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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, has paraded Governor Nyesom Wike’s Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Dr. Reason Onya; and the representative of Ahoada West constituency in Rivers House of Assembly, Nwanaka Okpokiri, for rigging last Saturday’s elections in the state.

The Camp Commandant of Government House, Port Harcourt, Oyoku Ifelle, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP); Major Akpoge Peter Ubah of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt and thirty one others, including policemen, thugs and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including two women, were also paraded.

Maj.-Gen. Sarham paraded the 35 suspects Tuesday through 6 division’s Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, at a crowded news conference at 6 division, Port Harcourt on the discoveries and arrests made by troops of the formation, in conjunction with other security agencies, for electoral offences between February 22 and 23.
All the 35 suspects were handed over to the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Rivers Police Command, Ahmed Kontagora, who represented the Rivers state Commissioner of Police, Usman Belel, at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday.

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Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection campaign, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently recruiting thugs to attack collation centres overnight. In a statement on Saturday, Keyamo said the PDP is trying to cause violence nationwide to make the election inconclusive.

He asked security operatives to guard the collation centres to avoid disruption of the collation of result across the country.
Keyamo also asked agents of the ruling APC nationwide not to neglect their duty posts, but stick to the collation centres until the results are declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“It has come to our knowledge from insiders within the PDP Campaign Council who are making last-minute efforts to switch allegiance to President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress that the PDP is currently recruiting armed thugs and miscreants nationwide to attack ward and local government collation centres this evening till the wee hours of tomorrow morning,” Keyamo said.


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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed what will happen to ballot box snatchers and other election offenders.
According to Daily Times, Mahmood on Tuesday, said that anyone who engages in ballot box snatching during the rescheduled general elections will be punished legally in according to the stipulations of the Electoral Act as amended.

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The INEC chairman said this at the at the International Conference Centre Abuja while updating the press on preparations of the Commission towards Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in response to question on President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to military to deal decisively with ballot box snatchers.

He also debunked speculations that the INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Logistics, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, was being interrogated by the Department of State Security (DSS), stressing that no official of the Commission was invited by security agencies. The chairman said “no Commissioner of INEC was picked up or being interrogated by security agents”. He specifically said “Prof. Ibeanu is as we speak in his office at the Commission”. Yakubu pointed out that plans by the Commission to correct its steps consequent upon the botched polls last Saturday has been strictly followed to the letters.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission says there is no more room for political campaign or collection of the Permanent Voter Cards in spite of the postponement of elections dates by one week.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure while fielding questions at the commission’s meeting with stakeholders, on Saturday in Abuja.

Yakubu said that the deadline for the collection of PVCs and elections campaign by political parties according to election timetable has passed.
He said: “Campaign closed on Thursday, February 14, and for the period that remain campaign remained closed.
“All the other process that remain in the main timetable remain closed including the collection of PVC, except the conduct of the elections.”
On why the commission did not consult party leaders before adjusting the dates of the elections, Yakubu said that it was due to the urgency and that Section 36 of the Electoral Act empowered the commission to do so.

He said: “We have to take a decision and communicate because polls were supposed to open at 8a.m. and we took the decision at 2a.m.”
Yakubu while answering question on why the commission waited till about 3a.m on Saturday before postponing the elections, said that up till 2a.m the commission was still hopeful that elections would hold as scheduled.
On whether the commission has enough fund should the elections be postponed again, Yakubu said that INEC was not complaining, adding that the commission do not intend to postpone any of the elections again.
On request that INEC should compensate political parties for the change in dates, Yakubu said that INEC did not finance parties.

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomole, expressed displeasure that INEC waited till last few hour before announcing the postponement to Nigerians, demanding the apology of Yakubu to Nigerians and political parties.

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Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that he rejected the chance to join Real Madrid many times, while he was still with the Gunners.
The Frenchman spent over two decades with at Arsenal and led the club to three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups.
Wenger was repeatedly coveted by Real, but he says he could not walk away from the project at Arsenal.
“I turned Real Madrid down more than once but now I must say it’s over for me.
“I feel if you ask any manager in the world: “Are you interested?” and everybody would say: “Yes!”. It’s the biggest club in the world.

