Use APDA platform to preach peace, unity – IBB

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHN-WhzQTjYLAW-pWERevLKZgxdoYVQPOP_z9axzum8BohFfxxMF39n-lCLDw3Xqk97LFXH-Nq6aFVIvL_y0CSEiNduEAyqotCIodLhbwJ_p0OdDNocWfwQ4iid9Dz8wzM2sm9XI0qkrEi/s1600/IBB-75a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="412" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHN-WhzQTjYLAW-pWERevLKZgxdoYVQPOP_z9axzum8BohFfxxMF39n-lCLDw3Xqk97LFXH-Nq6aFVIvL_y0CSEiNduEAyqotCIodLhbwJ_p0OdDNocWfwQ4iid9Dz8wzM2sm9XI0qkrEi/s320/IBB-75a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has advised the national leadership of the newly-registered political party, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance(APDA) to use the party’s platform to preach unity and peace in the country.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Babangida gave the advice when he received APDA delegation led by its National Chairman, Malam Mohhammed Shitu, who paid him a courtesy visit on Saturday at his Minna residence. A statement signed by Mr Oluwatosin Johnson, Special Adviser to Shitu, quoted the former president as saying that the message of peace was important at this trying moment in the country.<br /> <br /> “Endeavour to use the party’s platform to preach peace and unity in Nigeria. The country is in a trying moment and what we need is message of peace.<br /> <br /> “You must promote the peace and unity of the country,’’ Babangida said. He congratulated the newly-registered party with a promise to be available for advice and guidance where necessary. Shitu said the purpose of the visit was to brief the former Head of State on the new political party and its manifestos.<br /> <br /> He said part of APDA’s manifesto’s cardinal point was to restructure Nigeria when it captures power in 2019 as well as give the country’s youth a sense of belonging in the Nigeria project. The chairman presented the certificate of registration of the party to the former president.(NAN)

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Nigeria, 3 others get Trump’s $639 million aid

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LdGhdSjiGRYVGedTV25zeIyBpnr5uCCclNopPfOudqMrn7p9zFEFKdAlx8gYk_2yg9UhigWBjugbex_3WQNavUdKFJ89DB8eeccScxI7DSnUR1TA-Ccop8eaq0ap6_Iu42ywz3CpoGfa/s1600/trump+smile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1160" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LdGhdSjiGRYVGedTV25zeIyBpnr5uCCclNopPfOudqMrn7p9zFEFKdAlx8gYk_2yg9UhigWBjugbex_3WQNavUdKFJ89DB8eeccScxI7DSnUR1TA-Ccop8eaq0ap6_Iu42ywz3CpoGfa/s400/trump+smile.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday promised 639 million dollars in aid to feed people facing starvation because of drought and conflict in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Of the funding, 121 million dollars would go to Nigeria, according to Rob Jenkins, Acting Head, Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Similarly, more than 191 million dollars would go to Yemen, 199 million dollars to South Sudan and nearly 126 million dollars for Somalia. “With this new assistance, the United States is providing additional emergency food and nutrition assistance, life-saving medical care, improved sanitation, emergency shelter and protection for those who have been affected by conflict,” USAID said in a statement Jenkins said conflicts in all the four countries had made it difficult to reach some communities in need of food. “We’re in a dire situation right now.<br /> <br /> The situation in southern Ethiopia fortunately does not rise to the dire situation of the other four, but the situation is deteriorating and might very well be catastrophic without additional interventions,” he said. Jenkins said that USAID was also concerned about the situation in southern Ethiopia, adding that Washington had already provided some 252 million dollars this year to Ethiopia, “but the needs continue to grow.”<br /> <br /> Trump’s pledge came during a working session of the G20 summit of world leaders in Hamburg, Germany, the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Executive Director, David Beasley, said on the sidelines of the meeting, according to Reuters. “We’re facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two,” Beasley said, describing the pledge as providing a “godsend” to the suffering millions and the global food agency fighting hunger worldwide. The new funding brings to over 1.8 billion dollars aid promised by the U.S. for fiscal year 2017 for the crises in the four countries, where the UN had estimated more than 30 million people needed urgent food assistance. Beasley said the U.S. funding was about a third of what the WFP estimated was required this year to deal with urgent food needs in the four countries in crisis as well as in other areas.<br /> <br /> The WFP estimates that 109 million people around the world will need food assistance this year, up from 80 million last year, with 10 of the 13 worst-affected zones stemming from wars and “man-made” crises, Beasley said. ” We estimated that if we didn’t receive the funding we needed immediately that 400,000 to 600,000 children would be dying in the next four months,” he said.<br /> <br /> Trump’s announcement came after his administration proposed sharp cuts in funding for the U.S. State Department and other humanitarian missions as part of his “America First” policy. Beasley said the agency had worked hard with the White House and the U.S. government to secure the funding, but Trump would insist that other countries contributed more as well. (NAN)

