PDP accuses INEC chairman of refusing Atiku access to inspect election materials

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSm4vlh65J0_HZ0ObIfgx4loz4JsIeI0Y1OXNcC93sbvNIDrybkrrHMUHsx66FhQ2J3FzTHHntppc5OlRiV_IA3E02w6WnSZTOtFAVFH5JxKq8aGBhisCqG7qr7IcbvMba-wu0SLyOgWM/s1600/atiku+stop+no+beg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSm4vlh65J0_HZ0ObIfgx4loz4JsIeI0Y1OXNcC93sbvNIDrybkrrHMUHsx66FhQ2J3FzTHHntppc5OlRiV_IA3E02w6WnSZTOtFAVFH5JxKq8aGBhisCqG7qr7IcbvMba-wu0SLyOgWM/s320/atiku+stop+no+beg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Saturday, accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, of disobeying the ruling of the Appeal Court, wherein the court directed him to allow the party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, access to inspect the documents and materials used in the just concluded Presidential election that saw the victory of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.<br /> <br /> Disclosing this in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media & Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, the party opined that the action was a deliberate and wicked ploy by INEC, acting in cahoots with the All Progressives Congress (APC), to frustrate the people-backed resolve by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP to timorously file and mention our petition at the Presidential election Tribunal, and by so doing, ambush the case.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The statement reads thus: “It is imperative to inform Nigerians that upon obtaining the lawful order of the Court, directing INEC to forthwith, avail Atiku Abubakar and the PDP copies of all the documents and other materials used for the Presidential election, our legal team wrote to the INEC Chairman on the 11th and 12th of March 2019 respectively, causing the Order to be served on INEC and requesting access to the said documents and materials. Despite being served with the Order and several follow-ups, the leadership of INEC has refused to grant the PDP and Atiku Abubakar access to the materials and documents, notwithstanding the urgency of the matter.<br /> <br /> This action by the leadership of INEC has further exposed that it has been heavily compromised by the Buhari Presidency to rig the February 23, 2019 Presidential election and to frustrate the quest by Nigerians to reclaim the mandate from President Muhammadu Buhari and save the nation from the crisis of an illegitimate government. 9th Assembly leadership: Buhari to operate within constitutional limits — Enang The leadership of INEC and the APC are seeking to frustrate our court option, seeing that the documents and materials will expressly show that Atiku Abubakar clearly won the election by the votes directly delivered at the polling units across the country as well as expose how the commission and the Buhari Presidency manipulated the results for President Buhari.<br /> <br /> The PDP cautions the INEC to note that Nigerians are now aware of its manipulative tendencies and that any further delay in granting access to the materials might attract public odium. INEC should therefore end its unpatriotic partisan shenanigans with the APC and immediately obey the Court of Appeal and grant the PDP and Atiku Abubakar access to the documents and materials and free itself from unholy entanglement with the APC against Nigerians.”

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Buhari condemns Kaduna attacks, says conflict politicised

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqXUAaOxFxlJ5MTb4YuKWeX3EFX1lNelqT_VegwpJOibo_JGTITB50Ge2253hFc3HOYPIVF_QWR_mfzcSmlmxpQNCf-2-Db64WFSQ2On6_Z3CUaWvN8lRqks7-A17GTG6ziUUrNqpekgx/s1600/Buhari+Thinking+new+sad+tired+vex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqXUAaOxFxlJ5MTb4YuKWeX3EFX1lNelqT_VegwpJOibo_JGTITB50Ge2253hFc3HOYPIVF_QWR_mfzcSmlmxpQNCf-2-Db64WFSQ2On6_Z3CUaWvN8lRqks7-A17GTG6ziUUrNqpekgx/s320/Buhari+Thinking+new+sad+tired+vex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday condemned the endless killings and reprisals in Kaduna State, advising the perpetrators to sheathe their swords.<br /> <br /> The President, who said he was deeply troubled by the killings, noted that violence could only leave sadness on its trail for the attackers on both sides of the divide.<br /> <br /> “I am deeply troubled by the fact that the sanctity of life is now treated with such reckless disregard that people derive joy in shedding the blood of others or perceived enemies,” Buhari was quoted as saying in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu.<br /> <br /> Buhari added that “inhumanity has replaced compassion in the hearts and minds of the perpetrators of these atrocities.”<br /> <br /> The President observed that “No responsible leader would go to bed happy to see his citizens savagely killing one another on account of ethnic and religious bigotry.”<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The President called for patience and dialogue on both sides, saying, “Violence cannot be the solution to these persistent conflicts as long as people resort to deliberate provocation, revenge, and counter-revenge.”<br /> <br /> Buhari further stated that the government was in search of a solution, adding, “While the government remains committed to protecting its citizens, the communities involved must also put their shoulder to the wheel in order to find a lasting solution.”<br /> <br /> He also said a “lack of cooperation by those involved might frustrate the government’s efforts towards finding a lasting solution, especially if those efforts are politicised.”<br /> <br /> Sounding frustrated, the President noted, “If the people resist government’s efforts to hold the perpetrators and their sponsors accountable, it would be very difficult to bring the violence to a permanent end.”<br /> <br /> He also expressed his regrets, “Everything is politicised in Nigeria, including the efforts to bring offenders to justice, because their people will rise up in arms to resist their arrests and prosecution.”<br /> <br /> The President went further to say that hatred, bigotry, and prejudice greatly fuelled the killings as “deadly poisons that have infected the human psyche on such scale that people now don’t have any moral inhibitions about taking life.”

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Fresh attack in Kaduna, 10 killed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FN0x3IfUsu3sMgE-D4WJL5nM6gNLXmYucBm7FgTxFGpfGju0iX2twHJ2K_QKnvM9wKEuUiiJQSvuB-gmbAVKuwO9sCqp6iVvDbFAdoMSkv-0_8VOHGtKhqCWSl8tLDYzUKnyubDorm37/s1600/el+rufai+kaduna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0FN0x3IfUsu3sMgE-D4WJL5nM6gNLXmYucBm7FgTxFGpfGju0iX2twHJ2K_QKnvM9wKEuUiiJQSvuB-gmbAVKuwO9sCqp6iVvDbFAdoMSkv-0_8VOHGtKhqCWSl8tLDYzUKnyubDorm37/s1600/el+rufai+kaduna.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> In yet another attack, Gunmen, on Saturday, killed 10 persons in Nandu -Gbok village in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state.<br /> <br /> Sanga is located in the southern part of the state and bothers Nasarawa state. It is also home to the deputy governor elect, Dr Hadiza Balarabe. In the latest attack which was confirmed by the member representing the area in the national assembly as well as the PDP deputy governorship candidate in the just concluded election, Marshal Katung, about 30 houses were also reported to have been burnt down by the bandits.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a>This attack marks an escalation in attacks on many communities in Kaduna South senatorial district, especially in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state where more than hundred lives have been lost in the last one week.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that a large number of the assailants descended on Nandu -Gbok at about 4:00am on Saturday, armed with guns, machetes and sticks and started shooting sporadically on arrival to the community. “We were woken up by heavy gunshots.<br /> <br /> There was confusion, everybody was running to the bush. They set houses ablaze. Ten people were killed, some people were burnt to death, many others were injured, some people are still missing” one villager told journalists on phone. Hon. Shehu Nicholas Garba, member of House of Representatives, representing Sanga/Jama’a federal constituency in the national assembly condemned the attack and called for urgent steps to protect the people.<br /> <br /> “We woke up this morning to the sad news of an attack by gunmen on Nandu Gbok, a community in Sanga LGA of Kaduna State. “About 10 bodies have been recovered and about 30 Houses confirmed burnt down. “That the latest attack is coming while we are mourning and trying to deal with the devastating massacre wrought on the Adara People (in Kajuru LGA) has, once again, brought to the fore the plight of the indigenous people of Southern Kaduna” the law maker said in the statement. In his reaction, the deputy governorship candidate of the PDP in the recently concluded elections, Marshal Katung blamed the incessant killings in the area on government failure. He said “these attacks/Crisess are becoming one too many.<br /> <br /> I am greatly disturbed at the scale and magnitude of destruction of lives and property that has been going on unabated with very little action by the Government. “When the crises broke out in Kajuru three weeks ago, we expressed sadness at the comments of our State Government, warning that it could trigger a circle of violence.<br /> <br /> For as long as government does not treat it’s citizens with justice, equity and fairness, this unfortunate situation will continue. “Government should note that lives of our citizens, irrespective of demographic, ethnic or religious persuasion, should be sacred and should not be sacrificed on the alter of politics of deliberate exclusion.<br /> <br /> The victims are beginning to ask: Do we still have a functional and responsive government? May God grant strength and fortitude to those that have lost loved ones.” As usual, the Kaduna state Police Public Relations officer, Yakubu Sabo Abubakar, did not respond to calls or messages sent to his phone to confirm the incident as at the time of filling this report.

