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A young boy received the lashing of his life after a group of youths held him down and dealt several strokes of the cane on his buttocks.

The boy, according to reports, was very disrespectful to his mother and mistreated her badly. She reported to the youths and they mobilized to capture and punish him.

Watch the video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/youths-flog-boy-mercilessly-insulting-mother-edo-video/

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PoliticsNGR has obtained footage of APC National leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu ridiculing former president, Olusegun Obasanjo at the just concluded APC Convention.

Tinubu described Obasanjo as an Analog 'busybody' adding that he was not a member of the party and should mind his business.

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/video-tinubu-obasanjo-apc-convention-emerges-watch/

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Fidelity Bank Plc, launched an innovative solution designed primarily to allow customers send money and pay bills using their phone keyboards without recourse to the online banking platform installed on their mobile devices. The solution known as Flashkey is a ground-breaking initiative; a first its kind in the Nigerian banking industry that is designed enable customers and members of the banking public initiate payments and effect transfers using their phone keyboard in an easy and convenient manner.

“We are constantly innovating to better serve our customers and the banking public. Flashkey allows carry out transactions whilst on any social media platforms. That is not all, using this product, you can at the same time generate and deliver instant message notifications to the fund recipients.” said Fidelity Bank Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo. According to him “It does not matter if you are chatting, sending a mail, or browsing on your phone, this solution ensures that you do a transaction in a flash without having to log into your Online Banking app”.

Customers only need to follow a simple process to activate the solution explains the Bank’s Divisional Head e-Banking Mrs. Ifeoma Onibuje. “To activate this solution simply log into your Online Banking app with your Username and Password. Navigate to settings & select “Activate Flashkey”. Set up is completed by setting Flashkey as default keyboard and entering the Online Banking username” she stated.

She further explained how to effect a transaction with Flashkey. “Tap on the Fidelity Bank icon on your keyboard, select ‘Send Cash’ option; input your online banking password; select beneficiary bank and details; input amount to be transferred; input your PIN or token and send to beneficiary” she said.

Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged commercial bank, with over 3.9 million customers who are serviced across its 240 business offices and various other digital banking channels. The bank which has in recent times won accolades as the Best SME Friendly Bank, Best in Mobile Banking and the Most Improved Corporate/Investment Bank among several industry awards and recognitions.

Focused on select niche corporate banking sectors as well as Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Fidelity Bank is rapidly implementing a digital based retail banking strategy which has resulted in an exponential growth in savings deposits over the last three (3) years and a corresponding surge in customer enrollment on the bank’s flagship mobile/internet banking products.

https://politicsngr.com/fidelity-bank-inaugurates-keyboards-payment-solution/
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Three governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday displayed their skills to the delight of their colleagues while dancing to a song by a popular Hausa musician, known as Rarara.

PoliticsNGR learnt that governors, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state, Jibrilla Bindo of Adamawa and Yahaya Bello of Kogi, joined other APC supporters in a carnival-like scene at the 2018 National Convention of the party at the Eagle Square, Abuja, to dance to the tune.

Rarara, from Kano state, is staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC.

The musician has so far successfully released many songs, praising and highlighting the achievements of the Buhari administration in the past three years.

Rarara and other musicians were called upon to entertain an unprecedented crowd of party faithful who were awaiting the results of the elective national convention.

The voting exercise which started on Saturday, was still on by Sunday afternoon as officials were seen struggling to sort out all the results of the elections.


Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and incumbent National Secretary of the party, Mai Mala Buni, have been affirmed as elected by the party’s delegates from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory

Oshiomhole became the APC sole chairmanship aspirant after Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor and Chief Clement Ebri, both former Governors of Edo and Cross River States and another aspirant withdrew from the race.

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/video-el-rufai-yahaya-bello-dancing-apc-convention/

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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Eagles square for the conclusion of the All Progressives Congress, APC national convention.

The President received praise from delegates at the venue who chanted 'Sai Baba' on his arrival.

Watch the video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/delegates-chant-sai-baba-buhari-arrives-conclusion-apc-conventionvideo/

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The Senator representing Abia South senatorial district in the Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe has been released from detention, PoliticsNGR has learnt.

The Department of State Services, DSS, arrested Abaribe yesterday without disclosing reasons for his arrest.

The arrest was widely criticised by a cross-section of Nigerians. It was reported that his arrest was closely related to Nnamdi Kanu's case and his opposition to the reduction of the Enugu airport budget.