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Paul Okoye (PSquare), wife welcome twin babies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewlmJhMxSMJwxf9WTsRZ96uo2N-HH4zR9VaXpf03xu_ni7YN2rACiKGIqitRF5VZBv8sXSl7AoBlGgHdDud7ZkjOPg8rg_5j0WrEn5rPsHqRdueYnZGjBNp0qO1RRlxALItfe3PpW1pKD/s1600/Tween2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="608" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewlmJhMxSMJwxf9WTsRZ96uo2N-HH4zR9VaXpf03xu_ni7YN2rACiKGIqitRF5VZBv8sXSl7AoBlGgHdDud7ZkjOPg8rg_5j0WrEn5rPsHqRdueYnZGjBNp0qO1RRlxALItfe3PpW1pKD/s320/Tween2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Psquare Paul Okoye & wife Anita have welcomed twins, a baby boy and girl.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The babies were born in Atlanta, United States and bring Paul Okoye’s total number of kids to three – two boys and a girl.<br /> <br /> Mum Anita Okoye and her twins are doing well.<br /> <br /> Double congratulations to them!

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Evans did not 'vanish' he was relocated - Police

<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM9297PaAqG-PGHBBDSQc8DMjfvGS7bNRy1yxbeiSPngR9ihBNo_sVZkQ-MAFI0cfR7WOf3D0bDjlhoap0NYYRt-wLFm1CQ5SuPUR8sju71s8hht1ftUE_yp9DOOUIkcWpcThMmTemWmC/s1600/evans+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="412" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKM9297PaAqG-PGHBBDSQc8DMjfvGS7bNRy1yxbeiSPngR9ihBNo_sVZkQ-MAFI0cfR7WOf3D0bDjlhoap0NYYRt-wLFm1CQ5SuPUR8sju71s8hht1ftUE_yp9DOOUIkcWpcThMmTemWmC/s400/evans+s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The police have urged Nigerians to not fret over the reported “vanishing” of suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje George Onwuamadike alias Evans.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The appeal was sequel to the anxiety created by a newspaper report which alleged that Evans’ whereabouts was unknown and that the suspect had vanished.<br /> <br /> According to the spokesman for the Force Headquarters, Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CPS), Evans was safe and still in police custody.<br /> <br /> Moshood said investigation was still ongoing, adding that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as all ends were tied.<br /> <br /> NE gathered from a source that Evans was relocated to a maximum security cell in Abuja for his protection, following the disclosure of his former location by a national newspaper.<br /> <br /> It was reliably gathered that with that disclosure, came several requests for access to the suspect from the public and media houses, which the police considered a threat to his safety.<br /> <br /> However, Moshood said, “The media need to avoid stories that could create fear, tension or misrepresentation among the masses. Where did Evans vanish to? That headline was misleading. The suspect and his accomplices are very much in our custody.<br /> <br /> “We are working hard to ensure that justice is served at the end of the day. There are certain information that are not for public consumption to avoid jeopardising investigation or even national security.<br /> <br /> “Evans is with the police. His whereabouts is known but cannot be made public. We are appealing to Nigerians to remain calm and support the police to conclude its investigation.”<br /> <br /> He added, “The Police have made significant progress in the investigations of these crimes. The public should disregard and discountenance all media reports in the social and print media that he has vanished or released and all criminal charges against him dropped as UNTRUE and ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD.”<br /> <br /> Also, the detective who arrested of Evans, ACP Abba Kyari on his Facebook wrote: “Friends, I received over a thousand calls this morning, please disregard the fake news from a major newspaper today that the most notorious kidnapper in the history of Nigeria, Evans in our custody has vanished. It’s a Big Lie.<br /> <br /> “In Accordance with the 90 Days Remand Order from Federal High Court, investigation covering three countries is in progress. It’s a misleading headline, we can never joke with the Security of Nigerians.” Kyari added.<br /> <br /> Our source who hinted on the kingpin’s relocation, said that Evans had also expressed worries that his life might be in danger, given that information, including how he was fed at the Special Anti-Robbery Sqaud (SARS), Ikeja, was in public.<br /> <br /> The source added, “The moment it became public that Evans was being detained at SARS in Ikeja, his relocation was planned. You don’t expect the police to stay calm with so much information about the suspect in public. It was disturbing because it would have been a huge disaster if anything had happened to him there<br /> <br /> “The police would have been accused of collecting money to kill him or even extrajudicial killing. So, relocating was not negotiable. Why it took so long was because the Ogas wanted to be sure all necessary security measures were put in place. They also did not want a situation where information would leak before he was taken out of the state.<br /> <br /> “People should allow the police work. I think this Evans’ matter has been over flogged. Police should be allowed to continue discreet investigation so that when the suspects are charged to court, the public can continue getting the drama there.”

