b><br /> <br /> It was gathered that the incident occured shortly after Obasanjo left Abeokuta after he had participated in the church programme in honour of his late wife, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo who died ten years ago.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It was further gathered that, the former President had hurriedly left the programme to attend 80th birthday ceremony of pool magnate, Sir. Kesington Adebutu in Lagos.<br /> <br /> According to an eyewitness one of the rear tyres of the Jeep in which he was travelling in burst on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway,few metres away from the Sagamu-interchange.<br /> <br /> Obasanjo was said to have alighted from his vehicle to join another one in his convoy, and headed straight to Adebutu’s church service.<br /> <br /> The former president had since jetted out of the country.

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EPL: Arsenal go top, Chelsea fall deeper, Ayew brothers shine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP77F0CI5LUR594W_2RLn6k1s5Lp9LseoTo_9KGUHmpAr2yI17SGnsacC0CIt7cNBktqB2cnd9_jG-j_tZtZRQKW-6kT2hj86PTkfBrwzQMCvBx7ya_wBMlvsJao6GkHHbIvLGa88VjN7z/s1600/wengerrrrr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP77F0CI5LUR594W_2RLn6k1s5Lp9LseoTo_9KGUHmpAr2yI17SGnsacC0CIt7cNBktqB2cnd9_jG-j_tZtZRQKW-6kT2hj86PTkfBrwzQMCvBx7ya_wBMlvsJao6GkHHbIvLGa88VjN7z/s640/wengerrrrr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Arsenal took over at the Premier League summit on Saturday, while Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands as his side crashed to defeat at West Ham United.</b><br /> <br /> Buoyed by their mid-week win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Arsenal defeated Everton 2-1 to usurp previous leaders Manchester City, who visit Manchester United on Sunday in the Manchester derby.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> But floundering champions Chelsea were left 11 points off the pace in 15th place after Mourinho, his assistant Silvino Louro and midfielder Nemanja Matic were dismissed in a 2-1 loss at Upton Park.<br /> <br /> “When you win such a big game like they did on Tuesday (against Bayern), it shows a lot about the mentality of your team,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.<br /> <br /> “That’s why I’m very proud of my team because they’ve shown the ability to refocus.<br /> <br /> “We lost our first game of the season at the Emirates (against West Ham) and no one would say we would be top of the table after that.”<br /> <br /> Since the start of the month Arsenal have been a team transformed, beating United and Watford 3-0 before brilliantly overcoming Bayern, and they have now won four successive games in the league.<br /> <br /> They took control of the game at a rain-lashed Emirates Stadium with two headers in two first-half minutes by France internationals Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny.<br /> <br /> Giroud, preferred to Theo Walcott, flicked Mesut Ozil’s in-swinging cross past Tim Howard in the 36th minute before Koscielny stole in at the near post to convert a left-wing free-kick by Santi Cazorla.<br /> <br /> Everton midfielder Ross Barkley replied before half-time with a shot that took a hefty deflection off Arsenal defender Gabriel.<br /> <br /> After Giroud had hit the woodwork, Romelu Lukaku skimmed the bar with a header, but Everton could not find an equaliser and had Gareth Barry sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence.<br /> <br /> Victory lifted Arsenal above West Ham after the east London club had provisionally climbed to second place by beating Chelsea, who have already lost five times in 10 league games.<br /> <br /> Mourinho was banished from the touchline by referee Jon Moss at half-time after Mauro Zarate had drilled West Ham ahead from a 17th-minute corner and Matic had been sent off for two bookable offences.<br /> <br /> Reports suggested he had tried to enter the match officials’ changing room.<br /> <br /> – Villa slump continues –<br /> <br /> Chelsea were also aggrieved that Cesc Fabregas had had a goal ruled out for a marginal offside, while Kurt Zouma came within millimetres of scoring with a header that was smuggled off the line by Manuel Lanzini.<br /> <br /> Louro was banished from the touchline for protesting against Matic’s dismissal and although Gary Cahill equalised early in the second half, West Ham substitute Andy Carroll headed in a 79th-minute winner.<br /> <br /> Mourinho blanked the media after the game, but Cahill told the BBC: “Last season we weren’t used to it. The lads are devastated. You’re left scratching your head sometimes.<br /> <br /> “We worked really hard at 10 men and had the majority of the play in the second half. It’s a summary of our season at the minute.”<br /> <br /> Mourinho may now risk a stadium ban, having been handed a suspended one-game ban by the Football Association last week for accusing the referee of being “afraid” during his side’s recent 3-1 home defeat by Southampton.<br /> <br /> Chelsea could also be punished for failing to fulfil their post-match media duties.<br /> <br /> Slaven Bilic’s West Ham, now unbeaten in seven league games, finished the day in third place.<br /> <br /> Elsewhere, Jamie Vardy became the eighth player to score in seven successive Premier League games as Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 1-0 to move up to fifth place, four points clear of sixth-place Palace.<br /> <br /> Andre Ayew increased the pressure on beleaguered Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood with an 87th-minute goal that earned Swansea City a 2-1 win at Villa Park.<br /> <br /> Ayew’s younger brother Jordan had headed Villa ahead in the 62nd minute, but Gylfi Sigurdsson equalised six minutes later with a fine 25-yard free-kick before Ayew the elder struck at the death.<br /> <br /> Defeat meant that Villa remain second from bottom, four points from safety, with only four points from 10 games.<br /> <br /> “Am I going to be in the job next week? I’m not the person to ask,” Sherwood said. “I feel like the club is in a hole.”<br /> <br /> Captain Troy Deeney and Almen Abdi scored as Watford won 2-0 at Stoke City, while Salomon Rondon’s header earned West Bromwich Albion a 1-0 victory at Norwich City.

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Nigerians react to Governor Wike's sack by Rivers Tribunal

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Football fans react to Chelsea’s 5th defeat in 10 EPL matches

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-Pqojf4F2kSdXhrB9nQBFm7vZ4Ptdh_OqfsK8072h0w16-li-asjnGbMhyK885pqD72ZLScsxtKo1vURtvtH8goLfR7p3bBb2a9MqHNg5TQQLuBj98OlY9feOp6nJdVMdiO3ru-fSivV/s1600/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-Pqojf4F2kSdXhrB9nQBFm7vZ4Ptdh_OqfsK8072h0w16-li-asjnGbMhyK885pqD72ZLScsxtKo1vURtvtH8goLfR7p3bBb2a9MqHNg5TQQLuBj98OlY9feOp6nJdVMdiO3ru-fSivV/s640/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Football fans react to Chelsea’s 5th defeat in 10 EPL matches<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <div class="storify"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="no" height="750" src="//storify.com/Goldengem/social-media-reacts-to-chelsea-s-defeat/embed" width="100%"></iframe><script src="//storify.com/Goldengem/social-media-reacts-to-chelsea-s-defeat.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/Goldengem/social-media-reacts-to-chelsea-s-defeat" target="_blank">View the story "Social media reacts to Chelsea's defeat" on Storify</a>]</noscript></div>

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Mourinho snubs post-match conference after yet another defeat

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJcdIDyBJhfKONazV7HGmqGRy_H8LbL8n0g3WPkq4KxtZr8JIRUt_9EWUdfzPPMwFfIETT-ngpAmY2bV2TnbL_nrprAk11v6lXcGvmmiEHPamv_VTKSIINqApjipDPRJpwWw1LcHgusXg/s1600/mourinho+sad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJcdIDyBJhfKONazV7HGmqGRy_H8LbL8n0g3WPkq4KxtZr8JIRUt_9EWUdfzPPMwFfIETT-ngpAmY2bV2TnbL_nrprAk11v6lXcGvmmiEHPamv_VTKSIINqApjipDPRJpwWw1LcHgusXg/s400/mourinho+sad.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Jose Mourinho refused to address the media after Chelsea’s 2-1 derby loss to West Ham on Saturday after being sent to the stands by the referee at half-time as Chelsea’s nightmare season went from bad to worse.<br /> <br /> Nemanja Matic was sent off in the first half for two bookable offences with Mourinho’s men already trailing to Mauro Zarate’s goal.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The second yellow came directly after a disallowed Chelsea goal that had seemed legitimate and following an earlier incident when goal-line technology ruled out another effort that did not quite cross the line.<br /> <br /> Mourinho has already earned himself a fine and a suspended stadium ban for repeatedly claiming officials have a vendetta against him and his team.<br /> <br /> And he was sent to the stands for the whole of the second half by referee Jon Moss, who had earlier expelled first-team coach Silvino Louro from the technical areas.<br /> <br /> Gary Cahill equalised early in the second half, but substitute Andy Carroll won it for West Ham, who moved up to second place on the final whistle.<br /> <br /> Last season’s champions can now be found down in 15th place after a fifth defeat in 10 matches.<br /> <br /> West Ham opened the scoring in the 17th minute.<br /> <br /> Asmir Begovic did well to tip over Dimitri Payet’s free-kick, but Diego Costa could only divert the resulting corner to where Zarate was lurking on the right of the box and the Argentinian drove home.<br /> <br /> Upton Park erupted, the home fans serenading Mourinho with the inevitable chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning!” and “You’re not special any more!”<br /> <br /> Cesar Azpilicueta was booked for fouling Zarate before Ramires failed to atone for his error by blasting another long-ranger well over.<br /> <br /> The champions penned in their hosts for a spell that saw home goalkeeper Adrian make a diving save to keep out Willian’s free-kick and Manuel Lanzini hook away a header from Kurt Zouma.<br /> <br /> The goal-line technology replay showing that only a tiny portion of the ball had not crossed the white paint of the line.<br /> <br /> Matic was shown his first yellow card for tugging Cheikhou Kouyate down to end a storming counter-attack.<br /> <br /> Lanzini should have made it 2-0 when he chipped over with only Begovic to beat and a raised flag denied Cesc Fabregas when he accepted Willian’s pass and beat Adrian.<br /> <br /> It was assistant referee Andrew Halliday’s call and television replays suggested the goal should have stood.<br /> <br /> Suddenly Harry Lennard, the other linesman, was the focal point, signalling to Moss that Matic’s foul on Diafra Sakho right in front of him was enough to warrant a second yellow card.<br /> <br /> The Serb departed a minute before the break, with Mourinho merely smiling ruefully.<br /> <br /> But Louro’s temper was already at boiling point and he was sent to the stands for a furious verbal volley at the officials, while Fabregas and Costa were also booked for complaining.<br /> <br /> John Mikel Obi replaced Fabregas for the second half as Mourinho himself failed to reappear on the touchline, instead popping up high in the main stand. It soon emerged that Moss had expelled him during the interval.<br /> <br /> The 10 men equalised in the 56th minute when Cahill lashed a high shot past Adrian after the ball fell kindly for him at a corner. Mourinho remained stony-faced for that one.<br /> <br /> Begovic saved from Zarate and John Terry did well to thwart the forward from the next attack, but Chelsea were looking as comfortable as they had ever been, with Costa heading a Willian free-kick over at the other end.<br /> <br /> West Ham were looking short of ideas and Zarate was replaced by Carroll as manager Slaven Bilic decided to switch to Plan B.<br /> <br /> It worked as the huge striker rose to nod the Hammers back in front, out-jumping the static Azpilicueta to meet Aaron Cresswell’s cross from the left in the 79th minute.<br /> <br /> That deflated Chelsea, who sent on Radamel Falcao in the forlorn hope of a second equaliser that did not come.