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The Ogun state Police command has on Wednesday arraigned two members of staff of the popular Living Faith Church in Cannanland, the Ota area of the state.
Naija News found out that the Police released the names of the suspects as; Afolabi Samuel, 46, and Blessing Kolawole, 39, who were arraigned in an Ota Magistrates‘ Court in Ogun for allegedly stealing N38 million.
The police charged Samuel and Kolawole, whose addresses were not made public on a two counts charge bothering on conspiracy and stealing.
The Prosecutor, Sergeant Abdulkareem Mustapha, told the court that the accused persons committed the offence between Dec. 1 and Dec. 15, 2018 at about 10 a.m. at the Living Faith Church in Canaanland, Ota, Ogun state.
Mustapha alleged that thay conspired and stole N38 million belonging to the church, which he said ..........

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Alowonle Asekun, the Treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Jibowu-Yaba, Lagos, has been murdered.
The NURTW leader was murdered on Friday by some hoodlums while he was on his way out of Ajasa-Lamberu Street in a Grammar School at Ikorodu.
According to Punch, the suspected killers accosted him in front of First Atlantic School and shot him, causing panic in the area.
“I was in my wife’s shop when the incident happened,” an eyewitness, Akeem Adepoju told Punch.
Another eyewitness said: “Before the hoodlums carried out the attack on the man, I observed that about four boys, who wore fez caps, parked their motorcycles and walked around our street for over one hour.
“Around 2 pm, Asekun was on his way out when they attacked him and shot him three times till he died.
“Immediately they killed him, they took his wristwatch, phone and emptied his pocket. Later on, the patrol vehicle of the Onyabo Vigilante Group came to carry his......

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An All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the attack on top party leaders in Ogun State during their campaign rally.

According to Daily Times, Tinubu said that the recent attack on the APC rally in Ogun was disrespectful to the office of the Nigerian President. Tinubu lamented in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, Mr Tunde Rahman on Tuesday in Lagos, that the attack could have potentially harmed the person of the President. He was reacting to the APC rally in Ogun on Monday where some APC leaders were attacked.
”An incident did actually occur at the Ogun State APC rally, but it is not the one PDP has concocted. The true incident that should be reported and condemned is that people who oppose the party and the president tried to infiltrate and disrupt the rally. The attack by these operatives is disrespectful of the office of the president and could have potentially harmed the person of the president.”

“Such antics have no place in our political discourse. The author of these misdeeds should desist before real harm is done.”

Tinubu said he had no plans of leaving the party as being insinuated by some reports based on a video clip from the Ogun rally.

In the video, Tinubu was alleged to be seen throwing the party’s flag at the presidential rally.

He, however, accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of framing the video clip to mean that he was throwing away the party’s flag.

According to him, he remains ‘Gidigba’ (solid) in the governing party.


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The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the alarm over an alleged planned attack by the opposition parties.
Naija News reports that the party has expressed worries a planned attack on some selected supporters of the party.
This comes in less than one week to the 2019 elections.
A statement made available to Naija News by the spokesperson of the APC Campaign Organisation, AbdulAzeez Olatunde, on Sunday, said that the warning became necessary in the view of the intelligence report at its disposal that the opposition planned to unleash mayhem on the APC from Monday.
In his words, Olatunde said; “We are using this opportunity to raise the alarm over planned attack on our leaders in the next few days. Intelligence report at our disposal suggests that these desperate opposition parties plan to attack our campaign rallies to carry out this clandestine plan.
“The government of APC had since 2011 brought back the peace and security that had eluded the state for several years. We will,

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Reports reaching us says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared ‘war’ on the students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) as the university is known for its high rate of cyber crimes.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ibrahim Magu, at a meeting held on Thursday, February 7 stated that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) students cases of cybercrime is different and there are special plans that are already set aside for the students in the school.
Stating further........


