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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV4ybRXyRRHVIXWVEs01rfPooa3w3Kk4lpXSGUfzf1-WDqo0bSoS-KfebXZPzT8_M64nakzOIfx3MJzxmwEJUiVYO6go4V0b3Mw4yc2_jcTr6WaubJFyhS9JDK1hfxmVXnOtkH4yti4dl/s1600/Oshiomhole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="644" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV4ybRXyRRHVIXWVEs01rfPooa3w3Kk4lpXSGUfzf1-WDqo0bSoS-KfebXZPzT8_M64nakzOIfx3MJzxmwEJUiVYO6go4V0b3Mw4yc2_jcTr6WaubJFyhS9JDK1hfxmVXnOtkH4yti4dl/s400/Oshiomhole.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomole, on Saturday urged Nigerians not to believe the promise of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to create massive jobs.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole gave the advice in Lagos while addressing the crowd at the party’s presidential campaign rally.<br /> <br /> He said the promise was a calculated ploy by the opposition party to deceive Nigerians and get their votes.<br /> <br /> The party chairman said the PDP had no good record of job creation in all its 16years in power.<br /> <br /> He said that the era of PDP marked the death of many industries in the country, especially in Lagos.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said that it was a big irony that the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who supervised the economy at the time as Vice-President when many factories died was promising jobs.<br /> <br /> The party chairman said the opposition party was clueless about job creation.<br /> <br /> According to him, the APC had created many jobs in the last three years and would create more when re-elected.<br /> <br /> “When you go to Oshodi and Isolo, remember the industries in Oshodi and Ikeja? Where are they now?<br /> <br /> “Who supervised the obituaries of these industries? It is the PDP, and who was the Vice-President at that time, Atiku.<br /> <br /> “How can you supervise the liquidation of industries and make promise to create new jobs?<br /> <br /> “Jobs are not created by miracles; by investing in infrastructure, the present government has generated many jobs through construction and multiplier effects.<br /> <br /> “The Next level means more jobs are coming for the people” he said.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said that the PDP Vice-Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, did not have the moral authority to speak on jobs.<br /> <br /> He alleged that Obi deals in Made-in -China goods, exporting jobs, saying that was the reason he always quoted figures from China at any gathering.<br /> <br /> Oshiomole said the country did not fare well under the 16years of PDP, which he described as an era characterised by looting and poor leadership.<br /> <br /> He said the Buhari administration had done well to put the country on the right course in the last three and half years.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said Buhari was a man of integrity, adding the anti-corruption fight and love for the masses had improved under him.<br /> <br /> “President Buhari is a man of integrity. He is the only president that no British Prime Minister has called a thief.<br /> <br /> “He is the only president that is widely acknowledged to be fighting corruption.<br /> <br /> “This is the only president that the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury in London has described as an African leader who stands out to be counted on the side of the people.<br /> <br /> “That is why I am proud and you are proud to be associated with what Buhari is doing and what he stands for, and why the Next level is about you,” he said.<br /> <br /> He said the difference between the APC and PDP was that while the former was about the people the latter was about themselves.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said while APC was spending N500billion on the poor, the PDP was complaining the money was too much, as they were used to looting.<br /> <br /> He said the promise by Atiku to give amnesty to treasury looters while leaving petty thieves who steal N10 or N20 should tell anyone that PDP was about class.<br /> <br /> The party chairman said the APC was sure of victory on Feb. 16 and March 2, as it would defeat the PDP “mercilessly”.<br /> <br /> He assured the international community that the party would not be involved in rigging or violence,as it had no record of doing that.<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole said the APC had no reason to rig, as people believed in the party for progress.<br /> <br /> He said Lagos was an example of a working state, which was so because it was under APC.<br /> <br /> The Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation and Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said a vote for APC was a vote for infrastructure.<br /> <br /> He said the delivery of Lagos -Abeokuta rail project and others in the country by the APC meant the party was for development.<br /> <br /> The APC governorship candidate in the state, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, urged residents to vote right and for the APC.<br /> <br /> He urged residents to come out en masse and vote for the party for the progress of the state.<br /> <br /> The APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, praised the administration of Buhari, saying the state had benefited immensely in terms of projects in the last three and half years.<br /> <br /> NAN reports that APC state governors, ministers, among others were part of the mammoth crowd of party faithful and residents at the rally. (NAN)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="450" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-3PeTtuQgLDNn-NAeIHGLFe78XFiyamKFSjw9qKZMYFmMQ7f3jWnq-UkGbgOgpN5CaeplV9WaL-VHqGn3PadLn-m3SLi2onPS3s_l4Pqx8Lbu3y5fnxlQr7-3xh6gLQpVUtQdZnSPqO8/s400/Ekweremadu-jpeg.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, says it is very difficult for anyone to accurately predict the winner of the Saturday’s presidential election because it would be a keen contest.<br /> <br /> The senator, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, stated this while fielding questions during an interactive radio programme on Urban 94.5 FM Radio, Enugu on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Asked to specifically predict the party whose candidate would win the presidential election, Ekweremadu said the situation on the ground at the moment cannot guarantee an accurate prediction.<br /> <br /> He said, “Let me tell you the exact thing about what is happening presently. Ahead of the presidential election, no one can surely say that this party would win or this candidate would win. But in 2015 or 2016, nobody gave PDP a chance and today PDP has bounced back to life.<br /> <br /> “So, when you watch the rallies, you say oh, this is a huge crowd for the APC (All Progressives Congress) in Adamawa or that was a huge PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) crowd in Katsina, the home of the President.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “That is an interesting thing and that is exactly what we worked for and we are able to see Nigerians participating. So, I am happy when I see this close contest and by the grace of God, PDP will win,” he added<br /> <br /> He said the significant improvement by the PDP was an indication that the decision of several chieftains of the party, including himself, to stay back to revive the party after the 2015 general elections had paid off.<br /> <br /> Ekweremadu said his decision to remain in the PDP during its trying times and despite political persecutions, was to ensure Nigeria continued to enjoy a balanced democracy devoid of a one-party system.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUhTlhBLkNTLXgbQIe8P8wGXcp7aRjjI4kIVbfXa-1ai2XNz24iDIppQJmBZnD2qUoCKIegzjhwgBh_AIpSC7w8ld6d8We2aTX6jd_ECvL2IPLC9DSRVZCARTEp8tGwY9aSVOxtLjXAlb/s1600/PDP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUhTlhBLkNTLXgbQIe8P8wGXcp7aRjjI4kIVbfXa-1ai2XNz24iDIppQJmBZnD2qUoCKIegzjhwgBh_AIpSC7w8ld6d8We2aTX6jd_ECvL2IPLC9DSRVZCARTEp8tGwY9aSVOxtLjXAlb/s320/PDP.jpg" width="317" /></a></div> <br /> The Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State has refused the application of a member of the House of Representatives, Oladipupo Adebutu and others seeking to prevent the Governorship candidate of the PDP in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu and others from being joined as “necessary and interested parties” in a suit pending before the court.<br /> <br /> Adebutu and others had filed the suit in which they are asking the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish their names in place of the ones already published by the Commission.<br /> <br /> When the matter came up, counsel to Kashamu and others, Prince Raphael Ajibola Oluyede, informed the court that his clients who were the candidates whose names had been published by INEC were interested in the matter but were not joined, hence, they had filed an application as interveners who were willing to be joined.<br /> <br /> But, counsel to the Plaintiffs, Mr. Afolabi Fashanu (SAN) objected to the joining of the applicant/interveners.<br /> <br /> After much arguments, the court, as presided by the Honourable Justice Abubakar Shittu held that the applicant/interveners were necessary parties that should have been joined. Consequently, the court joined them.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Thereafter, Oluyede informed the court that they had filed an affidavit disclosing that the Plaintiffs and their collaborators were parading themselves as candidates of the party while they were still before the court praying to be declared as candidates.<br /> <br /> He added that they plan to hold a rally where they would be paraded and flags presented to them as candidates of the party even when INEC has not published their names and for which reason they were before the court.<br /> <br /> Oluyede submitted that such an action could lead to a breakdown of law and order and render the case before the court nugatory, if the court did not intervene, adding that the Police had already summoned an emergency security meeting based on the tension being generated by the matter.<br /> <br /> He prayed the court to direct the police not to grant any permission for a rally where flags would be presented to Adebutu and others.<br /> <br /> Alternatively, he urged the court to declare that if such a rally must hold, it was only those whose names had been published by INEC as the authentic candidates of the PDP in Ogun State that should be presented as candidates of the party in the state.<br /> <br /> Fashanu opposed the prayers, saying they were speculative.<br /> <br /> Ruling on the prayers, the court held that where the issue of a potential breakdown of law and order was raised, it has a duty to look at it and take steps to prevent it, adding that the Rule of Law was the basis upon which INEC and the parties conduct their activities.<br /> <br /> The court held that where the Rule of Law was jettisoned, it would result in the break down of law and order such as being raised by the applicant.<br /> <br /> The court then directed the parties in the matter (i.e. the plaintiffs and the respondents) and their counsel to refrain from being used to foist a fait accompli on the court or cause a breakdown of law and order.<br /> <br /> It also directed PDP not to hold anyone out or present anyone as candidates except those who names have been published by INEC pending the hearing and determination of the suits before it, stressing that anything done contrary to the position of the law would be contemptuous and could lead to the breakdown of law and order.<br /> <br /> The court adjourned till 14th February, 2019, for hearing of the substantive suit and all pending applications before it.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOR28MQ4lGl1lARTBIU6PBvATgCL5YpPh4vcy51AdJR9OLGUo2c2_ERxk8La_CQkeZCKcu9vvaqfCrWd2WoewAaIR5k2fExwPWI4Yo1wJ1WKuJeoQ01OluwCiaOcZsnd-sDEDn1FVXlKo/s1600/images+%252875%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="576" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOR28MQ4lGl1lARTBIU6PBvATgCL5YpPh4vcy51AdJR9OLGUo2c2_ERxk8La_CQkeZCKcu9vvaqfCrWd2WoewAaIR5k2fExwPWI4Yo1wJ1WKuJeoQ01OluwCiaOcZsnd-sDEDn1FVXlKo/s320/images+%252875%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Chairman , Governing Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board , Dr Emmanuel Ndukwe , has said that due to the observed seamlessness of the registration process for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination , he does not foresee an extension of the registration date beyond February 21.<br /> <br /> <br /> He made this known after monitoring the ongoing registration of candidates in Ha- Shem Academy centre , Iwaya , Federal College of Education ( Technical) Akoka centre , and the Electronic Test Centre , Anthony in Lagos on Friday.<br /> <br /> <br /> Advising candidates to register now to avoid last minute rush , Ndukwe said , “ I don ’ t foresee an extension . Some of the places we visited had many systems but a few candidates. Let the candidates out there be mindful of the examination dates and register now. ”<br /> <br /> <br /> On the outcome of monitoring the centres and interacting with candidates , Ndukwe said he was satisfied that the complaints associated with cybercafes were now a thing of the past and the days of extorting candidates and poor data management were over.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> “ It is seamless and we are happy . What I have seen today has confirmed that Prof . Oloyede and his technical team were very right to ban cybercafes . I have interacted with the candidates ; they are all happy and satisfied . I must express the satisfaction of the board. This year is better than last year and it will be better next year . ”<br /> <br /> <br /> Ndukwe also warned CBT centre operators on sharp practices as he promised that offenders would be sanctioned .<br /> <br /> <br /> At the inspected centres , no candidate reported being charged more than the official examination fee .

