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Award winning Media Personality and host, Toke Makinwa has been blasted by her fans for going braless in her new Instagram picture.

The media personality was blasted by her fans for preaching on her Instagram pictures and also showing of her nipples.

Last month she was victim of criticism for going naked to advertise a product.

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Former Arsenal star, Tony Adams has advised the club’s current players to kick and rough handle midfielder, Mesut Ozil, during trainings to help bring the best out of him.

Adams said the German needed to be roughened up if he is to turn his Arsenal form around.

Ozil, who is Arsenal’s highest paid player, has endured a slow start to the season, with the Gunners back-to-back defeats to Manchester City and then local rivals, Chelsea.

Adams, who captained Arsenal during a brilliant era of success under Arsene Wenger, believes the current crop of players are too soft

Metro UK quoted Adams as saying, “If you have solidity and strength in your team, then Ozil is a great asset.

“He’s a World Cup winner and a class act,’ said Adams. ‘He’s like Bergkamp, who cruised through his first couple of years at the Arsenal

“We had to get him a little bit toughened up but Ozil hasn’t got the people around him to push him and get him going.

“There’s only so much a coach can do. It starts in training. We used to kick Dennis.

“Steve Bouldy would kick him up in the air again and again. ‘After a while of this he turned round and stamped on Bouldy and said ‘I’ve had enough of you effing kicking me, you’re going to get a little bit back here’. We all said ‘aye, aye, he’s a got a bit about him — Hallelujah’”

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Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, on Friday congratulated ex-Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babamosi Babangida, IBB, on his 77th birthday.

The Waziri of Adamawa described the former military ruler as a “pan-Nigerian and patriot.”

In a tweet, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant prayed that God will continue to grant Babangida many years in good health and vitality.

“On behalf of my family, I wish former military President Ibrahim Babangida a happy 77th birthday anniversary.

“A consummate pan-Nigerian and patriot, may Allah continue to grant him many years in good health and vitality,” he tweeted.

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Alex Iwobi has been told by Nwankwo Kanu that he is a “star in his own right” and needs to embrace such a standing at Arsenal. “For me he’s a special kid.
Arsenal know the quality he has got and they know he can deliver on that eventually”. Nigeria’s forward Alex Iwobi heads the ball during a training session at the Essentuki Arena, southern Russia, on June 18, 2018 during the Russia 2018 World Cup football tournament.
The 22-year-old is a product of a famed academy system in north London, having linked up with the Gunners as a schoolboy.
He has graduated through the ranks to make 98 senior appearances, but is yet to show his full potential on a consistent basis at club level.
Iwobi has no such problems when representing his country, having become a talismanic presence for Nigeria, and his fellow countryman wants to see him fill a similar role domestically.
Arsenal striker Kanu told Standard Sport: “In Arsenal you have big, big names. I don’t think he sees himself in that way. “When I talk with him I want him to feel that way.

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Sex workers in Anambra State have threatened to starve policemen who patronise them over alleged harassment and arrest of their colleagues in major cities of the state.

One of the sex workers, simply identified as Kaamsi, who claimed to be a leader of the group in Umunze in the Orumba South Local Government Area of the state, told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that her members in the state had decided to starve policemen.

Kamsi, a leader of the group of prostitutes, said they would commence the decision as from Monday next week.

She said, “These policemen constitute over 50 per cent of our customers, yet they come here at the garden to harass and intimidate us on daily basis.

“About two days ago, no fewer than 10 of our members here were arrested and taken to SARS office. They were maltreated and so dehumanised before they were granted bail and asked to pay through their noses before they regained freedom.

“This happens on daily basis here in Umunze, Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi, Ekwulobia, everywhere. So, we have decided that none of our members would ‘serve’ any policeman here in Umunze and the entire state.”

Asked whether the policemen came to them in their uniforms, Kamsi said, “We know them; we know almost all our customers. They don’t need to come to us in their uniforms to be identified.

“Brother, let me tell you, we get information here. All big men that come here, we know them up to their family level.”

Saturday PUNCH gathered that about a week ago, the Anambra Police Command raided brothels in various cities in the state and arrested no fewer than 120 persons.

According to reports, the police raided Morning Star Hotel, Amawbia, Awka South Council Area, arresting about 20 persons.

The report further said that on Sunday, the police raided Happiness Hotel in Amanwayi, Amawbia at about noon, arresting about six women alleged to be prostitutes.