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Lukaku completes Man Utd medical

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNi_ADdLgh6mCwrivxhDbyk6-jKYRP6N3Peqq2CZQOVwQvwnAWzCfm7sZdTIEi6MZtqzYOTNhBr_QU2rLboHVuf-gBJkwfoJBRom6tgvmi68mVUyo9VZHzjQTlHWs9EYTDEG8uHetAXTos/s1600/LUKAKU.jpg" 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/AVvXsEhNi_ADdLgh6mCwrivxhDbyk6-jKYRP6N3Peqq2CZQOVwQvwnAWzCfm7sZdTIEi6MZtqzYOTNhBr_QU2rLboHVuf-gBJkwfoJBRom6tgvmi68mVUyo9VZHzjQTlHWs9EYTDEG8uHetAXTos/s320/LUKAKU.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Less than 24 hours after Manchester United announced the club had agreed a deal with Everton to bring Romelu Lukaku to Old Trafford, the striker has taken to Instagram to seemingly confirm the move with snaps of his medical in the United States.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Belgian's Instagram story opens with a shot of him in a waiting room and the word "Medicals.." written below it.<br /> <br /> His medical snaps came hours after it was confirmed he was arrested last week over a noise complaint and is scheduled to appear in a United States court on October 2.<br /> <br /> A statement released by Beverly Hills Police Department detailed that Lukaku received a misdemeanour citation on July 2.<br /> <br /> Police said the citation, after which Lukaku was not physically arrested, came on the back of verbal warnings following five other complaints about noise levels at his rented accommodation.<br /> <br /> The forward had also already been spotted training with Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba in Los Angeles earlier in the week, and on Saturday the France international welcomed the Belgian to the club.<br /> <br /> Lukaku, 24, will reunite with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford for a reported £75 million fee.<br /> <br /> United had targeted Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata to help fill the void left by last season's top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.<br /> <br /> Mourinho has now turned to the Belgium international to try to fix and attack that only found the back of the net on 54 occasions in the Premier League last term – the lowest tally among the top seven teams.<br /> <br /> Lukaku himself netted nearly half that number, 25, in the league during the 2016-17 season, eight more than Ibrahimovic.<br /> <br /> Manchester United head to United States for the club's summer tour on Sunday.

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Davido's uncle wins Osun West bye-election + full results