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapNBjWsu8WsvL8EgCfVs9vhqqKva6cCKmXYszsy3j2d9FGkusA96JDoOgtbboSa3-j99SeVf_87Qj1a-D3hBjv5cdO-5HbfFb486HSRaAZnur83T_ezmSdTPLRCQ_T7RV4t8W8BQmY64/s1600/APC-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="653" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapNBjWsu8WsvL8EgCfVs9vhqqKva6cCKmXYszsy3j2d9FGkusA96JDoOgtbboSa3-j99SeVf_87Qj1a-D3hBjv5cdO-5HbfFb486HSRaAZnur83T_ezmSdTPLRCQ_T7RV4t8W8BQmY64/s320/APC-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The South- East Youth Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council , Innocent Ojike has said the Igbos will regret if they don ’ t vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in next Saturday’ s poll.<br /> <br /> <br /> He stated this on Saturday at a press conference in Awka , the Anambra State capital.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said the Igbos​ would lose in the political equation of the country if they failed to vote massively for the APC, stressing that Buhari would win.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said the poll would determine what the southeast would be in the political chessboard of the country in 2023.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> He noted that Ndigbo made “ a costly mistake in 2015 general elections ” by failing to vote for Buhari , adding that the Igbo should not allow the situation to repeat itself in the 2019 general elections.<br /> <br /> <br /> He expressed regret that the voting strength of the South- East geopolitical was the lowest in the country.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said , ” The Igbo nation should learn to collaborate with other zones to achieve their aim of producing Nigerian President in 2023.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ All hands should be on deck to achieve this noble objective, since the zone cannot do it alone.<br /> <br /> <br /> He enjoined Buhari to facilitate the creation of an additional state , should he win next week’ s poll.<br /> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqM67sXRA7iQS_CqssyEKWaqfSrDFOSq79qnyNAm92-vbIljW1y64GsDx70XO4_8DyoI74euF4RdO8jlhnPXU2U0S5bV2KpHH2q5PVm7TEOKCfTbdbo8PgXVkPqmgn03wPfH8JGCeE4I/s1600/EFCC+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="800" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqM67sXRA7iQS_CqssyEKWaqfSrDFOSq79qnyNAm92-vbIljW1y64GsDx70XO4_8DyoI74euF4RdO8jlhnPXU2U0S5bV2KpHH2q5PVm7TEOKCfTbdbo8PgXVkPqmgn03wPfH8JGCeE4I/s320/EFCC+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> A middle - aged man , Mr Onyenankeya Uzoma , has accused his nephew of fraud running into N43 . 7 m and $ 1 , 000 ( about N400 , 000 ).<br /> <br /> <br /> He said the nephew, one Okoro , exploited the involvement of his wife in fatal road accident to swindle him out of the sums of money under the guise that she was safe.<br /> <br /> <br /> It was learnt that the woman was not found at the scene of the crash , raising doubts about whether she was alive or dead.<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma claimed his nephew hypnotised him to perpetrate the alleged fraud .<br /> He stated that Okoro told him that his beloved wife “ is alive in the spirit ” and assured him that she would be found if he ( Uzoma ) could spend money.<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma , who lives in Garki, Abuja , said he had run into debts as a result of the fraud , adding that he borrowed money from his employer and sold his house to raise the funds.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> In a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , dated January 14 , 2019 , Uzoma said his wife died in a crash involving a bus she was travelling in and a truck along Okene- Auchi Road, on May 25 , 2016 ,<br /> He said he learnt that the bus caught fire after the collision and that all the passengers , except a woman and two men , were burnt to death.<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma said when he got to the scene , he was told by policemen that the survivors had been taken to an unknown hospital , which he could not locate.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said he did not know if the female survivor was his wife or not , adding that four months after the incident , Okoro came from Imo State to live with the family in Abuja.<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma said , “I thought his purpose of coming was to console us , unknown to me he had hatched evil plans to completely destroy my family in our moment of sorrow and agony . His criminal activities started when I could not find the $ 1 , 000 I kept in my room to complete my daughter’ s tuition.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ The following day , I returned from work and saw my wedding picture on my bed with a note suggesting that the writer was my wife. She said in the note that she was alive and around me and that I should go to my car to see another message by the driver ’ s door . I rushed to the car and saw the note which warned me not to inform my children and my brother who lives nearby . ”<br /> <br /> <br /> The petitioner said he was further cautioned in the note to stop complaining about the missing $ 1 , 000.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ She said I should stop embarrassing the children over the missing $ 1 , 000 which she said was missing for a purpose . I was very confused and could not reconcile how she could be operating in the spirit , ” Uzoma added.<br /> <br /> <br /> He explained further that his “ living -in - spirit wife ” purportedly sent other notes, saying she initiated Okoro ’ s visit to the house and had prepared him for the major role he would play in the processes that would lead to her return.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said , “ I called my nephew and told him my experience and that I didn ’ t understand the mystery behind what was going on . I took him to my room and showed him the notes and the photos which were originally hung in the living room , but were now on my bed.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ Then I asked him if he ever had an encounter with my wife and he said she had been talking to him in dreams and sending messages . I never thought that he was the mastermind as the door to my house was locked and not broken into . ”<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma said he subsequently received a typed message in which his wife purportedly asked him to send his nephew to Owerri , “ where most of the activities leading to her reunion would take place ”.<br /> <br /> <br /> He explained that Okoro relocated to Owerri and informed him that he had established physical contact with the wife.<br /> <br /> <br /> Uzoma said , “He continued demanding money from me . He said my wife had to undergo surgeries so she could be treated of burns she suffered in the crash . I borrowed N3 . 5 m from the bank. I told him that I wanted to see her , but he said it was not the right time.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ I also borrowed money from my employer and sold my house in Owerri for N 15 m to meet up with the demands for my so - called wife’ s treatment . He also collected my wife’ s N6 . 7 m pension and gratuity and I cannot count the number of times I transferred money to him . ”<br /> <br /> <br /> The acting EFCC spokesman , Tony Orilade , said he was not familiar with the details of the petition . He , however , said the petition would be investigated if it had merit.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said , “ I am not familiar with the details of the petition but we investigate every petition we get if there is merit in it. It would surely be investigated . ”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEFrXac0WVvaT0e6GdnNVnK2ljVggors2Tw5XKpE_ZbBP0bLo7qV1IOpKq-1lH-842pPxa4LZ6YLHFSbsR_TX1jrRb3TbHrjV7sRMHrzoIfENRQatRN01Jjp8KrhgoJ2XvCqssUbDakRM/s1600/Agbaje-vs-sanwoolu-696x456+-+NigerianEye+-+Lagos+2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="696" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEFrXac0WVvaT0e6GdnNVnK2ljVggors2Tw5XKpE_ZbBP0bLo7qV1IOpKq-1lH-842pPxa4LZ6YLHFSbsR_TX1jrRb3TbHrjV7sRMHrzoIfENRQatRN01Jjp8KrhgoJ2XvCqssUbDakRM/s400/Agbaje-vs-sanwoolu-696x456+-+NigerianEye+-+Lagos+2019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has described his All Progressive candidate opponent Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as a puppet incapable of making his own decisions.<br /> <br /> Agbaje spoke while responding to a statement credited to the APC candidate this week that sought to paint the PDP candidate as lacking clear ideas on how to manage the state.<br /> <br /> Sanwo-Olu had at a rally on the Lagos Island on Tuesday mocked Agbaje, dismissing him as lacking requisite ideas needed for the development of the state and urged the people to reject him at the polls.<br /> <br /> In a statement by the Media Office of Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation, the PDP candidate dismissed Sanwo-Olu as “a proxy candidate, a puppet, fronting for well-entrenched interests that have held back the development of the state for the past 20 years.”<br /> <br /> The PDP candidate said, “This is a man without any specialty, tossed from one ministry to another before ending up in the housing corporation, where his tenure in that agency has added nothing towards improving the state’s world-acclaimed housing deficit.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Agbaje urged Lagosians to reject Sanwo-Olu and the APC at the elections, adding that the political party was a leopard that could not change its tendency to inflict misery and suffering on the masses.<br /> <br /> The APC candidate had also reportedly told his audience that the state had in the last 20 years recorded giant strides, capable of being reversed should Agbaje be elected governor.<br /> <br /> However, Agbaje faulted Sanwo-Olu’s assertions, urging Lagosians to rather reject a man who “is not a standalone candidate, but a proxy who is only being propped up by some godfathers whose prime interest and motives are to further plunder the resources of the state.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMcJnqNNlZxfhZTkYgfGoM7MThjQJLMFAry_50k2y3kQMPvcwMbTjU5M97hZUSDTNPPe7-Qz7zNr7xwfSlu9DOT-vNIlU0l1j4JkVkAk5DXGLF0sZWedJz3alY_QgTXAuut5NQK_2x790/s1600/vote+ballot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="450" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMcJnqNNlZxfhZTkYgfGoM7MThjQJLMFAry_50k2y3kQMPvcwMbTjU5M97hZUSDTNPPe7-Qz7zNr7xwfSlu9DOT-vNIlU0l1j4JkVkAk5DXGLF0sZWedJz3alY_QgTXAuut5NQK_2x790/s320/vote+ballot1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Ahead of next Saturday’s elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has created additional 57,023 voting points to address the large number of voters which now stands at 84 million.<br /> <br /> According to  <i>Punch Newspaper, </i>the voting points would be carved out of the existing 119, 973 polling units nationwide.<br /> <br /> This comes barely a month after the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said more voting units would not be created.<br /> <br /> Yakubu had said last month, “On polling units, the commission wishes to assure the media that there is no change in the number of polling units and voting points used for the 2015 general elections and the 2016 Area Council elections in the FCT.<br /> <br /> <br /> “Any insinuation that new polling units, voting points or voting points are being created by the commission is utterly baseless and should be disregarded.”<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> However, it was learnt that following a high-powered meeting by INEC national commissioners and other relevant stakeholders, it was decided that 57, 023 new voting points had to be created.