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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, called on Nigerians to vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari, in the February 16 Presidential Election.
The Minister made the call during a consultative meeting with residents of Surulere in Lagos.
Fashola said that President Buhari symbolised the good leader Nigerians had prayed for, urging the electorate to re-elect him.

This, he said, would enable the President to consolidate on his achievements.
He said: “The Buhari and APC train of progress is gaining momentum and we must finish the job that we started in 2015. The developmental work, the building of national prosperity is not four years’ work.
“We have spent the last four years in fighting against insecurity and corruption to build the foundation of a very resilient economy.”

He said that an ideal economy should be based on efficient and sufficient infrastructure for everybody to utilise their talents for national development.
Fashola said: “Now, the ‘next level’ means that..........

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One English referee who is known to all Premier League fans is Mike Dean and the match official is set to hit a significant milestone this weekend as he takes charge of the crunch clash between league leaders Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Dean is just one red card away from brandishing his 100th in Premier League – and what better game to celebrate a centurion of sending-offs than Pep Guardiola’s City taking on Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea?
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Guardiola’s side will be looking to exact revenge on Chelsea on Sunday, who were the side to end the Citizens’ unbeaten start to the season in December with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. A win over the Blues would put pressure on Liverpool in the title race, who play a day earlier. Should the Reds draw or lose to Bournemouth on Saturday and Man City win at the Etihad, Man City will go clear at the top of the Premier League table.
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Though Man. City will have the title on their minds as they prepare for the massive showdown, they need to also be on their best behaviour under red-card happy Dean who will oversee the game.

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The Atiku Abubakar campaign train is set to storm Kano State following a major turnaround by Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as he ordered the contractor handling renovation works at Sani Abacha Stadium to stop.
The decision will now allow the campaign rally of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to hold at the stadium.
Kano State Govenor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje with President Muhammadu Buhari and party chairmanAdams Oshiomhole
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Youths and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba, indicated that the directive does not affect ongoing overhaul of the Indoor Sports Complex.
According to the statement: “Accordingly, the contractor has been directed to remove all machineries from the precinct of the stadium till after the campaign rally, while the state darling teams, Kano Pillars have been told to use the Pillars Stadium, Sabon Gari for its training sessions.
“The general renovation of the stadium aimed at giving the stadium a face-lift included the installation of the new scoreboard, the running track and provision of sources for steady water supply to all parts of the stadium.
“Recall that prior to this development, the PDP had slated February 2 for the rally, which informed government decision to mobilize the contractor only for the party to fix another date for the campaign rally when the contractor had already moved to site..

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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday revealed who can prove if Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is from Cameroon.
Recall that the IPOB leader had during a live broadcast over the weekend, alleged that Abubakar was a Cameroonian and not a Nigerian.
However, reports claimed that the camp of the former Vice President challenged Kanu to provide evidence that the Waziri Adamawa was from Cameroon.
Reacting, Kanu said those doubting his claim should ask the Lamido of Adamawa, Aliyu Mustapha Lamido.
In a tweet, Kanu wrote: “It was...

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Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, on Sunday, asked the State Assembly to drop the impeachment plot against the governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode.
Naija News reports that the leaders of the APC in Lagos met on Sunday, where the conflict between the governor and the lawmakers was resolved at a special Governor’s Advisory Committee (GAC) meeting held in Marina, Lagos.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the APC said: “We held a meeting on behalf of entire Lagosians. In the last one week or so, there has been some talk about a conflict between the executive and the legislature in Lagos. This is of great concern to us. We looked at the source of the conflict, which is normal in a democracy, and that is why there are also conflict-resolution mechanisms.
“We examined the grievances on both sides. As leaders, we also looked into areas where there has to be compromise. In order to build institutions and encourage consensus-building, we have to do what is right........

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As part of the mandate by the Buhari-led administration to curb corruption in Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari has continued to raise concerns over the spate of corruption in Nigeria.
The president after a meeting with the members of Jigawa state council of traditional rulers in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital, made his plea and solicited for the prayers of Nigerians, both Christians and Muslims so as to have a victorious fight against corruption in the country.
Buhari says that fighting corruption requires the genuine guidance of God and fervent prayers, as he used the opportunity to re-emphasise his administration’s tireless efforts towards promoting peace and prosperity in the country.
Buhari, who spoke in Hausa language recalled that his first attempt to fight corruption when he was Head of State was unsuccessful because corruption, according to him fought back and he ended in jail for a period of over three years.
“When I was fighting corruption as head of state, they said I was in a hurry to wipe out ...........