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-senator-abaribe-released-dss/

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The National Judicial Council has dismissed a petition written by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, against Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Chukwuma and his company with alleged forgery and stealing before the judge.

But the businessman has repeatedly failed to appear before the judge for his arraignment.

At the prompting of the EFCC, the judge issued a bench warrant against Chukwuma and later declared him wanted.

But accusing the judge of misconduct, Chukwuma wrote the NJC, calling for the probe of Justice Dada over the bench warrant issued for his arrest.

However, the NJC, in a letter dated June 4, 2018, a copy of which our correspondent sighted on Friday, said it found no wrongdoing against the judge. The NJC, however, directed the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke, to withdraw Chukwuma’s case from Justice Dada and re-assign it to another judge.

The NJC letter, signed by its Secretary, Ahmed Saleh, read in part, “Your petition dated February 12th, 2018 on the above subject matter and the reaction to same by Hon. Justice M.A. Dada of the High Court of Justice, Lagos State, were considered by the National Judicial Council at its meeting, which held on 9th March, 2018.

“At the end of the deliberation, the council did not find any act of misconduct on the part of the honourable judge. However, if the case is still pending before Hon. Justice M.A. Dada, same will be returned to the Chief Judge for re-assignment to another judge, please.”

https://politicsngr.com/innoson-trouble-njc-dismisses-case-lagos-judge-details/

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More photos of the baby

SOURCE: https://politicsngr.com/meet-irene-chiamaka-nwachukwu-dangotes-inlaw-jamil-abubakar/

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PoliticsNGR has investigated further into the allegations levelled against Jamil Abubakar, husband of Fatima Dangote and in-law to business mogul, Aliko Dangote.

The woman at the forefront of the allegation, Irene Chiamaka Nwachukwu nearly broke the internet a few days ago after alleging that Jamil was the father of her newborn son, Jason which looks a bit plausible owing to the uncanny resemblance between the baby and Jamil.

From what we were able to discover, the lady finished her NYSC not too long ago and is said to be 22 years of age.

Irene Chiamaka Nwachukwu called out Jamil Abubakar on Instagram, claiming that he was the father of her newborn child, failed to carry out his 'fatherly' duties and had allegedly threatened her.

She claims she was 8 months pregnant when Jamil got married to Dangote's daughter, Fatima Dangote. The incident has reportedly shocked the Dangote family. She also claimed that Jamil offered to give her a N5 million pay-off which she refused.

So far, no statement has come from the Dangote Family or the Abubakar family on the matter. PoliticsNGR will closely monitor updates on the matter. Below are photos of the accuser, Irene;

SOURCE: https://politicsngr.com/meet-irene-chiamaka-nwachukwu-dangotes-inlaw-jamil-abubakar/

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PoliticsNGR has obtained footage from Kaduna showing Police officers and Shiites(members of the Islamic movement of Nigeria) fighting with police officers in Kaduna today.

The Shiites use stoned and different harmful objects to destroy a police van.

Watch video HERE


https://politicsngr.com/video-shiites-fighting-police-destroy-police-vehicle-watch/
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Two Nigerian pro-democracy activists have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to court urging the court to enforce the lawmakers to commence the impeachment of the President with immediate effect.

The duo of Barrister Kanmi Ajibola and Comrade Sulaiman Adeniyi had few weeks ago written to both the lower and the upper chambers of the National Assembly on the need to impeach President Buhari, citing alleged constitutional breaches by the president and threatened that they will approach the court on the matter if they fail to do so.

The Osun State based activists, therefore, filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Osogbo asking for an order of mandamus to compel both the Senate and the House of Representatives to start the impeachment proceedings of President Buhari.

In the suit filed on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, they hinged their arguments on four limbs and on why the National Assembly should impeach President Buhari.

In the motion ex-parte, the duo claimed that in flagrant violation of the 1999 constitution, President Buhari contested election, won and was sworn in as the president on the 29th day of May 2015 without possessing the basic constitutional requirement, which would have made him qualified for the contest of the election.

They further alleged that the 4th respondent, which is President Buhari in flagrant violation of section 137 (1) (j) of the 1999 constitution presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the purpose of the 2015 presidential election that brought him to the office of the president

“In the light of the 4th Respondent’s placement to continue in the office as the president, he has no certificate and basic requirement upon which this placement to continue in the office can be placed.”

Besides, they accused the president of treating the orders of the court with a great disdain and abuses the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at will, particularly from the angle of the observance of the Federal character as contained in section 14 of the constitution.