The source further alleged that the police also raided Dot4 Hotel, Mgbakwu and Bolin Hotel Nise, as well as another hotel in Ogidi, in the Idemili North Council Area, where about 60 persons were arrested.

Other areas raided, our correspondent gathered, were Amansea, Umunze, Onitsha and Ihiala.

Kamsi said, “The suspects were raided and bailed with N10,000 each. The police have used such raids for making money.”


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As the competition for the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party gets stiffer in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, the party has said that it will rely on Nigerians to help the party choose its candidate for the presidential election.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, said the party had heard that many people, including a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; his colleague in Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; and a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, were interested in picking its presidential ticket.

As the competition for the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party gets stiffer in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, the party has said that it will rely on Nigerians to help the party choose its candidate for the presidential election.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, said the party had heard that many people, including a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; his colleague in Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; and a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, were interested in picking its presidential ticket.

He, however, said the decision to rely on Nigerians was premised on the party’s determination to avoid past mistakes, impunity and imposition of candidates.

According to Ologbondiyan, the party is not backing any of those in line to get its presidential ticket. Others interested in getting the party’s presidential tickets are a former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau; former governors of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and Ibrahim Turaki; and a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa.

He said, “As a party, we have so many candidates already, but Nigerians will determine their next president.

“Nigerians are desirous of change; there is no argument about that. And it is more than obvious that the APC is bent on presenting President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. The party does not have any other alternative. So, Nigerians desiring change can’t get it in the APC. They are looking at the PDP. We don’t want to disappoint them again.

“There are so many demands in the country now. Some people are agitating for restructuring, some want a leader with experience, not somebody that will get to power and wait for another six months before appointing ministers, some want young people. All of these factors will come to play in selecting our presidential candidate.

“Nigerians will signpost who they believe should lead them. We want to produce a credible candidate. Nigerians will sing the song of the one they want to lead them; the party doesn’t have any candidate yet.”

He added, “Currently, there are debates over the age of who should be our President, whether the President should be young or old. Therefore, there are so many aggregations of opinions, so what Nigerians say about the kind of candidate they want will inform our choice.

Presidential candidate: Nigerians’ll help us choose among Saraki, Tambuwal, Atiku, Kwankwaso, others, says PDP

As the competition for the presidential ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party gets stiffer in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, the party has said that it will rely on Nigerians to help the party choose its candidate for the presidential election.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, said the party had heard that many people, including a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; his colleague in Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; and a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, were interested in picking its presidential ticket.

He, however, said the decision to rely on Nigerians was premised on the party’s determination to avoid past mistakes, impunity and imposition of candidates.

According to Ologbondiyan, the party is not backing any of those in line to get its presidential ticket. Others interested in getting the party’s presidential tickets are a former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau; former governors of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and Ibrahim Turaki; and a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa.

He said, “As a party, we have so many candidates already, but Nigerians will determine their next president.

“Nigerians are desirous of change; there is no argument about that. And it is more than obvious that the APC is bent on presenting President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. The party does not have any other alternative. So, Nigerians desiring change can’t get it in the APC. They are looking at the PDP. We don’t want to disappoint them again.

“There are so many demands in the country now. Some people are agitating for restructuring, some want a leader with experience, not somebody that will get to power and wait for another six months before appointing ministers, some want young people. All of these factors will come to play in selecting our presidential candidate.

“Nigerians will signpost who they believe should lead them. We want to produce a credible candidate. Nigerians will sing the song of the one they want to lead them; the party doesn’t have any candidate yet.”

He added, “Currently, there are debates over the age of who should be our President, whether the President should be young or old. Therefore, there are so many aggregations of opinions, so what Nigerians say about the kind of candidate they want will inform our choice.
“We don’t want the party to be damaged again over allegations of imposition.”

Since President Muhammadu Buhari declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019, there have been discussions in political circles about who can successfully challenge him at the poll, especially in the opposition parties.

In a bid to challenge the ruling APC, the PDP and no fewer than 30 parties had recently formed a coalition in readiness for the next general elections.

Called the Coalition of United Political Parties, the collaborating parties and associations had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly present candidates for elective positions.

However, this has not stopped some members of the PDP from signifying interest in getting the main opposition party’s presidential ticket.
Meanwhile, sources in the PDP have told Saturday PUNCH that the recent defection of Tambuwal and Kwankwaso has altered political calculations among some members of the party.