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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has reassured the Igbo that they would move from being Vice President to Presidency after his tenure. Atiku Monarch tasks politicians, stakeholders on peaceful polls He told Ndigbo that PDP has given them every other position except Presidency, which he reiterated would be made good after his tenure.Arriving the venue by 6:10 pm, he apologised for late arrival but noted that the people persisted and waited for him because they were PDP faithfull right from 1999. Atiku said: “You may not know that you have two over three in this election but you know you have the Vice President and the first lady.You May not have such opportunity again. “From Vice President the next is President. I therefore urge you to support all PDP candidates for national assembly, you Governorship candidate and me for President.” The Vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi noted that South East is home for PDP, promising that if elected, the region will witness great transformation in the next four years. “That roads were not built will be a thing of the past.” said Obi. Senator Jim Nwobodo who recently returned to the party described Abubakar as next President of Nigeria and appreciated his choice of an Igbo man as his Vice.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) gathered more intelligence sometimes ago than the former Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke, when millions of Dollars was found in his Ikoyi private home, suspected to have been bought with another “dubious” money.

The anti-graft agency didn’t stop there, but went ahead to gather more intelligence sufficient enough to nail the former NIA boss and his wife on how they diverted millions of Dollar to their own private pockets.
EFCC disclosed that the ex-NIA boss and his wife Folasade will be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, if found guilty, they may be jailed in line with Money Laundering Act.
Their arraignment is in connection with the $43, 449, 947, 000 intercepted in a flat. The cash was founded in Flat 7B, No. 16 Osborne Road, Osborne Towers in Ikoyi Lagos.
A judge of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Justice Muslim Hassan, had on June 6, 2017 granted a final forfeiture order of the funds since no one appeared before the court to claim them, reported..

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Secret Of What Transpired In Buhari’s Defunct CPC Revealed In New Book
Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto State,has revealed how he rigged the presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in favour of Muhammadu Buhari in 2003.
Buhari got the party’s nomination but lost to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in the presidential election.
Bafarawa notes that Rochas Okorocha was set to pick the ANPP presidential ticket following a mock primary conducted before the nomination convention.
According to Bafarawa who was the then party Chairman, Okorocha came first, winning 27 of the 36 states and the FCT, while Buhari could only win five.
These revelations are contained in a new book, ‘Politics as Dashed Hopes in Nigeria’, written by Auwala Anwar, PhD, and former special assistant to the president on FCTA from 2004-2007.
The preview copy of the book, published by will be launched in Abuja on Thursday (tomorrow)
The book offers an account into the inner workings of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the party founded by Buhari to run in the 2011 presidential election after he had fallen out with the ANPP having failed to win in 2003 and 2007.
Anwar narrated how Bafarawa cajoled the state chairmen of the party to support Buhari after they had said they would not vote for him in the primary.
He wrote: “Buhari was not even able.......

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The present ongoing impeachment plans by the Lagos State Assembly against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has been linked to the desperate accusation by his adversaries that he is funding the campaign of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje.
A civil rights organization, Legislative Probity and Accountability (LPA) made this claim in a statement signed by its Chairman, Olu Fajana, today in Abuja.
Tue CSO also issued the Lagos House of Assembly five days deadline to account for the N28.8 billion running cost collected under the leadership of Mudashiru Obasa.
It said if the House of Assembly failed, it would mobilise Nigerians and other progressive forces and use all legal instruments to compel them to account.
Fajana said, “As a legislative Probity and Accountability non-governmental organization, we are demanding that the Lagos House of Assembly should within the next five days account for how the N28.8 billion so far collected as running cost by the Obasa-led House has..........