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Boko Haram gets new leader

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkmUZ5IB1w-ItdevuOYNfz4QG-XBqdRfxYYzJDGvk2TJsjff3IJjVb5pANehnnBTku8yGXmQ1835xIrliaToHDMmkQNbWvY1HUD2PohFUdxkH8pG9QXhJfzupgWAWxuaLgRDpgyEi1JHn/s1600/boko+haram+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1600" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkmUZ5IB1w-ItdevuOYNfz4QG-XBqdRfxYYzJDGvk2TJsjff3IJjVb5pANehnnBTku8yGXmQ1835xIrliaToHDMmkQNbWvY1HUD2PohFUdxkH8pG9QXhJfzupgWAWxuaLgRDpgyEi1JHn/s400/boko+haram+logo.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The deposed leader of an IS-backed faction of Boko Haram has been detained by more radical elements who seized control of the group, three well-informed sources have told AFP.<br /> <br /> Uncertainty has surrounded the fate of Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi after he was replaced as leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) last month. An audio recording about his removal appeared online some two weeks ago, sparking speculation as to whether he was still alive or dead.<br /> <br /> Three sources told AFP last week that Al-Barnawi had been deposed. The regional military force fighting the jihadists in northeast Nigeria has also acknowledged the development. Colonel Timothy Antigha, spokesman for the N’Djamena-based Multinational Joint Task Force, said the change of leadership was the result of an “internal crisis”. “The Islamic State West Africa Province announced the sack of Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi and the appointment of Abu Abdullahi Ibn Umar Albarnawi,” he added in a statement.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> One source with knowledge of the group’s activities told AFP the deposed leader was now “in the custody of the new leadership”. “It was a bloodless coup. They made him abdicate and put him in detention,” said the source, who asked not to be identified for his personal safety.<br /> <br /> – Top level meeting –<br /> <br /> ISWAP commanders met on February 28 in Kwalaram, one of the group’s camps in the Lake Chad area, where they took a unanimous decision to replace Al-Barnawi. The source said they accused him of having close links with more moderate jihadists in Mali. The Kwalaram meeting was attended by all ISWAP commanders, who came in speedboats from different camps on and around the vast freshwater lake. A second source said the meeting was convened to prevent dissent in the ranks.<br /> <br /> “They have not killed him, they only put him in detention as their aim was only to get him out of the way,” he said. “He is still being held and it is unlikely they will harm him for now.” ISWAP’s new leadership was wary about the emergence of a splinter group of fighters loyal to Al-Barnawi if he were executed, said the second source. Al-Barnawi, who is in his mid-20s, is the son of Boko Haram’s founder Muhammad Yusuf and enjoyed special recognition among followers.<br /> <br /> Killing him could cause disaffection and be seen as a betrayal of Yusuf, who is still venerated by all Boko Haram factions, including that led by his one-time deputy, Abubakar Shekau. “The new leadership knows the possible consequence of killing Al-Barnawi as they did to Mamman Nur,” a third source said, referring to the deposed ISWAP head’s number two. If another breakaway faction appeared, Al-Barnawi’s life would be in danger, the first source warned. IS recognised Barnawi as head of ISWAP after a split from Shekau in mid-2016 over the latter’s indiscriminate violence against civilians.<br /> <br /> – Edged out –<br /> <br /> ISWAP, which has been blamed for or claimed a spate of attacks against the Nigerian military in recent months, went through internal turmoil after the execution of Mamman Nur last year. Nur, a former Yusuf confidant, was the mastermind of the 2011 bombing of the UN building in Abuja that killed 26 and was widely seen as de facto head of ISWAP.<br /> <br /> He was killed in August last year after more radical fighters accused him of pocketing an alleged ransom for the release of more than 100 schoolgirls from the Yobe town of Dapchi. They were also angry with Nur’s more moderate approach and back-channel talks with Nigeria’s government, which is seeking an end to the conflict after nearly 10 years and an estimated 27,000 deaths.<br /> <br /> The new leadership saw Al-Barnawi as a continuation of Nur’s softer approach and decided to edge him out, the third source said. “Killing Al-Barnawi is not on the table, just as killing Nur was not on the table before the ransom disagreement,” the source said. “But everything can change depending on the fallout of the leadership change.”<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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Zidane gets winning start against Celta Vigo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0f_cisHd4_jDWILx1b8e7B1mqwg_5XvHB9ju5zoitTMGN-HYooyzGrgEuMlMcFuCLZt8bPser2gIb4a7jQlmtuKHAuPWAEFljxsaIZpXywqq41-aThnCcuffW5XRBa2wLCB5TD9-elAv9/s1600/zidane-named-coach-of-real-madrid-castilla-1403692702-9305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0f_cisHd4_jDWILx1b8e7B1mqwg_5XvHB9ju5zoitTMGN-HYooyzGrgEuMlMcFuCLZt8bPser2gIb4a7jQlmtuKHAuPWAEFljxsaIZpXywqq41-aThnCcuffW5XRBa2wLCB5TD9-elAv9/s400/zidane-named-coach-of-real-madrid-castilla-1403692702-9305.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Zinedine Zidane brought Real Madrid’s outcasts in from the cold and they repaid him with a win in his first game back as Isco and Gareth Bale each scored in a 2-0 victory over Celta Vigo on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Isco had not started a single La Liga game under Santiago Solari but opened the scoring here shortly after the hour, before Bale got the goal his own committed display deserved to put sorry Celta out of sight.<br /> <br /> Bale was teed up by Marcelo, who was also dropped by Solari but recalled, while Keylor Navas pulled off a superb save in the first half, having been brought back ahead of Thibaut Courtois.<br /> <br /> Even Marco Asensio has been almost anonymous through Madrid’s troubles this season and he seemed rejuvenated too, his weaving run leading to the opener from Isco, who was otherwise the quietest of Zidane’s recovering group.<br /> <br /> The victory ends a run of four consecutive home defeats and means Madrid reduce the gap to nine points behind Barcelona, who play away at Real Betis on Sunday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> That deficit will surely prove too big to close but Zidane’s job is to restore morale in the 11 league games that are left and to find out what, and who, needs changing in the summer.<br /> <br /> At times, this felt like a pre-season fixture, not just because of the baking hot sun but the relaxed atmosphere and the sense this is now a team on trial.<br /> <br /> Bale, whose relationship with Zidane deteriorated to breaking point last season, was arguably the biggest winner, his performance proving there could yet be a place for him in what the club’s president Florentino Perez has dubbed “the glorious new era”.<br /> <br /> Marcelo impressed too while Courtois might well wonder what his next couple of months hold, given Navas, an old favourite of Zidane, looks to be back in favour.<br /> <br /> Zidane had enjoyed his press conference on Friday, joking with journalists about their changed hairstyles and smirking as he admitted he had given the same answers before.<br /> <br /> – Bale rattles crossbar –<br /> There was a cosy feeling at the Santiago Bernabeu too, where fans had a new song to the tune of ‘Hey Jude’, replaced by ‘Zizou’, and cheered their new coach’s name when it was announced before kick-off.<br /> <br /> Bale came closest to scoring in the first half with an acrobatic scissor-kick that crashed against the crossbar and later teed up Karim Benzema to tap in, only for the referee to book the Welshman for a foul in the build-up.<br /> <br /> In between, Madrid were rather muted, but dominant in possession. Marcelo pulled back for Isco, who slipped, and then watched his fizzing shot from distance pushed away by Ruben Blanco.<br /> <br /> Toni Kroos’ effort grazed the roof of the net and from a corner, Sergio Ramos headed wide.<br /> <br /> Celta found chances on the break but never looked liked converting. Maxi Gomez, with only Ramos to beat, curled wide while Sofiane Boufal’s finish had to be blocked on the line by Marcelo as Madrid were again caught upfield.<br /> <br /> Benzema’s goal was ruled out just before half-time and Luka Modric had one chalked off just after, this time VAR intervening to show Raphael Varane offside and close enough to be deemed active.<br /> <br /> Isco’s influence had diminished and Dani Ceballos was ready to replace him just before he scored the opening goal. Asensio made it, a superb run allowing Benzema to cross and Isco to bundle in.<br /> <br /> There was still time for Bale to add a second, his touch making space for the shot after Marcelo had slipped him clear. The ball clipped the post and rolled in.<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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Ibadan building collapse: Ajimobi orders free treatment for victims