It was learnt that with the two leading politicians’ interest in the presidential ticket of the party, the number of strong contenders for the party’s ticket from the North-West had increased to five.

The North-West, which arguably accounts for the highest number of votes per zone, is Buhari’s traditional political stronghold.

The zone is home to seven states, the highest number in Nigeria’s six geo-political zones structure.

A top ranking member of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said, “Before now, the former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido; his former Kaduna State counterpart, Ahmed Makarfi, and a former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), were the most visible contestants from the North-West.

“All three lay claim to their fidelity to the cause of the PDP throughout the years as strong selling points.”

This was earlier corroborated by Lamido in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, when he said, “If we (those who remained) had left the PDP like others, would there have been a PDP to return to?”

Until Tambuwal’s recent defection, the PDP had no sitting governor in the entire zone.

However, the arrival of Tambuwal and Kwankwaso in the picture has renewed PDP’s confidence of giving the APC and its candidate a good fight.

Authoritative sources within the PDP told one of our correspondents that Tambuwal had consulted widely on his presidential ambition before his decision to dump the APC, on which platform he was elected governor in 2015.

Some of the sources, who were privy to the workings within and outside the party, said Tambuwal was being considered as a possible candidate because of his age, educational background, cosmopolitan nature and experience.

It was gathered that the former Speaker’s experience in the legislature was also being considered as an added advantage as he was initially to challenge Buhari for the APC ticket in 2014, but had decided to contest the governorship of Sokoto State.

Kwankwaso’s supporters, on the other hand, argue that his popularity in his home state of Kano, which is reputed to have accounted for Buhari’s 1.9 million votes in 2015, and the support he enjoys in other states in the North is “as good as that of the President in the region.”

Kwankwaso, who was second only to Buhari during the 2014 APC presidential primary, is being considered as someone that could pose a threat to Buhari’s re-election bid.

The former Kano State governor has however left the decision about his political future in the hands of the party.

Kwankwaso’s spokesperson, Binta Spikin, said, “I don’t know about that (presidential ambition) because now that he is in the PDP, it is for the party to decide whether it will hold a primary or adopt a candidate.

“I don’t know about that. Until the party speaks, I cannot say anything on that. I can only hope that the party sees the potential in Senator Kwankwaso and give him the ticket.”

Another source in the PDP, who also spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to be seen as taking sides, said, “The candidate that the PDP needs is someone who has the capacity to deflate the support base of President Buhari (especially) in the northern part of the country.

“It should be someone who is seen as representing the entire country and will not treat those who didn’t vote for him with less attention. Both men are believed to be popular in the northern part of the country.”

However, Director of Media and Publicity, Atiku Presidential Campaign, Mr. Segun Sowumi, expressed confidence that the party would see what his principal is to offer and give him the chance to be its presidential candidate.

He said, “Atiku has over the years been convinced that Nigeria can be great and he also believes that so much of the greatness that people believe Nigeria can be rests on the leadership and he has also had the opportunity of being inside and outside government and knows what needs to be done.”
One of Saraki’s loyalists in the Senate, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, explained that the Senate President was under pressure to join the presidential race.

The source said, “He is seriously under pressure by so many groups, friends in business, politicians – senators and governors, traditional rulers and others. But as you may know, he is somebody who listens more and will only smile than say what he will do.”

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The Kaduna State Police Command today confirmed that Malam Ahmad Garko, an Islamic preacher popularly known as ‘Al-Garkawy' had been abducted by gunmen while working in his farm.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, DSP Murkhtar Aliyu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Kaduna. Aliyu said that the preacher was abducted on Thursday along with two other persons, believed to be either his sons or students.
“The Kaduna State Police Command wishes to categorically state that, on 02/8/2018 at about 1340 hours, a distress call was received that one Malam Ahmad Garko, popularly known as ‘Al-Garkawy’ went to his farm in Maguzawa village, Igabi Local Government Area. He was unfortunately intercepted by unknown Armed Men on Motor bikes alongside two others. On receipt of the call, teams of policemen immediately mobilised to the area but the hoodlums escaped with the victims. Tactical Units have been deployed; two persons were so far arrested in connection with the incident and rescue mission remains the utmost priority“ Aliyu said.
He said investigation had commenced in effort to rescue the preacher and the two other victims.