“The 4th Respondent on the 29th day of May 2015, took an oath of office, among others, to the effect that, he would rule in accordance to and protect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, particularly section 14 (2) (b) which stipulates that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”

“In the contrary, the 4th Respondent has proved to be unable to guarantee the security of lives and properties of the citizens of the federal Republic of Nigeria in fulfillment of his oath of Office. The herdsmen killings of the innocent citizens under the 4th Respondent have been uncountable, unbearable and unprecedented overheating figures in the globe.

“The 4th Respondent in contravention of the due process and sections 80 and 81 of the 1999 constitution spent about $496 Million on the purchase of Tucano Jets without the approval of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as required by the law.

“The 4th Respondent ordered to be withdrawn, money from the public fund of the Federation without the approval of the National Assembly or the authorization of its act and same used for the purchase of Tucano Jets.




“The 4th Respondent has committed several impeachable offences, that is, gross misconduct.

“By the provision of section 143 of the 1999 constitution, the 1st to 3rd Respondents (The Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly) have the statutory duty to impeach the 4th Respondent as the president and Commander in – Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on gross misconduct.

“The 1st to 3rd Respondents have closed their eyes to the gross misconduct of the 4th Respondent.

They told the court that as applicants in the matter, they have the right and duty to compel the 1st and 3rd Respondents to perform their statutory duty of impeachment against the 4th Respondent, having bothered on the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Citing several constitutional authorities in the written address in support of the motion ex-parte and with 44-paragraph affidavits, the duo posed some questions by putting Nigeria side by side with some developed nations.

“Can the conduct of the 4th Respondent, particularly on the presentation of a forged certificate, be condone in America or great Britain unchecked?

“Can the 4th Respondent continue to benefits from his act of forgery and infraction of constitution?

“Definitely, an American president cannot be genuinely accused of presentation of a forged certificate and still be allowed to continue as the president, likewise the prime minister of the Great Britain”, they noted.

https://politicsngr.com/activists-drag-national-assembly-court-failure-impeach-buhari-court-documents/

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Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Tuesday reveals that one of the vehicles on APC Guber candidate, John Kayode Fayemi's convoy allegedly knocked down a police officer during the party's rally today in Ekiti state.

According to Fayose's media aide, Lere Olayinka, Inspector Kayode Gabriel was knocked down and killed in Ado-Ekiti today by a vehicle in Fayemi's Convoy. Olayinka reveals that Inspector Gabriel was due to be promoted to ASP next week.

https://politicsngr.com/fayemis-convoy-allegedly-kills-police-officer-rally-ekiti-photo/

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Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that 'work' has started towards the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari in the upcoming 2019 elections.

PoliticsNGR gathered that while speaking to members of his Coalition for Nigeria movement(CNM), Obasanjo pointed out that God who helped Nigeria against the government of late Sani Abacha will come to Nigeria's aid in 2019. He said;

"Some people believe that those that are in position, whether they are doing well or not, they must continue to be there. But when we say they must not only be there, they will want to fight back. They will hold many things to wreak havoc, but everybody must be prepared. It will not be easy to wrest powers from them. If you think it will be easy to liberate Nigeria, you are deceiving yourself.

But the God that did it yesterday will do it again today. Remember a particular leader who had a desire to transmit from military uniform to elected president. We had a situation that we had five political parties and the five parties nominated one person as candidate for presidency. If only his nuclear family had voted for him, he would have won.

But our God is wonderful. God laughed. Now, God is laughing. When the time came, God revealed that He’s God. He is the omnipotent, omnipresent and eternal, who can do all things and who can make all things possible. But if we are leaving things to God, we have to do our own side.

The work has started. Some people may be laughing at you and make jest of you, don’t be bothered with that. Listen, permanent voter’s cards (PVCs) are your instruments. If you have not collected yours, go and collect it.

If you are not yet registered, go and register. Let us tell them in all urban and rural areas that PVCs are what we will use. They are the key to open the doors. Don’t be afraid or be discouraged; they will try to intimidate you individually or collectively. For me, I don’t think there is anyone that can intimidate me."

https://politicsngr.com/2019-not-afraid-work-started-obasanjo-reveals-will-happen-buhari/

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A group of passengers were reportedly robbed by Suspected Fulani Herdsmen recently on Benin-Lagos expressway, PoliticsNGR has learned.

The bus belonging to Iyare Motors was carrying passengers from Benin city to Lagos when it was attacked by the herdsmen.

According to Comrade Bright Eguavoen Ogbeide, a corper who was among the victims, after the incident, Police Officers came to the scene but they couldn't do anything because they were afraid and he vowed to petition the Police IG over the attitude of the policemen.

