Ex-president Jonathan plans to write a book about 'what happened in 2015'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvP7zzWO8RjnjA1_uLs4fmehaNaBlFOryyKGeqbrme2fTevHktSdlaXs88Jb_k337eMjIYDSdSTh_Ig2d-LYZdC5nxpaYJ74rR4CNRLXdwiKKbwA4WealE26UzEcVJ45bvkmnw3pWK_Q8/s1600/Jonathan+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvP7zzWO8RjnjA1_uLs4fmehaNaBlFOryyKGeqbrme2fTevHktSdlaXs88Jb_k337eMjIYDSdSTh_Ig2d-LYZdC5nxpaYJ74rR4CNRLXdwiKKbwA4WealE26UzEcVJ45bvkmnw3pWK_Q8/s400/Jonathan+s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Former President Goodluck Jonathan is clearly not enjoying the many barbs fired at him by his erstwhile political allies in the book ‘Against the Run of Play’, written by Olusegun Adeniyi, a former special adviser on media and publicity to the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> He feels challenged by the development to give his own “true account of what transpired either in major interviews or books.”<br /> <br /> And he wants others to do likewise.<br /> <br /> Jonathan, in a sequence of tweets yesterday branded as distortions, the opinions of some of the respondents in the book about what caused his defeat in the elections.<br /> <br /> He mentioned no names but the most stinging flak for him are from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Senate President David Mark, National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, former deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State and ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State.<br /> <br /> Some of them do not spare Jonathan’s wife, Patience, for her public utterances and conduct.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Jonathan said: (1) I have just read Segun Adeniyi’s new book, ‘Against the Run of Play’ which has so far enjoyed tremendous reviews in the media.<br /> <br /> — Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017<br /> <br /> (2) My take on it is that the book as presented contains many distorted claims on the 2015 Presidential election by many of the respondents<br /> <br /> — Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017<br /> <br /> (3) There will obviously be more books like that on this subject by concerned Nigerians.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> — Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017<br /> <br /> (4) However, I believe that at the right time, the main characters in the elections including myself<br /> <br /> — Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017<br /> <br /> (5) will come out with a true account of what transpired either in major interviews or books.<br /> <br /> — Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) April 29, 2017</blockquote> <br /> Jonathan himself in the book claims his defeat was caused in part by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), whose chairman at the time, Professor Attahiru Jega, he said failed to make adequate preparation for the polls.<br /> <br /> Of Jega, he said: “I was disappointed by Jega because I still cannot understand what was propelling him to act the way he did in the weeks preceding the elections.<br /> <br /> “As at the first week in February 2015 when about 40 per cent of Nigerians had not collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), Jega said INEC was ready to go ahead with the election. How could INEC have been ready to conduct an election in which millions of people will be disenfranchised?”<br /> <br /> He also accused the chairman of his party –Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the time of the election, Mallam Adamu Mu’azu of joining “in the conspiracy against me.”<br /> <br /> “For reasons best known to him, he helped to sabotage the election in favour of the opposition.”<br /> <br /> Jonathan said election results from much of the North were manipulated against him, while the former American President Barack Obama mobilized UK and France to cause his defeat by the opposition.<br /> <br /> He accused his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari, of harassing his family, instead of correcting “whatever mistakes I may have made and then carry on from there.”<br /> <br /> His former godfather, Chief Obasanjo said Jonathan “from day one was too small” for the office of president as he kept looking at otherwise national issues from only Ijaw prism.<br /> <br /> He said the Jonathan government mishandled the kidnap of the Chibok school girls and turned the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency into an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to enable his cronies have an unrestricted access to public funds.