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Some lawmakers under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday stormed Benue State.

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson led the lawmakers to show support to the embattled governor of the state, Samuel Ortom.

He was accompanied by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.

Dickson, speaking assured Governor Ortom that he is not alone, adding that he and other lawmakers in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will be by his side.

Dickson disclosed this on his Twitter page.

He wrote: “I am in Makurdi to condole with the government and good people of Benue State over the killings as well as show solidarity with Governor Samuel Ortom.

“I, on this note, call for the protection of democratic institutions in Nigeria.”

This is coming after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Ortom of 22 billion Naira fraud immediately after he announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the PDP.

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Nigerian fine musician, Flavour who is popularly known across Africa and the world for his hit song "Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix)" took to his Instagram page to share photo of him backing his daughter he had with Anna Banner, Gabrielle in the Igbo traditional way, with the caption:

I'll go the extra mile oo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY QUEEN. I LOVE YOU .

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At a politicial gathering where he was given the opportunity to speak, actor/politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, asked Nigerians to file behind President Buhari in the coming election. He particularly asked people in the South East to support President Buhari because if they don't they would wonder in the South East for the next eight years:
''If the South East shall support any other person for the presidency, they are going to spend the next eight years in the wilderness. It hs been agreed that it is their turn after President Buhari. Our slogan is Ndigbo for Presidnet Buhari 2019 and then Presidnet Buhari for Ndigbo 2023''he said.

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An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, has declared that the incoming government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi won’t make probing the outgoing governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, its priority as is being envisaged.

In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Osinkolu said although Fayemi would look into financial books of the state under the PDP-led government, he won’t be vindictive as is being suggested in some quarters.

He spoke in response to a statement credited to the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, where he alleged that Fayemi specifically sought reelection in the July 14 poll to afford him the opportunity to extract vengeance from Fayose.

The senatorial aspirant stated that the main focus of the incoming APC government is to fight poverty and restore the already debased dignity and honour for which the state was widely respected.
He said Fayose is a non-issue to an average APC person, including Fayemi, adding that the issue of the present Governor can’t take preeminence over the corporate interest of Ekiti masses when the next government assumes office.

Osinkolu said, “Dr. Fayemi was in government for four years and all the 133 towns and villages in the state felt democratic dividends under that government.

“If you check your records, Fayose had been victimizing Fayemi in the last one year. In fact, he took Dr Fayemi’s probe as one cardinal point that must be accomplished at all cost. The governor concocted so many lies to smear the image of the former Minister in a bid to stop his governorship ambition , but all these antics failed.

“If you look at the slogan of our party prior to the last election, it was chiefly anchored on Reclaiming Our Land, Restoring our values. So, this is going to be the focal point of our government.

“The 8-point agenda already initiated to be our policy guidelines was loaded and this will take more of our times in a bid to ensure that Ekiti savour the gains of democracy they have been deprived under Fayose.

“But let me say that APC as a party of progressives won’t subscribe to looting of public treasury under any guise. It won’t tolerate pilfering of the state’s commonwealth . So, we are going to look into the financial records of Fayose’s government and whoever found to have looted will be made to face the wrath of the law.

“But let me state expressly that probing Governor Fayose won’t come in a vindictive fashion but in accordance to the rule of law. We won’t behave the way he had done to our party, because we are coming to government to serve the people and not to victimize anybody,” he said.

Osinkolu appealed to the Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi-led APC transition committee to be thorough to be able to prepare grounds on how Fayemi can have a smooth take off when he assumes office on October 16.

He urged the 32-man committee to relate well with all stakeholders, including the government of the day, in a bid to get the full gist of what actually transpired under the present administration in Ekiti.

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Doctors in Kaduna State have called on Governor Nasir El-Rufai to urgently correct the perpetual shortfall in their salaries.

Addressing newsmen in Kaduna Monday ahead of this year health week on the theme ‘Road map to universal health coverage: the journey so far’, the state chairman and secretary of NMA, Dr. Shehu Abdulrahman said doctors in the state were being paid lower than their federal counterparts.

He said the situation has continuously favored internal brain drain to federal institutions as well as neighboring states.

“Recently, there was Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state government where it pledged to correct the salary anomaly by January 2018 but seven months into the year, the situation is still the same,” he explained.

He appealed to the state government to fulfill its part of the agreements reached in the MOU.