A passenger lost his local and international passports while several others were seen crying over their losses. PoliticsNGR obtained footage from the scene, Watch below;

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/fulani-herdsmen-attack-rob-passengers-benin-lagos-expressway-video/

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Hamza Al-Mustapha, a Former National Security Adviser to Ex-head of state, Hamza Al-Mustapha has finally opened up on the circumstances surrounding the death of M.K.O Abiola.

In a recent Interview, Mustapha revealed that some leaders of NADECO went to Aso-rock to collect millions of dollars from the head of state barely 24 hrs after Abiola's death.

He revealed that Abiola died in Aguda House after taking a cup of tea and also attacked Femi Falana over his recent statements against him, adding that Falana knew nothing about the entire occurrence.

He claimed that he had videotapes of some NADECO leaders when they came to Aso-rock to collect money adding that he was framed over the murder of Kudirat Abiola. He said that those who testified against him in the Kudirat Abiola case were induced with money and various gifts. He revealed that Sergeant Rogers was given a house in Ilorin and received cars intermittently.

PoliticsNGR has been furnished with videos of the explosive interview.

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/abiola-killed-nadeco-leaders-took-money-al-mustapha-explodesvideo/

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Below is a statement made available to PoliticsNGR by the group;

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) last week resolved to sue Folarin Falana (Falz the Bahd Guy), a Nigerian artist, who produced the video song titled ‘This is Nigeria’ in which a Fulani man was seen beheading somebody. The video also featured hijab-wearing female choreographers dancing the ‘shaku-shaku’ (a dance associated with drug). A seven-day ultimatum was given for the withdrawal of the video and an apology failing which a legal tussle would be launched.

Our office has since been inundated with solidarity visits, while our telephone lines have been flooded with a deluge of calls from members, friends, well-wishers, journalists and other concerned Nigerians, majority of whom are of the Islamic faith.

In view of the intervention of these well-meaning Nigerians, counseling from several quarters and commitments given by us to those who interfaced with us on this matter, an emergency meeting of MURIC’s Think-Tank was convened on Sunday, June 10, 2018 to review the situation.

In deference to pleas made by well-meaning Nigerians, in order to keep faith with our avowed motto (Dialogue, Not Violence) and to further confirm that MURIC is a listening, mature and responsible organization committed to promoting peace in Nigeria, the Think-Tank resolved to drag the artist to government agencies saddled with the responsibility of censoring films and videos. It is not a U-turn but a sudden change in tactics.

This will have a more enduring impact not only on Falz but the entire entertainment industry. It will also make the agencies sit up to their responsibilities and inject a huge dose of discipline in the music and film industries in general.

MURIC expresses deep appreciation to its members nation-wide, particularly Muslim lawyers who volunteered to take up the case gratis, leaders of Islamic organizations across the country who offered their solidarity as well as senior civil servants who shared their rich experiences with us.

Although he stopped short of apologizing, the artist has tried to clear himself in published interviews made available to us. According to him, he did not intend to ridicule Muslims. He said his intention was to call attention to the plight of the Chibok girls although we think he has done that the wrong way.

A scene in the video in which the ‘Chibok girls’ are in pensive mood would have been more representative of the reality on ground because kidnapped girls cannot be dancing like people under the influence of drug. They are in captivity and so they have no cause under the sun for jubilating.

Again, the Fulanis (Muslims) were painted as killers while Benue militias (Christians) who rustle Fulani cattles and slaughter their wives and children were not featured. This is grossly unfair. Falz should find a way of balancing his video. The kidnappers of the South East (also Christians) were spared while the oil saboteurs of the Niger Delta (Christians too) were ignored. Falz video is loaded with Islamophobia. That video should be titled ‘This is not Nigeria’. It is Islam-bashing. Nigeria’s video regulatory agency should therefore ban the video or ask the artist to edit it properly.

With this latest development and even before the seven-day ultimatum expires, MURIC is no longer contemplating court action against Falz, neither are we demanding any apology from him or his management. The likely pecuniary gain in the event of a court validation of our claims does not interest us. We are no longer looking at Falz but at a larger picture.

The courts will only be interested in legalities, judiciability and technicalities but the video board will look beyond all that. Is it professional? Is it balanced? Is it truly representative of our country? Is it morally justifiable? These are what will interest the board and they are in tandem with our thinking. We appreciate artists and our aim is not to punish Falz. He is not a lazy Nigerian youth.