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Governor Wike to appeal judgment of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLC7x25DScG7ywX7h9PQ3k2TLYEcdqxCo4KaXHfnH31LYnW6eMxV06wWViVW6M1tr_biWJPF2SGJN9yR-8p1PsnNNyUgtwVDsqRBOxGXwn7rSD98Y1Qi6U8bjgJ4gmrw5KWPQlgrHkQF0/s1600/wike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLC7x25DScG7ywX7h9PQ3k2TLYEcdqxCo4KaXHfnH31LYnW6eMxV06wWViVW6M1tr_biWJPF2SGJN9yR-8p1PsnNNyUgtwVDsqRBOxGXwn7rSD98Y1Qi6U8bjgJ4gmrw5KWPQlgrHkQF0/s640/wike.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will appeal the judgment of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which ordered fresh governorship election on the basis of the card reader accreditation during the election.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Addressing journalists after the judgment delivered by Justice Suleiman Ambrosa of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, Counsel to the PDP, Chris Uche, SAN, declared that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike remains Governor until the appeal processes are exhausted.<br /> He said the nature of the judgment delivered by Justice Ambrosa-led Tribunal makes appeal vital as the new position adopted by the tribunal must be tested in the interest of justice.<br /> <br /> Uche (SAN ) noted that the tribunal’s reliance on card reader accreditation to nullify the governorship election when evidence was led by both the Respondents and the petitioners that both card reader and manual accreditation were used for the election requires testing at the Court of Appeal.<br /> <br /> He noted that it was shocking that less than 24 hours after lawyers on all sides submitted nine written addresses and documents, the Tribunal sent notice that judgment would be delivered on Saturday morning.<br /> <br /> Uche (SAN ) informed that the tribunal was aware that the Supreme Court judgment on the jurisdiction of the tribunal outside of Rivers State would be delivered on Tuesday. He said that the tribunal had 7 days to deliver its judgment, but chose to do so in less than two days.<br /> <br /> In its judgment, Justice Suleiman Ambrosa ruled that the card reader accreditation was vital to the election and the votes recorded. He said that the press statement issued by INEC on the matter supercedes the Electoral Act as the card reader was a new introduction thar was aimed to promote transparency.<br /> <br /> He said on the balance of probability, he is inclined to belive the petitioner witnesses ahead of the witnesses of the Respondents.<br /> <br /> The tribunal declared that testimonies of the 56 witnesses called by the petitioner were enough to cover the entire state of 5972 polling units and points.<br /> <br /> Justice Ambrosa declared that the documents tendered by APC which the party failed to lead evidence in court were not dumped on it. He however, said that the documents tendered by the Respondents were dumped on it and it would not attach weight to them.

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How APC, presidency influenced tribunals to annul Rivers, Akwa Ibom elections – PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9jwUPlS1scKLEprLKg-I_vWzL3FmSWg8D3DmW1jR7vO4QGXiZOK14q8jBUtfwIKwyyyonnZ-EMEniouUutJAjZc57R_DRSF4PrE5_GsMxpVOV2r1uH5pPaOVmHmGaMqp_KKDLX41ld9R/s1600/metuh+pdp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9jwUPlS1scKLEprLKg-I_vWzL3FmSWg8D3DmW1jR7vO4QGXiZOK14q8jBUtfwIKwyyyonnZ-EMEniouUutJAjZc57R_DRSF4PrE5_GsMxpVOV2r1uH5pPaOVmHmGaMqp_KKDLX41ld9R/s640/metuh+pdp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declares the verdict of the River state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, which showed clear bias against Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP, as completely bizarre, unacceptable and part of the script by the APC to manipulate the will of the people.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Saturday said indications to this spurious judgment had months ago been hinted to the PDP, which in turn, alerted the nation and the international community of the heinous plot by the APC government, to use the judiciary and various security agencies to reverse the victory of the PDP in Rivers, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Taraba and Abia states.<br /> <br /> “We invite Nigerians and the international community to recall various reprehensible steps taken by the APC government that culminated in this ruling as well as the ridiculous Wednesday’s verdict of the Akwa-Ibom state governorship election tribunal, also sitting in Abuja.<br /> <br /> <b>1. The curious and controversial relocation of the elections tribunals from their states to Abuja without any justification.</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>2. The constant juggling of judicial officers and members of governorship elections tribunal in PDP states, especially, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states.</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>3. Constant harassment of judicial and electoral officers involved in the governorship election cases in these state, using agencies of government, particularly, the Directorate of State Services (DSS) under the direct command of a known APC member, Alhaji Lawal Daura.</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>4. Constant threats, intimidation and coercing of witnesses against the PDP in the tribunals.</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>5. The recent mass transfer of security operatives, especially the DSS and police personnel that actually participated in the conduct of the elections in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom, ostensibly to frustrate the course of genuine evidences in the process.</b><br /> <br /> “The bias in the judgment against the PDP in Rivers as well as Akwa-Ibom is evidenced in the contradictions inherent in the trial process of the two cases and the verdicts therein, whereby the tribunals clearly disregarded standing legal norm that a petitioner must establish prove of claims.<br /> <br /> “Also curious is the fact that after both the petitioner and respondent agreed before the tribunal that both card reader and manual accreditations were used for the election, the tribunal still went ahead to base its decision on issues of card reader.<br /> <br /> While it is convenient to them to use legal technicalities to deny PDP victory in Imo, Lagos, Ogun and Yobe states, the same rules are misapplied to wickedly favour APC petitioners in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states.<br /> <br /> “It is therefore evinced that these contradictions are direct fall-out of compromises as well as boasts by the APC of being in direct and remote control of the tribunals. If not, how can one explain the fact that while governorship elections are being upturned in PDP states, in APC states, where similar claims and facts are in contention, elections are being upheld.<br /> <br /> “Further proof of bias by the Rivers tribunal is the fact that less than 24 hours after various counsels submitted nine written addresses and documents, the tribunal rushed its notice of judgment, an action ostensibly aimed at ambushing the pending Supreme Court action on the issue of jurisdiction regarding the relocation of the tribunal outside River state, which was due to be delivered on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> “This is not withstanding the fact that the tribunal has up to seven days after of receipt of addresses, to deliver its judgment, but chose instead, to rush to deliver this spurious verdict even on a Saturday, a development eliciting suspicion that the judgment may have since been predetermined and written even before the commencement of the case.<br /> <br /> “The PDP calls on all Nigerians and the international community to note this growing manipulation of the judiciary by the APC government, a factor which portends great danger to our democracy and the stability of our country.<br /> <br /> “Nigerians would want to recall that under the PDP-led government with former President Goodluck Jonathan’s commitment to the tenets of democracy as encapsulated in the safeguard of ‘one man one vote’ and the independence of the judiciary, the PDP conceded electoral defeat in Edo, Anambra, and Imo states without attempting to collect victory through executive manipulation of the judicial process.<br /> <br /> “The PDP restates unequivocally that this judgments must not stand in view of the prevailing inherent contradictions, in addition to the huge threat they portend to our democracy and national stability.<br /> <br /> “Finally, the PDP charges all lovers of democracy, particularly our members in Rivers and Akwa-Ibom state not to be daunted, as these judgments will not stand the test of the law and the will of the people. We therefore reassure that the PDP will do all within the ambit of the law to resist this criminal attempt by the APC to steal and thwart the will of the people.

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Boko Haram: Lagos calls for calm, vigilance

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZbTFDe9w3ddW6fpQJczYwgH7G3g4dDkYSgtuZ26uUfbQD3LaRw6hcNC5lCwhuOVfIGGi9pDnGn6j9p5K0OmHswK7UnNCSLmSMqAZpRFWbSQTtVX4NSEe5wqxdC6pUx_gpSVPhV7nZELe/s1600/ambode+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZbTFDe9w3ddW6fpQJczYwgH7G3g4dDkYSgtuZ26uUfbQD3LaRw6hcNC5lCwhuOVfIGGi9pDnGn6j9p5K0OmHswK7UnNCSLmSMqAZpRFWbSQTtVX4NSEe5wqxdC6pUx_gpSVPhV7nZELe/s640/ambode+s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Lagos State Government has urged citizens in the state to remain calm but very vigilant as the Police and other security agencies intensify efforts to rid the state of hoodlums, armed robbers and suspected terrorists.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Speaking against the background of the arrest by the Department of State Services of 45 suspected Boko Haram members who allegedly planned to attack Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi, the State government expressed confidence in the combined efforts of DSS, Police and other security agencies to keep the state free of terror attacks and stamp out robberies and violent crimes.<br /> <br /> In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the state government vowed not to relent in its constitutional duty to ensure safety of lives and property throughout the length and breadth of the state.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde said the current reality is that times have changed and the need to urge every citizen to be more security conscious is now paramount.<br /> <br /> “Due to the economic hardship being experienced all over the country with many states and private business owners battling with payments of salaries and wages, Lagos State has become the prime destination for several thousands of people who now throng the daily with no plan to return, because they believe this is the state where economic succor is available”, Ayorinde said.<br /> <br />