<br /> <br /> It was learnt that the move had become necessary because the number of registered voters had risen by 15 million since 2015 and as thus the old arrangement was not feasible.<br /> <br /> The additional voting points would also ensure that voting is done in record time in order to allow for quick collation of results which will be expected to take longer due to the high number of political parties which has since risen to 91.<br /> <br /> The 2015 Presidential election had 14 candidates but 2019 has a record 72.<br /> <br /> The collation and announcement of results which would require the announcement of each political party one after the other, might take as long as five days and INEC was doing everything possible to ease the process.<br /> <br /> A national commissioner at INEC said, “We have established 57,023 across the country because the number of voters has increased. We are creating more voting points and not more polling units.”<br /> <br /> The commissioner explained that a voting point is created when a polling unit has more than 500 registered voters.<br /> <br /> He said, “A voting point is derived from a polling unit. When a polling unit has more than 500 registered voters, a voting point can be carved out of it and set aside but it is not completely independent. Ideally, a polling unit should not have more than 750 voters.”<br /> <br /> When asked why INEC changed its mind, the commissioner said, “Once a polling unit has more than 750 voters, it is best to devolve a new voting point out of it because if the entire 750 turn up for election, they will not be able to complete accreditation and voting by 2pm.<br /> <br /> “In 2015, there were 69 million voters but now we have 84 million. So, that accounts for the increase in the number of voting points.<br /> <br /> “As I said, these voting points are like a sub-polling unit. For instance, if Gaskiya Primary School is a polling unit but has 1, 200 registered voters, we can create a voting point out of that unit, to make it two to allow for a better and faster voting process. So, at the end, all the results from that unit would be collated as one.”<br /> <br /> When contacted, the INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Festus Okoye, confirmed the creation of more voting points.<br /> <br /> He said it had become necessary due to the large number of voters.<br /> <br /> Okoye said, “We have created more because the number of voters has risen to 84 million. INEC regulation 3c states that voting points are created out of polling units based on multiples of 500 and a maximum of 750 registered voters or as may otherwise be determined by the commission.<br /> <br /> “We cannot use the 2015 template because the total number of registered voters was 69 million but now it is 84 million. If we use the same template, it means we have not learnt any lessons at all.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm7ahFOnJV_B_8jxKwJqm4IiIFmpkouMia37sx0GRAHDWD9ORuyC1JuIOInB63E5ZmLwZYlHI1fXFhXvxZEemvnqD7NR8Om1q-zLsxzmLMy11jRBLQN7O2pVXf7_7Y1r2lk0Kr-fmOhJP/s1600/atiku+pdp+q.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="800" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm7ahFOnJV_B_8jxKwJqm4IiIFmpkouMia37sx0GRAHDWD9ORuyC1JuIOInB63E5ZmLwZYlHI1fXFhXvxZEemvnqD7NR8Om1q-zLsxzmLMy11jRBLQN7O2pVXf7_7Y1r2lk0Kr-fmOhJP/s320/atiku+pdp+q.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot to arrest some of his key associates in the run-up to the election.<br /> <br /> <br /> Atiku accused an unnamed governor from North-West and a prominent minister in the current administration of working in cahoots with All Progressives Congress, APC, to achieve the plot. However, Muhammadu Buhari Campaign immediately dismissed the assertion and warned that opposition was not a licence to commit offence. Spokesman of the Buhari Campaign, Mr. Festus Keyamo, said: “If they have done nothing, they have nothing to fear, but the fact that you are in the opposition is not a licence for you to commit illegality.<br /> <br /> If they do anything illegal in the days to the election, they will be arrested.” But in a statement issued in Abuja, yesterday, by Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, the PDP presidential candidate said his close political associates were being targeted for arrest by APC-led Federal Government, which is hell bent on derailing the electoral process. He said: ‘’The architects of this plot believe that unless the APC destabilises the main opposition party and gets rid of the key associates of the PDP presidential candidate, President Buhari’s plan to clinch a second term in office will be in jeopardy, especially as they are afraid, for obvious reasons that the president has become unpopular and won’t be re-elected at the poll.<br /> <br />  ‘’The first step in this desperate plot is to arrest some of our associates using the EFCC with others soon to follow, based on a list that has been drawn up by the cabal,” the statement said. Atiku said the linchpin of the plot was a governor of an APC controlled state in the North West working in tandem with a prominent minister in President Buhari’s cabinet and the leadership of the ruling party. ‘’The cooked intelligence report concluded that all means must be used to stop Atiku.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Reading between lines, the measures being advocated in the report could only be to frame his associates for money laundering, creation of chaos and anarchy to pave the way for the derailing of the electoral process, which will ultimately lead to the emergence of an interim national government,’’ he said. According to the statement, the PDP presidential candidate is not surprised that the President and his handlers have gone into panic mode since the results of polls conducted by Williams and Associates indicated that Atiku would win next week’s presidential election. Williams and Associates was the same polling firm that predicted Buhari would beat Goodluck by 54% to 46% in 2015 (result was 54% to 45%).<br /> <br /> For next week’s election, Williams and Associates had said that majority of voters in the Buhari’s own geopolitical zone of the north-west believe Atiku will be the next president, as do the voters in every other single geopolitical region, every age group, every religion and in urban and rural areas. Even the majority of APC voters by 56% to 38% think Atiku will win. Atiku said having experienced four tortuous years of the B team, the minds of Nigerians were now made up: they want the A Team. While urging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the plotters to desist from any act that will further threaten the tenuous peace and security in the country, Atiku reminded them to learn from history.<br /> <br /> ‘’We also warn the security and anti-graft agencies to be independent and not to allow themselves to be used for political gains. ‘’They should put national interest above partisan interest, and remember that President Muhammadu Buhari and his APC gang are not synonymous with the Nigerian nation. ‘’Buhari is just a bull in china shop that will soon be ejected by the peoples’ votes on February 16,’’ Atiku said.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxYNvJcXPxc5e0p9ac4BLTJ1NJ4Nxk6abkhYAUs-oFpBW3HhvUfrf6ee3kQnBn2bvQHg1Un-wlIFOMxyunolq-Ke3Lg99nJir7cQM1ejFvY6KXOrtxv8DC2t93CFxtvZhrz0uVCK3UfRa/s1600/Oby-Ezekwesili.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="640" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxYNvJcXPxc5e0p9ac4BLTJ1NJ4Nxk6abkhYAUs-oFpBW3HhvUfrf6ee3kQnBn2bvQHg1Un-wlIFOMxyunolq-Ke3Lg99nJir7cQM1ejFvY6KXOrtxv8DC2t93CFxtvZhrz0uVCK3UfRa/s640/Oby-Ezekwesili.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria on Thursday demanded that its former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, return all the money generated during her short stay in the party or risk legal action.<br /> The national Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima, said the party rejected the defence made by Ezekwesili, who had accused the leadership of greed and desperation for money.<br /> <br /> At a press conference in Abuja, Galadima told the former education minister that a political party was different from a charity organisation or the #BringBackOurGirls movement.<br /> <br /> He said, “So, we wanted to know all the contents of the accounts and see the accounts because at the end of the day, it is not the presidential candidate that the Independent National Electoral Commission will hold responsible, but the party, and whatever any candidate generated for his or her campaign belongs to the party.<br /> <br /> “We are expecting that she will respond at the appropriate time but if she doesn’t, we may be compelled to go to court.”<br /> <br /> Galadima claimed that from all indications, Ezekwesili did not have capacity to contest a presidential election.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said, “For somebody who wants to contest for the presidency, all you could generate for period of three months was just N43m and she spent everything. She did not disclose the sources of the fund and how much she generated.<br /> <br /> “Look at Omoyele Sowore, he publicly disclosed on a national TV recently that his campaign and the party had been able to generate N99m. In addition, he also told the world how the money could be traced.<br /> <br /> “So why is there no transparency in Madam Ezekwesili’s project? That is the bone of contention. .<br /> <br /> “We are expecting that she will respond at the appropriate time but if she doesn’t, we may be compelled to go to court to seek for order of Mandamus.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzoz4f5L4NG7yEZTd_V9vt56xMq2ZDrLfu9MQR9YltCTXnkW1KjKt-RcdjzCXaY7g0bkbvql6-MNw5GBCVk28oWoRGfO83jo6-MtRF-WZG53zQreAuLUx-5pxZN8gUQaIPr3YkbxlVHdo/s640/Niger-Republic-soldiers+jtf.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <b>The Nigerian Army has said it will be deploying 95 per cent of its troops to engage in security duties during the forthcoming elections.</b><br /> <br /> The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, who said this on Thursday in Abuja, explained that 40 per cent of the troops would be stationed in the North-East zone alone, to combat the growing security concerns in the area.<br /> <br /> Usman added that the personnel on election duties had been instructed to remain neutral, non-partisan and transparent in all their actions.<br /> <br /> The army also refuted claims that the recent payment of uniform allowance to soldiers was done to sway their allegiance towards a political party.<br /> <br /> The army’s spokesman said, “There are insinuations on various social media platforms that the recent payment of uniform allowance to officers and soldiers was done to sway their voting towards a particular political party. This is not true.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The allowance was extended to all Nigerian Army personnel because of their increasing engagement in various internal security operations across the country. It is important to note that 95 per cent of Nigerian Army troops will be engaged in security duties during the forthcoming general elections. Out of this, almost 40 per cent are in the North-East.<br /> <br /> “We further warn all officers and soldiers to desist from acts that are inimical to the Army’s code of conduct and discipline. We reiterate the Chief of Army Staff’s warning during his conference with General Officers Commanding and Operations Commanders that all personnel must remain neutral, non-partisan and transparent in all their actions. I need to reiterate that there will be zero-tolerance for any action and inaction by commanders at all levels that is deemed tilted towards giving undue advantage to any candidate, political party, ethnic or religious leanings to the detriment of the unity and integrity of Nigeria.”<br /> <br /> Photo - (AFP)