The matter will now go to those government agencies who are supposed to do their jobs in the first place. Instead of creating media tension and granting cheap popularity, this matter will now be handled by professionals who know what to do.

Our emphasis is going to be mainly on the portrayal of Fulanis as killers in the video with the concomitant ugly perception it is likely to create among Nigerians as well as its bandwagon effect on the image of Muslims in general. This is one area Falz has not been able to explain away, yet he refused to apologise. That aspect of the video would have been edited had the censorship agencies done what was expected of them or if Falz had followed due process.

In the interest of peace, law and order, we are calling on the National Film And Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to take up the matter from this moment. Although MURIC will still do a followup with an official petition, we expect the board to have begun its independent investigations on the matter particularly with the furore generated by the issue.

In a nutshell, we insist that Falz video “This is Nigeria” is offensive and provocative. It portrays Fulanis (and Nigerian Muslims) as killers. It is capable of igniting crisis and precipitating a general breakdown of law and order. The video board must therefore do the needful.

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-muric-backsdown-suing-falz-nigeria-video/

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Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has released a statement on the recent alarm raised by the ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that there was a plot to detain and frame him by the Federal government.

FFK, in a statement made available to PoliticsNGR, alleged that the Presidency had finalized plans to give other opposition leaders the 'Nnamdi Kanu' treatment. Below is his statement in full;

"I have read the disturbing reports about the Buhari administration's plan to frame up, arrest and detain President Olusegun Obasanjo on trumped up and politically-motivated charges.

It has also been brought to my attention that they have threatened his life.

Though I am not surprised because this is nothing new for this government. That is their stock in trade and they have been doing it for the last three years to anyone and everyone that opposes or criticises them.

What bothers me now is that President Buhari has become so jittery that he is prepared to do anything to stay in power. I have done my research and I have discovered that the plan is real.

The government are also planning to target other key opposition figures and elder statesmem as we get closer to 2019 such as General T.Y. Danjuma, General Ibrahim Babangida, President Goodluck Jonathan and a handful of others.

It appears that Buhari will stop at nothing in order to ensure that all his critics are silenced.

The plan to implicate and silence all these leaders together with key figures in the PDP like

Ayo Fayose,

Emmanuel Udom,

Ibrahim Dankwabo,

Nyesome Wike,

Darius Ishaku,

Godswill Akpabio,

David Mark,

Ike Ekweremadu,

Lyle Imoke,

Uche Secondus,

Sule Lamido,

Ibrahim Shekarau,

Abubakar Suleiman,

Kabiru Turaki,

David Jang,

Atiku Abubakar,

Dele Belgore,

Jumoke Akinjide,

Nenadi Usman and others is condemnable.

They also plan to give some of us the Nnamdi Kanu treatment and make us dissapear or give us the Sambo Dasuki and El Zak Zaky treatment and lock us up indefinately but they will fail.

Such is Buhari's desperation that he is even attempting to discredit and destroy key members of his own party like

Bukola Saraki,

Yakubu Dogara,

Dino Melaye,

Rabiu Kwankwaso,

Abubakar Baraje,

Aminu Tambuwal,

Abdul Fatah Ahmed,

Timi Frank and others.

Nobody is safe anymore, not even legislators, media houses, journalists, bloggers, religious organisations or NGO's that oppose or criticise the Federal Government.

Nigeria is fast becoming a fascist police state where dissent is seen as a crime and where those that oppose the President are perceived as enemies of the state and prisoners of war.

They forget that we have a divine obligation and patriotic duty to oppose evil and tyranny in the land and nothing will make us shirk that responsibility.

Let it be clearly understood that we will not sit by idly and allow Buhari to continue to threaten, harrass and intimdate all those who oppose him. We are not intimidated and we have no fear. Governments come and go and no matter what he does Buhari will not be there forever.

Taking this matter to a level of threatening the lives and liberty of people like Obasanjo, Danjuma, Babangida, Jonathan and other elder statemen and seeking to destroy key opposition figures for no just cause is dangerous and unacceptable and it will have consequences.

We do not want war in Nigeria: we want peace and the Buhari government should desist from provoking a situation and a series of events that may end up spiralling out of control.

It is almost as if they are begging for war and that is tragic. They may have the full machinery and power of the Federal Government but we have the Living God. Nothing can stop us in our divine mission to stop him and rescue Nigeria.

The truth is that any untoward or irrational course of action will be met with a corresponding and appropiate reaction which may have dire implications for the peace and unity of our nation.