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoXimNVdgJJYsLt8zY2emjTjkIvcSYujtAivp0_4sfobYD5zQ3h8ONaNgbHNVsS9jV4VB-DCVoskRj-RFYkMOIRjb79k6ZVOEjpkW4qh6X2uAztRt1UjFkQ4IQtWryIA_OKVSYcRqPCM/s1600/Ajimobi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="600" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoXimNVdgJJYsLt8zY2emjTjkIvcSYujtAivp0_4sfobYD5zQ3h8ONaNgbHNVsS9jV4VB-DCVoskRj-RFYkMOIRjb79k6ZVOEjpkW4qh6X2uAztRt1UjFkQ4IQtWryIA_OKVSYcRqPCM/s320/Ajimobi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sympathised with victims of the building collapse in Ibadan , and ordered free treatment for the injured at government hospitals.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mr Bolaji Tunji , Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the Governor , said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ibadan.<br /> <br /> <br /> The three- storey building , which is still under construction , had collapsed on Friday evening at the Sogoye area of the city , leaving some persons injured .<br /> The governor directed that the victims should be moved to the state hospitals and should be given immediate and free medical attention.<br /> <br /> <br /> Ajimobi expressed sadness over the incident , which he described as avoidable.<br /> <br /> <br /> He expressed gratitude to God that no life was lost in the incident.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ I ’ m greatly saddened by the collapse of the uncompleted building in which some people were initially trapped. This is very unfortunate and disheartening.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ But , we must give glory to the Almighty that no life was lost in the incident.<br /> <br /> <br /> “ I have directed the relevant agencies to ensure that all the victims are transferred to government hospitals and given immediate medical attention at no cost to them, ” he said.<br /> <br /> <br /> The governor commended the rescue team for their prompt intervention which led to the evacuation of the victims without recording any fatality.<br /> <br /> <br /> He said that thorough investigation would be carried out by the government to determine the immediate and remote cause of the collapse.<br /> <br /> <br /> Ajimobi said that anybody found culpable from the investigation would be dealt with in accordance with the law .<br /> <br /> <br /> It was gathered that a delegation of the state government led by the State Commissioner for Health , Dr Azeez Adeduntan , also visited a victim at the University College Hospital , Ibadan.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Friday’ s building collapse in Ibadan came barely 72 hours after a similar incident in Lagos , in which no fewer than 20 persons , including school children , died.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ( NAN)

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COLLAPSED SCHOOL: Aisha Buhari visits victims in hospital

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zZvCiPudf2x8R8p9GgYPXdNbzH-vd2hMZYPVEYRoYa1CORzVnhZYs3cnZmkiBlkS9IyNBIwyrT5SQ8o097Ibg_vSZ4NX1JtbxSXs7d8T7bA8dI1p9obrHWfEiyrQ-c1fPfLIJ7JHLkg/s1600/aisha-buhari-e1523528204506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="660" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zZvCiPudf2x8R8p9GgYPXdNbzH-vd2hMZYPVEYRoYa1CORzVnhZYs3cnZmkiBlkS9IyNBIwyrT5SQ8o097Ibg_vSZ4NX1JtbxSXs7d8T7bA8dI1p9obrHWfEiyrQ-c1fPfLIJ7JHLkg/s320/aisha-buhari-e1523528204506.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The wife of the President , Mrs Aisha Buhari , on Saturday visited victims of the Ita - Faji building collapse at the Lagos Island General Hospital to sympathise with them.<br /> <br /> <br /> The wife of the President offered her condolences to the victims of the incident , which claimed the lives of no fewer than 20 people, including school children.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mrs Buhari , who took time to visit women and children wards of the hospital , prayed to God to grant the families that lost loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss.<br /> <br /> <br /> She also wished those still on admission speedy recovery.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> One of the victims and teacher in the school located in the collapsed building, Miss Easter Samuel, expressed her shock over the incident.<br /> <br /> <br /> The 19 - year - old teacher , who was receiving treatment in the hospital , prayed to God not to experience such unfortunate incident again.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Chief Medical Director of the Hospital , Dr Gani Kale , said 10 children were admitted in the hospital after the incident.<br /> <br /> <br /> According to him , three out of the patients have been discharged , having certified their medical fitness.<br /> <br /> <br /> Kale said there was no case of referral to another hospital.<br /> <br /> <br /> The wife of the President was accompanied to the hospital by a former military administrator of Lagos State , retired Brig. - Gen. Buba Marwa and former Deputy Governor of Plateau State , Pauline Tallen, among others.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ( NAN)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0CO2JxOIm5g-F7TwNBhQ6q_RqKyKYEp6IO4XNDdA8pxZWj4hwl1osG82Gkdp7LprXDSFwH4gv9e-Nhe6HXSEW6ZKQRFLjGVPPKLpDApzIKDb-a_8WKdktD_AkA3NFGa-yNSzRcGInjA/s1600/Zinedine-Zidane1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="552" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0CO2JxOIm5g-F7TwNBhQ6q_RqKyKYEp6IO4XNDdA8pxZWj4hwl1osG82Gkdp7LprXDSFwH4gv9e-Nhe6HXSEW6ZKQRFLjGVPPKLpDApzIKDb-a_8WKdktD_AkA3NFGa-yNSzRcGInjA/s320/Zinedine-Zidane1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Zinedine Zidane restored old favourites for his first game since being re - appointed coach of Real Madrid as Thibaut Courtois was dropped for Keylor Navas while Isco and Marcelo both returned.<br /> <br /> <br /> Gareth Bale was also named in the starting line - up at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday as Madrid launched their new era under Zidane at home to Celta Vigo in La Liga.<br /> <br /> <br /> Courtois was the biggest surprise , given he was bought by Madrid for around 40 million euros ($ 45 million ) last summer and had established himself ahead of Navas under Santiago Solari.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> But Navas was a key figure under Zidane , who had tried to dissuade the club from signing another goalkeeper while he was in charge.<br /> <br /> <br /> Isco ’ s recall was another show of intent given the Spaniard had not started a single league game under Solari , while Marcelo came back too , having lost his place at left - back to promising 22 - year - old Sergio Reguilon.<br /> <br /> <br /> Bale ’ s selection suggests Zidane is at least prepared to offer the Welshman a chance to stake his claim. Zidane lost faith in Bale last season , with the pair ’ s relationship growing increasingly strained before Zidane announced his departure.<br /> <br /> <br /> Madrid lie 12 points adrift of leaders Barcelona , who play away at Real Betis on Sunday.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="700" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxzdxN1eFII-e3QCQCEppJozTHpNR7YAKE6D8fKU2UgNgJt9JVCMKoSJcPawPMEsZaDl6sIF_PeU52PoF0bquWK6sabok16hxMYW5c0hdDjltxqSSM5aWP_uBVV81ol0t36mwUlAB5gl5/s400/etinosa+mc+galaxy.jpg" width="400" /></b></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Many Nigerians have expressed shock after Nollywood Actress and producer Etinosa Idemudia went totally unclad on Mc Galaxy’s Instagram Live video on Friday night.</b><br /> <br /> Mc Galaxy who came under scrutiny few days back for allegedly asking women to strip off clothes on his Instagram Live for N50,000.<br /> <br /> However the 'Ogbono crooner' Mc galaxy denied, saying all he asks is for the women to dance, but they ended up going to the extreme.<br /> <br /> However yesterday night, the Nollywood actress showed up on his live broadcast, and went the limits.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <b><i>NigerianEye</i></b> also found out that the actress had threatened to strip on LIVE video few days ago, read her comments below<br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">So that Etinosa Girl deliberately did what she did. Why is Mc Galaxy blamed? <a href="https://t.co/QbOO4J9g4V">pic.twitter.com/QbOO4J9g4V</a></div> — etoro (@etoro111) <a href="https://twitter.com/etoro111/status/1106838256451227649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> Etinosa Idemudia, the Nollywood actress who few months ago raised an alarm over threat to her life by her man, striped off all her clothes on MC Galaxy’s Instagram live video last night, with many Nigerians reacting on social media<br /> <br /> Read comments below...<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">In support for Etinosa who went completely naked on MC Galaxy's Instagram Live yesterday under the influence of alcohol,let all ladies go naked on their timelines by 9pm tonight.🙄🙄Retweet people....WOMAN POWER!!!<a href="https://t.co/I1zcDpghMi">https://t.co/I1zcDpghMi</a></div> — dr_morula (@DrMorula) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMorula/status/1106838148510896128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Imagine ppl saying the reason why Etinosa misbehaved in her video is Cos she was drunk, and it's this same people that said when u are drunk u tend to say or do what u have in mind. The fact remains that the lady is useless. Pls don't go about shifting blames for her stupidity.</div> — Al Mustapha (@Mmrock2016) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mmrock2016/status/1106817048640929793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">etinosa "acted" drunk, all her actions were premeditated. For Galaxy - no words</div> — Olabisi (@Naasmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Naasmart/status/1106839010553618433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Etinosa is not bothered , she’s comfortable with Expressing her body . But Guess who’s bothered? Twitter headmistress and headmasters.RUBBISH</div> — 📸FavoGRAPHer-🚁drone pilot (@_wildone1) <a href="https://twitter.com/_wildone1/status/1106838948419194880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Etinosa is not bothered , she’s comfortable with Expressing her body . But Guess who’s bothered? Twitter headmistress and headmasters.RUBBISH</div> — 📸FavoGRAPHer-🚁drone pilot (@_wildone1) <a href="https://twitter.com/_wildone1/status/1106838948419194880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">MC Galaxy is stupid, but she wasn't asked to join the stupidity. MC Galaxy's matter should be separated from Etinosa's Intention to go nude on live video, she wasn't forced, she wasn't under any influence. Would you do the same?</div> — OONI OF ABUJA (@Deji_OoniAbj) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deji_OoniAbj/status/1106838644441133056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Mc Galaxy should've ended the video call to protect her image but even if he didn't he shouldn't be blamed what if it was intentional?<br /> Etinosa should be held responsible for harassing Mc Galaxy but this country is filled with shit-brained feminists who're always biased.</div> — LeRoy (@NkangLeroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/NkangLeroy/status/1106838574945718272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The video is so sad. She sounds very depressed.<br /> Funny how he ends the call with 'sorry we lost etinosa' i.e It would have been nice to keep watching but unfortunately network cut it 😏<br /> <br /> If she wanted to release her nudes, no one stop her but not within means he could control</div> — Chizoba Anyaeji (@ChizobaAnyaeji) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChizobaAnyaeji/status/1106838418548510720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">MC Galaxy and Etinosa are both adults and they did what they did.<br /> <br /> She voluntarily offered her naked body to the viewing public. This is feminism goals.<br /> <br /> If we can congratulate Mia Khalifa and not judge her, why should we judge an ordinary stripper?</div> — Lagos-Delta Hybrid (@Zuronye) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zuronye/status/1106838404963160066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Imagine if it was Mc Galaxy that was naked on Etinosa IG video, I wonder what twitter will say, Or does this rules only apply for females?</div> — Cabron (@AbdulKabir69) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbdulKabir69/status/1106838274188955648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Instead of people try to connect with Etinosa to be sure she is fine and not harming herself. You are here cursing the man. Putting the blame on him.<br /> <br /> Grow up!</div> — Banji RAFA (@BanjiRAFA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BanjiRAFA/status/1106838153053143040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Most people don’t know that issues like this is what made Kim Kardashian popular and rich, the Etinosa babe should turn this Lemon to Lemonade and become the most sorted actress. She’s obviously very good at acting. Stop blaming MC Galaxy, he was being real.</div> — Tyrion 🇳🇬♨💯🔥 (@Kenny_Pharez) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kenny_Pharez/status/1106846054987776001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">MC Galaxy should have ended the video call knowing she was drunk and Etinosa being drunk doesn't mean she's not guilty also in the viral video. She should also pay for her action for the part she played drunk or not</div> — G•O•A•T (@DatUdiBoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/DatUdiBoy/status/1106837998707134465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">How can you even blame MC galaxy for that video? It’s a live video and Etinosa went naked herself, he was even surprised so how is it his fault?<br /> <br /> He only could have prevented it from going further by ending the video earlier.</div> — Otunba|Alhaji ROYZ🤴🏼 (@royzkingin) <a href="https://twitter.com/royzkingin/status/1106824666314874881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxLCBvoHAxHOUazQowDFcBiC4AgRA7kUonhnq7zqfrz5G75W5ZHegalsXSyxGH3bHRViV6978Na86oIoAObHie5cwTX-G5XLMwvUzTgHeZBVS8OC1tqWyu-hbA5xQETuveeMDok2_Y_V-/s1600/Prof.-Mahmood-Yakubu-copy-504x315+inec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="504" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxLCBvoHAxHOUazQowDFcBiC4AgRA7kUonhnq7zqfrz5G75W5ZHegalsXSyxGH3bHRViV6978Na86oIoAObHie5cwTX-G5XLMwvUzTgHeZBVS8OC1tqWyu-hbA5xQETuveeMDok2_Y_V-/s400/Prof.-Mahmood-Yakubu-copy-504x315+inec.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Independent National Electoral Commission has admitted that soldiers and armed gangs were used to intimidate and unlawfully arrest its staff during the recent governorship election held on March 9, 2019, in Rivers state.<br /> <br /> The commission also expressed its displeasure with the role played by soldiers and armed gangs in Rivers State who disrupted the collation process and attempted “to subvert the will of the people.”<br /> <br /> A statement issued around 11:42 pm last night and signed by INEC National Commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the commission would engage the security agencies at the national level and the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee at the State level to demand neutrality and professionalism of security personnel in order to secure a peaceful environment for the completion of the elections.<br /> <br /> He said, “On March 10 2019, the commission suspended all electoral processes in Rivers State having determined that there was widespread disruption of collation of results of the elections conducted on March 9 2019. Subsequently, the commission set up a fact-finding committee to assess the situation and report back within 48 hours.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The commission met on March 15, 2019, and considered the report of the committee and established that the governorship and State Assembly elections took place in most of the polling units and results were announced.<br /> <br /> “The results from 17 Local Governments out of 23 are available and are in the commission’s custody. The declaration and returns for 21 State constituencies out of 32 were made prior to the suspension.<br /> <br /> “Collation centres were invaded by some soldiers and armed gangs resulting in the intimidation and unlawful arrest of election officials thereby disrupting the collation process.<br /> <br /> “Consequent upon the foregoing, the commission expresses its displeasure with the role played by some soldiers and armed gangs in Rivers State disrupting the collation process and attempting to subvert the will of the people.<br /> <br /> “The commission is committed to expeditious completion of the collation process where results of the elections have been announced. We will engage the security agencies at the national level and the IACC at the State level to demand neutrality and professionalism of security personnel in order to secure a peaceful environment for the completion of the elections.<br /> <br /> We will also engage with key stakeholders in Rivers State with a view to ensuring a smooth and peaceful completion of the process. INEC issue detailed timelines and activities for the completion of the election on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.”