As part of activities slated for the health week, the association will on Tuesday begin medical screening and treatment on diabetes and hypertension for corp marshals of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

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Ademola Adeleke, the Osun West senator renowned for his dance moves, has won the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State by the slimmest of margins.

Adeleke, who became senator after winning a by-election occasioned by the death of his brother in April 2017, won Saturday’s primary by polling 1, 569 votes.

His closest challenger, Akin Ogunbiyi, polled a total of 1,562 votes, meaning Adeleke won

Fatai Akingbade placed third with 52 votes, while Nathaniel Oke made up the rear with three votes.

The primary election held at the GMT Hotel and Event Centre along Ring Road in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

Seriake Dickson, Governor Bayelsa State, who chaired the committee overseeing the electoral process, announced the results.

As of press time, Dickson had not revealed the total number of accredited votes for the primary election.

Eleven aspirants were originally scheduled
to contest the primary, but seven of them — Adeola Durotoye, Adejare Rafiu Bello, Ayoade Adewepo, Jide Ezekiel Adeniji, Senator Ogunwale Felix Kola, Akogune Lere Oyewumi, Senator Olasunkami Akanbi Abdulrasheed — withdrew in the morning, leaving the quarter of Adeleke, Ogunbiyi, Akingbade and Oke.

Some aggrieved delegates had also in the morning alleged that the voting exercise was manipulated to favour a particular aspirant.

Adeleke would now go head-to-head with Gboyega Oyetola, who emerged candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday.

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DMW boss, Davido has congratulated his uncle and B'red's father on winning the PDP Gubernatorial primarieds in Ondo state.

Senator Ademola Adeleke who has been represemtung Osun State since 2017 was announced winner of the Ondo State PDP gubernatorial primaries earlier today.

David wrote on Instagram

"Congratulations to Senator Ademola Adeleke on Winning the PDP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES!! , the incoming Governor of Osun State ��� @senatoradeleke ! Love you Uncle! Let’s make Osun great Again!"

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Deontay Wilder might be called the bronze bomber but the reasons he wants to beat the hell out of Anthony Joshua are red, white, and blue ... telling TMZ Sports he's doing it for the honor of America.

The super fight's on hold right now ... with Joshua fighting Alexander Povetkin in September, putting Wilder in a holding pattern until that fight happens.

We got the champ out looking spiffy arriving to the ESPYs, he told us he's still desperate to make the fight happen, because the world needs one champion, and he should be from the land of the free.

"I care about bringing the belts back to America and having one champion, one face, one name."

For his part, Joshua told TMZ on Tuesday he's committed to making a fight happen, whether he wins his next fight or not.

So, both guys want it ... it's a HUGE money fight ... what gives, guys?

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Hold Oshiomhole, Masari responsible if anything happens to me – R-APC chairman, Galadima

Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Buba Galadima, has asked Nigerians to hold the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and their National Welfare Officer, Ibrahim Masari, responsible if anything happens to him.

In an interview with Vanguard, Galadima claimed Oshiomhole is an “usurper”, who was not among those who signed APC’s Memorandum of Association.

He also made reference to statements made by Oshiomhole, where the former Edo Governor vowed to “crush” him”.

“I have read the new national chairman say there are still PDP members in APC and they should go.

“Oshiomhole was not part of the APC. When we were signing the memorandum of association with other parties that formed the APC, Oshiomhole was not there. I didn’t see his signature and I didn’t see his face. I look at him as a usurper but I want to say; you know desperate people and drowning people can do anything.

“Adams Oshiomhole, the purported chairman of APC and Ibrahim Masari, the purported national welfare officer have made statements in the press, both in print and electronic media that they will crush me. That means that they can kill me.

“So, should anything happen to me, the nation and the world should hold them responsible. They can use state powers to detain me. They can use state powers to eliminate me. I want this to be on record and I want this recorded. To crush means anything.

“They have no confidence in themselves in engaging me in a public discourse for the world to know who is right and who is wrong. So, they want to use extra means to deal with me. I have the papers; I have the audio and the video,” Galadima said.

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A Third Republic Senator and erstwhile Minister, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher has said that there was nothing like herdsmen/farmers clash going on in the Middle Belt.

He insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari should step down for a person from the Middle Belt.

According to him, what was happening was genocide against farmers.

The former lawmaker said this while fielding questions from Sun, where he also gave reasons the Middle Belt should produce the next president.