This game must be played within the rules of engagement or else all hell will eventually break lose. Buhari must be warned.

Peace, fair play and justice must be allowed to reign in our nation and those that oppose the President must be treated with the respect, decency and decorum that they deserve.

They are not enemies of the state and prisoners of war but law-abiding and patriotic Nigerians that have no faith in him and that wish to rescue Nigeria from his tyranny. There is no crime in that and they do not deserve to be killed or to be locked up for it".

https://politicsngr.com/plot-detain-kill-obasanjo-real-fani-kayode-releases-hit-list-targets/

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Former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that Nigeria will never be Islamized neither would Christians be made slaves in the country.

Speaking at an Event in Kafanchan, Kaduna state on June 8th, FFK urged leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN to 'rise up' and 'not be afraid'. Watch his full speech below;

https://politicsngr.com/nigeria-will-never-islamized-fani-kayode-explodes/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSL3rS8Jlw

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A popular OAP and COmedian, EmmaohmaGod has composed a music video with Governor Rochas Okorocha's viral 'Iberiberism' comment.

PoliticsNGR has been furnished with the footage, Watch Below;

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/man-composes-music-video-okorochas-iberiberism-comment/

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The Nigerian Government has reacted to allegations by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari wants to accuse him of a crime on him and detain him.

PoliticsNGR gathered that in a statement issued on Friday, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, described Obasanjo’s allegation as a “concoction of a mind worried by guilt”.

The statement reads:

“This administration will never engage in a frame-up of innocent citizens. That is neither in the character of President Muhammadu Buhari nor in that of his administration. Only the guilty should be worried. To paraphrase an African proverb, a man who has no wife cannot lose an in-law to the cold hands of death.

“The administration is also strongly committed to the tenets of democracy, including freedom of speech and the right to dissent. But we understand that those who, in their time, were untethered to those principles would find it hard to believe.

“Apparently, the impact of this proclamation was too much to bear by those who, through acts of omission or commission, helped to deepen the wounds inflicted by the blow of injustice that followed an election that was widely acclaimed to be free, fair and credible, hence they felt the need for a red herring that will distract the nation.

“Added to that is the frustration brought about by the fact that the contraption they have so much hyped as a freeway to power has failed to gain traction. Faced with this double tragedy, even the strongest of men may begin to succumb to a figment of their imagination. They may start crying wolf where there is none.”

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-fg-issues-statement-obasanjos-looming-arrest-detention/

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Senator Dino Melaye has stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is a sick party.

Speaking on a Channels TV program on Friday, Melaye,who is a member of the APC, said the party is “suffering from what I call a dreadful continental abnormality.”

This development is a coming a week after Melaye hinted that he might defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Melaye said he does not have a problem with the party, “but my party may have a problem with Nigerians, because of the way it is presently being run.

“I will not run away from the fact that the APC is sick. And it’s not only sick but is equally suffering from what I call a dreadful continental abnormality."

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/apc-sick-political-party-dino-melaye-video/

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Below is a Press statement from Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, made available to PoliticsNGR, in response to Innoson's alleged Supreme Court Victory;

"The attention of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc ("the Bank" has been drawn to false, mischievous and malicious statements circulating in the news and social media in respect of a purported directive by the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Bank to make payments to one of its debtor Customers.

The Bank's Customers and the General Public are hereby kindly urged to disregard these false statements as nothing could be further from the truth. There was no directive or Order issued by the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Bank to make any payment to any of its debtor Customers.

The Bank as a highly responsible corporate citizen will in accordance with its culture and tradition refrain from making comments about on-going litigation matters and will continue to focus on using legal means to recover its bad debts. It must be emphasised that the Bank remains undeterred in its recovery drive against recalcitrant debtors.

We again reiterate that there is no iota of truth in the falsehood being peddled by desperate and mischievous elements and the General Public should disregard same in its entirety.

The Bank remains committed to providing best-in-class customer experience to all its valued Customers.
We thank you for your continued support and patronage."

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Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk this afternoon reveals that the Police security aides attached to an APC chieftain and Deputy Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank have allegedly been withdrawn.

In an Open letter made available to PoliticsNGR, Mr Frank revealed that his aides were withdrawn and a warrant for his immediate arrest has been issued. Read the full letter below;

"It has become imperative for me to use this medium to bring to the attention of the general public, as well as members of the international community that on Wednesday 6th June 2018, the Federal Government ordered the withdrawal of my police security aides. Even though no reason has been given for this sudden action by the police authorities, I believe that it is connected with my fight to preserve the nation's democracy by speaking out against anti-democratic tendencies and clamouring for adherence to the rule of law under the present administration.