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PDP warns INEC against cancelling Bauchi governorship election results

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-JikwP6o5ZtqTQ0BPp-Dn0YLL8gkPikXDTlBezi1svcz4n628DMlEYireIJ-HPqNoxLSN2REsedOyeMR2hd34vaendyR9WATlwfoAy6SfEkxi1etWkYV79NZ3cvNSJCn5U60Wy4Jdz92/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/AVvXsEhY-JikwP6o5ZtqTQ0BPp-Dn0YLL8gkPikXDTlBezi1svcz4n628DMlEYireIJ-HPqNoxLSN2REsedOyeMR2hd34vaendyR9WATlwfoAy6SfEkxi1etWkYV79NZ3cvNSJCn5U60Wy4Jdz92/s320/PDP.jpg" width="317" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission and its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, against tampering with the declared results in 14 local government areas in the Bauchi governorship election.<br /> <br /> It also warned that with the charged atmosphere in the state and the level of awareness attained by the electorate, any attempt to tamper with the announced results would attract serious consequences.<br /> <br /> Bauchi is among the six states where the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared inconclusive governorship polls.<br /> <br /> Other states, where the commission has fixed rerun elections for March 23, are Benue, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kano and Plateau.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr kola Ologbondiyan, said at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, that the PDP was aware of alleged plots by officials of INEC to cancel results in more local government areas to increase the number of cancelled votes from 70,000 to 184, 555.<br /> <br /> Ologbondiyan said, “INEC has been instructed by the All Progressives Congress to cancel already declared results in 230 polling units in 15 LGAs in the state to cause confusion and pave the way for the APC to manipulate the March 23 supplementary elections.<br /> <br /> “Seeing that our party, the PDP, and our candidate, Senator Bala Mohammed, are inevitably coasting to victory, being that Tafawa Balewa is home to the PDP, the APC is instructing INEC to cancel elections in more local governments where it plans to manipulate the processes and allocate fictitious results to the APC at the March 23 polls.”<br /> <br /> He said such a plot, which he described as wicked, would not stand, saying the people of the state had fully rallied themselves for firm resistance.<br /> <br /> He said the PDP was in possession of a leaked document from the Bauchi INEC office, which he claimed exposed the details of the plot.<br /> <br /> “This plot further justifies our stance that even the cancellation of Tafawa Balewa results was orchestrated by the APC and INEC in the ignoble bid to forcefully rob the people of Bauchi State of their choice of the PDP candidate, Senator Bala Mohammed, as their governor.<br /> <br /> “It is public knowledge that by the results delivered at the polling units, Sen. Bala Mohammed was already leading with over 4,000 votes after results of 19 LGAs were collated and announced.<br /> <br /> “With Tafawa Balewa LGA, where the PDP scored 40,000 valid votes against the APC’s 29,000, it is clear that our party won the election with about 15,000 votes, only for the results of the Tafawa Balewa LGA to be cancelled for no just cause by INEC.<br /> <br /> “The PDP invites Nigerians to note that Tafawa Balewa result was cancelled by the state Returning Officer, Prof. Mohammed Kyari, unilaterally ruled that there was no result for the LGA even when the collation officer, Mrs. Dominion Anosike, had informed the commission that there was no incident of cancellation, violence or electoral malpractices at both the polling unit and ward levels.”

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<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="610" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHunwZUOObhI8MNBMvwv9gKMN9lagCpct6olnduUkfl0sriFQN697V54MIhxKoguT7KUpQmsaP3EP4EjeCadOsVFSVij3yrpxBYwvd4L9odXvSSIcKAsFpdTpOlsFWQYciW1ICFs4SASri/s400/suicide-rope+%25281%2529.jpg" width="355" /></div> <br /> A mother, who lost two children in last Wednesday Lagos building collapse has reportedly committed suicide after she received news of the death of the children. It was learnt that she gave birth to the two children, who were between the ages of six and four, through Caesarean Section (CS).<br /> <br /> some residents of the area who narrated the incident said she bought a bottle of insecticide called ‘Sniper’. “Nobody knew what she wanted to do with the Sniper.<br /> <br /> But a few minutes later, we saw the bottle beside her where she was sleeping and we found out that she was already dead,” a neighbour, who preferred not to be named, said. Sympathisers thronged their house in Gambari area of the Island where she lived with her husband to condole with the husband and family members.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, a mother, Yetunde, whose son was injured, has been too traumatised by the sight of the boy lying critically on the hospital bed, that she has not sat down for over nine hours. She was seen moving from one corner of the Lagos Island General Hospital to the other in search of the prescribed drugs and other needs demanded by the doctors. The boy survived the injuries and his two legs are in Plaster of Paris (POP).<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Recollecting the event of the past 24 hours, Yetunde said she was the person who dressed the boy for school. She had already left the house when she received a call that the school, which her son attended, had caved in, leaving many children trapped. She called on well-meaning Nigerians to pray for the speedy recovery of her son.