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr96vS_ydYr6YzBQUuJYbTx74Hf9eZL6rRDqdr6-GlSH69h7RqqPtkak3ChBEfDeZTRicwmRRTcFXcfodhL6stTpDzuHCNA3ipknX0b-T2iGs9CK465newFRpAJTvi9gsFqL9iWiwdbuMN/s400/ademola+adeleke.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Mr. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who also happens to be the uncle of Nigerian popstar, Davido has won the Osun West Senatorial bye-election held on Saturday in Osun State.<br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> Official results of the election showed that he defeated his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Mudashiru Hussain in nine of the ten Local Government Areas where the election was conducted.<br /> <br /> The results is as follows:<br /> <br /> Iwo LG APC 12,205 PDP 12,547<br /> <br /> Ede North APC 2,784 PDP 18,559<br /> <br /> Ede South APC 2,096 PDP 13,406<br /> <br /> Ejigbo APC 12,229 PDP9,723<br /> <br /> Irewole APC 8,952 PDP9,096<br /> <br /> Ola-Oluwa APC 5,316 PDP5,618<br /> <br /> Ayedere APC 5,360 PDP5,789<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ayedaade APC 7,179 PDP-9061<br /> <br /> Egbedore APC 4,768 PDP-7,142<br /> <br /> Isokan APC 5,227 PDP-6,539<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Collation of ward results of the bye-election began in earnest last night with voters anxiously waiting for confirmation of the final outcome from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<br /> <br /> The election was generally peaceful.<br /> <br /> The two leading candidates -Mudasiru Hussein of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – hailed the election as fair and peaceful although the police arrested three suspected thugs for allegedly interfering with the voting process at Okinni in Egbedore Local Government area .<br /> <br /> The day began with a drizzle but that did not stop voters from heading to the various polling units in the 10 local government areas that make up the senatorial zone as early as 8am.<br /> <br /> Security was tight and voters had little complaints about the supply of voting materials, especially card readers.<br /> <br /> Restriction was placed on vehicular movement across the state, except the Ibadan/Ife/Ilesa/Akure expressway, that links Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti States.<br /> <br /> The election was preceded by a curfew in the district from 6pm on Friday to 6am yesterday.<br /> <br /> Hussain after casting his vote at Ward 3, Unit 1, Beulah Baptist Primary School, Ejigbo,at about 9.30am expressed satisfaction ‘so far’ with the election, saying he was confident of winning.<br /> <br /> He commended both the INEC and voters for their maturity, saying that “if elections are conducted like this it means democracy has reached an advanced level.”<br /> <br /> For his part, Adeleke, who is the younger brother of the late Isiaka Adeleke, whose death created the vacancy voted at Saagba Abogunde compound in Ede North at 8.34 am.<br /> <br /> He said he was “100 percent confident of victory.”<br /> <br /> “As you can see, it rained this morning before the voting exercise commenced. This is a signal to the fact that I will carry the day. With this large turnout also, its unarguable that I will beat Hussein hands down by God’s grace,” he added.<br /> <br /> The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salam, also commended the effort of security personnel in maintaining peace in Ejigbo.<br /> <br /> Former Minister for Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, advised the INEC to sustain credibility and standard set up by the last administration.<br /> <br /> He spoke at his Ward 5, Unit 16 Ode-Omu, where he expressed satisfaction with the process of the election.<br /> <br /> The police said they arrested three suspected thugs for allegedly unleashing mayhem at Igbokiti Unit, Ward 10, Okinni in Egbedore Local Government council. The thugs reportedly attacked voters and INEC adhoc officers at the polling unit.<br /> <br /> Some voters waiting to cast their votes were allegedly matcheted and injured.<br /> <br /> The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, in a telephone chat, confirmed the arrest. He said the suspects were undergoing interrogation.<br /> <br /> “With our vigilance and commitment to ensure peaceful conduct of the exercise, we are very happy that there is peace and there is no significant case of violence,” he said.<br /> <br /> “We are determined to sustain peace and effective security till the end and even after the entire electoral process.”

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NTA Network Service Centre Shut Over Victoria Island Flood

<br /> The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) network centre on Ahmadu Bello way in Victoria Island, Lagos, has been shut owing to the flood which accrued from the rainfall of the early hours of Saturday.<br /> <br /> <a id="more" name="more"></a><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyajto7ZZ21tyz4_8jBU2-9cnZ35x40FsXI75rU3J3l89vqPQaaYbHAWyND3cHMNdMqxGuyk4p0BQ-AHRoZaO3lBIR-Q32nAN0HcuaxMXxx5oXWdmW0rcQgrEI_0gskc04LBp5K5z7QYb/s1600/amodu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyajto7ZZ21tyz4_8jBU2-9cnZ35x40FsXI75rU3J3l89vqPQaaYbHAWyND3cHMNdMqxGuyk4p0BQ-AHRoZaO3lBIR-Q32nAN0HcuaxMXxx5oXWdmW0rcQgrEI_0gskc04LBp5K5z7QYb/s640/amodu.jpg" width="640" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A street in Victoria Island blocked by police due to flood</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Major streets in the neighbourhoods of Victoria Island (VI) and Lekki were overtaken by flowing waters.<br /> <br /> This left many people trapped in their homes, while vehicles found it difficult to move.<br /> <br /> When newsmen visited the VI office of the largest television network in Africa on Saturday evening, it noticed that there were no activities.<br /> <br /> An official of the station, who spoke off the record, said the office would remain shut till Monday.<br /> <br /> “Our office has been shut because of the flood. Although the water has gone down now, the management has decided that for safety reasons, activities should be suspended until Monday,” he said.

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