I also have it on good authority that a directive has been given for my immediate arrest and detention. It has also come to my knowledge that a frontline Minister in the present administration is going round media houses and online media and threatening them to either stop publishing and airing my views on national issues or face sanctions from the government.

Recall that in recent weeks, I have caused four open letters to be published in major national newspapers. In one of the letters, I passionately pleaded with Mr President to stop security agencies from harassing and intimidating Nigerians especially those perceived as enemies of the administration. I also called on relevant security and anti-graft agencies, to follow due process in the ongoing fight against corruption in the country.

I had equally called on the leaders of the international community, like the President of the United States, Donald Trump, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres and the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to prevail on the present administration to respect the sanctity of human lives, uphold the fundamental human rights of Nigerians, stop the intimidation and harassment of innocent citizens; and to make sure that the ongoing fight against corruption is conducted according to the principles of fairness, equity and justice. I had decried a situation where personalities mainly from the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) arm of our party, the All Progressives Congress, are being selectively targeted for persecution in the guise of fighting corruption.

I dare say that the withdrawal of my police security aides and from other deserving Nigerians has become the modus operandi of this government in silencing the opposition. Recently, security aides of the President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara were equally reduced. Those attached to Senators and House of Representatives members considered to be critical of the policies and programmes of the present administration are equally being recalled.

I also want to state that impunity in the country is moving from bad to worse as evidenced by the withdrawal of my security and my being marked for arrest and prosecution, simply because I have not ceased to speak up against acts of injustice, intimidation and harassment of Nigerians, since the inception of this government.

This plot against me shows that the Nigeria Police which is supposed to protect all Nigerians has become personalized and is being used to protect only those singing the praises of the present administration. This effectively shows that the last administration was more democratic and tolerant than the present one because, despite my incessant criticism of the Jonathan's administration, he never ordered the withdrawal my police aides, as well as those of all opposition members now in government who were opposed to Jonathan and his government as at that time. This unwarranted action by the Government against me, I must say, is meant to expose me to grave danger and personal harm with the aim to permanently shut me up.

Nigerians had expected leaders in this administration to learn to tolerate criticism from the opposition as a common feature in any democratic setting. Take South Africa, for example, where a member of parliament and leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, Julius Malema, often criticizes the President of South Africa without his security aides being withdrawn or him being framed-up for arrest and prosecution.

I want to make it categorically clear, however, that no amount of intimidation, harassment and arrest will make me to close my eyes and mouth in the face of ongoing human rights violations and actions capable of truncating the nation's democracy, being perpetrated by the present administration. I solemnly reiterate my resolve to pay the supreme sacrifice if that is what is required to ensure freedom, respect for human dignity and good governance in Nigeria. However, I want to use this opportunity to inform Nigerians that the present administration should be held responsible should any harm befall me.

Finally, I urge Nigerians to rise up in defence of democracy. I also urge the National Assembly not to relent in providing leadership to ensure the sustenance of our democracy. I equally call on Civil Society Organizations and labour unions not to gloss over glaring threats against the nation's democracy. The time to speak up is now."

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-fg-withdraws-security-aides-orders-arrest-ranking-apc-chieftain/

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The Nigerian police force has released videos of all the other Offa bank robbery suspects who reportedly fingered the Senate President, Bukola Saraki as their sponsor.

PoliticsNGR has obtained the videos showing the notorious criminals admitting and exposing their roles in the grand crime.

It will be recalled that the Senate President was asked to report to the police headquarters for questioning and upon accepting the invitation, the Nigerian police quickly recanted, asking that Saraki responds via a written statement.

Watch the videos HERE

https://politicsngr.com/just-police-releases-damning-confessions-offa-bank-robbers-video/

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Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah representing Anambra North has dumped the PDP for APGA.

PoliticsNGR gathered that Oduah formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) today.

She was led to the APGA National secretariat by Senator Victor Umeh and received by the APGA National Chairman, Dr Victor Oye. It's currently unclear her reasons for leaving the party.

Her defection thus brought the number of APGA Senators to two, apart from the six House of Representatives members in the National Assembly.

Source:

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-senator-stella-oduah-dumps-pdp-apga/

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About 33 elected chairmen of the All Progressive Congress, APC party, have been inaugurated by the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Inauguration ceremony took place today at the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, Abuja, as scheduled.