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Ronaldo on target as Madrid end Celta run

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1LVeldDs93aEnSpMnONRLuxCdnFv3aofM2B7h3WBx4X1h5ExEilC9KXAVzLlUIZC_S33y-5d37wEjK8FJQ2BeoJanwMzHIMI2v4hLef24Q2E7u7R9CNq63LYEz7rLTeQsyt7lYZsg0r_/s1600/ronaldo+dsf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1LVeldDs93aEnSpMnONRLuxCdnFv3aofM2B7h3WBx4X1h5ExEilC9KXAVzLlUIZC_S33y-5d37wEjK8FJQ2BeoJanwMzHIMI2v4hLef24Q2E7u7R9CNq63LYEz7rLTeQsyt7lYZsg0r_/s400/ronaldo+dsf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Real Madrid inflicted Celta Vigo’s first defeat of the season to move three points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to a 3-1 win at Balaidos on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Cristiano Ronaldo and Danilo struck within the first 23 minutes for Madrid, who were also grateful to another spectacular goalkeeping display from Keylor Navas to keep Celta at bay.<br /> <br /> Celta were reduced to 10 men just 12 minutes into the second-half when Gustavo Cabral was dismissed for a second bookable offence, but they still pushed Madrid all the way as Nolito set up a grandstand finish five minutes from time when he fired into the top corner.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> However, Marcelo rounded off the scoring with the final kick of the game.<br /> <br /> Victory takes Madrid three points clear of Celta and Barcelona, who entertain Eibar on Sunday.<br /> <br /> Both sides’ unbeaten record this season was on the line, but despite their exertions against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in midweek and a host of injuries to key players, it was Madrid who started the brighter.<br /> <br /> That early dominance was rewarded on eight minutes when Lucas Vazquez’s cut-back trickled through to Ronaldo who smashed home his 12th goal in as many games this season.<br /> <br /> Celta had thrashed Barcelona 4-1 last month and going behind appeared to shock the Galicians back into their early season form as Fabian Orellana forced Navas into his first and arguably best save of the afternoon as he flew to his right to turn the Chilean’s volley behind.<br /> <br /> The hosts’ attacking intent worked against them midway through the half, though, as Jese Rodriguez picked out Danilo in acres of space on the counter-attack and the Brazilian took his time before dispatching his first goal for the club beyond Sergio Alvarez.<br /> <br /> Navas then took centre stage at the other end of the field as he made stunning saves from Iago Aspas and Pablo Hernandez just before the break to continue his amazing start to the season.<br /> <br /> Celta started on the front foot after the break too as Orellana curled just wide from the edge of the area.<br /> <br /> However, any hope of a comeback from the hosts was extinguished when Cabral saw a stupid second yellow card for protesting towards referee Clos Gomez.<br /> <br /> Madrid should have taken advantage of the extra man when Ronaldo fired straight at Alvarez before the Celta ‘keeper did brilliantly to turn Isco’s effort onto the bar.<br /> <br /> Even when Celta did eventually beat Navas, Marcelo was on hand to clear Nolito’s goalbound effort off the line.<br /> <br /> Yet, Nolito brought the game to life once more with a stunning effort into the top corner for his seventh goal of the season five minutes from time.<br /> <br /> And Celta should have been level seconds later when substitute John Guidetti shot wide when unmarked just six yards out.<br /> <br /> Instead, it was Marcelo who scored for the second consecutive league game when he slotted home at the near post to make it 3-1.

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I will always miss my late wife, Stella – Obasanjo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDS5eg17xIbysanHyRs_Fwe0RsRMljFr4aSGyIaHdfaifCvfjVRK6f4JjOs7kWmE_ZKLspMPcQCQwT9v21NmIo0rlgyUv6Q9GWWF6q3wWUmBejZKWKdNe8fYUWsWBLovfsgv-u1Q6aUe9/s1600/Obasanjo-and-Stella-e1418639004960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDS5eg17xIbysanHyRs_Fwe0RsRMljFr4aSGyIaHdfaifCvfjVRK6f4JjOs7kWmE_ZKLspMPcQCQwT9v21NmIo0rlgyUv6Q9GWWF6q3wWUmBejZKWKdNe8fYUWsWBLovfsgv-u1Q6aUe9/s400/Obasanjo-and-Stella-e1418639004960.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday recalled memories of life with his late wife, Stella , who he said he would continue to miss her greatly.<br /> <br /> Speaking at the 10th memorial service for the late Stella at the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Obasanjo said the tribute he had written about her in his book; My Watch, tells it all.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “I wont say much about her today because much had been written already in my tribute about my late wife in the book, ‘My Watch’ and part of it says, she will be dearly missed by me, my family and the Abebe family,” Obasanjo said.<br /> <br /> Mr. John Abebe who spoke on behalf of the Abebe family said their sister and daughter would be missed.<br /> <br /> For the Deputy National chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), South, Segun Oni described late Stella as quintessential woman, who was born and raised in family reputed for humility and integrity.<br /> <br /> Oni who spoke with reporters, said his close interaction with the Abebe family gave him insight into the late the Mrs Stella Obasanjo whose pedigree could not be over-emphasized.<br /> <br /> The officiating clergy, Pastor Yussuf Obaje in the memorial service sermon titled “Keep her memory alive,” described Stella as an epitome of womanhood and urged the family to continue to keep her legacy alive.<br /> <br /> Senator Ben Murray – Bruce described her as an unusual and global woman.<br /> <br /> In attendance at the memorial service were Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Ogun state governor, Sen. Ibikunke Amosun, Mr. Funso Kupolokun among others.<br /> <br /> Stella died on October 23, 2005 following a botchedsurgery at a hospital in Spain.

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25 polytechnic students, 2 staff killed in Yola Mosque blast

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEQrC5pKT12KZpUYEfSNTHL7lof7ZoFhg_tbo9FxJ9msbyIwZFuHAyDucdjIkfUGI2V3KoZDrmkteQd-UjtHD0SEfLyzw2jagbyT5W37NP6JmD5XPZNSLHK9KmxvDqBhL88H0XeMEruDR/s1600/mosque-explosion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEQrC5pKT12KZpUYEfSNTHL7lof7ZoFhg_tbo9FxJ9msbyIwZFuHAyDucdjIkfUGI2V3KoZDrmkteQd-UjtHD0SEfLyzw2jagbyT5W37NP6JmD5XPZNSLHK9KmxvDqBhL88H0XeMEruDR/s640/mosque-explosion.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> About 25 students and staff members of Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, were affected in the blast at Jambutu Jumaat Mosque on Friday.<br /> <br /> The State Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji Hamid Rufai, made this known when he spoke with newsmen in Yola on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Rufai said four of the 25 students lost their lives while the rest, including two staff members, sustained various degrees of injury.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The affected mosque belonged to the polytechnic community.<br /> <br /> It is located on the Jambutu campus, about five kilometres away from the main campus.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the casualty figure in the blast has risen to 33 deaths from the initial 27.<br /> <br /> The NEMA Coordinator in the state, Mr Saad Bello and his counterpart of Nigerian Red Cross, Malam Aliyu Maikano, confirmed the new figure.<br /> <br /> A Federal Government’s delegation led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr Lawal Babachir, has visited Yola to commiserate with Government and people of Adamawa.<br /> <br /> The team visited Government House, Lamido’s palace as well as the state Special Hospital and Federal Medical Centre to see the patients.

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Female suicide bomber blow herself up in Maiduguri, killing three

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXREEkLcoWEuPwHebC6VNrSwzup1laJqI7fQIpI35zCPUabCuoe6m-LEyqVuarRaH6MfT5XNPVIVYeZaAW6Lw_LJdCIssE1ao6HY_U-waLdG2hHmYXLWlu2iVJSgS77T2V4-tXFsV2hEn/s1600/maiduguri+map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXREEkLcoWEuPwHebC6VNrSwzup1laJqI7fQIpI35zCPUabCuoe6m-LEyqVuarRaH6MfT5XNPVIVYeZaAW6Lw_LJdCIssE1ao6HY_U-waLdG2hHmYXLWlu2iVJSgS77T2V4-tXFsV2hEn/s640/maiduguri+map.png" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>A female suicide bomber on Saturday blew herself up in Maiduguri, killing three people and injuring several others, residents said.</b><br /> <br /> The incident in the Dala Yazaram area of the city happened a day after at least 55 people were killed in attacks in the northeast, including 28 in Maiduguri.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A local resident said he saw two female suicide bombers enter the neighbourhood of Dala Yazaram, some six kilometres (four miles) from the city but one of them was stopped by people nearby while the other blew herself up.<br /> <br /> “Three people have been killed and many injured. One of the terrorists was arrested before she could detonate,” resident Shuaibu Umara, a security guard at a nearby NNPC petrol station, told AFP.<br /> <br /> A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said one person, a member of the civilian vigilante group assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram, was killed and 10 injured in the blast.<br /> <br /> “Four female suicide bombers at about 7:45am today in the morning attempted to enter a Dala Ajeri area of Maiduguri but were intercepted by the civilian JTF (joint military task force),” Sani Datti said in a statement.<br /> <br /> “Three of the female suicide bombers detonated the explosions in their bodies immediately and the fourth one was intercepted but later died,” he said.<br /> <br /> He said six of the injured had been treated and discharged from the hospital.<br /> <br /> Although no group has claimed responsibility for the blast, immediate suspicion fell on the Islamist group Boko Haram.<br /> <br /> Maiduguri has now been hit seven times this month, killing a total of 79 people, according to an AFP tally, underscoring an increased risk to civilians after similar strikes in neighbouring states and near the capital, Abuja.<br /> <br /> On Friday, two separate explosions ripped through two mosques in Maiduguri and nearby Yola, capital of Adamawa state, leaving at least 55 people dead and more than 100 injured.<br /> <br /> The explosion in Yola’s Jambutu Juma’at mosque took place shortly after the imam had finished a sermon to inaugurate the new mosque.<br /> <br /> NEMA Adamawa coordinator Sa’ad Bello said on Saturday the death toll had risen to 30 from 27 on Friday.<br /> <br /> “The death toll now stands at 30 following the death of three injured victims in hospitals while 93 are injured,” he said.<br /> <br /> Residents said the interior was still littered with shoes, prayer mats and worshippers’ other belongings.<br /> <br /> Yola has been seen as a relatively safe haven from the Boko Haram insurgency, which has ravaged the northeast for the last six years.<br /> <br /> Boko Haram, which seeks to create a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria, has regularly targeted mosques and religious leaders who do not share their extremist ideology.<br /> <br /> Nigeria’s military has claimed a series of successes against the jihadists.<br /> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari has given his military commanders until December to end the insurgency, which has left at least 17,000 people dead and more than 2.5 million homeless since 2009.

