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20-year-old narrates how she was raped by her kidnappers who also forced her brother to do same.
20-year-old Chioma Dioke has shared the story of how her kidnappers raped her and forced her older brother to do same, before they were rescued by the police.Speaking on Tuesday, July 28, Chioma said the kidnappers held them inside a bush called Sambisa forest located in Ezzagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Chioma, who is from Nsukka in Enugu State, and the two other victims had gone to Ezzagu to sell their goods which included noddles, diapers and oil. The business involved a modality that allowed people of the community to invest money and those who invested…
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Yakubu Dogara has been put under a spell by the APC, I pray God delivers him – FFK
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to the defection of former speaker of house of representative, Yakubu Dogara from the Peoples democratic party, PDP to the All progressives Congress, APC. In a series of tweets he shared via his twitter handle, he wondered how such a good man like Yakubu Dogara would leave the light of PDP and willingly enter into the darkness of APC, further claiming that he must have been put under a spell as it is the stock in trade of the APC. He also prayed that God delivers Dogara and cause him to…
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NDDC: Nigerian students now beggars due to non payment of fees and allowance – Abike Dabiri
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to pay the allowances, tuition, and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme in the United Kingdom as most of them have turned to beggars on the streets of UK. Many of the students who came out to complain, said the commission has refused to respond to all emails sent to them appealing for their fees to be paid or allowances released. According to a statement released on Tuesday, July 28 by the NIDCOM spokesperson Gabriel Odu, Dabiri-Erewa appealed…
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Edo Election: They have decided to focus on me, I’m not on the ballot – Oshiomhole
Suspended Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Adams Oshiomhole has boasted of Ize-Iyamu’s victory in the awaited Edo state election. while addressing some youths who paid Ize-Iyamu a visit yesterday, he charged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not to focus on him as he is not contesting adding that they should rather put forward their plans for the people of Edo state if they have any. He said; “They cannot display their achievements because they don’t have any. “They have decided to focus on Oshiomhole although he is not on the ballot. “Pastor Ize-Iyamu is a good man…
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Southern Kaduna Killings: El-Rufai finally speaks on cause of killings
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai has finally broken his silence on the series of killings in southern Kaduna. During an address at a security meeting held at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, El-rufai revealed that the current crisis in Southern Kaduna, is “the tragic aftermath of events of June 5, when youths from two communities clashed over farmlands in Zangon-Kataf and the upsurge of violence in the same area that started on June 11.” According to him, the violence has spread to and has necessitated extraordinary measures in four local government areas in southern Kaduna…
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When Nigerians prosper, I will feel a lot better – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will be happy when Nigerians prosper and the quality of their lives improve. He said this during an interview with TheSignature50 magazine where he revealed his administration is working assiduously to ensure that the lives of Nigerians improve beyond ratings and indices. “We have been rated as Africa’s largest economy by different verifiable indices. How does that make one feel as President of Nigeria? Of course, one feels good. But that is not enough,” the president said. “I will feel a lot better when we go beyond just rating and statistics, and the majority of…
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Ondo Election: Akeredolu picks Lucky Ayedatiwa as running mate
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has picked a former representative of the state on the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa as his deputy. Ayedatiwa is from ilaje council area of Ondo state and is expected to run alongside Akeredolu in the October 10 election if his name was not substituted before August 18, 2020 deadline by INEC.
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Southern Kaduna killings: El- rufai will not escape justice – Reno Omokri
Former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has reacted to the series of Killings in Southern Kaduna. In a tweet he shared via his official twitter handle, he condemned the action of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the ongoing genocide in the Christian dominated Southern Kaduna State by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen and mercenaries. He alleged that the Governor was responsible for what is going on in his State, further making claims that the Governor had already announced his anti-christ tendencies. His tweet: “I’ve lost patience with these pray for Southern Kaduna hashtags. They are irritants. Pray, pray, pray! Is…
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Orji Uzor Kalu receives rousing welcome in Abia State as he returns Home months after release from Prison
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu received a rousing welcome when he returned to Abia state on Monday, July 27, months after he was released from prison. Orji Uzor Kalu was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted for N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, and a former Director of Finance during his tenure, Ugo Udeogu. On the 8th of May, 2020 the supreme court nullified Kalu and Udeogo’s conviction on grounds that the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, lacked the jurisdiction to have presided over their case and so was released from prison. On Monday, July…
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Abia State PDP Chairman, Onuigbo is dead
The Chairman of the Caretaker Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abia State, Johnson Onuigbo is dead. According to a family source, the PDP Chairman passed away on Monday evening. The source however did not state the cause of his sudden demise. His remains have been deposited at an undisclosed hospital mortuary in Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State. May his soul rest in peace
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AfDB president, Adesina cleared of all corruption allegations
President of the Africa development bank, Akinwunmi Adesina has been cleared of all corruption charges against him. A panel of three experts, led by former Irish president Mary Robinson alongside Gambia’s Chief Justice Hassan Jallow and the World Bank’s integrity vice president Leonard McCarthy, cleared Adesina of all charges alleged by whistleblowers. The African banking institution and Adesina — who is the sole candidate for the bank’s August’s presidential elections — has been battered by the rollercoaster of allegations after the whistleblowers’ complaints were leaked to the media in April. The former Nigerian finance minister had always stated he was…
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Ondo: Agboola is of no importance – Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted his deputy, Agboola Ajayi saying he is of no importance to him politically. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, he added that Agboola, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), has no control of a single local government in the state adding that he would have defeated Agboola even in his own Local Government. Agboola failed to clinch the PDP ticket as their gubernatorial candidate. “For me, the deputy governor leaving the APC for the PDP is good radiance to bad rubbish. We thought we could accommodate him in the APC, but since…
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