<br /> <br /> Tambuwal who is now Governor of Sokoto State recalled a particular telephone conversation he had with Patience sometime in 2012.<br /> <br /> It was in the thick of the faceoff between the Jonathan Presidency and the House of Reps led by Tambuwal.<br /> <br /> The ex-First Lady allegedly started by ranting: “You this Hausa boy, you want to bring down the government of my husband; you want to disgrace him out of power? Una no fit! God no go allow you.”<br /> <br /> For about five minutes, Mrs. Jonathan allegedly railed against Tambuwal, who was accused of harbouring a sinister agenda against the Federal Government and the President.<br /> <br /> Tambuwal said he uttered no word and when she paused, he asked: “Are you done, Ma? Thank you very much.”<br /> <br /> He dropped the call.<br /> <br /> Tambuwal approached then Senate President David Mark to mediate.<br /> <br /> Mark took him and Ihedioha, Tambuwal’s deputy to the President for a meeting where they gave assurances that they would cooperate and work with the government.<br /> <br /> It never resolved the crisis as suspicion grew in the presidency that Tambuwal nursed a presidential ambition.<br /> <br /> Mark said: “I guess she had the same fear about me even when she never said it to my face. She once accosted Senator Joy Emordi to say, ‘Joy, I hear you are the manager of David Mark Presidential Campaign Organization’, which was a baseless accusation. I had to meet the President to clarify issues with him. So, I would say it was President Jonathan and his wife who radicalized Tambuwal and turned him into a political foe.”<br /> <br /> Mark said he drew attention to the imminent defeat of Jonathan but his voice was drowned by sycophants around Jonathan<br /> <br /> “I saw it and at different times, I pointed out to him and the party that the projections being made by some people around the president about what the voting pattern in the north would be were wrong,” Mark said.<br /> <br /> On his part Ihedioha said Jonathan did not “trust many people and he was suspicious of those who meant well for him. And perhaps for that reason, it was difficult to ascertain who was in charge during the election while team efforts were very weak. There was no coordinated campaign programme and he also unwittingly empowered his enemies.<br /> <br /> “The people fighting Tambuwal and myself were PDP members who considered themselves to be foot soldiers of President Jonathan, even when Tambuwal and I discharged our duties patriotically. Besides, it was a wrong way to pay us back for the help we rendered him and the nation at a most defining moment.”<br /> <br /> Amaechi who was governor of Patience’s home state of Rivers had a running battle with the former first couple because, according to him, “I could not surrender my mandate to a woman in Abuja, even if such a person was wife of the President.”<br /> <br /> He added: “Also, I could not possibly grant questionable demands that would make me betray my oath of office. I won’t say more than that for now since I am also writing my memoir, but that basically was my sin with Dame Patience Jonathan.”<br /> <br /> Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu says the people of the North have not forgotten how the ex-First Lady kept insulting the North.<br /> <br /> He recalled a statement by Patience at a political campaign where she said: “Our people no dey born children wey dem no dey count. Our men no dey born children thro-way for street; we no dey like the people from that side.”<br /> <br /> And at a campaign in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, she said in pidgin: “Wetin him (Buhari) dey find again? Him dey drag with him pikin mate. Old man wey e no get brain, him brain don die patapata. What does Buhari want again? He is jostling for power with someone young enough to be his son. Old man whose brain is completely dead!”<br /> <br /> ‘Against the run of play’ chronicles the events leading to ,and surrounding the 2015 presidential election.<br /> <br /> It contains interviews with key players in the elections including ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, former Senate President Mark, National leader of the ruling APC, Asiwaju Tinubu, former House of Representatives Speaker Tambuwal, former Governor of Rivers State, Amaechi, former deputy Speaker of the House, Ihedioha and Governor Shettima of Borno State.