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Maldives vice-president arrested over ‘bomb plot’

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zUZjKyYSyBmFLj5CjcnO7p6WeGiG4l1c1W7KqRiOsZwSPebj9Shg7iHla5HaPqHIihRry-fPNyD6YRs6kiSl5vfSQrTHtwyXGUUxWs28SOi8vV7ZX51pS2aDH06GxSg1xU4zFq41izZI/s1600/Maldives+vice-president+arrested+over+%25E2%2580%2598bomb+plot%25E2%2580%2599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zUZjKyYSyBmFLj5CjcnO7p6WeGiG4l1c1W7KqRiOsZwSPebj9Shg7iHla5HaPqHIihRry-fPNyD6YRs6kiSl5vfSQrTHtwyXGUUxWs28SOi8vV7ZX51pS2aDH06GxSg1xU4zFq41izZI/s400/Maldives+vice-president+arrested+over+%25E2%2580%2598bomb+plot%25E2%2580%2599.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The vice-president of the Maldives has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the president, say police and officials.<br /> <br /> Ahmed Adeeb was in detention and being charged with high treason, Home Minister, Umar Naseer, said on Twitter.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last month, the BBC reports.<br /> <br /> In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political infighting.<br /> <br /> Mr. Yameen’s election has been the subject of drawn-out wrangling.<br /> <br /> Security has been tightened in the capital Male amid fears of “turmoil” triggered by the arrest, says the Maldivian newspaper Haveeru.<br /> <br /> “By early morning Saturday, lorries loaded with policemen and soldiers were seen on nearly every street,” it reports.

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With Biafra it is finished,- Gowon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmjrEcTCcTjDC96gFbDia-8Pe9GIZQHRa445xcqnYKnRkfP7Es7Qe22N6CctSKCiGI3SqUDKXc4MDtngxsEWGuc8qAFkkEY_dQkSUPZ_M24x5mSQWvpWJUfsiqqpv6szCJFlGY67ZO8t-/s1600/Gowon-360x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmjrEcTCcTjDC96gFbDia-8Pe9GIZQHRa445xcqnYKnRkfP7Es7Qe22N6CctSKCiGI3SqUDKXc4MDtngxsEWGuc8qAFkkEY_dQkSUPZ_M24x5mSQWvpWJUfsiqqpv6szCJFlGY67ZO8t-/s640/Gowon-360x225.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has dismissed threat of Nigeria’s unity as he also said that with Biafra it is finished and<br /> <br /> General Yakubu Gowon made this statement recently in reaction to the resent protests by some youths.<br /> He said that Nigerians have put behind them the bad memories of the 1967 civil war, and that those behind these protests on Biafra don’t have an inkling what the Biafra war cost Nigerians.<br /> <br /> The elder statesman speaking in Lafia, the Nasarwa State capital shortly after a malaria eradication campaign questioned that ‘do they want us to go to another war? but hoped and I prayed to God that such should not happen.’<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He went further to say that those involved in this campaign were being driven by just a few people and that majority of the Igbo people do not share the same view.<br /> <br /> ‘It is only them, the few, that are there but the majority of the Igbo people that I know are not with them’<br /> <br /> Acceding to the fact that the protesters have the right to express their feelings he stated “with Biafra it is finished”.<br /> <br /> He said these people ‘let them say their views, yes it democracy but let s make sure they can express their wishes and desires but let them remember with Biafra it is finished. it is not a threat’<br /> <br /> He further said that keeping Nigeria one was behind all that he did and not for hatred for the Igbo as that was what Odumegwu Ojukwu also stood for.<br /> <br /> All I did is not a result of hatred against the Igbos but on the principle of keeping Nigeria one and this is all we are trying to do and that was why at the end of the war in other to see that there is no heard feeling we used the term no victor no vanquished<br /> <br /> I have said if there is anything of this sort anywhere in any part of the country just like the problem of Boko Haram we should deal with it, Nigeria should deal with it in matured way .

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Wike is still governor of Rivers governor despite tribunal judgement – PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsfW8RYEG8j-PJUHyOybU8pifKSA3RBqGrsuceX8uHAm_d9kotC7r87cVHNrt85tCg7UH3gKSWMIRuAQuZfIv_559DB3a2kM9IJlM62xoWD7-D0baNVCuPUMpHe-RVQe-DCSGe39pBnlk/s1600/Nyesom-Wike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsfW8RYEG8j-PJUHyOybU8pifKSA3RBqGrsuceX8uHAm_d9kotC7r87cVHNrt85tCg7UH3gKSWMIRuAQuZfIv_559DB3a2kM9IJlM62xoWD7-D0baNVCuPUMpHe-RVQe-DCSGe39pBnlk/s400/Nyesom-Wike.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reassured the Rivers people and its supporters across the State that notwithstanding the compromised ruling of the election petitions tribunal, nullifying the State Governorship election and ordering for fresh election in the State, Chief Barr. Nyesom Wike still remains the Executive Governor of the State.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Reacting to what it called a travesty of justice and rape on democracy, the State PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah said no matter the degree of conspiracy by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government, the falsehood and gang-up against Rivers people will amount to a nullity in the end.<br /> <br /> Obuah while urging the Rivers people not to panic over the pre-empted judgment which had been decided long before the written addresses by the parties were adopted Thursday, October 22, 2015 cited section 143, subsection 1 of the Electoral Act 2010 which guarantees an elected governor to stay in office and continue to execute his duties as the State Chief Executive as long as a notice of appeal is given against the judgment within 21 day from the date of the judgment notwithstanding the decision of the election tribunal.<br /> <br /> And not minding the certainty of winning any future elections in the State against the conspirators, the State PDP Chairman said this is one tribunal judgment that will never stand, stressing that the PDP will get to any legal height possible to fight the injustice.<br /> <br /> There is no other reason why the tribunal hurriedly delivered the contraption it called judgment in less than 24 hours after adopting the written addresses on a matter that lasted over four months than to pre-empt the judgment of the Supreme Court against the tribunal by the PDP which comes up next week Tuesday, the Chairman noted.<br /> <br /> “The good thing is that by the hurried judgment, the tribunal chairman has exposed his partiality and shot himself in the leg by defying all legal procedures and going ahead to deliver judgment on the APC petition when there is an impending matter hinging on the appeal at the Supreme Court just as he refused to vacate his seat as chairman of the election petitions tribunal for the State Governorship Election Petitions despite PDP’s resentment on questions of integrity and impartiality.<br /> <br /> Notwithstanding all this, in the end we shall have the last laugh”, Bro Obuah declared.<br /> <br /> “Men have today Saturday, October 24, 2015 after being compromised serve their immoral judgment, God would soon give justice in the governorship election in Rivers State” Obuah assured

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REVEALED: Why Mourinho was sent to stands at West Ham

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv0Wd1J7widcDNMIHIt45mnZOf35k4gcvc6kKj7l0IZhpfh4bRb_PEfDfnoaFnR123Byuh77PbakFHaICLUHog8RtWgkuQ8JiYJ3KwHhJDbojbVYOFo0eGRab8kkQCpLGY0LUSK0bixuA/s1600/mourinho+sad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv0Wd1J7widcDNMIHIt45mnZOf35k4gcvc6kKj7l0IZhpfh4bRb_PEfDfnoaFnR123Byuh77PbakFHaICLUHog8RtWgkuQ8JiYJ3KwHhJDbojbVYOFo0eGRab8kkQCpLGY0LUSK0bixuA/s400/mourinho+sad.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands after a turbulent first half for his side at West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Mauro Zarate put West Ham 1-0 up before Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic was sent off for two bookable offences and Mourinho’s assistant Silvino Louro was then banished from the touchline by referee Jon Moss for protesting.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> As the second half began, Mourinho could be seen taking his seat in the directors’ box at Upton Park, with reports suggesting he had attempted to enter the match officials’ changing room.<br /> <br /> The outspoken Portuguese may now face a one-game stadium ban, having been handed a suspended ban by the Football Association last week for criticising the referee after his side’s 3-1 home defeat by Southampton.<br /> <br /> Chelsea have made a calamitous start to their Premier League title defence, losing four of their first nine games, and were 12th in the table going into the weekend.