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<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="600" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi9eeDEeMG6l4cPbg9NpLDpl9kV6PhL_vifbl200Rvjwmpws8qjnicYMaPp8TXWeenoRuLjEQXAg_RJbYnacuHY3sOJMw7faLJJrfE9I2qMloy1wzZdtJgFawt3wwojBEr8Ss84cs3kIR/s640/Breaking+NE+big1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> Fresh reports reaching NE has it that a two-storey building has collapsed in the Bode area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo state, leaving many of its occupants trapped.<br /> <br /> A resident disclosed thi Friday evening, saying the incident happened around 5:50pm.<br /> <br /> Sympathisers are currently at the scene, making efforts to rescue victims before the arrival of government officials.<br /> <br /> Bode is after Molete bridge in one of the largest cities in West Africa.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The incident comes exactly 48 hours after a three-storey building collapsed in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos Island, killing at least 12 persons, including nine children.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70l6a3KyhkN-JuRPx_xYJD1EOoi2LxjOrsd7jquKbGPdmcxSWvzkdEygHTPtmZBOwX-vCa34eLcGMDqVQxWZWTQ20pab1JQUkE41Lx4f875dHytXODC1mleGPzWxKbKZw5GFXTmeQGzOZ/s1600/zidane-named-coach-of-real-madrid-castilla-1403692702-9305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70l6a3KyhkN-JuRPx_xYJD1EOoi2LxjOrsd7jquKbGPdmcxSWvzkdEygHTPtmZBOwX-vCa34eLcGMDqVQxWZWTQ20pab1JQUkE41Lx4f875dHytXODC1mleGPzWxKbKZw5GFXTmeQGzOZ/s400/zidane-named-coach-of-real-madrid-castilla-1403692702-9305.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Zinedine Zidane has offered a way back for Gareth Bale, Isco and Marcelo at Real Madrid as he prepares for his first game against Celta Vigo on Saturday since being re-appointed as coach.<br /> <br /> Bale, Isco and Marcelo have all endured difficult seasons under Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari, with Bale heavily criticised for his form while Isco and Marcelo have been dropped.<br /> <br /> Zidane’s return puts Bale’s future in further doubt, given the pair’s relationship became strained last season, before the Welshman said he was considering his future at the club.<br /> <br /> “I am not going to talk about Bale’s season, I only talk about the 11 games we have left,” Zidane said on Friday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We all know the player that Gareth is. I am counting on him like everyone else, we are ready and Gareth is ready.”<br /> <br /> Whether Zidane’s words come with a place for Bale in his first starting line-up at the Santiago Bernabeu remains to be seen, as Madrid look to rebuild following a turbulent few months.<br /> <br /> Isco never started a single La Liga match under Solari while Marcelo increasingly found his place at left-back taken by the 22-year-old Sergio Reguilon.<br /> <br /> “Isco wants to play and nothing else,” said Zidane, who added on Marcelo: “He has also not played much but he is a professional. We have to respect everything the previous coaches did, it is not easy, but I am happy to see Marcelo again.”<br /> <br /> Madrid are 12 points adrift of leaders Barcelona and Zidane now has three months to assess his squad ahead of potential changes in the summer.<br /> <br /> “I am not thinking about that, we have to think about finishing the season well,” Zidane said. “You do not have to be thinking about who stays or goes, everyone has a contract here, then we will see what happens.”<br /> <br /> Zidane replaced Solari on Monday, returning to the club that he left only nine months ago after winning his third consecutive Champions League trophy.<br /> <br /> “It’s like the first day again,” Zidane said. “Even if it’s not new, it will be something different, it does not have to be the same thing. I am excited to have a new adventure.”<br /> <br /> Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have been among those linked with a move to Madrid, with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez joking on Monday, “I would like them both”.<br /> <br /> “You are always delighted to coach the best players,” Zidane said. “We know the quality those two players have but what interests me is tomorrow’s game, nothing more.”<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGJmeiW4Q9Xg4b8ROEkFY56gNf-_LpUR1dvXu5oQXvmqExzaJMLaq3-sdAPpMg8N1NXEkwGXZi3dNhWK8k4y0qQYdZlR82h7UqO3A6OPmcNri9E6ZPVdUORrbtA0g5WZWvSA-ZpSdX7E/s1600/The-protesters.fw_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="810" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGJmeiW4Q9Xg4b8ROEkFY56gNf-_LpUR1dvXu5oQXvmqExzaJMLaq3-sdAPpMg8N1NXEkwGXZi3dNhWK8k4y0qQYdZlR82h7UqO3A6OPmcNri9E6ZPVdUORrbtA0g5WZWvSA-ZpSdX7E/s320/The-protesters.fw_.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The people of Ozzu- Ndiukwuenu in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State have protested the alleged intimidation by those they described as government agents.<br /> <br /> <br /> They alleged that some agents of government had forcefully taken over their land and unleashed cult gangs on them.<br /> <br /> <br /> While urging the state governor, Willie Obiano, to intervene , they said life had become unbearable for them in the area .<br /> <br /> <br /> Carrying placards of different inscriptions, the community wondered why the state government would authorise such terror and brigandage on them by its agents.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Addressing reporters, the leader of the community, Chief Peter Nwafor, said the government agents had balkanised and sold a forest reserve in the area.<br /> Their statement read in part, ” Gathered here in protest are men , women , ancestors and even unborn members of Ozzu-Ndiukwuenu.<br /> <br /> <br /> “We are protesting the grave injustice done to us , our ancestors and unborn generations by agents of your government who have forcefully taken over our land and bestowed the rights to same in the hands of known criminals from within and outside our community.<br /> <br /> <br /> “This single action of empowering and rewarding criminality has led to the deterioration of security situation in Ozzu- Ndiukwuenu such that the community has become inaccessible after 8 pm due to the nefarious activities of the group of people your government has empowered.<br /> <br /> <br /> “It is unacceptable to us that your government has given approval to the de - reservation of some portion of this land , shared it among some powerful agents of your government and known trouble makers in Anambra State in total disregard of these terms of the agreement reached by your predecessor.<br /> <br /> <br /> “The leadership of the community was neither consulted nor informed of this grave decision that will affect the life of the community in many ways.<br /> <br /> <br /> Addressing the protesters , a senior special assistant to the governor on security , Oscar Christopher , assured them of government ’ s intervention on matter , urging them not to take the law into their own hands .

