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Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman relentlessly punished Tyron Woodley for five rounds to become the new UFC Welterweight Champion. .

With this, Usman has become the first African-born champion in UFC history. He controlled the fight from start to finish and won via unanimous decision, capturing scores of 50-44, 50-44, and 50-45.



Usman now owns a 14-fight win streak and a career record of 14-1. He’s yet to lose in the UFC. “I want you to remember this day forever. Daddy did it,” Usman told his daughter after the match

Source
http://samgist.com/nigerias-usman-becomes-the-first-african-born-ufc-champion/

EFCC has arrested one Mannir Hamza Ahmed in Lagos for being in possession of 19 wraps of raw gold.

The suspect, who is being investigated for an alleged case of conspiracy, illegal mining and export of mineral resources, was arrested, yesterday, March 1, 2019 aboard an Emirates flight to Dubai, following intelligence report received by the Commission.



At the point of his arrest, the Commission found 19 wraps of gold in his luggage. The suspect neither presented any evidence of declaration of the items nor payment of royalties to the Federal Government.


Source
http://samgist.com/man-nabbed-with-19-wraps-of-raw-gold/

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, has announced the promotion of 23 lecturers in the institution to professorial cadre.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Olayinka made the announcement on UI’s Staff WhatsApp Group on Friday.



Among those elevated to the rank of Professor included the ASUU Chairman of the Institution, Prof. Deji Omole.

According to the Vice-Chancellor, 13 others were promoted to the rank of Reader.

While wishing them success in their career, the vice-chancellor described the dons as the pride of the premier university.

Source

http://samgist.com/ui-elevates-23-lecturers-to-professors/

Anita Solomon, who is the babymama of Toke Makinwa’s ex- husband, Maje Ayida, has revealed that she got pregnant for him, months after the couple separated, as against the claim that it was while they were still together.

Solomon, who is also a lawyer, told a Lagos High Court, today, March 1, 2019, that she got pregnant exactly 6 months after the couple had signed a legal document certifying their separation.

During the hearing which was presided over by Hon justice Olukayode Ogunjobi, Solomon also revealed that she didn’t give Maje any sexually transmitted disease as documented by Toke in her book, ‘On Becoming.’



Solomon, who was a witness in the N100 million defamation lawsuit filed by Maje against Toke, made the revelation while responding to a question posed to her by Toke’s lawyer during the court proceedings.

She further told the court that she got pregnant for Maje because he and Toke already signed a legal document of separation.

The separation document, which Solomon said she saw, was presented to the court as proof of the estranged couple’s status before Maje impregnated her. The case has been adjourned to March 29, 2019.


Source

http://samgist.com/tokemakinwa-lied-about-her-separation-from-maje-anitasolomon/

The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to send soldiers to the state during the March 9 governorship election.

This, it said, was to avert the alleged plot to attack its governorship candidate, Dapo Abiodun.

It claimed that there were intelligence reports that Abiodun might be attacked on or before the day of the election.

The Publicity Secretary of the caretaker committee of the APC in the state, Tunde Oladunjoye, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital.

Oladunjoye said despite the deployment of three Commissioners of Police in the state for last week’s presidential and National Assembly elections, there were cases of violence which led to the killing of a policeman.



He predicted that there might be more cases of violence during the governorship election, if soldiers were not deployed in the state.

He said, “We are asking President Muhammadu Buhari, who has said in his acceptance speech that he is going to strengthen the presence of security men, to make sure that soldiers are sent to Ogun state.

“We are not saying they should be at the polling booths, but they should be at strategic places to prevent violence because the intelligence report we have is that attacks would be carried out in the presence of policemen who will not do anything.

“Of course, our governorship candidate is also a prime target, from the report we got this morning.

“When we said the last time, he was going to be attacked, they said it was a lie. We got this report this morning that he is going to be attacked.”

Source
http://samgist.com/apc-asks-buhari-to-send-soldiers-to-ogun-for-election/

Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, the governorship candidate of APGA in Zamfara State, has ejected all internally displaced persons taking shelter in his houses in Shinkafi, for voting APC in Saturday’s elections.

He confirmed the report on Wednesday and according to him: “I have asked all the IDPs residing in my houses to immediately pack out because they are not serious in life.



These are people who had to leave their villages due to insecurity caused by a government that could not provide such basic necessity to them, yet they went and sold their votes at the last elections trying to bring back the same gang.”

According to him, in spite of his earlier advice to them “to vote out those who failed them in the past years”, they still voted them in.


Source


http://samgist.com/apga-governorship-candidate-ejects-idps-living-in-his-houses-for-voting-buhari/

Congratulations Mr. President,

Please accept my warmest congratulations on your re-election as President of the Republic of Nigeria. I send my best wishes for your continued strength and success during your second term in office as you work for the good of this country Nigeria and Nigerians.



May I again offer my congratulations on your victory in the presidential election. Please accept, Mr. President, my best wishes and the assurances of my highest consideration.

CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI .
APC NEXT LEVEL


Source

http://samgist.com/mc-oluomo-congratulates-buhari-for-a-new-era/

arely two weeks after a violent crisis that claimed lives of many citizens in Kajuru Local Government area of Kaduna State, there were reports of fresh attacks in some villages in the Kajuru and Kachia local government areas.

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El Rufai was at the State House yesterday. He held talks with President Muhammadu Buhari.

El-Rufai declined to state his mission at the Presidential Villa but it was believed that the governor may have used the opportunity to brief the president on the fresh violent attacks in his domain.

The attacks, The Nation learnt, occurred in the early hours of yesterday. Bandits were said to have stormed Karamai village in Maro District of the council area, leaving in their trail more than 100 houses and vehicles razed.

An eye witness said: “The renewed attacks on the villages came as armed bandits, numbering about 100, stormed our village, Karamai community with dangerous weapons, including guns and machetes. As at now, we have counted many dead bodies.


Read more www.samgist.com

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http://samgist.com/100-houses-razed-many-feared-killed-in-kaduna/

After the official announcement of results from 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has an unassailable 14,602,455 votes, compared to the 10,663,584 votes recorded by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

It is now well and truly sealed. President Muhammadu Buhari has won Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election, and will serve for another four years when his current tenure expires on May 29, 2019.



After the official announcement of results from 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has an unassailable 14,602,455 votes, compared to the 10,663,584 votes recorded by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

INEC is on the verge of announcing results of the outstanding two states, but it matters little as Atiku can no longer overtake the margin of 3, 938,871 votes — based on the figures of accredited voters in the pending two states

Source
http://samgist.com/breaking-inecconfirmed-buhari-is-nigerias-president-for-another-four-years/

Ike Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate and Deputy Senate President has been declared winner of Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in Saturday Presidential/National Assembly elections.

Ekweremadu polled 86,088 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 15,187 votes.

The Returning Officer, Prof Douglas Nwagbo of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) announced the results in Awgu on Sunday.



The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the victory, Ekweremadu holds the senatorial mandate for the 5th time.

Reacting to the development, the deputy senate president said he was humbled by the result because it was the first time a senator would be voted the fifth time in Nigeria.

He applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for smooth and peaceful conduct of the elections. (NAN)


Source
http://samgist.com/ekweremadu-of-pdp-wins-5th-term-in-enugu-west-senatorial-district/

Sen. Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party ((PDP) has been declared winner of the Kogi West Senatorial election held on Feb. 23.

The Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Bala announced in the early hours of Monday in Lokoja that Melaye polled 85, 395 votes to defeat Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the APC who scored 66, 901 votes.



The returning officer, Prof. Muhammed Suleiman said that Wambai scored 37, 656 votes to beat Mr Shaba Ibrahim of PDP who polled 33,662 votes



Source
http://samgist.com/dino-melaye-wins-kogi-west-senate-seat/

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, defeated President Muhammadu Buhari at the polling center of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

There are two polling units in the presidential villa including PU 021 and PU 022. –

The PDP scored a total of 1,030 in the two units at the center while the APC got a total of 1,013 at the units. –



The breakdown of the results shows that for PU 021, the PDP garnered 505 while the APC got 548, whereas, for PU 022, the PDP polled 525 against APC’s 465. –

Recall that former President Goodluck Jonathan as a sitting President lost elections at the State House Polling Units.

Source
http://samgist.com/atiku-defeats-buhari-inside-aso-rock/

Two Vote Buyers were arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Gombe during the Presidential, National Assembly Elections on February 23, 2019.
They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Source
http://samgist.com/two-vote-buyers-were-arrested-efcc-in-gombe/

Candidate Of the APC President Buhari asking his wife ,who did you vote for?

Trust people you love but also cross check their loyalty every now and then.

Source
http://samgist.com/buhari-act-funny-when-casting-his-vote-pics/

R&B star, R. Kelly, was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, on Friday, in Chicago.

The charges stem from a newly discovered video found by attorney Michael Avenatti that allegedly shows Kelly having sex with a 14-year-old girl, The Chicago Sun-Times and TMZ reported, citing court records.

Avenatti, who remained quiet throughout his 10-month “investigation” of Kelly on behalf of multiple clients, responded to the indictment on Twitter, proclaiming, “After 25 years of serial sexual abuse and assault of underage girls, the day of reckoning for R Kelly has arrived.”



Gerald Griggs, an Atlanta lawyer who represents the parents of a woman they believe is being held against her will as a member of Kelly’s alleged “sex cult,” celebrated the indictment and predicted more would be forthcoming soon from “multiple jurisdictions” around the country.

“This is just the beginning of the charges,” Griggs said. Kelly is also under investigation in Fulton County, Ga., and by the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York, he said.