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NIGERIANEYE.COM OPINION POLL: Who Will Win The February 16 Presidential Polls?

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1000" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyiQVDkbr9lu7ezmuv0afDBH-P7Y-u-6TWRP1JEgSIrCT56X6OtZiDC2A2DBvhlvI_1lOZGYV9UpgZCJGq80GEHVCyD4xHPHjphzXghIojo6lw14GC5zyXGia81MjwRER_YJUVv71tfJDJ/s640/ne+2019+p.png" width="640" /></div> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2019 presidential election in Nigeria would be the most followed and hotly contested in the history of Nigeria.The future of Nigeria will be determined by the millions of Nigerians who troop out to cast their votes on February 16th, 2019</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) submitted the names of President Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo , while the main opposition  Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) submitted the names of  Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi as presidential and vice presidential candidates.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">While many consider the 2019 presidential elections as a straight head-to-head battle between <b>President Mohammed Buhari (APC) and Atiku Abubakar (PDP)</b>, others disagree, especially with the emergence of younger popular alternatives like <b>Omoyele Sowore</b>, a Presidential candidate for African Action Congress (AAC), <b>Professor Kingsley Moghalu</b> of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and the Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for New Nigerian, ANN, <b>Mr Fela Durotoye</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b> <b>As we edge closer to the February 16 presidential poll. NigerianEye.com is using this medium to sample the opinion of millions of Nigerians home and abroad.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And the big question is. . .</span><br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who do you think will win the 2019 presidential elections?</span></b><br /> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <u>How to participate</u><br /></span></b><br /> <span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>You can vote using the poll below, you can only vote once, and one aspirant at a time.</b></span><br /> <script src="//www.powr.io/powr.js?external-type=blogger" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <div class="powr-poll" id="d445a49a_1545937130"></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Furthermore, you can also vote using the comments section by dropping the name and political party represented by your preferred presidential aspirant.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Comments/reasons why you are voting for a particular aspirant are also welcome in the comments section below.</span><br /> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Political Advertorials in the comments section are not allowed.</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">No swearing, No form of racism or tribal abuse allowed.</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">2) You can also participate via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Nigerianey</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">3) Or on our Twitter page https://twitter.com/nigerianey or follow and tweet @NigerianEy with the hashtag #NigeriaDecides2019</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Poll is open until 14th February,2019 and the results of the poll will be announced on www.nigerianeye.com on the eve of the presidential polls.</span>

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BREAKING: ASUU reaches agreement with FG, suspends three-month strike

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV9rWnJm6sosGT5-LWVAO00XIGVjZ-cyUuSMUOCrqNCSmgmof9ny5zjJHMCovTjooan68sgMqsU-buGdoqRAN2Sj6DFluRbqgrcUfeu2CNmYI1TG29ENworF9Ep4KEwnrI6OHywrBNpM/s1600/ASUU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="720" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvV9rWnJm6sosGT5-LWVAO00XIGVjZ-cyUuSMUOCrqNCSmgmof9ny5zjJHMCovTjooan68sgMqsU-buGdoqRAN2Sj6DFluRbqgrcUfeu2CNmYI1TG29ENworF9Ep4KEwnrI6OHywrBNpM/s320/ASUU.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its three-month strike following a disagreement it reached with the Federal Government.<br /> <br /> <br /> According to reports , lecturers have also been asked to resume on Friday.