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Aston Villa 1-2 Swansea: Ayew brothers both score in thrilling Swansea win

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdkxDsjXPiMQ-BBjCOYa90cLXOAKQHVfaiO2T4a5s8tdt7E9ggv4z7l7dtFC-Wa5mXELgUZyfr6m-m3FvhCNjaB9h-st2X5odB6CqpIaNJY7j1TnwhI5n8SH_BB3OX8uMKygsKAKYV1Ip/s1600/ayeww.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdkxDsjXPiMQ-BBjCOYa90cLXOAKQHVfaiO2T4a5s8tdt7E9ggv4z7l7dtFC-Wa5mXELgUZyfr6m-m3FvhCNjaB9h-st2X5odB6CqpIaNJY7j1TnwhI5n8SH_BB3OX8uMKygsKAKYV1Ip/s640/ayeww.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The Ghanaian Ayew brothers both scored for either sides in a thrilling Premier League encounter on Saturday.</b><br /> <br /> Tim Sherwood appears on the brink at Aston Villa after Andre Ayew struck late to secure Swansea City a 2-1 win at Villa Park, inflicting the hosts to a a sixth successive league defeat.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Jordan Ayew scored his first Villa goal to put the hosts in front seconds after his brother Andre missed a fine opportunity at the other end, although the elder Ayew would make amends.<br /> <br /> Villa's advantage lasted only six minutes before Gylfi Sigurdsson curled in a fine free-kick to level the scores.<br /> <br /> The home side had the better opportunities in the first half with Rudy Gestede missing a handful of half-chances, but they were unable to record their first Premier League win since the opening day.<br /> <br /> Swansea came into the contest in poor form but won on the road for the first time this season, although Bafetimbi Gomis' goalless run stretched to a sixth game.<br /> <br /> But when Kyle Naughton raided forward at the death, Andre Ayew was on hand to slide home his cross for a goal that sealed Villa's sixth successive Premier League defeat.<br /> <br /> Although Villa started strongly in the early exchanges, Sigurdsson had the first sight of goal, shooting wide with Brad Guzan scrambling to his left.<br /> <br /> Jefferson Montero was giving Alan Hutton a test down Swansea's left flank in the early minutes and Federico Fernandez should have scored from one of many Swans corners won by the winger, but the defender sliced wildly over the bar from six yards.<br /> <br /> With both teams struggling in the Premier League, tension threatened to boil over on the half-hour. Fernandez and Micah Richards clashed off the ball and Ashley Williams also got involved, with Williams and Richards booked by referee Neil Swarbrick following a melee.<br /> <br /> Villa threatened either side of the interval, Gabby Agbonlahr curled wide before Gestede was caught on his heels from Leandro Bacuna's cross.<br /> <br /> Jonjo Shelvey released Bafetimbi Gomis into the area, but the Frenchman could not break a five-game duck and fired wide of the far post.<br /> <br /> The striker was soon in again with a carbon-copy run and he picked out Andre Ayew, but Guzan was out rapidly to block the shot.<br /> <br /> Villa opened the scoring seconds later on the break when Jordan Ayew was left unmarked to head Agbonlahor's cross beyond Lukasz Fabianski after a rapid break.<br /> <br /> But Sherwood's side failed to hang on yet again, having spurned leads against Sunderland and Leicester City recently, and they were pegged back just six minutes later as Sigurdsson curled an inch-perfect free-kick over the wall and beyond Guzan<br /> <br /> Jordan Ayew went close to snatching the win for Villa, but it was heartbreak for the home fans as the striker's brother Andre popped up at the opposite end, sliding in to convert Naughton's cross, leaving Sherwood to cut a forlorn figure as boos rang out around Villa Park upon the full-time whistle.

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Chelsea's miserable Premier League campaign continues with another defeat at West Ham

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuclH-GdBbSQgkP9s0C0AE8tiMun2NSeRfn2I_iW950mm_PrNG1YXw37K9rtzvR6t0xlpDquaKz6s8JUeZvua6khyXgBa7lu-oagPOS7a4_vGOJQLHQG1AdiFFbIkiUWqKRYTjDH6MKk0/s1600/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuclH-GdBbSQgkP9s0C0AE8tiMun2NSeRfn2I_iW950mm_PrNG1YXw37K9rtzvR6t0xlpDquaKz6s8JUeZvua6khyXgBa7lu-oagPOS7a4_vGOJQLHQG1AdiFFbIkiUWqKRYTjDH6MKk0/s640/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>Jose Mourinho and Nemanja Matic were sent-off as Chelsea's miserable Premier League campaign continued with a 2-1 defeat at West Ham on Saturday.</b><br /> <br /> Mourinho was sent to the stands after an incident with the match officials in the tunnel at half-time, shortly after Matic had been shown a second yellow card.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> At that point Chelsea were behind due to Mauro Zarate's 17th-minute opener, while Kurt Zouma had seen his header cleared off the line by Manuel Lanzini.<br /> <br /> Despite playing with 10 men and Mourinho in the stand, Chelsea equalised though Gary Cahill but they could not hold on and Andy Carroll nodded home a 79th-minute winner for Slaven Bilic's high-flying side.<br /> <br /> Dimitri Payet and Diego Costa fired early chances over the top but the Frenchman fared better with a 30-yard free-kick in the 17th minute that required Asmir Begovic to leap to his right and claw the ball behind for a corner.<br /> <br /> Payet's delivery from the resultant set-piece was not cleared effectively by Costa and Zarate took full advantage, drilling a first-time shot into the back of the net from the edge of the area.<br /> <br /> Chelsea dominated possession but struggled to create goalscoring opportunities, with Adrian not called upon until the 33rd minute when he had to parry Willian's free-kick away from the bottom corner.<br /> <br /> Two minutes later Chelsea came within millimetres of restoring parity when Zouma steered a Cesc Fabregas corner on target, only to see it cleared off the line by Lanzini. Goal-line technology showed that all but an eighth of the ball had crossed the line.<br /> <br /> The Argentine nearly added to Chelsea's misery six minutes before the interval but, following a clever flick-on from Payet, his chip floated over the top.<br /> <br /> The game did swing further away from Chelsea in the 44th minute, however, when Matic received a second yellow card for hauling Diafra Sakho to the ground, while John Terry and Fabregas were booked for their protests and goalkeeping coach Silvino Lauro was dismissed from the dugout by referee Jon Moss.<br /> <br /> Moss issued another red to Mourinho during the interval with the Portuguese having to watch the second period from the stand.<br /> <br /> But he will have been cheered 11 minutes after the restart as his side equalised. Willian's corner fell kindly for Cahill, who pounced to rifle the ball beyond Adrian and into the back of the net.<br /> <br /> Chances became minimal for both sides as the visitors adopted a more defensive, patient style of play.<br /> <br /> But in the 79th minute substitute Carroll – who replaced Zarate – looped a header beyond Begovic from Aaron Cresswell's lofted delivery from the left.<br /> <br /> The victory was just West Ham's second in five home games this term, while Chelsea's troublesome start continues.

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BREAKING NEWS: Tribunal sacks Nyseom Wike as Rivers Governor, orders fresh elections

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8cXO0kS7XUnBktVE3-h54uaDGJdNv6620v75bKWOTex4o-XWMnnhbkfxsk9Dkp3L9fIHuSMA8AWnYai-83aTI6AreU8ldKT-ob0DS5GFwlBNU1mmEytTSSmdB87OtgDQkcdBZTTEl4J9/s1600/wike+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8cXO0kS7XUnBktVE3-h54uaDGJdNv6620v75bKWOTex4o-XWMnnhbkfxsk9Dkp3L9fIHuSMA8AWnYai-83aTI6AreU8ldKT-ob0DS5GFwlBNU1mmEytTSSmdB87OtgDQkcdBZTTEl4J9/s640/wike+s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Nyesom Wike as the Governor of Rivers State.</b><br /> <br /> The tribunal, which delivered its ruling in Abuja on Saturday, also ordered that a fresh governorship election be conducted in the state.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The petition challenging the election of Mr. Wike as Rivers State Governor was filed by Dakuku Peterside, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the election.<br /> <br /> The Rivers governorship election, which was criticised by local and international observers, witnessed the largest amount of violence both in its build-up and after the elections.

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Guber Tribunal Judgement: We’ve been vindicated - Rivers APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RVvLVMCFpZ0JTzoKWoivuP4tubXCLxJrHqof_Wi2h_K0sgLO1Zkn0ym_evh2U0OZFFZF8zmpGCo42hKjmv1cxeHm3i4jUPnu-u1OLITn7aRGC9GHuFar8r-n0qe8mCxv87mt-KSNSrHr/s1600/Dakuku-Peterside-Nyesom-Wike1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RVvLVMCFpZ0JTzoKWoivuP4tubXCLxJrHqof_Wi2h_K0sgLO1Zkn0ym_evh2U0OZFFZF8zmpGCo42hKjmv1cxeHm3i4jUPnu-u1OLITn7aRGC9GHuFar8r-n0qe8mCxv87mt-KSNSrHr/s400/Dakuku-Peterside-Nyesom-Wike1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <b><br /></b><b>….Urges security agents not to allow Wike escape</b><br /> <br /> The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has welcomed the judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which on Saturday, October 24, 2015 afternoon in Abuja annulled the declaration of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in the State.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We have been vindicated in our persistent claim that the election in Rivers State was a sham and that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) erred in declaring Wike governor. We repeat that there is no way under the heavens that Chief Wike can beat our candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, in a free and fair election,” Rivers APC said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and signed by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya immediately after the Tribunal judgement.<br /> <br /> The statement reads: “Though, we were expecting total ban of Chief Nyesom Wike from further participation in the politics of Nigeria seeing the orchestration of the number of death of Rivers State people in order for him to be installed as a Care-Taker Governor all thesame we thank the Justice Mohammed Ambrusa-led Tribunal for restoring hope to the downtrodden people of Rivers State who have borne the brunt of Wike’s illegal and visionless administration in the past five months. “We thank the Tribunal for allowing itself to be used by God to uproot the impostor governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, who has these past five months brought monumental suffering to our people in cahoots with some mischievous and misguided politicians whose only understanding of governance is blackmailing and the looting of our common patrimony,” Rivers APC said. It lamented that “Wike’s tragic entry into the Brick House seat of power has only succeeded to bring back criminality in various forms in the once peaceful Rivers State as kidnapping, robbery and organised crimes have being on the increase since his evil arrival.”<br /> <br /> “For the first time in the history of our dear State, a government without any vision or blueprint assumed office, thereby collapsing all the systems of governance. On 22nd October, 2015, 19 students on the scholarship of the Rivers State Government through its agency, the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) were forced to abandon their studies and return to Nigeria because the State Government had not paid their fees and upkeep in the United Kingdom. Those in Canada and other locations are also expected to return soon for same reasons.<br /> <br /> “Earlier this week, the RSUST Chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) went on a protest march and warning strike due to the mindless hiking of fees of the university’s primary and secondary demonstration schools by the clueless Wike administration. Local Government Councils in the State have been unable to pay their staff salaries for August and September while some, such as Opobo/Nkoro, owe their personnel salaries from July 2015 to date.<br /> <br /> “In the area of sports, our twin pride Sharks and Dolphins may be relegated from the Nigerian Premier League for the first time in so many years. While Wike was busy looting and wasting Rivers State resources in pursuit of his failed project to destroy his benefactor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, he abandoned governance and now that he has been sent packing, he should summon courage and face the wrath of the law by accounting for the death of our people killed to install him as Care-Taker Governor.<br /> <br /> “Rivers APC appealed to the relevant security agencies “to keep close watch on Chief Wike as we are reliably informed that he is planning to run away from facing the wrath of the law for his corrupt practices and for supervising the death of over 100 APC members just because of election. Anything short of this will keep the souls of our people restless.”