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhezgAOqT-X-N6mOESPxUAffp8mTH7-RH-2wgj_EobiJ5PVzcyAcluHkK3Wjg-oVP7fVHFVD-Ma9s27ASIQeaEW14cNxrjtJPsLNkyt7tXaO1fq6C_R3mFqLJRkq96G4Puu9Rrtu7KJAja/s640/coll6.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> survivors of the Lagos building collapse yesterday spoke of their harrowing experience.<br /> <br /> Bereaved families also recounted the death of their loved ones.<br /> <br /> The survivors, who are in four hospitals, said they escaped death by whiskers.<br /> <br /> They said they were busy with their chores when the building came down.<br /> <br /> Many families flocked Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Massey Street Children Hospital, Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Gbagada General Hospital in search of their loved ones.<br /> <br /> Mr Abideen Olawusi, a businessman and father of one of the victims, lamented the loss of his about-three-year-old girl, Qawiat.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to him, his wife is traumatised by the tragedy.<br /> <br /> “I am here to look after Qawiat’s injured sister, Rokibat. Rokibat is seven years old. Their mother could not come to the hospital because the death of Qawiat is taking its toll on her. She is traumatised and not feeling well. I left her in care of my relatives and friends to come and stay with Rokibat, who is injured,” Olawusi said.<br /> <br /> According to him, Qawiat must have died of shock. “When they brought out her remains, there were no signs of injury on her body. She must have died of shock. I carried her, checked all her body, I couldn’t find any part of her body injured. We buried her this (yesterday) morning. It is a sad experience for parents to bury their child after years of suffering from her birth to that age.”<br /> <br /> The three-year-old son of Mr Saheed Owolabi, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Ayomide, survived the incident.<br /> <br /> Owolabi said despite his child’s cry that he did not want to go to that school anymore, he forcefully took him to the school that fateful day.<br /> <br /> He said: “What would I have told the world if he had died? That I forced my son to attend school the day the incident took place despite his refusal to go. My son insisted that day that he was not going to school. He said his teacher, Esther Ifeanyi, who was the owner of the school, used to beat him. Ayomide’s mother usually takes him to school, but when he was crying, I told his mother to leave. I carried him, promised to buy him biscuits. At the school, I spoke with his teacher and she promised not to beat him again. On my way downstairs, I looked back, my son was moody. He has not been that way before, so I promised to come and pick him from school.<br /> <br /> “I went to work. It was around 10am that my wife called me that my son’s school building had collapsed. I was shocked. I ran to the school. When he was brought out, he sustained injuries on his head, eyes and cheeks. It was later that I learnt the school building had been marked for demolition. My son had been in the school since last year.”<br /> <br /> Ronke Pedro told newsmen that she lost her brother.<br /> <br /> “Our 97-year-old grandmother was also affected, but she is receiving treatment at the General Hospital. My brother, Kazeem, who is 37, died. They brought out his bodies around 3pm ,” she said.<br /> <br /> She blamed the government for not demolishing the building after it was marked twice for demolition.<br /> <br /> “Government should ensure those buildings that failed integrity tests are demolished. We lost a lot of lives here; many of them are our children. There are many other buildings on Lagos Island that have been marked for demolition but they are being repainted. We need to put a stop to this insensitive attitude that is killing us,” Pedro said.<br /> <br /> Another survivor, Khalid Amoo, received a cap from Lagos State Governor-elect Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday when he visited the survivors with the Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, at the hospital.<br /> <br /> Sanwo-Olu, Amoo’s aunt said, removed his cap and put it on the boy’s head.<br /> <br /> She said he prayed for him that he would grow up to be a governor.<br /> <br /> Lagos State Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris revealed last night that the death toll had increased from 18 to 20.<br /> <br /> “The last person that was brought out of the rubble around 3am was dead,” he said.<br /> <br /> Idris said 42 survivors were being treated in six hospitals.<br /> <br /> “We have some at Onikan, Massey Street Children Hospital four were referred to Gbagada General Hospital, eight were taken to LASUTH and one in LUTH. They are all responding well to treatment,” he said.<br /> <br /> A building opposite the collapsed building was demolished yesterday.<br /> <br /> Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area Chairman Mr Kamal Salau-Bashua, who supervised the demolition, said the building failed the integrity test.<br /> <br /> He urged residents to give information on buildings with defects.<br /> <br /> National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director (Search and Rescue) Air Commodore Akugbe Iyamu was at the scene yesterday.<br /> <br /> He visited the General Hospital to commiserate with the victims, their families and the State Government.<br /> <br /> He assured the relations of the victims that the Federal Government was working with state officials on how to assist them.<br /> <br />

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APC gets approval for inspection of presidential election materials

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZjzNcWNUrNguvJghpOBm98H-Nz89D0pHvWfUjMWXES19erPr8V0caX_ZlC3HkFI84f5u_833JQqivis_yZekFKwxY-x1ZhznGtnZqe65yfU4kO58bKWOtV2S_mWHuOYpS2wFMgJUTlcI/s400/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> The All Progressives Congress has asked the presidential election tribunal to grant it permission to inspect documents used for the 2019 presidential elections across the country.<br /> <br /> The election held on February 23, and was won by President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the result and is challenging the outcome in court.<br /> <br /> The APC made the application in an obvious response to the request recently granted the PDP by the tribunal.<br /> <br /> Speaking to newsmen on Thursday evening, the deputy head of the APC’s legal directorate, Mamman Yusufari, confirmed that the party had requested to inspect the election materials.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Mr Yusufari said the APC had discussed making the same application before now. He did not give further details on the matter.<br /> <br /> “I have confirmed that they have filed the application. It’s an ex-parte motion, just like the one by the PDP,” he said.<br /> <br /> Multiple sources within the Court of Appeal, which hears presidential election petitions, confirmed to this newspaper Thursday evening that a three-member panel led by Abdul Aboki heard the application and granted same.<br /> <br /> “They are two applications, one by President Buhari and the other by the APC,” said one of the sources.<br /> <br /> The tribunal had granted a similar request by the PDP to allow it inspect documents used for the compilation of the presidential results.<br /> <br /> In the application filed by the PDP through its lawyer, Chris Uche, the court asked the panel to allow it inspect the materials and conduct forensic investigations on same.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8oibrlLXS2ptAezC05tG-yeZXCGq0a4u5bh_9XsHIfD8ArF0XTSzOQKih7VL80pxts0CVd8tio9fTREsdp2QIPkFclOa9CaJ40QuU2TSg0W8pa33ifhzjC-WPMM5jHooNfw76IgkQWjz/s400/obasanjo+atiku.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Atiku Abubakar was in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Thursday for a private meeting with his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo.<br /> <br /> Atiku who arrived Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, around 1:00 pm, observed his prayer at the mosque within the sprawling OOPL facility, had lunch later with his host and left quietly, a source close to the Ebora Owu, told newsmen.<br /> <br /> It was not clear what the former Vice – President discussed with Obasanjo during his short visit, but there were insinuations that both might have deliberated on the last Presidential election which Atiku contested on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “I can confirm that Atiku visited Baba Obasanjo today around 1: pm. It was purely private visit. He came, observed his prayer, had lunch with Baba and left. The visit was brief. There was nothing else done,” the source said.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jiVNFupmbdYXF0QV6JStyuhsu5RcS5zDXoW4eg9hSUQDveGHxl3DeIvx33vqBq0d18DVN6XssQzx3T7TpXZHSyJUeY1XJGem3Ceq_aVU5zmmv8bTwX7focb1Pp0tmOdRbCG222gdzEO_/s1600/Rochas-Okorocha-Governor-of-Imo-State.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jiVNFupmbdYXF0QV6JStyuhsu5RcS5zDXoW4eg9hSUQDveGHxl3DeIvx33vqBq0d18DVN6XssQzx3T7TpXZHSyJUeY1XJGem3Ceq_aVU5zmmv8bTwX7focb1Pp0tmOdRbCG222gdzEO_/s640/Rochas-Okorocha-Governor-of-Imo-State.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might be planning to organise a special event to issue him a certificate of return.</b><br /> <br /> He spoke while reacting to the omission of his name on the list of elected senators. The commission presented certificates of return to all the senators elected on September 23, excluding Okorocha.<br /> <br /> Innocent Ibeauchi, returning officer for the election in Imo west senatorial district, had said he was forced to declare Okorocha winner.<br /> <br /> Responding, Mahmmod Yakubu, chairman of the commission, said INEC would not reward such “bad behaviour”.<br /> <br /> While debunking the allegation, the governor said some persons who are opposed to his election’s victory are working to rig him out.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “I am sure you are aware that I was conspicuously absent at the certificates issuance ceremony. I was not there because INEC has removed my name from the list of elected senators, having been declared the winner by the zonal returning officer.I am actually waiting to hear why INEC struck my name out,” he said.<br /> <br /> “I think probably, INEC must be trying to do something special, because I understand that once results have been declared and returns made, then you are bound to be issued a certificate of return.”<br /> <br /> He added that he was however, in the dark as to why the commission exempted him from the ceremony and why he was not invited to collect his certificate of return.<br /> <br /> The governor also denied that the returning officer was compelled to manipulate the outcome of the election.<br /> <br /> “Maybe, INEC will want to organise a special programme for me to hand over the certificate of return to me, because clearly, I won and it was a peaceful election, the best you can ever think of,” he said.<br /> <br /> “How can you put somebody on duress to declare you the winner of an election that you have already won? It is not true, but I must let the world understand that this is a game that is being played.<br /> <br /> “The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo is playing a script, and the script is so funny, it is so cruel and crude actually and they are executing it in a funny way. I understand that people are beginning to fight a war of the future now when we are not even yet there.<br /> <br /> “The idea is that, do not give Okorocha a certificate; you must slow him down until after they have elected the presiding officer, then you can let him come in.”<br /> <br /> “Those behind the plot, are however, not smart in executing the project to rig me and my son in-law who is the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) Uche Nwosu out,” he said.<br /> <br /> Okorocha criticised INEC’s declaration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Chief Emeka Ihedioha as Imo Governor-elect, saying he fell short of the criteria.<br /> <br /> He alleged that Ihedioha did not have the needed spread of 25 per cent votes across the Local Government Areas of the state as required by law to emerge winner.<br /> <br /> He stressed that the PDP candidate could,therefore not be declared winner of the poll.<br /> <br /> He added that the idea is to also ensure that he does not become anything in the Senate and to make sure that his governorship candidate, who is his son in-law does not emerge winner.<br /> <br /> Okorocha further added that his political opponents wanted to cripple him politically before 2023, saying that this is what is happening.<br /> <br /> “I will advise INEC to do the right thing, to release my certificate so that I can celebrate as others, I want to be in the Senate, and it will be interesting if am there,” Okorocha said.<br /> <br /> He said INEC should not allow his political opponents to use it as an instrument to achieve their desires.(NAN)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="697" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPPkY3u1LEXRPhKfTxscRs9xo0_1ERQmt87PE2_mHXds6W0xJhJeEi1RmvDZfuLvMT_kCevam8PIYK9h1DcT2MwPOjXhUteO5OHCRmK4I7NKYx6QU1SxlQqBe7gIF4Wt80FezChzKe9bq/s400/Prince-Dapo-Abiodun-697x470.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The governor-elect of Ogun State, Adedapo Abiodun, has promised to repay residents who voted for him during the last governorship election with good performance that will improve their standards of living.<br /> <br /> Abiodun promised to pay teachers’ salaries and arrears, adding that local government areas would be autonomous and strengthened.<br /> <br /> He spoke during visits to the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, and the Osile Oke Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuosho.<br /> <br /> A statement on Thursday said the incoming governor was accompanied by his deputy governor-elect, Alhaja Noimot Salako-Oyedele.<br /> <br /> According to the statement, Abiodun, during the visit to the Alake, assured all the Egbas that he would not disappoint them.<br /> <br /> He said the Egbas were the first to receive him before he started his campaign and they did not abandon him throughout the electioneering.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We are humbled by the votes we got from Egbaland; we are extremely grateful. It is important that we are not seen as Ijebu governor. We won in Abeokuta South and Obafemi Owode. That, to me, shows that the Egbas are solidly behind us. Kabiyesi, we appreciate you. Every vote given to me is a referendum; a vote of confidence. We will not fail you,” he said in the statement.<br /> <br /> Abiodun noted that his administration would focus on good governance and transformation of the rural and urban areas of the state.<br /> <br /> “We will ensure that all ongoing infrastructural projects in Abeokuta are completed; we will serve the people with focus on rural development,” he added.<br /> <br /> While on the visit to Oba Tejuosho, Abiodun promised to fulfill all his campaign promises.<br /> <br /> The traditional ruler urged the incoming governor to be wary of the people around him and have the fear of God.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapnmy96_KbvJmoLpdAljAtcSDEQFCnhbNRtMd5Jm-PBwfeWpdaa1RaIEV84G9uJe0e-LWp-6rJ9jNDVGCKRp-rMNs0Vkd28lV2zfHv69rB3hycl3e4HX_BHwu4juDF3nO6j4ERis3DSBg/s1600/aubemeyang+Lacazette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapnmy96_KbvJmoLpdAljAtcSDEQFCnhbNRtMd5Jm-PBwfeWpdaa1RaIEV84G9uJe0e-LWp-6rJ9jNDVGCKRp-rMNs0Vkd28lV2zfHv69rB3hycl3e4HX_BHwu4juDF3nO6j4ERis3DSBg/s400/aubemeyang+Lacazette.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Arsenal completed a clean sweep of six English sides through to European quarter-finals by overturning a 3-1 first-leg deficit to beat Rennes 3-0 and progress to the Europa League last eight at the Emirates on Thursday.<br /> <br /> Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice and also teed up Ainsley Maitland-Niles as Arsenal joined Chelsea in Friday’s Europa League quarter-final draw after Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham led the way in the Champions League.<br /> <br /> Rennes had never before reached the last 16 of a major European competition and the scale of the tie for the French side was evidenced by the huge travelling support they enjoyed.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> However, rather than be inspired, Julien Stephan’s side seemed intimidated by their surroundings early on to concede twice inside 15 minutes.<br /> <br /> Arsenal quickly had the early goal they sought to get back in the tie as Aaron Ramsey’s low cross was swept home by Aubameyang.<br /> <br /> The French-born Gabon international was also involved for Arsenal’s second 10 minutes later, although Rennes were right to feel aggrieved that the goal was allowed to stand.<br /> <br /> Aubameyang appeared to be clearly offside from Ramsey’s pass with Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil even turning his back to the play expecting a flag.<br /> <br /> However, it was not forthcoming and with VAR not in operation in the Europa League unlike the more lucrative Champions League, Maitland-Niles’s downward header from Aubameyang’s cross was allowed to stand.<br /> <br /> Arsenal, though, then sat on their lead rather than building on it and could easily have paid for that approach after the break.<br /> <br /> Petr Cech, in what could have been the Czech great’s last game before retiring at the end of the season had Arsenal not progressed, turned M’Baye Niang’s shot from outside the area onto the post.<br /> <br /> Ismaila Sarr’s third goal for the hosts in the dying embers of the first leg looked to have swung the tie Rennes’ way and the Senegalese had the chance for a vital away goal, only for Sead Kolasinac to produce a saving last-ditch tackle.<br /> <br /> Rennes were again unhappy with the Latvian officiating team when Lacazette escaped a second yellow card before the French international was replaced by Alex Iwobi.<br /> <br /> With practically his first touch, Iwobi dragged a good chance to give Arsenal breathing space wide.<br /> <br /> But 18 minutes from time they did have a cushion when having saved his side at one end, Kolasinac’s wonderful low cross left Aubameyang with a simple task to tap home his 22nd goal of the season and celebrated by pulling on a mask.<br /> <br /> Aubameyang needed it back to hide his embarrassment soon after as he missed two glorious chances in the space of 60 seconds to seal his hat-trick.<br /> <br /> But Arsenal held out to continue the Premier League’s resurgence and leave France without a single representative in the quarter-finals of either European competition.<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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FG, APC planning to use military to rig rerun elections – PDP