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BREAKING: We will not postpone elections - INEC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEJShXsIkmgzTjF54aI6wEjdTZOGgzUjwM6c-13IAvUtkeu4uzNrCi4m64hzPzrZ7w2KloFXVyq0e0BQdUaa9qebJY3RQsaA8I3utbz32BPlGfXTqcicw4qQseBOXIcz83TkZMFrvulkZ/s1600/Breaking+NE+small+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEJShXsIkmgzTjF54aI6wEjdTZOGgzUjwM6c-13IAvUtkeu4uzNrCi4m64hzPzrZ7w2KloFXVyq0e0BQdUaa9qebJY3RQsaA8I3utbz32BPlGfXTqcicw4qQseBOXIcz83TkZMFrvulkZ/s400/Breaking+NE+small+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has foreclosed any possibility of postponing the forthcoming general elections.<br /> <br /> INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu assured Nigerians and the international community that no election will be postponed.<br /> <br /> There are pending legal tussles from the primaries organised by political parties suggesting that INEC may have to postpone some elections.<br /> <br /> But Yakubu noted that the commission will not be swayed into postponing any of the polls.<br /> <br /> He disclosed this on Thursday at stakeholders meeting organised by INEC.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He noted that the commission has been dragged to court for 640 times and received 540 applications for the certified true copy of documents.<br /> <br /> Yakubu promised the commission under him would continue to obey all court orders, assuring that it would not be deterred in the discharge of its functions.<br /> <br /> “Court cases arising from the conduct of congress and primaries have risen to 640. INEC has been dragged to court 640 times, we have received 540 requests for certified true copy of documents. We have received 186 petitions over the conduct of congresses and party primaries.<br /> <br /> “It is d policy of INEC to obey court orders. People ask if the judgements from these courts are decided close to elections if INEC will postpone the elections, INEC will not postpone any elections but we will make contingency arrangements in case some of the orders come close to elections,” he said.<br /> <br /> The INEC chairman also assured the stakeholders that he would “never fail Nigeria and Nigerians.”<br /> <br /> He stated that smart card reader would be deployed in the 2019 elections while expressing surprise that many Nigerians complained of not collecting their PVCs at the centres.<br /> <br /> Yakubu reiterated that the commission printed the total of 14.2 million PVCs after voters registration adding that those cards were ready for collection.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He therefore said the commission would meet with a view to possibly reviewing the deadline for collection.<br /> <br /> “Let me assure the nation and the stakeholders that smart card reader will be deployed in the 2019 elections. The next big issue for us is the voter register and the availability of the PVC.<br /> <br /> “We have heard so many complaints by citizens that they have been to collection centers but we are surprised to hear that in some centres they were told to come back that the cards were not printed.<br /> <br /> “We have 14.2 million new voters; the commission printed 14.2 million cards. The commission is going to meet today (Thursday) and where it is necessary, we will review the arrangements for the collection of PVC.”<br /> <br /> He urged the transport companies to ensure that polling units receive the electoral materials at 7:30 am while voting should commence at 8am.<br /> <br /> According the INEC chairman, priority has been given to the elderly, visibly pregnant women and the physically challenged persons to vote at the polling units or voting points.<br /> <br /> The INEC chairman reiterated that while magnifying glasses and brails have been provided for the visually impaired to aid them to vote, form EC30 containing bold instructions on how the deaf should cast their votes are posted at every polling units as well as the voting points.<br /> <br /> He also stated that the list of returning officers from the nation’s tertiary institutions would be vetted to ensure that partisan members of academic staff were not included.<br /> <br /> The INEC boss said his commission had approved 148 observer groups comprising 119 domestic observer groups and 29 foreign observer groups.<br /> <br /> He explained that internally displaced persons in other states would only be allowed to vote in the presidential election.<br /> <br /> Also speaking on the preparations for the elections, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, noted that the security agency has identifed flashpoint areas in the country.<br /> <br /> He assured all that the police will bring such places to order.<br /> <br /> The IG said no VIP would be allowed to move around with police escort on election days.<br /> <br /> He warned that any policeman who contravened the rule would be arrested.<br /> <br /> “No escort of VIPs on election day, any policeman who contravenes this order would be arrested,” the IGP said

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Emery urges Arsenal to improve away form amid criticism

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje-_fFTEW8QO2P1E_r4CTZf9KVQPYGCibXVE10bz01aLBnOTF1ruEyVDW8gEL3NSpKpGXQ9xZLQhfPTkWkwZyyrNc4g723ncJCQVgt01h9TG83OVdTGfOlhaU19KDe34gYkmDqw93G8k/s1600/Unai-Emery-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="672" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje-_fFTEW8QO2P1E_r4CTZf9KVQPYGCibXVE10bz01aLBnOTF1ruEyVDW8gEL3NSpKpGXQ9xZLQhfPTkWkwZyyrNc4g723ncJCQVgt01h9TG83OVdTGfOlhaU19KDe34gYkmDqw93G8k/s320/Unai-Emery-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Unai Emery admits Arsenal have no excuse for failing to improve their wretched away record when they face lowly Huddersfield on Saturday .<br /> <br /> <br /> Emery ’ s side have lost their past three away games in the Premier League including a 3 - 1 loss at Manchester City last weekend .<br /> <br /> <br /> With defeats at Southampton and West Ham among the other low - lights of Arsenal’ s travel- sick season , the thought of losing to bottom - of - the -table Huddersfield at the John Smith ’ s Stadium is too much for Emery to stomach.<br /> <br /> <br /> A 2 - 1 win at Bournemouth on November 25 was the last time Emery ’ s side took three points on the road , but Huddersfield looks the perfect opponents after losing 11 of their past 12 league games.<br /> <br /> <br /> Asked on Thursday if a win this weekend was essential, Emery told reporters: “ Yes . We started very well away, changing our mentality , but now we need to recover this confidence , to recover this performance and the next opportunity is against Huddersfield .<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> “ For us as well, away games have been a challenge and each match is a new challenge .<br /> <br /> <br /> “ Each match is also a very big opportunity for us to fight for the possibility to take three points and continue better than how we are doing in away games now. ”<br /> <br /> <br /> While Arsenal will be fancied to take three points home from Yorkshire , Emery insisted his players should not take success for granted against a team fighting to avoid relegation.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ These matches are difficult and they are playing for the possibility to continue in the Premier League , ” he said.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ Their last results have not been good but with their new coach ( Jan Siewert ) , I am sure that they are going to play with big ambition and a big performance on Saturday.<br /> <br /> <br /> Emery ’ s tactics were criticised by some Arsenal fans after the loss to City , underlining the mounting sense of frustration as the north Londoners slipped down to sixth place.<br /> <br /> <br /> Some even called for Emery to be sacked less than a season after he replaced Arsene Wenger , but the former Paris Saint- Germain boss is unfazed .<br /> <br /> <br /> “ My first critic is always myself . I work over the criticisms of me because I know that work in the present can change our way , ” he said .<br /> <br /> <br /> “ How we are doing at home and away, we are with the possibility and the opportunity of (finishing in ) the top four . ”

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Obasanjo belongs in dustbin of history – Akinrinade

