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We are going to wait for the outcome of the Judiciary – Bode George speaks on when he will leave the country
Chief Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said he would wait for the presidential election petition tribunal to make a judgment on the election outcome before he could decide to leave the country The elder statesman had pledged to relocate to a foreign country, specifically Togo, if Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won the presidential election. Following the declaration of Tinubu as the president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Bode has now said he was going to wait on the judiciary to make a decision on the…
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Nigerians will experience effective Governance under Tinubu – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that they will experience effective governance under the administration of Bola Tinubu. He said Tinubu’s diligent involvement in the structure of leadership at the Executive and Legislative levels for many years, will serve as an asset for good and effective governance. The president said this in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 28, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. See the Statement below; PRESIDENT BUHARI HAILS PRESIDENT-ELECT, ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU AT 71 President Muhammadu Buhari rejoices with National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
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Nigerians will yearn for Buhari when he leaves office – Garba Shehu
The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that Nigerians will yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office. He said this during an interview with Channels Television, Shehu lamented over the level of criticisms thrown at the president, asserting that leaders are not loved while in office. Citing the case of Goodluck Jonathan who he says was persecuted out of office, but has now become the favorite of many Nigerians, Shehu argued that it will be the same way Nigerians will yearn for President Buhari after he hands over power to…
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Court restrains Ayu from parading as PDP Chairman
A Benue State High Court on Monday restrained the embattled Senator Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The court order was premised on the ex-parte application brought against Ayu by Engr. Conrad Terhide Utaan as plaintiff. Particulars of the ex-parte application brought before the presiding Justice W.I. Kpochi read, suit no. MHC/85/2023 with motion no. MHC/633m/2023. In his ruling,. Justice Kpochi stated, “Upon hearing Mr. M. T. Assoh of learned counsel ably move the application and upon a dispassionate consideration of the facts placed before me in the pool of the…
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Power derived from rigged election is not from God – Shehu Sani
Former Lawmaker, Shehu Sani has said that power derived from rigging is not from God. He said this reacting to the just concluded 2023 general elections In a post he shared on Facebook, Sani addressed politicians who bring up religion to legitimize their “evil” after winning elections by rigging, falsifying results, or vote buying. He wrote: “After they buy votes, falsified figures and rigged elections, they will bring in religion to launder and legitimise their evil; and want you to believe that power is from God. Power derived from rigged election is not from God.”
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”I will be 39 in a couple hours and still alive” – Man says as he narrates how his ex-girlfriend informed him that a prophetess said he will die before 35 if he fails to marry her
Facebook User, Citizen Nagaziman has narrated how his ex-girlfriend called to inform him that a prophetess claimed that he would die before his 35th birthday if he failed to marry her. Nagaziman in a post via the microblogging site shared that he will be 39 in a couple of hours and he is still alive “There was this girl I was involved with before I decided to settle down with Onyi Natasha. She was fond of going to prayer houses, she is probably reading this, visiting prayer houses was a major turn off for me and is still till date.…
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If EFCC invite me I will not run away, I will gladly honour their invitation – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he will gladly honour any invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after the end of his tenure He said he won’t run away from Nigeria due to the fear of the after May 29, when his tenure expires. The governor was reacting to recent revelations by the Chairman of EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, that the agency would arrest corrupt governors whose tenures end on May 29. The governor spoke on Channels Television breakfast programme, SUNRISE on Monday. “I’m not going to run away because of EFCC. Why should they…
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Politics is now dividing Nigerians – Fr. Mbaka
The founder of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Revd Fr Ejike Mbaka has warned that politics being played by Nigerian politicians is dividing Nigerians. He said this while speaking at the Adoration ground, Umuchigbo-Nike, Enugu, during the celebration of Catholic Mothering Sunday He described politicians as “hawks and vultures”. According to him, we should use the time we spend on Politicking to find solutions to our problems. Mbaka said, “I apologise on behalf of all the priests and pastors for our shortcomings, particularly during the election and in this political period. We have offended God in the process but…
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Man impregnates 19- year-old daughter, blames the devil
A 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, has been arrested for reportedly impregnating his 19-year-old biological daughter. He was arrested after a complaint was lodged at the Mowe police division by one Oluwatoyin Idowu, who said her son Michael Idowu, had been wrongly accused as the one who impregnated the said 19-year-old girl. According to the Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the 19-year-old had confided in the police that “though Michael Idowu slept with her in December, 2022, it was her father, Abiodun Oladapo, who is responsible for her pregnancy.” She said “her father had been sleeping with her since February…
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Organ harvesting: Okupe reacts as court finds Ekweremadu, wife guilty
Former Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has commiserated with the family of the Ekweremadus over a UK court ruling convicting former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu Ekweremady, his wife and a Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of attempted organ harvesting of a Nigerian trafficked to Britain to provide a kidney for their ailing daughter. Reacting to this, Okupe in a tweet prayed for God’s intervention He wrote; “My heart this morning goes out to Ekweremadu, his wife and unfortunate family. I cannot act as a judge in this matter. “But I pray that…
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When you are done with this, you can think of something international, or national, that is where you belong – Obasanjo tells Governor of Anambra State, Soludo
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that when the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo wanted to run for Governor, he was never in support of it as he had told him to rather make an international move. He said he worked closely with Soludo while he was president and was impressed with his loyalty and lofty ideas, and when he approached him to seek his blessings that he wanted to be Anambra governor, he declined, telling him he would be more useful in a national or international role. He said this during a ceremony to mark Soludo’s…
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The law presumes a person to be a murderer if the person he or she fights and gets injured dies within a year and a day. – Police PRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has educated Nigerians on some of the practices of the law. In a video shared on social media, Olumuyiwa harped on people to work on their anger as a mere slap can lead to a person dying and the issue they have will degenerate into a murder case which is not easy to get freed from. According to him, the law presumes a person to be a murderer if the person he or she fights and gets injured dies within a year and a day. ‘’If you beat somebody,…
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