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PrEoRUfMdOcgVHLugPF7gKL3bQ1QpPoTS4jQxSMiH78b2KMZNaCUUZHS6hFc0im10Xe8HwSAf1BI6GL7k9JN_ei8KTKFMPC9IoHVrri3GMWFbpdmr4MXvAvmSbajinCgKhjIjS349AIh/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/AVvXsEj_PrEoRUfMdOcgVHLugPF7gKL3bQ1QpPoTS4jQxSMiH78b2KMZNaCUUZHS6hFc0im10Xe8HwSAf1BI6GL7k9JN_ei8KTKFMPC9IoHVrri3GMWFbpdmr4MXvAvmSbajinCgKhjIjS349AIh/s320/PDP.jpg" width="317" /></a></div> <br /> The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress are planning to use soldiers to rig the rerun governorship elections slated for March 23 in six states by the Independent National Electoral Commission.<br /> <br /> The party said it based its conclusion on what it experienced during the rerun of the governorship election in Osun State, where it alleged that security men barred journalists, observers and voters who wanted to vote for the PDP from gaining access to polling units.<br /> <br /> The PDP also accused INEC of working in tandem with the ruling party to deny it victory in states where it claimed the voters trooped out in large numbers to vote for its candidates.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It would be recalled that the commission on Tuesday named states where such rerun elections would hold as Kano, Adamawa, Bauchi, Plateau, Benue and Sokoto States.<br /> <br /> But the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, who spoke with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, asked Nigerians and the international community to pay attention to what he described as the “antics of the APC and INEC to deny Nigerians the opportunity to freely elect their leaders.”<br /> <br /> He said it was strange that the Nigeria Army allowed itself to be used by politicians who, he claimed, were out to dent the image of the security agencies.<br /> <br /> He described what happened in Rivers State during last Saturday’s governorship election as pathetic and called on Nigerians to demand the withdrawal of the military from the state.<br /> <br /> Secondus said it was because the APC and the Federal Government allegedly relied on guns instead of the people that they had been boasting.<br /> <br /> He said, “Nigerians will recall what happened during the rerun of the Osun State governorship election where masked security men from the Department of State Services and policemen took over the polling units and centres.<br /> <br /> “Nigerians saw the evil that happened there as the security men barred supporters of the PDP from gaining access to the polling centres. However, both Nigerians and the international community saw how security agents served as aides to members of the APC as they walked freely to the polling centres.<br /> <br /> “That is what they are now planning to do on March 23. Some governors of the APC met with President Muhammadu Buhari this week. We know the issues discussed at the secret meeting.<br /> <br /> “This was why none of those at the meeting was ready to brief journalists afterwards. They are planning to harrass voters, using the military, especially the army and the DSS, in the affected polling units and thereby take the states by force.<br /> <br /> “We will not allow this to happen. We will not surrender the mandates that were freely given to us by Nigerians to the enemies of democracy in the country.<br /> <br /> “INEC, the APC and the Federal Government knew that we won in almost all the six states, but because it would be glaring that we were robbed of victory, they are now calling for rerun elections.”<br /> <br /> The PDP chairman said it was sad that members of the ruling party were not thinking of the economic and social implications of not allowing free and fair elections in the country.<br /> <br /> “Actions of the government and even the damage the military has done to the image of this country in the last few days will take years to rebuild. It is a colossal loss to the nation,” he added.