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Mercy Aigbe's husband denies beating her, says pictures are from a movie scene

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMPkSJF7NGLrTEbOgomJLPTXUrJE0ZhPnTCUinNsTn5srvOlNazNBCVf-8K2uPGO06vOKYf1s9WtSr7viggzfc447bOn93wZVTybov7c_5hUQD_E1fZS2d85VG8dGpXprOHF8CnJg_Y5U/s1600/lmnate.jpg" /></div> <a href="http://www.nigerianeye.com/2017/04/mercy-aigbe-pictured-undergoing-ct-scan.html">Despite images from a CT scan and radiology report, revealing a fractured skull after being allegedly battered by her husband, Mercy Aigbe's husband has continued to deny beating her on social media.</a><br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZATCtujRW679W9Se1M1190AMnq6-WVvzZ41Xdaxj7fuggMg0mHuQIfwrNN3eM4ON3urJEAzKxgs5DE1iWlLYq8_TJj-48afm8vDC06E_2ZPgtsn9-nrMEiblCkfBn8p9vAcJUzsKq7I/s1600/gent1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZATCtujRW679W9Se1M1190AMnq6-WVvzZ41Xdaxj7fuggMg0mHuQIfwrNN3eM4ON3urJEAzKxgs5DE1iWlLYq8_TJj-48afm8vDC06E_2ZPgtsn9-nrMEiblCkfBn8p9vAcJUzsKq7I/s640/gent1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn2cgBa6Sz7TnuKHCTp5DJ1RDNaSgNh5BK9LrruOLTXcgwWzWc4PR8XmHurLTmMubfDnX8AH2FE9OGR5N30pUe8lT6HFOoOw7PhMRkNGjs2IofpXEo23cLPgEKaT4A96wnKABZpwqHU8/s1600/gent2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn2cgBa6Sz7TnuKHCTp5DJ1RDNaSgNh5BK9LrruOLTXcgwWzWc4PR8XmHurLTmMubfDnX8AH2FE9OGR5N30pUe8lT6HFOoOw7PhMRkNGjs2IofpXEo23cLPgEKaT4A96wnKABZpwqHU8/s640/gent2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Her husband,  Lanre Gentry has been defending himself  on Instagram.<br /> <br />  In new comments shared yesterday, the Lagos based hotelier further denied the domestic abuse violence allegations, saying his wife, Mercy, wouldn't stay in the same house with him for years if he beats her everyday and the photos of her face all battered is merely makeup.<br /> <br /> Mercy however remains mute on the matter.<br /> <br />

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Gunmen kidnap eight sailors in Bayelsa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIBAXZb3estZEGneU0eqkzyXJZueMajw4pV3C5HXsmwLfjbgog1dHGnKBNih-p79mp_2aoPmfmnS6XRssi0LbMCIHZlXD8ItEyK458ZvguENkZ80INNEXJ8S2rwDk6Wo5u8Z52F38nH0/s1600/gunmen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIBAXZb3estZEGneU0eqkzyXJZueMajw4pV3C5HXsmwLfjbgog1dHGnKBNih-p79mp_2aoPmfmnS6XRssi0LbMCIHZlXD8ItEyK458ZvguENkZ80INNEXJ8S2rwDk6Wo5u8Z52F38nH0/s400/gunmen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Naval troops are making frantic efforts to locate the whereabouts of eight sailors kidnapped in the Atlantic Ocean close to Brass waters in Brass Local Government Area Bayelsa State.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> It was gathered that the victims identified as employees of Tethys Nig. Ltd and Sylver Global Ltd were abducted on April 19 about 17 Nautical Miles off Brass terminal.<br /> <br /> The unidentified gunmen were said to have forcefully boarded the vessel after firing gunshots in the air to scare the sailors.<br /> <br /> The victims were identified as Smart Kungborde, Isaiah Ebiewe, Christopher Wisben, Gabriel Enayon, Sylvester Ovwigho, Mathew Enegbuma and Kelly Shaka.<br /> <br /> The abductors were said to have stolen all their victims’ valuables, hounded them into their speedboats and drove them to an unknown place.<br /> <br /> It was however gathered troops of the Forward Operation Base (FOB) Fomoso at Egweama in Brass were making some efforts to free the captors.<br /> <br /> Navy authorities in the state kept mute on the matter following an indication the affected vessel belonged to a powerful politician and retired senior naval officer from the state.<br /> <br /> But the politician with the companies was said to have established contacts with the gunmen and gone far in negotiation for a ransom to free the abductors.<br /> <br /> A senior security source, who spoke in confidence, confirmed the development and said the victims were still held by the kidnappers.