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Some Senators have denied being part of the suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen from office.
The All Progressives Congress, APC caucus in the Senate on Monday said they were not part of the suit filed by the Senate at the Supreme Court, seeking the interpretation of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
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Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan revealed the position of the APC Senators in a statement. According to Lawan, the APC caucus in the Senate were not aware of the said suit and would not be part of it, saying that the senate never met to take such a resolution and at no time mandated anyone to approach the Supreme Court.
In his words: “It has come to the notice of the Senate APC caucus that the Senate has approached the Supreme Court for the interpretation of the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen by the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
“For the records, the Senate never met to take such resolution and at no time mandated anyone to approach the Supreme Court on this matter on its behalf. Consequently, the Senate APC caucus dissociates itself from the said request for the legal interpretation of the suspension.”
Recall that the Senate on Monday filed a suit before the Supreme Court praying for.......

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The face off between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government in Lagos State has taken another dimension.
The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to appear before it within one week on the controversy concerning this year’s budget.
The year’s Appropriation Bill has not been presented to the lawmakers, causing hot disagreement between the Executive and the Legislature.
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Last month, the governor sent the budget to the Assembly against the tradition of laying it before the Assembly.
Speaker Mudashiru Obasa told his colleagues at yesterday’s plenary that it was important to give the governor a fair hearing on the budget.
The Speaker recalled that there had been violations of the Constitution and alleged infractions by the governor. He said: “The Attorney General, the Finance Commissioner and Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, who ought to have advised the governor did not do so.
“The most important thing is that we should let the people know that a budget that was yet to be approved was being spent. This was why we could not attend to the governor on the budget on January 21.
“We must give them a fair hearing to come and explain what happened. The point has been made that there must be something before the Assembly before you can commence expenditure. We want to call on the governor to come within a week to explain himself along with the other officials.
“We can start gathering signatures for impeachment. We can exercise patience and wait till another time.”
The lawmakers were reacting to a report presented by Deputy Speaker Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni as the Chairman of the committee set up to examine issues surrounding the 2019 budget at a parliamentary meeting of the lawmakers.
Members of the Committee included

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, has suspended its campaign for 72 hours to protest the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Naija News reports that President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen on Friday, citing an order by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
The President said the order demanded that the CJN be suspended depending on the determination of his ongoing trial at the tribunal.
President Buhari had sworn in Tanko Ibrahim Mohammad from Bauchi state as acting chief justice of Nigeria.
In a statement issued by its national chairman, Uche Secondus, the opposition party said it decided to suspend its campaign because democracy is “under attack”.
The statement obtained by........

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as a face-saving measure the decision by the PDP to pull the brakes on its electioneering campaign over Justice Walter Onnoghen’s suspension, saying the PDP’s campaign never gained traction in the first instance.
Responding to reporters’ question in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Saturday, on the suspension of the PDP’s campaign, the Minister said: ”Which Campaign? Their campaign was over a long time ago. There is nothing to suspend. We said it that their campaign had floundered. You can now see. What they are doing now is looking for a face-saving way out of a dead and buried campaign.”
He wondered why the PDP is crying more than the bereaved and asked the opposition party whether Justice Onnoghen is one of its members. “And in any event, let’s ask them this question: Is there something that they know that we don’t know? Is there something between them..........

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The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) should unite those from South East and South-South, who he refers to as “Biafrans”.
Naija News had reported earlier that the President suspended Onnoghen on Friday and immediately appointed Tanko Mohammed as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Giving reasons for his decision in his speech which was obtained by Naija News, the President said there was an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asking him to wield the big stick.
President Buhari said the order demanded that the CJN be suspended depending on the determination of his ongoing trial at the tribunal.


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Real Madrid were looking for options to replace Lopetegui on the bench and choose Solari as best of all the interim options. Some of Real Madrid’s leadership had begun the search for a replacement for Luka Modric.