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7LUTUsxhF3WAYFaq8WQP2pUBziQVbynFgZJGZd6idcY1WCI0N_cYSFU4QbJFwldWJFctz-LxcHg9_KOtrGsgXZlAaAFvD6Ii4n7dlQadKYkXDB8KxEMehvpk0Mjx1E6Ju0_P7m89_mU/s1600/Obasanjo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="640" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7LUTUsxhF3WAYFaq8WQP2pUBziQVbynFgZJGZd6idcY1WCI0N_cYSFU4QbJFwldWJFctz-LxcHg9_KOtrGsgXZlAaAFvD6Ii4n7dlQadKYkXDB8KxEMehvpk0Mjx1E6Ju0_P7m89_mU/s320/Obasanjo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Alani Akinrinade (retd.), has asked Nigerians to ignore former President Olusegun Obasanjo, adding that Obasanjo belongs in the dustbin of history.</div> <div class="code-block code-block-1" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: left; font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 8px 8px 8px 0px; text-align: justify;"></div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">The ex-general also urged the media to stop giving Obasanjo publicity as he lacks credibility.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">He said, “The Nigerian media appear to have forgotten they are indeed the fourth estate of the realm. They are gatekeepers. They owe Nigeria the responsibility of keeping this irritable man where he belongs- the waste bin of history.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">“Like his daughter, Iyabo reminded him in her letter, Nigeria does not belong to him. He should allow Nigerians to choose who they want and stop goading the citizenry for his own selfish interests.”</div> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">Akinrinade asked Nigerians to ignore Obasanjo’s call for the election of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">He said Obasanjo’s modus operandi was to support a new candidate at almost every election cycle and once the person is elected, Obasanjo would begin to criticise the new President.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">The former army chief said Obasanjo only acts in defence of his own selfish interest.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">Akinrinade added, “Olusegun Obasanjo asking Nigerians to vote for Atiku Abubakar is an insult to our collective intelligence. With the benefit of hindsight, can anyone truly say Obasanjo’s sense of judgment in choosing leaders can be trusted?</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">“Take a good look at history. Through the clandestine manoeuvres in 1979, he foisted on Nigeria a reluctant Shehu Shagari at the expense of the cerebral Obafemi Awolowo or Nnamdi Azikiwe. After his second coming, he so manipulated the electoral system that he fraudulently installed an unhealthy Umaru Yar’Adua as President alongside another reluctant character in the person of Goodluck Jonathan as the deputy.</div> <div class="code-block code-block-2" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); float: left; font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 8px 8px 8px 0px; text-align: justify;"></div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">“He denied every interested member of his party while employing all sorts of machination including threat and blackmail. Then came 2015; he told Nigerians Muhammadu Buhari is the best man for the job. As he has done to every Presidential candidate he installed or supported, a few years down the line, he says Buhari is unfit for the job again.”</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">The former COAS said it was shameful of Obasanjo to have endorsed Atiku after calling him all sorts of names in the past.</div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">He said it was funny that the same Obasanjo who publicly tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card could return to his vomit.</div> <div class="code-block code-block-3" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 8px 0px; text-align: justify;"></div> <div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: "frank ruhl libre", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;">“The Bible says something about such people- a double-minded man is unstable in his ways, James 1:8. 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The EU has been invited to observe all of the general elections in Nigeria since 1999. Thus this is the sixth time the EU is observing elections in Nigeria.</span></div> <div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Independent National Electoral Commission invited the EU to deploy an observation mission for the 2019 general elections.</span></div> <div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“EU election observation missions give commentary and analysis and make recommendations about the electoral process. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPj2LTgilXpS98P1LlAR8BbIVts_kgVTgezR0KFTYANRbH0H5oIXhXNjuu0itzvDMnXHQaWrC1XXm97F8UNSpd3qBVomruj8mnJ5NN1c8qoeJfRmOZxLJBruA1IvYsVLnZjgR8gSpQe2U/s1600/Kayode-Egbetokun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="627" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPj2LTgilXpS98P1LlAR8BbIVts_kgVTgezR0KFTYANRbH0H5oIXhXNjuu0itzvDMnXHQaWrC1XXm97F8UNSpd3qBVomruj8mnJ5NN1c8qoeJfRmOZxLJBruA1IvYsVLnZjgR8gSpQe2U/s320/Kayode-Egbetokun1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Mr . Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer to former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State and will superintend the elections that begin next Saturday.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Police Service Commission has approved his appointment and deployment along with 36 others.<br /> <br /> <br /> Their appointment came following a recommendation by the acting Inspector General of Police , Mohammed Adamu , to the commission.<br /> <br /> <br /> Details of the approval and deployment are contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Commission ’ s Spokesman , Ikechukwu Ani.<br /> <br /> <br /> With the approval, CP Mu ’ azu Zubairu , will take over from Imohimi Edgal as the new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> The Commissioners of Police and the states they are deployed in are : “ Buba Sanusi , Katsina State; Mohammed Wakili , Kano State ; Rabiu Ladodo , Jigawa State ; Ahmed Iliyasu, Ogun State ; Mu ’ azu Zubairu , Lagos State ; Ibrahim Sabo, Niger State ; Alkassam Sanusi , Taraba State ; Garba M . Mukaddas , Adamawa State ; Omololu Bishi , Benue State ; Bola Longe , Nassarawa State ; Isaac Akinmoyede , Plagos, teau State; Odumosu Hakeem , Edo State ; Olushola David , Bayelsa State ; Adeleke Yinka , Delta State ; Austin Iwero Agbonlahor, Cross Rivers State ; Bashir Makama , Akwa Ibom State ; Awosola Awotunde, Ebonyi State ; Belel Usman, Rivers State ; Bello Makwashi, Gombe State and Abdulrahman Ahmed , Kaduna State . ”<br /> Others are : “ Bala Ciroma , FCT; Egbetokun Kayode , Kwara State ; Hakeem Busari , Kogi State ; Asuquo Amba , Ekiti state ; Galadanchi Dasuki , Imo State ; Suleiman Balarabe , Enugu State ; Dandaura Mustapha , Anambra State ; Etim Ene Okon , Abia state ; Ibrahim Kaoje , Sokoto state ; Celestine Okoye, Zamfara State ; Garba Danjuma, Kebbi State ; Abiodun Ige , Osun State ; Undie Adie , Ondo State ; Olukolu Shina , Oyo State; Ali Janga , Bauchi State ; Damian Chukwu , Bornu State and Sumonu Abdulmalik, Yobe State . ”<br /> <br /> <br /> According to the Commission , the CPs are expected to proceed immediately to their new Commands ahead of the 2019 general elections.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Chairman of the Commission , Alhaji Musiliu Smith , charged them to quickly settle at their new posts and ensure that the forthcoming general elections in their various Commands are peaceful, free, fair and transparent.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbj7k4pBIXknxeLT2k76SlHO-Z_FB1q14-zpu7Iay8DspZXi4rECWLjSaOz4-jtLmfIbGsG3uGarWf6UB2JOSSU5UHRiXw0XeTALpVUl5VA_5VFd_-F9duBMIl4A4XkHtoSNButkTytYE/s1600/ASUU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="720" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbj7k4pBIXknxeLT2k76SlHO-Z_FB1q14-zpu7Iay8DspZXi4rECWLjSaOz4-jtLmfIbGsG3uGarWf6UB2JOSSU5UHRiXw0XeTALpVUl5VA_5VFd_-F9duBMIl4A4XkHtoSNButkTytYE/s320/ASUU.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will hold a reconciliatory meeting on Thursday in an effort to resolve issues that led to the ongoing strike called by ASUU.<br /> <br /> <br /> ASUU president , Prof Biodun Ogunyemi , said at the end of the last meeting held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment that there was an agreement to adjourn until Thursday after the leadership of the ASUU must have met other members to discuss the new government position of its demands.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ We have set of information for our members . Until we tell our members . We are making progress and the progress we are making is for everybody’ s interest and stakeholders will benefit at the end of the day . We will be meeting on Thursday ( today ).<br /> <br /> <br /> We have trashed all grey areas so the progress we have made must first be related to our members. ”<br /> <br /> <br /> While confirming that both parties would meet for another meeting , Acting Director at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Iliya Rhoda , said in a statement that Dr Chris Ngige would preside over the meeting.<br /> <br /> <br /> The statement said , “ Furtherance to efforts at resolving the on - going industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities , the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige , is scheduled to hold a conciliatory meeting with the executive of ASUU . ”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8P50DtGArvW8RLnk_kFGNcPaZ4VoliCsExqyodfm87FvUgGpJoDKY6J8v9KkvA4HhQ2mgrX7P2kSou94iFTgt6gvy4vHGlNCDLfId6k-omnEe3NyO2gu84WtiOqDwgC2_7Dx658S0A2p/s1600/Fashola+%25281%2529+works.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8P50DtGArvW8RLnk_kFGNcPaZ4VoliCsExqyodfm87FvUgGpJoDKY6J8v9KkvA4HhQ2mgrX7P2kSou94iFTgt6gvy4vHGlNCDLfId6k-omnEe3NyO2gu84WtiOqDwgC2_7Dx658S0A2p/s320/Fashola+%25281%2529+works.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has stated that power generation in Nigeria increased by 100 per cent within a space of three years.<br /> <br /> Fashola, who disclosed this while playing host to members of the Federation of Construction Industry in his office on Monday in Abuja, specifically stated that power generation increased from 4,000 megawatts in 2015 to 8,000MW in 2018.<br /> <br /> This, however, was different from the latest power generation figures obtained from the Transmission Company of Nigeria on Monday, as the TCN stated that peak generation attained on February 3, 2019, was 4,976MW.<br /> <br /> It also stated that the peak average energy ever sent out was 4,557MWH/H and that this was recorded on February 2, 2016.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> TCN further stated that the peak power generation ever attained was 5,222MW, adding that the figure was recorded on December 18, 2017.<br /> <br /> But Fashola, in a statement issued by the FMPWH on Monday, told his guests that Nigerians now spent less on fuelling of generators and plants because of frequent and improved electricity supply nationwide.<br /> <br /> The minister said the government was committed to renewing and expanding the Nigerian economy through the provision of critical infrastructure.<br /> <br /> He explained that the ministry was almost completing 34 pilot national housing programmes in the states that had provided land for the take-off of the programme, adding that the rehabilitation and reconstruction of federal secretariats were ongoing in Bayelsa, Anambra, Zamfara and Nasarawa states.<br /> <br /> Fashola told the FOCI members that the Federal Government recognised the efforts of the association in helping to galvanise the quarry and mining industry due to the volume of construction going on in the built environment and the road sector.<br /> <br /> Fashola was quoted in the statement as saying, “When I first met you, there were complaints of non-payment for three to four years before the coming of this administration.<br /> <br /> “But I can confidently say there is not one year since the beginning of this administration that contractors have not been paid; the money move round the economy.”<br /> <br /> Fashola also explained that Executive Order 5 sought to achieve local participation for Nigerians and Nigerian companies, as the ministry was already compiling the list of Nigerians working on project sites.<br /> <br /> He further explained that the recent Executive Order 7 signed by the President would ensure industrialisation, adding that it would expand construction work and manufacturing jobs.<br /> <br /> The Director-General, FOCI, who led the delegation, Olubunmi Adekoje, appreciated the ministry for the support given to the association and the timely intervention in the area of finance to boost the activities of the industry.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="660" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUScfb-HNQ39Yool3Oa3o93ukDLcgFskW2bvMZibXaXSrcOmPIf2ZjKP7YEjtKS5Y-E86eCWcaXNgRtP1oP-ukOYNWnjYViFDue8KhrP5WISzl1eOIlGHwnj3Jz0KmsYR44fOVnte5y-Jy/s640/buhari+civilian+military.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> Some retired military officers on Monday endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term.<br /> <br /> The generals and former military governors were led to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, by a former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Buba Marwa for the endorsement.<br /> <br /> Among them were a former Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Jubril Ayinla; 17 former Military Administrators; two Lieutenant Generals; 13 Major Generals; two Rear Admirals; eight Air Vice-Marshals; 12 Brigadier Generals; eight Navy Commodores; and nine Air Commodores.<br /> <br /> Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade, also joined the group.<br /> <br /> Marwa, while speaking with State House correspondents after the event, said the retired officers were impressed by Buhari’s achievements.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Marwa, who doubles as the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Elimination of Drug Abuse in Nigeria Committee, said, “As an officer and a gentleman, his (Buhari) word is his bond.<br /> <br /> “After winning the elections (in 2015), he brought out simple three-point programme – security, economy and fighting corruption. He led the fight and is leading the fight by personal example; that is the height of leadership. Do as as I do, not as a say, he has demonstrated that.”<br /> <br /> He said Buhari had fulfilled all his campaign promises, a reason that endeared him to the retired officers.<br /> <br /> When asked whether the former officers endorsed the President out of fear that he might come after them, Marwa replied, “Absolutely not. Every human being is political; we may be non-partisan, we all want a good country for ourselves, our children and grandchildren and even for those yet unborn.<br /> <br /> “Look at the drug abuse thing for instance, he is the first President that launched a war against it in Nigeria through the committees, one of which I chair.<br /> <br /> “Unless you have compassion, you will overlook the matter of drugs and think that these are the dregs of the society. But he did.”<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the Presidency said during the meeting with the retired military officers, Buhari told them that he had clear objectives to serve the country.<br /> <br /> A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the President as saying that Nigerians must “salvage Nigeria together” as the only country they had.<br /> <br /> He added, “God has made this country great. We have human and material resources, and may God continue to give us the right leaders.