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Eaglets lose 1-2 to Croatia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSQ_HILLutfapTCCCE29Xk_Oj7DreBx9i5_GtUQuqCnepSoZ6YmHLqsY5C2xHzEjM1-aqHVB_-wbDa7LEB61lLPCFipGojuUEOjVRASVgvcDrKUm5-BadKtOfMzLuRzSbsCLzhnraSkjK/s1600/eaglets+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSQ_HILLutfapTCCCE29Xk_Oj7DreBx9i5_GtUQuqCnepSoZ6YmHLqsY5C2xHzEjM1-aqHVB_-wbDa7LEB61lLPCFipGojuUEOjVRASVgvcDrKUm5-BadKtOfMzLuRzSbsCLzhnraSkjK/s640/eaglets+2015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Golden Eaglets lost 2-1 to Croatia in their final group A game at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.<br /> <br /> The Eaglets who have already qualified for the round of 16 thanks to their victories against USA and Chile, took the lead through Victor Osimhen in the 20th minute.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> All efforts by the Croatians to restore parity proved abortive as the Eaglets took the 1-0 lead into the break.<br /> <br /> In the second half, the Croatians came out all guns blazing and were eventually rewarded in the 50th minute through Brekalo who found the back of the net.<br /> <br /> Four minutes later, the Croatians made it 2-1, this time through Majic.

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DSS foils Boko Haram’s plan to bomb Lagos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDX1vgfrRyAyOM1d3V5UznP4HDaOk1ku8Fs2Wt18LCY8CyoNHnSAh5M1qIQkAQ_67gDb_WszUmi7BAdenGo7KpEEhi3gPy8XEGaSWIdcPz7zMEevSSxFlFJ5s-pfc6EpGDfUdmIEJ777a/s1600/dss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDX1vgfrRyAyOM1d3V5UznP4HDaOk1ku8Fs2Wt18LCY8CyoNHnSAh5M1qIQkAQ_67gDb_WszUmi7BAdenGo7KpEEhi3gPy8XEGaSWIdcPz7zMEevSSxFlFJ5s-pfc6EpGDfUdmIEJ777a/s640/dss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, one of Nigeria’s high brow residential areas, was a recent target of attack by the terror sect ,Boko Haram,it was revealed yesterday.<br /> <br /> Forty-five alleged members of the group have been identified as the brains behind the plot.<br /> <br /> They were arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) following intelligence reports about their activities.<br /> <br /> The men were ordered to be remanded at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons yesterday by an Isolo Magistrate’s Court pending arraignment.<br /> <br /> The suspects include Abuyi Sheriff, Babagana Ali, Abass Ibrahim, Abubakar Grema, Kabiri Ibrahim, Mustaph Mohammed and Usman Mohammed.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Others are Modu Amsami, Isa Agafi, Adamu Jebili, Saja Kamba, Abba Sagoma, Mallam Buchu, Abdul-Kareem Abba, Babagana Koloye, Usman Buka and Adamu Mohammed.<br /> <br /> Also arrested are Lawal Mohammed, Tela Abana, Mustapha Mohammed, Isa Agafi, Belo Modu, Kachala Babagana, Modu Abu and Alhaji Modu Mustapha.<br /> <br /> The attack was said to have been slated for last month soon after the arrival of the suspects i Lagos.<br /> <br /> DSS swung into action,by first mounting surveillance on them followed by their arrest.<br /> <br /> Recovered from the suspects were arms.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the DSS also obtained confessional statements from them.<br /> <br /> The suspects will remain in detention pending conclusion of investigation and filing of charges.<br /> <br /> In August,the DSS announced the arrest of 19 suspected terrorists of tBoko Haram in Lagos, Enugu, Plateau, Kano and Gombe States.<br /> <br /> They were described as commanders and frontline members of the sect who had played active roles in its bloody campaign in the Northeast.<br /> <br /> One of the suspects,Usman Shuaibu (alias Money) claimed to have co-ordinated the attacks with N500000 which was provided by his Amir,Isa Ali.<br /> <br /> DSS,in a statement, said : “Shuaibu claimed that the said Isa Ai has links to the leader of the Boko Haram sect,Abubakar Shekau,from where he collects monies to fund operations undertaken by their Markaz.<br /> <br /> “Also,he revealed that he has participated in several Boko Haram attacks,including the attacks at Gwoza Divisional police Statetion in 2014.”<br /> <br /> He was also alleged to have admitted being the leader of a nine man Boko haram team dispatched from Sambisa forest to carry out the attacks.

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Igbos angry with President Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9tUsJ0C72kEUuFjR7vRehTJajAs1AhIk6Ak1oNgPT5cr09X3G1V3dilcv0pvc85WzLt31z_yGcewt2vfAderjpLaCDJIB0pMTCzm4VqazkVMyVi7R4r61IuBM-ajBeWiuzpGuGYFD4wD/s1600/buhari+igbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9tUsJ0C72kEUuFjR7vRehTJajAs1AhIk6Ak1oNgPT5cr09X3G1V3dilcv0pvc85WzLt31z_yGcewt2vfAderjpLaCDJIB0pMTCzm4VqazkVMyVi7R4r61IuBM-ajBeWiuzpGuGYFD4wD/s640/buhari+igbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> Apparently reacting to the latest arrest of MASSOB leaders in the country, Igbo leaders yesterday said that the 1999 Constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and “expression, manifested particularly in lawful protests, as a fundamental right.”<br /> <br /> They further accused President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly violating the constitution by ruling the country without ministers since May this year.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> These were contained in a communique signed by the Chairman of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, after its meeting at MODOTEL Hotel in Enugu, yesterday.<br /> It also noted that President Buhari’s one man rule had generated much tension and retardation as well as serious retardation of the economy, social dislocation, insecurity and polarization along ethnic and religious lines.<br /> <br /> The communique entitled, “PLENARY MEETING OF THE IGBO LEADERS OF THOUGHT,” read, “The ILT met in a full session Thursday, October 22, 2015 and deliberated extensively on the state of the nation.<br /> <br /> “The ILT noted that five months since he was sworn in President Buhari has not been able to form a government but has continued to rule alone.<br /> <br /> “The ILT noted that the President Buhari has violated the Constitution of the country in so many ways including the appointments he has made so far.<br /> <br /> “The ILT noted that President Buhari’s one man rule has generated much tension in the land, and has caused serious retardation of the economy, social dislocation, insecurity and polarization along ethnic and religious lines.<br /> <br /> “The ILT supports the fight against corruption provided it is not selective and subject to constitutional limitations on power, especially limitations arising from our federal system and the guarantee of civil and political rights.<br /> <br /> “The ILT reminds the President that the main problem of the country today is the national question, which demands, among other things, the restructuring of the federation, and calls on him to set up immediately the machinery for the purpose and for the implementation of the 2014 National Conference resolutions.<br /> <br /> “The ILT noted that the Fulani cattle-rearers have continued to constitute a menace and security problem in the country and calls on the President to restrict them to cattle ranches as is done in all cattle-rearing countries all over the world.<br /> <br /> “The ILT condemns in no uncertain terms the movement of Boko Haram terrorists to the prison in Ekwulobia in spite of the protests of Anambra State people.<br /> <br /> There is no reason or justification for this act if it is not to further threaten the security of Anambarians many of whom are victims of the sect’s violence and have been driven out from North-Eastern part of the country.<br /> <br /> “If the Boko Haram insurgents are awaiting trial, simple logic dictates that they should be located near the courts in the North-East. In any case such criminals should not be allowed to contaminate and endanger the security of non-members of the sect.<br /> <br /> “There is a feeling among Ndigbo that these Boko Haram insurgents are advanced groups of Jihadists, just like the Fulani herdsmen roaming over the South-East, South-West and North-Central armed with AK47 guns.<br /> <br /> “The ILT would like to remind President Buhari that there are thousands of internally displaced persons (refugees from North-East) in Igbo land who also should be catered for like other IDPs in other parts of the country.<br /> <br /> “The ILT noted that Igbo young men who are protesting against brazen injustices against Ndigbo are being hounded. The ILT would like to remind the President that the constitution of this country guarantees freedom of expression, manifested particularly in lawful protests, as a fundamental right.”