Photos below;

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-apc-inaugurates-33-state-chairmen-photos/

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Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki has accepted the Invitation of the Nigerian police to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the Offa Bank robbery.

Saraki, in a tweet on Monday afternoon, revealed that he instructed his ADC to get the invitation letter from the Police Headquarters in Abuja.

He tweeted;

"I have just informed my ADC to get the letter of invitation from @PoliceNG in respect of the allegations raised yesterday — so that I can immediately honour the alleged invitation".

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Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Monday morning reveals that 16 condemned prisoners escaped from the Minna Medium Prisons after an attack by Unknown Gunmen.

The attackers took the advantage of a heavy downpour to storm the prison around 7:00 pm on Sunday.

The prison guards reportedly fled from the superior firepower of the gunmen. The attackers, however, killed a warder reporting to work and a motorcyclist who carried him.

The gun duel lasted for more than an hour until security reinforcement forced the attackers to retreat. On December 6, 2014, over 300 prisoners escaped from the prison when gunmen attacked the facility to free inmates.

Below is a statement from the spokesperson of the Nigerian Prison Service, Rabiu Shuaibu;

"On Sunday, 3rd June 2018 at about 8 pm, there was a jailbreak at Minna Medium Security Prison located at Tunga area of Minna Metropolis.

The unfortunate incident was perpetuated by armed criminals who attacked the prison and gain access after exchange of fire with prison armed men.

This led to the death of a prison officer and an Okada rider who conveys a prison officer on night duty.

So far, through combined effort of all security agencies in the state, 7 prisoners who attempted to escape have been recaptured and returned to the prison.

The prison authority in Minna is profiling the number of fleeing inmates to ascertain the escaped prisoners.

However, normalcy has returned and security agencies are working together to ensure that fleeing inmates are recaptured.

The general public is hereby assured of its safety and advised to go on with its normal business.

At this juncture, we will like to urge all law-abiding citizens to support the security agencies in maintaining law and order as security is a collective responsibility. We also advise that citizens should endeavour to report to security agencies any suspicious person or group of persons."

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-gunmen-attack-minna-prisons-free-16-condemned-prisoners/
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Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki's looming arrest by the Nigerian police force.

Saraki was recently invited by the Nigerian police for questioning over his alleged ties to an armed robbery gang responsible for robbing banks in Offa, Kwara state earlier this year.

Sani took to Twitter to post a photo with the caption 'Framing Season'.

https://politicsngr.com/shehu-sani-reacts-sarakis-looming-arrest-police-invitation/

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm over alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi to implicate him and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with murder.

The governor alleged that a meeting was held in Isan-Ekiti, the hometown of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the flag bearer of the APC in the July 14, 2018 governorship election where a certain thug popularly known as Agbara was assigned with the task of carrying out the sinister plot of killing people and dumping their corpses in houses belonging to PDP chieftains as well as Fajuyi Park.

It should be recalled that at the APC secretariat on Friday, a chieftain of the APC, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele and five others were hit by shots by a policeman brought from Lagos to protect one of the APC chieftains.

The governor said; “This alarm has become necessary because of a meeting that was held yesterday, in Isan-Ekiti, the hometown of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the flag bearer of the APC in the July 14, 2018 governorship election.

“They have hired one Agbara to kill one or two indigenes of Ekiti and dump their bodies in the houses of PDP leaders, Fajuyi Park, in Ado Ekiti or near the government house. This is an attempt to link me and my party with killings.

“This new plot is as a result of the failure of the plot to link me with the shooting of Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB) and others by a policeman at the APC secretariat on Friday.

“We take exception to this sinister plot as we will not be a party to violence act. Ekiti has been peaceful in the last three and half years, we want to keep enjoying this peace and will not want it disrupted because of politics. Our ambition is not worthy of the blood of any Ekiti indigene.

“We therefore call on the police and other security agencies to be vigilant and Ekiti people to please be watchful. Your life and my life will not be used as sacrifice for this election.

“I want to plead with everyone to please take note that violence is not an option. I also urge the federal government to take necessary steps to safe Ekiti from further crisis.”

Watch the Video HERE

https://politicsngr.com/fayemi-plotting-implicate-pdp-leaders-murder-fayose-video/
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Nigeria's minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was recently rattled by a journalist during an interview.

The Minister was visibly unhappy and expressed disgust at the journalist's questions on Corruption, Herdsmen/farmers' clashes and the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress.

At a point in the interview, Alhaji Mohammed accused the Journalist of Bias.

Watch the Video HERE;

https://politicsngr.com/lai-mohammed-rattled-journalists/