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‘N2.2bn fraud’: It’s painful testifying against Fayose, says Obanikoro

Latest-News ‘N2.2bn fraud’: It’s painful testifying against Fayose, says Obanikoro

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Oshiomhole reveals those planning to buy NNPC if Atiku becomes president

Latest-News Oshiomhole reveals those planning to buy NNPC if Atiku becomes president

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ACPN picked me thinking I have looted funds –Oby Ezekwesili

Latest-News ACPN picked me thinking I have looted funds –Oby Ezekwesili

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Buhari led APC govt planning Onnoghen treatment for INEC chairman – PDP

Latest-News Buhari led APC govt planning Onnoghen treatment for INEC chairman – PDP

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Full text of fresh allegations against PDP by Federal Government

Latest-News Full text of fresh allegations against PDP by Federal Government

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BREAKING: Adamawa town currently under Boko Haram attack

Latest-News BREAKING: Adamawa town currently under Boko Haram attack

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Atiku can’t defeat Buhari even if witches, wizard endorse him – Presidency

Latest-News Atiku can’t defeat Buhari even if witches, wizard endorse him – Presidency

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Fayose’s trial: Obanikoro admits he was a suspect

Latest-News Fayose’s trial: Obanikoro admits he was a suspect

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Jonathan’s ex-minister, retired generals endorse Buhari

Latest-News Jonathan’s ex-minister, retired generals endorse Buhari

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Buhari swears in 27-year-old lawyer as ICPC board member

Latest-News Buhari swears in 27-year-old lawyer as ICPC board member

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FG, Edo Govt. seal National Sports Festival deal

Latest-News FG, Edo Govt. seal National Sports Festival deal

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Osinbajo reveals what RCCG GO, Adeboye told him night before chopper crash, lists co-occupants

Latest-News Osinbajo reveals what RCCG GO, Adeboye told him night before chopper crash, lists co-occupants

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FG claims PDP has sent delegation to US, UK to reject outcome of polls

Latest-News FG claims PDP has sent delegation to US, UK to reject outcome of polls

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Buhari reveals what ‘will kill Nigeria’

Latest-News Buhari reveals what ‘will kill Nigeria’

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BREAKING: CCT fixes Feb 13 for definite hearing of charges against Onnoghen

Latest-News BREAKING: CCT fixes Feb 13 for definite hearing of charges against Onnoghen

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INEC removes Sha’aban Sharada Kano Municipal APC Reps candidate

Latest-News INEC removes Sha’aban Sharada Kano Municipal APC Reps candidate

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Army to clamp down on IPOB, splinter groups to prevent disruption of election

Latest-News Army to clamp down on IPOB, splinter groups to prevent disruption of election

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No politician can defeat President Buhari, says El’rufai

Latest-News No politician can defeat President Buhari, says El’rufai

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Protesters storm US, UK embassies, demand release of Deji Adeyanju

Latest-News Protesters storm US, UK embassies, demand release of Deji Adeyanju

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Senate discontinue case at supreme court over Walter Onnoghen, defers to NJC

Latest-News Senate discontinue case at supreme court over Walter Onnoghen, defers to NJC

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BREAKING: Appeal Court Orders Stay Of Execution Of Judgment Nullifying APC Primaries In Rivers