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North London Derby: Tottenham set to end Arsenal’s dominance

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjNJvuMRZiXN4eS249skzVhhQ9n-bLBwelQh4LH2aJeGGRIv96_fGqeX_q9hHuFgOhvNHAWWXDkc6zSIprYWzCtjKq5LIT2YkJVex25tpjCIcsBJLA8P937t680akteP5ROZzeRrQBLg/s640/north+london+derby.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> Tottenham host Arsenal in what will now officially be the last ever North London Derby at Spurs’ home ground of White Hart Lane, with the club confirming their move to Wembley for the 2017/18 season.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Spurs will start the match an incredible 14 points ahead of their rivals in the league table, but face a big challenge to keep up with leaders Chelsea as Arsene Wenger’s side get back into their groove. Tottenham may be on an eight-game winning run in the league themselves, but came unstuck when they took on more challenging opposition in the form of Chelsea last weekend, losing 4-2 in the FA Cup semi-final in what could prove a major dent to their confidence in catching the Blues in the title race. Arsenal, meanwhile, set up a final clash with Antonio Conte’s men by beating Manchester City in their semi-final, and have won three on the spin since switching to a 3-4-3 formation.<br /> <br /> As ever, this fixture promises to be a thriller from start to finish, and we’ve got the team news, stats and video to get you in the mood… As much as the Arsenal boss may be something of a figure of fun these days, remember that this is a man who has never finished below Spurs in the Premier League. The Frenchman has a proud record of dominance against Arsenal’s north London neighbours, and can surely wave goodbye to that if he fails to get anything other than a win this Sunday.<br /> <br /> Pochettino is one of many of this growing breed of promising young managers shaking up the game, and whether he delivers silverware or not, a win here surely wraps up Champions League football for a second season and confirms Tottenham as the top team in north London for the first time since 1995.

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Bayern Munich win fifth consecutive German title