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55 killed, 100 injured as Boko Haram hits Maiduguri, Yola mosques

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCn_eDhhNE8DVfhuP6fdNGiS7UDiKAlZ7FB_7Iwo_uykuwrHkFXKFDOOJT-rCSWsXzIqaj1iaPS2TQ-d53gsO_-6BcfiGJ8Bt2E3akSAeq_Zyk4XWflkMblfEAaJLOutDhIVDUHIEWM2da/s1600/boko3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCn_eDhhNE8DVfhuP6fdNGiS7UDiKAlZ7FB_7Iwo_uykuwrHkFXKFDOOJT-rCSWsXzIqaj1iaPS2TQ-d53gsO_-6BcfiGJ8Bt2E3akSAeq_Zyk4XWflkMblfEAaJLOutDhIVDUHIEWM2da/s640/boko3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Terror sect, BokoHaram, yesterday let loose its suicide bombers on worshippers in Maiduguri and Yola, leaving at least 55 people dead in both attacks.<br /> <br /> Twenty-eight worshippers were feared killed during the Fajr (early morning prayer) in a mosque at Jiddari Polo area of the Borno State capital. Time was 5 am.<br /> <br /> Umar Sani, a civilian vigilante assisting the military in the counter-insurgency, and local resident Musa Sheriff both told AFP there were two blasts at the mosque.<br /> <br /> “I was involved in the evacuation. We counted 28 dead bodies apart from the two bombers, who were identifiable by the mutilation of their bodies,” said Sani.<br /> <br /> “Over 20 other people were injured.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman for the National Relief Agency, put the death toll at six.He said 17 others were injured.<br /> <br /> Hospital sources put the death toll at 19.<br /> <br /> A member of the local vigilance group who took part in the evacuation of the dead said there appeared to be only one suicide bomber though “we all heard two explosions.”<br /> <br /> Sani and Sheriff said two other people were arrested and handed over to the military for questioning after they were seen apparently celebrating following the blasts.<br /> <br /> The two men were “standing from afar, hugging each other like a celebration, chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest)”, said Sani.<br /> <br /> “To them it was a mission accomplished,” added Sheriff.<br /> <br /> Nine hours later , another suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED at the Jambutu Hajj camp mosque in Yola soon after the Imam finished his sermon.<br /> <br /> State Police Commissioner Gabriel Adaji said eight worshippers were killed.<br /> <br /> Other sources put the death toll at 27.<br /> <br /> One volunteer at the scene, who helped in the rescue effort but asked not to be identified, said: “This mosque is newly built and this was the first Jumat in it.<br /> <br /> “While worshippers had risen for the prayers to start after the sermon by the imam, there was a huge blast in the premises.”<br /> <br /> NEMA’s coordinator in the Adamawa state capital, Sa’ad Bello said 116 people were being treated for injuries at two hospitals in the city.<br /> <br /> Most of the injured were in a stable condition, with injuries ranging from fractures and burns to cuts from the blast, he added.<br /> <br /> Yola has been seen as a relatively safe haven from the Boko Haram insurgency, which has ravaged the northeast for the last six years.<br /> <br /> But fears were heightened after an explosive device went off at a camp for displaced people to the south of the city last month, killing seven people and injuring 20 more.<br /> <br /> Boko Haram’s suicide bombers also attacked worshippers at mosques in Maiduguri last week.<br /> <br /> Overall,Maiduguri has been hit six times this month alone by Boko Haram insurgents.<br /> <br /> Its fighters also attacked targets in Abuja and Kogi State recently.<br /> <br /> This week, the police warned that the group was now building bombs within electronic devices like tablets, phones, and laptops, then leaving them for unsuspecting Nigerians to pick up.<br /> <br /> The police issued the warning after the arraignment on Thursday of five suspects connected with a double bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed 18 people on Oct. 2.<br /> <br /> The defendants were charged with conspiracy and acts of terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja.<br /> <br /> The case was adjourned until a further hearing on November 17.

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Osinbajo promises massive solar power in one year

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8vgFBEFRyxs_wT8ivb13TS7Xw1DYzBv6YiBaP1u3f9xUuC6rp2o8E_ZT-1gii7dEWohwkm-Ni4DorF-HMqPbjvf6UurXz0tFHTslvpxdglCBI5OQjuJ-Y7YtUT2AUlUnUAkecb3JpE0x/s1600/Prof.+Yemi+Osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8vgFBEFRyxs_wT8ivb13TS7Xw1DYzBv6YiBaP1u3f9xUuC6rp2o8E_ZT-1gii7dEWohwkm-Ni4DorF-HMqPbjvf6UurXz0tFHTslvpxdglCBI5OQjuJ-Y7YtUT2AUlUnUAkecb3JpE0x/s400/Prof.+Yemi+Osinbajo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised a solar power revolution in Nigeria in the next one year.<br /> <br /> Osinbajo made the promise after inspecting Solar power stands mounted at a Trade Fair by the Department of International Development (DFID) as a follow up to the agreement signed between Nigeria and the UK for massive solar power in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> According to him, Nigeria will no longer watch as millions of its citizens, especially the rural poor, find it difficult to access electricity.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “This is the time to jump in and we are all set to do that.<br /> <br /> “This is very exciting for us and of cause Grant (Mr Shapps – UK Minister of State for International Development) has been extremely supportive not only encouraging everyone and pushing and bolding everyone but I think that in providing all of the support and the various suppliers and all of the various people who have been working on solar power for so long.<br /> <br /> “We are really excited to be here and I am sure that in the next one year when you hear about us it will be quite a story to tell.<br /> <br /> “Nigeria will be the place where all of the example will be set for the rest of Africa. We are really looking forward to.’’<br /> <br /> The vice president described the trade fair as “really inspirational for us when we look at the share enormity of what we have to deal with“.<br /> <br /> He said that no fewer than 96 million homes in the country required power.<br /> <br /> “I am speaking of Nigeria alone and they have no access to power at the moment. I just have to look in round again and see what is possible. I think we really have to go and go very quickly.<br /> <br /> “I think that every day means that we actually can do cheaper solar power and the technology appears to be getting better by the minute; we can’t afford to wait until it is cheaper.’’<br /> <br /> In an interview, the Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs Uju Hassan –Baba, stressed the need for the country to explore opportunities for alternative sources of power to augment the low production level and make power accessible to Nigerians.<br /> <br /> “Renewable energy is the only way to go because if we are going to wait for connection to the grid then it means that thousands of Nigerians in the rural areas will not have access to electricity, children will not be able to do their homework, entrepreneurs will not be able to start up.<br /> <br /> “Definitely, you have heard the Vice President, Nigeria is squarely on board in this campaign to light up Africa and the NIPC will definitely facilitate any investments that are coming into Nigeria to ensure that the regulations and incentives will be reviewed to support the light up Africa campaign.’’<br /> <br /> The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government of Nigeria and the UK had on Thursday entered into a partnership agreement to provide cheap solar power to the citizens at a ceremony in the Facebook Headquarters in London.

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Buhari warns university lecturers against academic corruption

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG71s-iRB0jfrwP89PaC0Tt7scAl0zQi9u4VhZ75ewRsLrhHiKxoqWEjredIGPKXNmtxGbzdo9pmx5dKgEa0ho1PpBaUmbSZqC0_QfJdtdV0pKGB_8d1l08ctuLKaqpVQrC5Yp1V6N4PfU/s1600/Buhari-41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG71s-iRB0jfrwP89PaC0Tt7scAl0zQi9u4VhZ75ewRsLrhHiKxoqWEjredIGPKXNmtxGbzdo9pmx5dKgEa0ho1PpBaUmbSZqC0_QfJdtdV0pKGB_8d1l08ctuLKaqpVQrC5Yp1V6N4PfU/s320/Buhari-41.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned university lecturers against academic corruption and inciting students.<br /> <br /> Buhari, who gave the warning at the 31st Convocation and 40th Anniversary of the University of Ilorin, said corruption goes beyond money or concerning only politicians.<br /> <br /> He said his administration would not accept any institution or lecturer who exploited students academically and incited students to distabilise the system.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The President, represented by Secretary of Government of Federation, Mr David Babachir, said the present administration was ready to support development of infrastructure in institutions.<br /> <br /> He added that government would also support vocational studies and education reform as a means to ensure that graduates were fully employed.<br /> <br /> Buhari advised the graduands to remain disciplined and uphold their integrity, stressing that they must shun corruption and all forms of social vices as they step out of the institution.<br /> <br /> President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, spoke on ”African Agenda 2063: Fighting Poverty and Ensuring Prosperity in Africa.”<br /> <br /> Mahama noted that African leaders must appreciate their human resources, guide it to attain total freedom.<br /> <br /> Mahama advised leaders of Africa to lay concrete foundation for the younger generation.<br /> <br /> He said past leaders like Idi-Amin of Uganda, Mobutu Sese Sekou of DR Congo (Zaire) ruled as if they would not die.<br /> <br /> He urged all 54 countries that constitute the Africa Union to ensure that the aims and agenda of the union were achieved for younger generation to fulfil their destiny.<br /> <br /> Mahama eulogised past African leaders who fought for the liberation of the continent from colonialists.<br /> “Only sound education, peace and utilisation of human resource endowment could bring real freedom for Africans.’’<br /> <br /> Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara said he had established the Doctor Abdulfatah Ahmed Indigent support Fund to help support indigent students of the institution.<br /> <br /> The governor also donated N10 million to the Department of Physical Sciences and Life Science of the University of Ilorin.

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Governor Wike's media aide escapes assassination attempt

<b><br /></b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRc0BhM81zBmbFoZzuHbq3UciAFOObRlRdcMAT05FEScIvaFIfGJoQmZeQjo2O9vIFHrORsIOEY4UQr5nduqqfF3zybwTEHUtG8pKc8-Iz-PUhMLdEYFBB-Vyk4DNUvvxYcerv64r7TDBb/s1600/Nyesom-Wike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRc0BhM81zBmbFoZzuHbq3UciAFOObRlRdcMAT05FEScIvaFIfGJoQmZeQjo2O9vIFHrORsIOEY4UQr5nduqqfF3zybwTEHUtG8pKc8-Iz-PUhMLdEYFBB-Vyk4DNUvvxYcerv64r7TDBb/s400/Nyesom-Wike.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Mr Opunabo Nko-Tariah, Thursday night escaped assassination bid on his life.</b><br /> <br /> The media aide who narrated the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday said unknown gunmen opened fire on his vehicle with Registration number, Rivers 105 RVG at Israel Ama bridge, Buguma community in Asari Toru local government area.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Wondering how he escaped, the media aide, Mr Nko-Tariah said he still could not imagine how he survived the shooting, targeted at his vehicle.<br /> <br /> He said the volleys of gunshots smashed one of the windscreens of the car, adding that while the shooting was on his Police escort told him not to stop which he did. He said at a point, the escort who was by his side in the vehicle had to quickly open his door and shot back at the assassins.<br /> <br /> “I am still shocked over what happened. I was completely confused. The police escort told me not to stop the car and that I should continue to move on. It was God that save my life.<br /> <br /> “They (gunmen) thought I was at the back of the car and that was why they targetted that point. With the tinted glasses, they had concluded that I was probably at the owner’s seat and they riddle the back side of the car with bullets.<br /> <br /> “It was a close shave with death and I thank God for His divine intervention. I am a simple man; I don’t owe anybody and I am not covetous. So, why would somebody want to take my life,” , he said.