The former ambassador, who recently wrote a memo to Buhari, maintained that Nigeria was a failed nation.

He said, “The first time in this country by all standard, globally what we have is an agenda against the Middle Belt.

“There is nothing like herdsmen/farmers clashes over lands. There is genocide against farmers in the Middle Belt and in one instance or two there is a counter attack against the Fulani ethnic group.

“If genocide is bad, we should not accept it. There has been genocide in our country. This is not the first time people are killing themselves. But with the speed that this one came, it’s a clear indication that we have a government that cannot defend its people.

“Even if those videos are not true, Nigeria is a failed state, or a failing state. We have the highest number of IDP camps in the world apart from Syria which is in a full blown war.

“We have ethnic genocide and the President, who is to rein the killer herdsmen in, is unable to categorise them as terrorists and all he says is that ‘there is nothing I can do, only pray.’

“We didn’t elect an Imam as President ,we are not in a theocracy, we elected the President of a federal republic and not a kingdom. No matter the pretence of anyone in power to become a king, this is not a kingdom, it is not theocracy it is democracy.

“Therefore , if it is failing it is expected that the leader surrenders and say there is nothing I can do about it, I am wrong. We need to rebuild this country and rebuilding this country means he has to step down because campaigning now as a candidate versus the other candidates, it’s for him to enforce apparatus of state institution.

“And when that is done and he wins the election, he will create more conditions that will lead to more death. I am sorry I love the country more than my personal ambition. Far far too many lives have gone and we are at war. The condition to determining when a country has reached war status is 1000. We have surpassed 1000.

“Middle Belt has suffered for this country, it has laboured under gross injustice . It is from the Middle Belt that the bulk of slave trade took our young men to Europe and America.

“Out of the 400 ethnic groups of the North, the Middle Belt has over 340 tribes. The Middle Belt is the most backward, it is the most disorganised because it is structurally made to be so. May be the time has come for that Nigerians conscious mind to look into the Middle Belt, find a Middle Belter who can become president and unite this country.

“Our ethnic groups are small and they cannot threaten national stability. No ethnic group in Middle Belt will be strong enough to make demands from every aspect of the country . The region requires and needs the rest of the country.”

http://www.vondanews.com/2019-why-buhari-should-step-down-handover-to-middle-belt-hagher/

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to report that 23 Nigerian soldiers are yet to be accounted for after Boko Haram insurgents ambushed a military convoy at Boboshe village in Bama local government area of Borno State.

DAILY POST had reported that five officers, 18 soldiers and 8 trucks were missing after the attack, which occurred early Saturday.

The attacking insurgents were believed to have been those who escaped the ongoing offensive by the military to flush out the Boko Haram terrorists in the fringes of Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region.

Reacting to the sad incident, Atiku expressed concerns over the whereabouts of the missing soldiers.

Atiku on Twitter wrote, ”I’m concerned about the fate of scores of our soldiers declared missing following the ambush of their convoy by Boko Haram insurgents at Boboshe village in Bama LGA of Borno.

”I do hope and pray for their safe return.”

http://www.vondanews.com/atiku-reacts-as-23-soldiers-go-missing-after-boko-haram-ambush-in-borno/

The winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that he will pay the backlog of salaries owed civil servants in the state within the first six months of his return to office.

Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress beat Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party in a keenly contested race to succeed the incumbent Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Speaking at his residence in Isan-Ekiti, the former Minister of Solid Mineral Development, said Ekiti State lost value under Fayose, while also promising to re-introduce free education in the state.


He said, “Ekiti people should expect the eight-point agenda redoubled. They should expect the backlog of salaries cleared within the first six months of my coming to the office. They should expect re-introduction of free education, including payment of fees for the West Africa Examination Council, National Examination Council, National Business and Technical Examinations Board and the national entrance examination into tertiary institutions which they lost out on.

“We will re-introduce social security scheme for the elderly in an enhanced manner. They should expect the return of our youth volunteer programme. Luckily, the Federal Government has started a programme similar to what we used to have in Ekiti State, called N-Power. We will add our own initiative to that programme.

“The outgoing government is not interested in what happens to the young in our society beyond using them as thugs and forcing them to eat crumbs from the table of the master. They should expect a return to decency, decorum, integrity, values in Ekiti State. It is about reclaiming our land and restoring our values which we have lost in the past four years.”

http://www.vondanews.com/what-ill-do-in-my-first-six-months-as-governor-fayemi/

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The UN Special Coordinator on the Middle East Peace Process, Mr Nickolay Mladenov, has urged Israelis and Palestinians to pull back from the brink of war.