Latest-News BREAKING: Appeal Court Orders Stay Of Execution Of Judgment Nullifying APC Primaries In Rivers

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REVEALED: How lobbyists convinced lawmakers to facilitate Atiku’s US trip

Latest-News REVEALED: How lobbyists convinced lawmakers to facilitate Atiku’s US trip

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BREAKING: Ezekwesili resigns from ACPN

Latest-News BREAKING: Ezekwesili resigns from ACPN

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Remove Buhari now – APGA presidential candidate urges Nigerians

Latest-News Remove Buhari now – APGA presidential candidate urges Nigerians

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Five things Obasanjo, Atiku must explain to Nigerians

Latest-News Five things Obasanjo, Atiku must explain to Nigerians

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Falana writes AGF, calls for withdrawal of charges against Onnoghen

Latest-News Falana writes AGF, calls for withdrawal of charges against Onnoghen

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Nigerian witches endorse Atiku, give reasons

Latest-News Nigerian witches endorse Atiku, give reasons

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NDLEA dislodges 35 drug joints, hotspots in Kano

Latest-News NDLEA dislodges 35 drug joints, hotspots in Kano

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PC feverish over Atiku’s acceptance in Buhari’s stronghold -PDP

Latest-News PC feverish over Atiku’s acceptance in Buhari’s stronghold -PDP

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#WorldWizkidDay: Fans eulogise music star on Twitter

Latest-News #WorldWizkidDay: Fans eulogise music star on Twitter

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Court strikes out Evans’s N1bn suit against police, others

Latest-News Court strikes out Evans’s N1bn suit against police, others

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BREAKiNG: CCT adjourns Onnoghen’s trial

Latest-News BREAKiNG: CCT adjourns Onnoghen’s trial

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‘Atiku, Agbaje may lose in Lagos if…’ — Ogunlewe

Latest-News ‘Atiku, Agbaje may lose in Lagos if…’ — Ogunlewe

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Atiku speaks on alleged biased TV interviewer, Kadaria Ahmed

Latest-News Atiku speaks on alleged biased TV interviewer, Kadaria Ahmed

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BREAKING: Senator Joseph Waku is dead

Latest-News BREAKING: Senator Joseph Waku is dead

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CCT chairman accuses Onnoghen’s lawyer of delaying trial

Latest-News CCT chairman accuses Onnoghen’s lawyer of delaying trial

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‘If Buhari is so vengeful, why is your daughter still at Aso Rock?’ — Keyamo tackles Galadima on live TV

Latest-News ‘If Buhari is so vengeful, why is your daughter still at Aso Rock?’ — Keyamo tackles Galadima on live TV

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PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari back to Nigeria after health scare

Latest-News PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari back to Nigeria after health scare

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Video: Pastor Adeboye, wife dance over Osinbajo’s victory over death

Latest-News Video: Pastor Adeboye, wife dance over Osinbajo’s victory over death

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Yoruba diety "Oluorogbo" like Jesus -Ooni of Ife

Latest-News Yoruba diety "Oluorogbo" like Jesus -Ooni of Ife

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EFCC arrests 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Awka

Latest-News EFCC arrests 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Awka

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Buhari reacts to Atiku’s endorsement by Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Northern Elders Forum, PANDEF, Middle Belt

Latest-News Buhari reacts to Atiku’s endorsement by Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Northern Elders Forum, PANDEF, Middle Belt

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Ogun gov race: Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Osoba, Amosun in a test of strength

Latest-News Ogun gov race: Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Osoba, Amosun in a test of strength

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Agency investigating Osinbajo’s chopper crash ‘to release report in days’

Latest-News Agency investigating Osinbajo’s chopper crash ‘to release report in days’

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2019 Elections: Aisha Buhari, women campaign team meets to re-strategise

Latest-News 2019 Elections: Aisha Buhari, women campaign team meets to re-strategise

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If elected president, ASUU strike will end on my first day in office – Atiku

Latest-News If elected president, ASUU strike will end on my first day in office – Atiku

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Nnamdi Kanu is right; Atiku’s Adamawa was in Northern Cameroon

Latest-News Nnamdi Kanu is right; Atiku’s Adamawa was in Northern Cameroon

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No fraud bigger than this, says Keyamo on endorsement of Atiku

Latest-News No fraud bigger than this, says Keyamo on endorsement of Atiku

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FG planning to harass 200 judges who won’t cooperate -Wike

Latest-News FG planning to harass 200 judges who won’t cooperate -Wike

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Presidential candidate faults hiring of private chopper for Osinbajo’s trip

Latest-News Presidential candidate faults hiring of private chopper for Osinbajo’s trip

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Police detain couple over murder of first wife in Enugu

Latest-News Police detain couple over murder of first wife in Enugu

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One killed, several injured during Oyo APC, PDP campaign rallies

Latest-News One killed, several injured during Oyo APC, PDP campaign rallies

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INEC’s CCC is for rigging —PDP

Latest-News INEC’s CCC is for rigging —PDP

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Nigerians won’t allow you to rig elections, PDP tells Buhari

Latest-News Nigerians won’t allow you to rig elections, PDP tells Buhari

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I’m moved to tears, says Atiku after widespread endorsement

Latest-News I’m moved to tears, says Atiku after widespread endorsement

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Nnamdi Kanu says Atiku is originally from Cameroon

Latest-News Nnamdi Kanu says Atiku is originally from Cameroon

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Buhari praises Osinbajo for carrying on with campaign despite crash

Latest-News Buhari praises Osinbajo for carrying on with campaign despite crash

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PANDEF, NEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Forum adopt Atiku

Latest-News PANDEF, NEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Forum adopt Atiku

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Tinubu, Ambode, Lagos APC leaders halt moves to impeach Ambode

Latest-News Tinubu, Ambode, Lagos APC leaders halt moves to impeach Ambode

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Pastor Adeboye leads RCCG in thanksgiving for Osinbajo after crash

Latest-News Pastor Adeboye leads RCCG in thanksgiving for Osinbajo after crash

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EFCC secures 40 convictions in January

Latest-News EFCC secures 40 convictions in January

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VIDEO: Osinbajo testifies in church after surviving helicopter crash

Latest-News VIDEO: Osinbajo testifies in church after surviving helicopter crash

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Afenifere, NEF, PANDEF endorse Atiku for president

Latest-News Afenifere, NEF, PANDEF endorse Atiku for president

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Buhari campaigning for PDP in Kano with Ganduje’s endorsement – Kwankwaso

Latest-News Buhari campaigning for PDP in Kano with Ganduje’s endorsement – Kwankwaso

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Crashed helicopter not for NAF, not on Presidential fleet – Official

Latest-News Crashed helicopter not for NAF, not on Presidential fleet – Official

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Court resumes Fayose’s trial tomorrow

Latest-News Court resumes Fayose’s trial tomorrow

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FG resolves all issues with ASUU, ASUP, releases N16.8bn, says Education Minister

Latest-News FG resolves all issues with ASUU, ASUP, releases N16.8bn, says Education Minister

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Kannywood: Bello vows to cut his hair if Buhari is re-elected

Latest-News Kannywood: Bello vows to cut his hair if Buhari is re-elected

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Photo News: PVCs burnt as hoodlums set INEC office on fire in Abia

Latest-News Photo News: PVCs burnt as hoodlums set INEC office on fire in Abia

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SERAP sues Fashola over failure to disclose contractors who absconded with project money

Latest-News SERAP sues Fashola over failure to disclose contractors who absconded with project money

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Suarez set for Arsenal’s debut against Manchester City

Latest-News Suarez set for Arsenal’s debut against Manchester City

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Ebonyi monarchs promise Atiku 90% votes after endorsing Buhari

Latest-News Ebonyi monarchs promise Atiku 90% votes after endorsing Buhari

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Police launch manhunt for thugs who disrupts APC rally in Bayelsa, arrest one

Latest-News Police launch manhunt for thugs who disrupts APC rally in Bayelsa, arrest one

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Osinbajo attends thanksgiving service after helicopter crash

Latest-News Osinbajo attends thanksgiving service after helicopter crash

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EU, INEC, traders urge voters to collect PVCs

Latest-News EU, INEC, traders urge voters to collect PVCs

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Wike’s Special Adviser regains freedom

Latest-News Wike’s Special Adviser regains freedom

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Kano central contest: Shekarau, Kwankwaso in another political battle

Latest-News Kano central contest: Shekarau, Kwankwaso in another political battle

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