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJGsKRfHRiHvfYVS3k-UfHrpdH9QfF3vk8uKHsvsoTTj2tMgV4nP5fNgJQIRVzLXKfgXLcxO5qfqURMgvo3kU9YAj52e5PWtog0_voiriqpIGK7Kdj_zsN3Fcan1EZt_s406DpHT-yj4/s400/Bayern.png" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> Bayern Munich were crowned Bundesliga champions for the fifth straight season on Saturday after Robert Lewandowski scored twice in a 6-0 thrashing of 10-man Wolfsburg.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> After second-placed RB Leipzig were held to a goalless draw by Ingolstadt, Bayern wrapped up the title with a thumping away victory that left them 10 points clear with three games left. “Five times in a row, that’s unbelievable.<br /> <br /> We completely deserve to be champions,” Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Sky. Carlo Ancelotti has delivered a 27th league title in his first season as Bayern’s head coach. “I am very happy, this win was important and it’s a fantastic experience,” said the Italian. Ancelotti has now won four national league titles after also lifting the Premier League with Chelsea, Serie A with AC Milan and Ligue 1 with Paris Saint Germain.<br /> <br /> “I want to thank this great club,” he said. “We deserved the title and have played good football, now is the time to celebrate.” Lewandowski’s brace leaves the Polish predator on 28 goals this season, one more than Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the race to be the league’s top marksman.<br /> <br /> The league triumph is consolation for Wednesday’s 3-2 German Cup semi-final defeat at home to Dortmund, which denied Ancelotti the chance of emulating predecessor Pep Guardiola with the domestic double in his first season. It also goes a small way towards making up for the disappointment of going out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid. Bayern were barely made to work for their win as David Alaba drilled home a trademark free-kick on 19 minutes to put the visitors 1-0 up after a foul on Thomas Mueller. Lewandowski doubled the lead on 36 minutes when Kingsley Coman’s cross was flicked on by Mueller and the Poland hot-shot fired home.<br /> <br /> He bagged his second and Bayern’s third just before the half-time whistle after Coman delivered another cross from the left wing. The floodgates opened late on as Arjen Robben netted on 66 minutes before Wolfsburg’s Luiz Gustavo, a former Bayern player, was sent off for a second booking on 78 minutes. Bayern exploited their numerical advantage as Mueller banged home Lewandowski’s pass before Joshua Kimmich sealed the rout.<br /> <br /> – Leipzig slip up –<br /> <br /> Bayern’s latest comfortable title win was made possible by Leipzig’s draw at the Red Bull Arena, where Ingolstadt defender Alfredo Morales was sent off with four minutes to play. Dortmund, who face Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup final on May 27, hold on to third place, which would mean a direct Champions League place next season, despite their goalless draw at home to Cologne. Both Aubameyang and Cologne’s Anthony Modeste, who has 23 league goals, drew blanks at Signal Iduna Park. Hoffenheim, coached by Julian Nagelsmann, 29, the youngest coach in Bundesliga history, can leapfrog Dortmund if they beat Eintracht in Frankfurt on Sunday.<br /> <br /> Werder Bremen’s remarkable finish to the season continues as they earned a 2-0 win to home to Hertha Berlin to stay sixth. Bremen remain on course for a Europa League place having risen from bottom in September after losing their first four games. Werder striker Max Kruse’s dream April continued as he netted Bremen’s second after Fin Bartels’s opener for his eighth goal in six games this month. Bremen are unbeaten in their last 11 games. Mainz remain just a point from the bottom three after Japan striker Yoshinori Muto scored their consolation goal in a 2-1 home defeat. Lars Stindl and Nico Schulz scored for Borussia Moenchengladbach.<br /> <br /> Plucky bottom side Darmstadt again delayed their relegation with a 3-0 win at home to Freiburg. Torsten Frings-coached Darmstadt picked up their third straight victory thanks to goals by Felix Platte, Jerome Gondorf and Sven Schipplock. Darmstadt are still eight points from safety with three games left.

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Police IG has ordered a raid on my house - Governor Wike laments

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JNTZy3np8ajjhE4GKwycXyMvsVGRQS0Mh4it5x4YOFux6-6_DHq9fKbLyPIml8N5GMob1W3TZGXxJJZwY6TKdiyAGP2M-uwUytL-eTI4MuPedd7brGwGh43KQV3JF3_Cha1j2vlNbxw/s1600/Chief-Nyesom-Wike.-Supervising-Minister-of-Educationjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JNTZy3np8ajjhE4GKwycXyMvsVGRQS0Mh4it5x4YOFux6-6_DHq9fKbLyPIml8N5GMob1W3TZGXxJJZwY6TKdiyAGP2M-uwUytL-eTI4MuPedd7brGwGh43KQV3JF3_Cha1j2vlNbxw/s400/Chief-Nyesom-Wike.-Supervising-Minister-of-Educationjpg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated his declaration that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris plans to kill or silence him politically because of the political directives that the police chief has received.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> He further declared that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has concluded plans to plant guns and other incriminating items at his Asokoro Extension Residence in Abuja. Addressing journalists at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday, Governor Wike said that the Inspector-General of Police on Friday approved the raid of his Abuja residence. According to the governor, the Police will be in court to get a search warrant on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> He said information available to him indicated that but for the May Day Public Holiday, the Police would have obtained the search warrant on Monday . He said: “All attempt is being made so that they will go and plant either AK47 or one million dollars in the governor’s house.<br /> <br /> They can even plant costly wrist watches as a propaganda tool. “I said I have to let Nigerians know that this is not the way to go about in democracy. Rather, this is an attempt to truncate democracy. That someone differs on issues does not mean you have to go after the person’s life”. Governor Wike said this is the latest in the series of planned propaganda by the police to sow devilish information against him. He said because of the unconstitutional nature of the raid, the police refused to indicate that the house to be raided belongs to the Rivers State Governor.<br /> <br /> “Nigerians should be aware that should they raid my house in Abuja and claim they found anything, it is incorrect. I have not been going to Abuja, but I will be in Abuja to wait for them to see how they plan to plant guns in my house”, Governor Wike said. While maintaining his position that the Inspector-General of Police is after his life, Governor Wike stated that this recenta plot is aimed at silencing him because the Rivers State Government claimed the Ikoyi Billions, which was reportedly left there by the former Rivers State Governor. He decried the pattern that has been adopted in the nation’s democracy, saying that it will negatively affect the growth of democracy. “Our democracy cannot survive if we continue with this line of action.<br /> <br /> If the Inspector-General of Police wants to play partisan politics, let him remove his uniform and join us in the arena. He should not continue to wear uniform and do the bidding of politicians like a stooge”, he said. The governor added: “I want to reiterate, the Inspector-General of Police is after my life”.<br /> <br /> He regretted that security agencies have adopted the unwholesome method of planting guns and cash when the owners of the houses are not at home, simply for political reasons. He cited the case of Former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and Senator Danjuma Goje. On the Ikoyi Billions, Governor Wike maintained that Rivers State lawyers are working on the matter, stating that the money belongs to the Rivers State Government.