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INEC lacks power to withhold my certificate of return — Okorocha

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAGb6WKSn9eoK6gIgzPYjWWkpUTQ0xp_sOOK8c6LFsiQrczM29IokpRax0K8QMWWXtJshrchdSeuE5a-JYZTuR8NusrAU0-9s509H-oFDRn6dprFdhCSKZAlTBPKvTobCCMVSUv7at4FY/s1600/Rochas-Okorocha.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="412" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAGb6WKSn9eoK6gIgzPYjWWkpUTQ0xp_sOOK8c6LFsiQrczM29IokpRax0K8QMWWXtJshrchdSeuE5a-JYZTuR8NusrAU0-9s509H-oFDRn6dprFdhCSKZAlTBPKvTobCCMVSUv7at4FY/s320/Rochas-Okorocha.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Wednesday said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacked power to withhold his certificate of return as the senator-elect for the Imo West.<br /> <br /> He described the electoral body’s decision to withhold his certificate as part of efforts aimed at making him irrelevant ahead of the 2023 presidential election.<br /> <br /> Okorocha said this at the Government House, Owerri on while addressing some youths who paid him a solidarity visit.<br /> <br /> He said only a court had the power to nullify any election after a winner had been declared.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He denied the allegation that INEC’s returning officer declared him winner of the senatorial election under duress, describing the allegation as an insult.<br /> <br /> Okorocha said, “My certificate of return has not been issued and I wonder why INEC will withhold my certificate for a frivolous reason, without hearing from me.<br /> <br /> “I am not a violent person and those who know me know that. This is why we have peace in Imo State.<br /> <br /> “The returning officer could not have done that under duress under the watchful eyes of the police, the DSS (the Department of State Services) and party agents.<br /> <br /> “I am not unmindful of the facts that those who are fighting me from Abuja are anxious to see me removed as a senator. I urge INEC to do the right thing immediately by releasing my certificate.”<br /> <br /> The governor said he was not fighting anybody and those who were fighting him would fail.<br /> <br /> He added, “My INEC certificate cannot be touched or seized. Doing so is belittling democracy in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “It is only the tribunal that has the right to say otherwise once a result is declared.<br /> <br /> “INEC cannot seize my certificate because of a mere petition written by somebody in a case I was not given the opportunity to present my own side of the story.”<br /> <br /> Okorocha also described the governorship and state house of assembly elections in the state as “a sham and a mockery of democracy.”<br /> <br /> He said he had lost confidence in the nation’s democracy.<br /> <br /> He accused INEC of complicity in the conduct of the polls.<br /> <br /> He insisted that the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, Uche Nwosu, won the governorship election and had the required spread of 25 per cent in 21 out of the 27 local governments in the state.<br /> <br /> The governor said, “It is obvious that INEC in Imo State is not guaranteeing us free, fair and credible elections.<br /> <br /> “Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance actually won the election, but INEC criminally disbanded electoral officers of the commission and introduced people from Abia College of Agriculture who arrived the state midnight.<br /> <br /> “They brought people they had been training for weeks in Anambra before the elections.”

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About 50 persons rescued so far — LASEMA

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXX83bUNmDXybWdokf5FeJAxjugPQbaleqYelKJd3hzez89dx4Uzsx1N4RR2s0wu10tnjFVumQuH8nOn3El-4vS0Ed0NlDKMWXRNIWESMoouLLVPIhryvj_FPIvfBGTc_mSz-bUy2yGJU/s640/coll8.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said that about 50 people have been rescued from the collapsed building at Ita-Faji, Lagos Island.<br /> <br /> LASEMA General manager, Tiamiyu Adesina made this known at the scene of the collapse.<br /> <br /> He added that the rescue team would remain on the scene until they can confirm that no one is left under the debris.<br /> <br /> Rescue operation was put on hold for a few minutes when it was discovered that there was still power supply in one of the electric poles beside the building.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The operation has since resumed.

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COLLAPSED BUILDING UPDATE: 12 killed, 50 hospitalized as rescue operation continues

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4yizkD_s-q8EcKIvNIoGjB4jqz89mUkPvbe17mC5aqiDBoaDzyJ10qjbLovkJybSWS1cAGa1uPHD6ap8Guw5MOfyIFWHAgVSA3GFosNPwnLyFRsv0WxjgQTbUuawShyphenhyphengYDzqNsmrEDfP/s640/coll6.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc35-OdQUHoMxp2SfoCIqU7QKMfLljdOG4RfhzuzKI0hgZ_OybFxQeroaquMwmZ4xjnrwpV6GIr7_ViJezpJkixjgfs-IGuxMLt2NPr6EU1f3i5wiKERLQUPwWh3ryDMWwW-rbOwtf0GL/s1600/coll7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="600" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkc35-OdQUHoMxp2SfoCIqU7QKMfLljdOG4RfhzuzKI0hgZ_OybFxQeroaquMwmZ4xjnrwpV6GIr7_ViJezpJkixjgfs-IGuxMLt2NPr6EU1f3i5wiKERLQUPwWh3ryDMWwW-rbOwtf0GL/s640/coll7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>At least Twelve persons, including nine children, have been confirmed dead in the three-storey building that collapsed in the Ita-Faaji area of Lagos Island.</b><br /> <br /> The building, which houses a primary school on the second floor, caved in on Wednesday morning while pupils were in their classrooms.<br /> <br /> Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other rescue officials had rescued some of the children trapped in the building, while those who sustained injuries among the pupils were taken to the hospital.<br /> <br /> The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has said that about 50 people have been rescued from the collapsed building at Ita-Faji, Lagos Island.<br /> <br /> LASEMA General manager, Tiamiyu Adesina made this known at the scene of the collapse.<br /> <br /> He added that the rescue team would remain on the scene until they can confirm that no one is left under the debris.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Akinwumi Ambode, governor of the state, arrived the scene around 2:45 pm and was briefed by head of the LASEMA team.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The governor described the incident as unfortunate, while he commiserated with families of victims who lost their lives.<br /> <br /> The governor said his deputy, Oluranti Adebule, had also visited the hospitals where some of the victims rescued had been taken to, saying the state government would immediately take over their treatment and foot their entire bill.<br /> <br /> “I want to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives in this collapsed building. I want to quickly let Lagosians know that this is quite an unfortunate incident. All we are trying to do is to scale up this rescue operation. Our response units are already here; we are getting additional cranes to be able to go deeper than where we are now to rescue more lives,” the governor said.<br /> <br /> “I just want to appeal to people that when we are doing this kind of rescue operation, yes, sympathizers will naturally come but I want to appeal that they should give the rescue workers the chance to save more lives.<br /> <br /> Ambode addressing the media at the scene<br /> <br /> “All we are interested in now is to save more lives and also see how those that have been rescued are put in proper place and proper care.<br /> <br /> “So far, from what I have been briefed, we have rescued about 25 people and some already dead but we were earlier informed that it was a school, the building is not technically a school, it is a residential building that was actually accommodating an illegal school so to speak on the second floor.”<br /> <br /> Ambode said the school was operating illegally in the premises and that a full scale investigation would be carried out immediately rescue operations are concluded. He also vowing that those found culpable would be severely dealt with in accordance with the relevant laws.

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We will demolish buildings that fail integrity test — Governor Ambode

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="754" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDnn5czTmwaLdJ_9nfmr3JLk9IlPqQjm1N8FXbHBKPRk197pD7ExRUlDw90eP1MLQfhiAUWGEFXsKlRJWu8XCXIYuZXb2qqyAcEdAdzrJU0NqkNdkillz2nJ28C2L62heHldvu4gJGo1k/s400/ambode+sad.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday, said that buildings within the vicinity of the collapsed building at Ita-Faji, on Lagos Island, would be subjected to integrity tests.<br /> <br /> Ambode said this as he visited the scene of the collapsed three-storey building, which housed a primary school.<br /> <br /> He said that if any of the buildings failed the integrity test, it would be demolished.<br /> <br /> “This area and building here will be undergoing an integrity test. As you can see some of the buildings have been marked for demolition.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We have been receiving pleas from house owners from the area. Notwithstanding, we will go ahead with the integrity test and any building that fails the integrity test will be demolished.<br /> <br /> “But the most important thing now is to save more lives before we talk about dealing with the culprit.”

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Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort indicted for mortgage fraud

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="645" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY042NK317TCfpNz5i-hHUYslODL3jWKMg4g7eDiMfGvxHBC9iB0D1XeWnjoY8ExnMVJWdI6VumW5NNt4nYsHnGH-EMFCPZsZucHwy8IpllrV9YPJiakDtHXPJQbya0mA_79KfvhjkpjO/s640/manafort.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was indicted on Tuesday for mortgage fraud and other felonies in New York, less than an hour after a Washington judge extended his federal prison sentence to more than seven years.<br /> <br /> Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance unveiled 16 state felony charges against Manafort, which could not be pardoned by Trump in the event of convictions as they are state-level rather than federal indictments.<br /> <br /> “No one is beyond the law in New York,” Vance said in a statement.<br /> <br /> “Following an investigation commenced by our office in March 2017, a Manhattan grand jury has charged Mr. Manafort with state criminal violations which strike at the heart of New York’s sovereign interests.”<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The announcement came almost immediately after Washington District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Manafort in the second of two federal cases brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.<br /> <br /> Berman dismissed most of Manafort’s claims of contrition to boost his previous sentence, in a Virginia court last week, by 43 months to 90 months, a heavy punishment for the 69-year-old veteran Republican and international political consultant.<br /> <br /> That sentence came amid widespread speculation that Trump could pardon Manafort for remaining loyal and not providing any evidence damaging to the president during the two-year Mueller investigation.<br /> <br /> But a conviction and sentence on the new charges in New York, for mortgage fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy, could bring up to 25 more years in prison and would be outside the realm of a presidential pardon.<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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