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Nobody shines forever — Darey Art Alade

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFgdPYlZN0Ub3HRi9aBKzsTFnjrzWKe9StfwFIJOSGmjlimFipXBIqot0WCENUgs7Bukw0ubSVNubfe3rc3Fc6woEBXOO3B20SX7y8OUgugRblPV4OMwliEifNETpGvX2F49pgvljATxR/s1600/darey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFgdPYlZN0Ub3HRi9aBKzsTFnjrzWKe9StfwFIJOSGmjlimFipXBIqot0WCENUgs7Bukw0ubSVNubfe3rc3Fc6woEBXOO3B20SX7y8OUgugRblPV4OMwliEifNETpGvX2F49pgvljATxR/s400/darey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Nigerian RnB sensation, Darey Art Alade is an amazing singer who knows how to reinvent his brand whenever people think he is no longer relevant. The talented artiste who has been creating massive buzz for his Naked album recently opens up about the fact that no artiste shines forever.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to him: “I have never seen myself as a celebrity and that is one of the things that keeps me grounded .I am just a regular guy. There is no funfair or entourage whenever I go out. People look at us that way, but I don’t look at myself that way. This keeps me focused because at the end of the day, nobody shines forever. The earlier you know that, the better. That is the way I see it”

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EFCC traces Maina’s N2.8 Billion pension loot to bank

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMVgaNIV9BlmigZrkk9zLD2VEfNUko0kg4dDuHrpRocUv1lqL3qNJYGlRLp7mRhMHVFlpPhsbM-W-AZC9-GUZ8e9O5xeIvKxPLbG5g0fXZSqRshhukBrmKXWqiuC7ajvbhIs45u5mu1L4/s1600/maina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMVgaNIV9BlmigZrkk9zLD2VEfNUko0kg4dDuHrpRocUv1lqL3qNJYGlRLp7mRhMHVFlpPhsbM-W-AZC9-GUZ8e9O5xeIvKxPLbG5g0fXZSqRshhukBrmKXWqiuC7ajvbhIs45u5mu1L4/s400/maina.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two top managers of a commercial bank for assisting the former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina, to launder stolen pension funds. Maina is on the run after the EFCC filed charges against him for stealing billions of pension funds through a phony biometric exercise alongside former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Sources at the EFCC disclosed that the two bankers, Danjuma Zubairu, group head, private banking and Abubarkar Gwambe, an account officer, in the Abuja Central Business District business unit of the bank, were arrested on Thursday following fresh evidence that they are managing proxy accounts for the fugitive.<br /> <br /> The accounts, which have over time witnessed massive inflow of slush funds include two corporate and three individual accounts. The first individual account opened in the name of Abdullahi Faizer, had a turnover of N1.5billion while the other operated in the name of Nafisatu Aliyu recorded a turnover of over N100,000.<br /> <br /> The corporate accounts of Cluster Logistics had a turnover of N500million and $400,000 USD. Drew Investment and Construction and Kongolo Dynamics Cleaning Limited recorded turnovers of N54million and N509million respectively. All five accounts have different opening packages. Four of the accounts were allegedly opened by one Khalid Aliyu, a relation of Maina, who was an employee of the bank.<br /> <br /> The said Khalil is currently at large. But investigation established that Abdulrasheed Maina is the one operating the accounts. Competent sources in the anti-graft agency disclosed that this nexus was established through detailed analysis of telephone text messages and email communication between Maina and the bank officials.<br /> <br /> The bulk of the monies, it was gathered, had been moved through some Bureau de Change operators,who convert them into dollars and then transfer to Maina in his hideout, believed to be United Arab Emirates.<br /> <br /> The EFCC has been on the trail of Maina for a number of years.<br /> <br /> Before the agency filed charges against him in absentia, it arrested the woman, who served as secretary to Maina during his reign as the chairman of the controversial PRTT, during which billions of pension funds reportedly disappeared from the treasury.<br /> <br /> Ann Igwe, who was a confidant of Maina, was grilled by the agency and she allegedly made useful confessions on how the biometric contract allegedly awarded to streamline pension administration under Maina actually became a conduit for stealing pension fund.

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I regret joining Boko Haram - Suspect cries out

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4stN4VOh23zhide_opSXRLKzAKAZtd8WtJO5lx_aXC6PqlFMfPk7t5oKQDJlT16MB-ZN9t6qjsXUOkKWOqaL58Z4XUliN7aZFcF9Td8heszj6hsQNdaZU82MJMaLaGEOEJRYAEm7boFf_/s1600/suspects+face+hidden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4stN4VOh23zhide_opSXRLKzAKAZtd8WtJO5lx_aXC6PqlFMfPk7t5oKQDJlT16MB-ZN9t6qjsXUOkKWOqaL58Z4XUliN7aZFcF9Td8heszj6hsQNdaZU82MJMaLaGEOEJRYAEm7boFf_/s400/suspects+face+hidden.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> With the recent arrest of five suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram sect, terrorizing the metropolis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, the police seem to have been on the verge of dismantling the deadly cell which has coordinated most of the bombings around the metropolis.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the newly established Special Intelligence Response Team, SIRT, an elite unit of the Nigeria Police Force, designed by the Inspector General Police, Solomon Arase, to combat terrorism , armed robbery, kidnapping and various violent, launched a massive onslaught on the Abuja cell, leading to the arrest of five suspected members of the cell, while several IEDS, laptop and IED materials were recovered.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Investigations revealed that, the arrest of these suspects and the subsequent recoveries and of IEDs and it materials, have since thrown members of the cell, who are mainly natives of Igbira in Okene area of Kogi State, into disarray. We gathered that the development, which is currently, not just flushing out members of the cell from Abuja, has also sent sympathizers of the sect into panic.<br /> <br /> Security sources, who spoke to newsmen in Okene, Kogi State, on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorize to speak on the matter, disclosed that several member of the cell, based in Abuja are returning in their droves to Okene, adding that some of the suspects were arrested, while others have been forced to escape and relocate to neighboring states.<br /> <br /> However, sources at the Force Headquarters Abuja, disclosed that the operation to effectively dismantle the Boko Haram, from Okene Kogi State, operating in Abuja, became imperative after the multiple bomb attacks on Kuje police Station and Nyaya areas of Abuja.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the exhibits and intelligence gathered from the scene of the explosion, were transferred to the highly trained operatives SIRT deployed by the IGP to apprehend the culprit. It was gathered that, the operatives from SIRT, trailed two of the suspects, identified as Abdulazeez Muhazab and Ishiaka Salihu, to a house in Karmajiri, behind Military Area, Cemetery, off Airport Road, Abuja, recovering several explosives, detonators, chemicals in both liquid and powder form used for making bombs and several other ready made bombs. The suspects also, mentioned one Haulaki in military custody and one Hamza, as their leaders in Abuja.<br /> <br /> It was further gathered that Haulaki, who is also known as, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, was handed over to the police and during interrogations, he confessed and disclosed the addresses of three houses within Abuja and Suleija Niger State, where they produced and store explosives. The operatives and on the strength of this confession, proceeded to Gauaraka area in Suleja, Niger State, Iddo Village off Airport road, Abuja and at Dan Asato area of Suleja, where five ready made IEDS, Chemicals used for bomb making, detonator, HP laptop, two books on several chemicals and engineering materials, An Ipad, loaded with IED, plate number of a car, scale, digital multimeter and a knife were recovered. It was gathered that the Haulaki, also led the operatives to Galadima area where tangible information were gathered.<br /> <br /> When journalists interviewed, Haulaki, he confessed that he was a native of Okene, Kogi State.<br /> <br /> “I am married and my wife is currently pregnant. I had just primary education which I did not finish. I am an Igbira man and my people are mainly Muslims. I came to Abuja seven years ago to learn auto mechanic at Games Village and I graduated four years after, before establishing my own workshop at Galadimawa Roundabout.<br /> <br /> “In 2013, I joined the Boko Haram, there is the mosque along the road before Total Fillings Station, in Aiyoke area of Okene, Kogi State. Though I rented an apartment very close to the mosque and one of the sons of the landlord of that house, who is my friend, Abubakar, who was killed during operation visited that mosque and he introduced me to the Imam and the owner of the mosque, Mustapha who is currently in the custody of security agents.<br /> <br /> “Mustapha was the one who indoctrinated me into the Boko Haram sect. He urged me through his teachings which were mainly on Fridays after the Jumat prayers, Saturdays and Sundays to be faithful to God and do his wishes and I should also oppose those going against the teachings of Prophet Muhammed.<br /> <br /> “Mustapha usually urged us to support the cause of Jihad in the North Eastern part of the country in any way we can and when we cannot donate ourselves or money to the cause, we should at least pray for those waging the war. In some of his teachings, he told us that western education was a sin and working for the government was also a sin. He then asked those who have gone through secondary and university education to destroy their certificate.<br /> <br /> “A lot of people, who were graduates from the secondary and university in that mosque, destroyed their certificates. That singular gesture endeared me to the sect. Aside Abubakar, I met some other young men, like , Usman , Abduljalal, Abu Hamza, Bilal and Haron.<br /> <br /> “These men were highly devoted to the course and they told me that they usually rob unbelievers and use the money to support the course. Abu Hamza is our leader and also one of the bomb manufacturer. He was the one who led us to rob two banks in Owo, Ondo State and Okene in Kogi State, and it is through that means that he raised money for bomb materials and others.<br /> <br /> “He was the one who also thought Usman how to make the bombs. I am a very good driver and my duty is to drive vehicles to various destinations. I usually don’t ask if there is bomb in those vehicles or not all I do is to follow instruction.<br /> <br /> “A few months ago, some security agents came from Kaduna and arrested Abu Hamza and took him away. Few days to the Sallah, Usman was also arrested in Abuja and I got instructions from very senior members of our sect to move all the ready made bombs and the materials out of Usman’s house in Suleja and I moved them to my brother’s house who is also a member of our sect at Iddo area of Abuja.<br /> <br /> “I also gave, two Ak-47 rifles and some bombs to a senior member, Abu Husssien who took them to Okene, Kogi State. Few days before the last sallah some vigilante men arrested and handed me over to the military intelligence who detained and later handed me over to the police special team. I regret joining the Boko Haram Sect,” he lamented.

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