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Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua Knocks Out Wladimir Klitschko In World Heavyweight Boxing Fight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38UNu0DltMQ94eCRCkUiwmSihhjRogwaoTtxDA_bzN71vmnxxJsZntaJcQCnlZp1Kf9C5CCj-qkhN57o9EI3WtVZ_2Hwk8I6iHeA-Tv7_z4WCKnNuMu4sf143fFt6ZEPlp-YZtOl6s58/s1600/joshua+klishko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38UNu0DltMQ94eCRCkUiwmSihhjRogwaoTtxDA_bzN71vmnxxJsZntaJcQCnlZp1Kf9C5CCj-qkhN57o9EI3WtVZ_2Hwk8I6iHeA-Tv7_z4WCKnNuMu4sf143fFt6ZEPlp-YZtOl6s58/s400/joshua+klishko.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /> <br /> Nigerian-British boxer, Anthony Joshua defeated veteran Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in a world heavyweight title fight epic at Wembley on Saturday, taking victory on an 11th round stoppage.</b><br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> With this victory, Joshua became the unified heavyweight world champion by adding the WBA belt to his IBF title with the 11th-round stoppage of Klitschko in a thrilling fight.<br /> <br /> The 27-year-old was knocked down in round six but twice had Klitschko on the canvas in the penultimate round before the referee stepped in.<br /> <br /> England’s Joshua remains undefeated as a professional, with 19 victories.<br /> <br /> The bout drew a record post-war British boxing crowd of 90,000 at Wembley.<br /> <br /> The Briton landed a brutal uppercut which gave him the platform to send Klitschko down with an immediate flurry.<br /> <br /> ‘Dr Steelhammer’ stood, was dropped by a left hook again moments later, and then stood again, only for referee David Fields to save the challenger when pinned against the ropes.<br /> <br /> Joshua threw his arms into the air as roars rolled down the Wembley tiers. He had come through his stiffest test to date, while Klitschko had answered questions of his own, showing he remains competitive at world level, even at 41.<br /> <br /> He will rue not finishing the job when he floored Joshua and appeared tantalisingly close to reclaiming two of the titles he lost in his last fight against Tyson Fury in 2015.<br /> <br /> “What can I say? 19-0, three and a half years in the game,” said Joshua. “I’m not perfect but I’m trying, and if you don’t take part, you’re going to fail.<br /> <br /> “As boxing states, you leave your ego at the door and you respect your opponent. So a massive shout-out to Wladimir Klitschko.”

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Nigerian-British boxer, Anthony Joshua defeated veteran Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in a world heavyweight title fight epic at Wembley o...

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