Mladenov said this at a press conference in the Gaza Strip on Sunday amid a ceasefire holding after a day-long flare-up in fighting between Gaza and Israel Gaza militants.

“Yesterday we were on the brink of war and it has taken the concerted efforts of everyone to make sure that we step back from confrontation,” Mladenov warned.

The envoy also appealed to the Palestinian factions to not provoke incidents at the fence, to stop the firing of rockets and mortars, to stop the incendiary kites and to “give peace a chance.

“I appeal to Israel to be very restrained in its responses to the situation in Gaza.

“I appeal to snipers not to shoot children. Iappeal to everybody to step back from the brink,” he added.

The envoy also noted the stalled Palestinian reconciliation process and the dire security situation in the wake of Israel’s deadly response to the recent series of Palestinian protests that began at the Gaza border fence in March.

“I want to begin by expressing deepest condolences to the parents of all the children, whose lives have been lost in the past few weeks; to all journalists and to all medical professionals, who have lost their lives in the line of duty,” Mladenov said.

He called for concerted efforts by all to pull back from “a confrontation that nobody wants, nobody needs and in which everyone will lose’’.

“Further, the international community has the responsibility to act immediately and meet the expectations not only of providing aid to the people of Gaza but of designing a political path to move forward,” he said.

He appealed to the leadership of both Hamas and Fatah and all Palestinian factions, to take Egypt’s initiatives very seriously.

“The only realistic perspective today is this: avoid war, fix the humanitarian problems of Gaza and get back to the reconciliation process. If we are able to do this, we can achieve a lot.

“But we need and I hope we will have the full cooperation of all Palestinians and all Israelis who are sick and tired of war and conflict, who want to live in peace, and who want to see their lives not constantly threatened by rockets or air strikes,” Mladenov added

http://www.vondanews.com/isreal-palestine-on-the-brink-of-war-un/

Days after President Buhari commissioned the Abuja light rail transport and said that his government was fulfilling its campaign promises, Dino Melaye who is a member of APC and is set to defect to PDP, this afternoon, took to his IG page to thank ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for inaugurating the Rail project and completing it to 85% before leaving office.

''President Jonathan thank you for the Abuja light rail transport. As Chairman Senate committee on FCT i can attest to the fact that 85% of the job was completed b4 you left office. God bless Nigeria''.

http://www.vondanews.com/dino-melaye-thanks-ex-president-goodluck-jonathan-for-completing-85-of-abuja-light-rail-transport/

These nursing mothers were seen queueing up to exercise their voting rights as Ekiti state votes to elect a new governor.


http://www.vondanews.com/photo-nursing-mothers-troop-out-in-ekiti-state-to-cast-their-votes/

The presidency, through the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), has formally announced a former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Director General of Buhari 2019 Presidential Support Committee.


Sheriff was a two-term governor of Borno State and returned to the APC few weeks to the state congresses of the ruling party.

The Committee is different from Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) which recently appointed Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transport as the Director General while Human Rights Lawyer Festus Keyamo (SAN) as the spokesman and Director, Strategic Communications.


The Sheriff-led body has a list of 35 members of the Support Committee, 10 members of National Advisory Committee and 5 members of National Patrons with President Muhammadu Buhari as the Grand Patron.

A popular Kano musician Dauda Rara was appointed National Director Music, while a Nollywood Actor and a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Desmond Elliot is the National Publicity Secretary.

Chief of Staff to the Imo State governor and governorship aspirant of APC, Uche Ugwumba Nwosu will serve as the National Secretary.


The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political matters, Hon Gideon Sammani, made the disclosure in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday.

It noted that the “individuals were selected after the APC National Convention to build on the momentum of the success to step up preparation within the hierarchy and ranks and file of the party to fully support President Muhammadu Buhari to continue with his programmes and policies for the upliftment and advancement of the country with the manifesto of the APC.”

Hon Sammani, who is also Facilitator President Support Committee under the OSGF, said: “In preparation for the reelection of President Buhari in 2019, the Presidential Support Committee, Buhari 2019 has appointed eminent Nigerians to the National Working Committee of the organisation.