The midfielder became the focus of conflict at the start of the season, when, after being chosen as the World Cup’s player of the tournament and reaching the final with Croatia, he asked for an wage increase, taking advantage of the fact that Inter Milan were lurking. Madrid agreed to his demands but with the Croatian now 33 years old, the club seemed to have decided that Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen would be his long-time successor. And it was at the end of October when, according to a reliable AS source, the news reached Spurs chairman Daniel Levy that Madrid were


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President Muhammadu Buhari says he suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria following an order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asking him to wield the big stick.
Naija News had reported earlier that the President suspended Onnoghen on Friday and immediately appointed Tanko Mohammed as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Giving reasons for his decision in his speech which was obtained by Naija News, the President said the order demanded that the CJN be suspended depending on the determination of his ongoing trial at the tribunal.
Below is the text of the address by President Buhari on the suspension of Justice Onnoghen as CJN and swearing-in of the acting chief justice.
“Fellow Nigerians, a short while ago, I was served with an Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen from office pending final determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and several other fora relating to his alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.
“The nation has been gripped by the tragic realities of no less a personality than the Chief Justice of Nigeria himself becoming the accused person in a corruption trial since....

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, has called on Bola Tinubu the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be mindful of his choice of words.
Naija News reports that the opposition party was reacting to Tinubu’s remarks on Olusegun Obasanjo, following the former President’s public letter, in which he raised several allegations against President Muhammadu Buhari.
This online news medium had reported earlier that Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor described Obasanjo as an “election rigger without peer” in a letter titled ‘Chief Obasanjo – At war against his own deeds’.
The former Governor also accused Obasanjo of being responsible for the flaws in Nigeria’s political economy since 1999.
Reacting in a statement issued by its National spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the former Governor was disrespectful and reckless in his comment against Obasanjo.
The statement said: “Tinubu in his tirade against the former President sounded like a disrobed ruler facing a pang of defeat as he watches his empire being legitimately taken.
“It is shocking that Asiwaju of Lagos can be in cahoots with President Muhammadu Buhari, who has always been in.............

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has shown “utter incompetence, condones evil and corruption”. The elder statesman issued the fresh criticism of the president in an interview with BBC Pidgin.

Obasanjo said he believes that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will perform “two times better” than Buhari.
He said anyone could steal the whole country and go scot free as long as he belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Atiku is not a messiah; he is not a saint. Fortunately, he has not claimed to be. He has not claimed a fake sanctimoniousness. He came here. He acknowledged his past misdeeds and showed remorse,” Obasanjo said.

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The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as an “election rigger without peer”.
Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State also accused Obasanjo of being responsible for the flaws in Nigeria’s political economy since 1999.
Naija News reports that Obasanjo had in his state of the nation address tagged ‘Points for Concern and Action’, expressed concern over the impartiality and competence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a credible election.
The elder statesman, who was Nigeria’s president from 1999 to 2007, had also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of returning the country to the Sani Abacha days.
Reacting to the criticisms, Tinubu said the former president is shameless and has a wicked sense of humour in a letter titled ‘Chief Obasanjo – At war against his own deeds’.
His words: “Former President Obasanjo is many things to many people, but he is all things unto himself. His recent contribution to our political discourse wherein he alleges plots to steer the coming elections shows he benefits from an exceedingly faulty memory, is purely shameless or has a most wicked sense of humour. Perhaps all three are facets of his makeup and were equally on display in his latest prosaic display.” the letter read in part.

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Buhari and Obasanjo engaging in a discussion.
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress has said the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s push to make President Muhammadu Buhari lose the presidential election holding next month will amount to nothing when the country goes to poll.
“So for us Obasanjo should adjust himself to the reality that after February 16, he would realise he is not God,” APC’s spokesperson, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu said while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday.
“He has carried himself about as the dispenser of our destiny and God is showing him clearly that he has just only been lucky and the favour that God has done to him he has considered them as the things that are coming from himself,” he added.
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday noted that Nigeria needed a sincere and honest President like Muhammadu Buhari to lead the country.
According to him, only a sincere leader can be saddled with the responsibility of administering the country. He said anything contrary would retard the growth and development of the nation.
Osinbajo added that over 9.2 million school children are fed daily through the free school feeding programme introduced by the Buhari’s administration.
The Vice President spoke in Ifon, headquaters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, during a House to House campaign organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said Buhari ............


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