“The prominent individuals have been selected from Buhari Support Group in their own rights as loyalists.”

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Dr Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Mamman Daura all make up the National Patrons of the Committee.

Members of the National advisory committee are: Senator M.T Mbu, Senator Yerima Bakura, Senator George Akume, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Senator Ita Giwa, Hon Gudaji Kazaure, Hajiya Ireti, Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua and Senator Abu Ibrahim.

http://www.vondanews.com/presidency-names-ex-pdp-chairman-sheriff-leader-of-buhari-2019-support-committee-full-list/

The Nigerian actress and Mother of one who is currently in Vacation in United Arab Emirates is expressing her love for the sea animal.

Few days ago she shared pictures on her IG as she was seen hugging a Dolphin and today she has shared photos of her kissing a dolphin.

http://www.vondanews.com/juliet-ibrahims-love-for-dolphins-continues-as-kisses-a-dolphin-photos/

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US Consular General, F. John Bray this morning paid a visit to injured governor Ayo Fayose at his office in Ekiti state.

Bray is in the state to monitor the election. See more photos below

http://www.vondanews.com/photos-us-consular-general-john-bray-visits-injured-governor-ayo-fayose/

The Coordinator, South-East Caucus, National Committee of Buhari Support Group, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will get 6 million votes out of estimated 8 million registered voters in the South-East in 2019.

Uzodinma at the inaugural meeting of the caucus in Abuja on Thursday said a landslide victory will be achieved through promotion of Buhari’s achievements and because it was likely that his re-election would help the region to produce the President in 2023.

He said: “The national leadership has approved the operation of this caucus and we are going to go for it, bearing in mind that if we succeed, we will smile very well in 2023.

“We are going to tag our operation, ‘Operation 2023’, meaning that by the time Mr President wins convincingly in the South-East, the name of the business will be ‘Reciprocity’. This means, I have done for you, you are now to do for me.

“Every booth in South-East belongs to some people. They have leaders and if the message is given to them in a manner that they will understand, I am sure that we will succeed.

“There is no point claiming headship; the common denominator is what would make President Buhari, out of the eight million registered voters in the South-East, to get a minimum of six million votes.

“In doing that, we have to make sacrifices and call some people to order. We will do our beat.

“For me as a person, we will try to convince and those that will willingly follow will follow.’’

He stressed that management structures would be set up at the state, local government and ward as well as booth levels, for better delivery.

“Before some of us came into the party, I was told you do not use money to do politics; now we are going to use money to do politics.

“We are going to do that knowing very well that the tradition and culture of our people require that.

“We cannot begin to learn a new culture when election is a few days away. So we will start from the known to the unknown.

“We are going to work with the President and by the grace of God, he will win in 2019.

“However, we have to establish criteria for knowing who a leader is when we get home.

“A leader is a man who wins his booth. A man who doesn’t win his booth is a pensioner. So, we will identify the right type of people that will in the front line, give us victory,” he said

http://www.vondanews.com/how-buhari-will-get-6-million-votes-in-south-east-senator-uzodinma/

Juliet Ibrahim who’s is in a holiday in United Arab Emirates shared photos as she hugs a Penguin

She wrote “I’m in love with a penguin, he’s so soft, tender and cute, He made me hug him. omg

See pictures

http://www.vondanews.com/juliet-ibrahim-hugs-a-penguin-in-new-photos/

Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has warned people of the state against acts of violence.

The monarch warned that if the “election is bloody” in Ekiti State, “other states will be affected too.”

Ooni, who is the co-Chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria gave the advice on Wednesday at his palace in Ile-Ife while hosting the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright.

He urged the youths in Ekiti State to refuse to be used as agents of electoral violence and criminality, saying they too have rights to occupy the public offices of leadership such as governorship or presidency in the nearest future.

According to Ooni, “What I heard happening in Ekiti state during this electioneering period does not make me happy as their father. Enough of crisis, we do not want any crisis in Yorubaland, where there is violence, progress and tranquillity will be deprived, but where there is peace, there is progress.

“I specifically warn all youths in Ekiti state to maintain peaceful coexistence before, during and after the election, as brighter future awaits them if they productively discover themselves.

“Youths must refuse to be used for political violence that wastes their lives because they too can become governor or President of the country in the nearest future.”

http://www.vondanews.com/ekiti-elections-ooni-of-ife-speaks-on-violence-during-saturdays-poll/

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