The indictment of Kelly, 52, culminates nearly two decades of allegations, one failed criminal trial, a surging #MuteRKelly campaign, a breakup with his recording label, and the airing of a Kelly-damning film series, “Surviving R. Kelly,” in January.


Source

http://samgist.com/rkelly-charged-with-sexual-offenses/

Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with a felony for allegedly filing a false police report claiming he was the victim of a hate-crime attack in Chicago, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney office.

Smollett is charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false report with the Chicago Police Department on Jan. 29 in which he claimed he was assaulted by two masked men who hurled racist and homophobic slurs.

The actor, 36, who is black and gay, also said his attackers poured what he believed was bleach over him and put a noose around his neck. Smollett is expected in court for a bond hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Chicago Police Department spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, said that the investigation into the alleged attack has demanded “considerable” police resources. He said that at one point the department had 12 detectives scouring surveillance videos.



The two Nigerian brothers, Ola and Abel Osundairo, were taken into custody on Feb. 13 and questioned. They were released two days later, on Friday, without charges. Police said the two, who are brothers, were no longer suspects in the case and were cooperating in the probe.

On Saturday, a police source said the probe had shifted into whether the actor had paid the two brothers to stage an assault. Investigators had discovered that the brothers had purchased the rope used in the alleged attack.

Guglielmi said then that investigators wanted to have another interview with Smollett but he didn’t talk to police on Monday or Tuesday. However, Ola and Abel Osundairo met with police and prosecutors at a criminal court building on Tuesday, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern.

That same afternoon, police investigated, and then discounted, a tip they received that Smollett was seen with the Osundairo brothers on the night of the attack.

Source
http://samgist.com/jussiesmollett-charged-with-felony-for-faking-homophobic-attack/

The Nigeria Police Force says it is investigating the authenticity of a photo showing some policemen endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term.

In a photo which has since gone viral on social media, three policemen are seen throwing up eight fingers, a sign that has been adopted by the Buhari campaign organisation to mean ‘four plus four’.

In a Twitter post, the police said, “IGP M. A Adamu has charged the Digital and Forensic Unit of the police to investigate the authenticity of the photo to ascertain whether it is real or photo-shopped. The outcome of the investigation and appropriate actions will be made known to the public.”

In a related development, another photo of soldiers endorsing Buhari surfaced on social media on Wednesday.



In the photo, four soldiers clad in camouflage wielding AK47 rifles are seen holding up eight fingers signifying continuity of the Buhari administration.

The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen John Agim, said in a terse statement that the photo was being investigated.

“The Defence Headquarters wishes to disassociate itself from the pictures of the four armed men dressed in military camouflage doing a ‘four by four’ fingers sign connoting a campaign symbol of a political party.

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria is apolitical and remains apolitical. The pictures are being investigated to ascertain the true identity of the men in the photograph. If it is found out that they are military personnel, they will be sanctioned according to extant rules and regulations.

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http://samgist.com/2019-elections-fg-declares-friday-public-holiday-excludes-bankers/

The federal government of #Nigeria has declared Friday February 22, 2019, as a publicholiday, in preparation for the February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections .



The ministry of interior via a statement on Wednesday, however, excluded bankers and those offering essential services across the nation. – – “Federal Government declares Friday 22, February 2019 as work-free day. Those providing essential duties and bankers are excluded,” – – “The work-free day is to enable citizens return to their poling units for the reschedule Presidential & National Assembly elections. – – “Security agencies have been directed to ensure safety of lives & property before, during & after the general election.”




Source

http://samgist.com/2019-elections-fg-declares-friday-public-holiday-excludes-bankers/

Bobrisky change his colour to white.

Fashion is very painful ,bobrisky shout'(di e di)

See his photos and fans reaction

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http://samgist.com/bobrisky-change-his-colour-to-white-fans-reactpics/

Maverick activist, Charly Boy, has said that he will lead a peaceful protest to the headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission if the agency shifts the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.

Charly Boy said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.

NAN recalls that Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, early on Saturday, February 16, announced the postponement of the polls to February 23 because of “logistics and operational problems”.

The Commission also shifted the state Governorship and legislative elections as well as Council polls in the Federal Capital Territory from March 2 to March 9.

However, reactions have continued to trail the action of the electoral umpire with many Nigerians, especially political players, calling for the resignation of the chairman.

Charly Boy, the Convener of Ourmumudondo Movement, however, noted that he saw the inability of Nigeria to hold the polls on the scheduled date as ‘an act of God’.



He, however, warned that any further shift of the elections, especially the presidential poll, would be protested by his group.

“I want to believe that what happened on Saturday is some kind of divine intervention, no matter how much things have become so politicised in our environment.

“However, if there is another postponement, we will go to INEC office to tell us what is happening and whether they are truly independent or not.

“Unless they want to set fire on an already tensed situation in the country, I see no reason why INEC should postpone the elections again.

“Nigerian politicians are very desperate to get and hold onto power and it is part of my nationalistic engagement to speak against mindless political criminality in the polity, “he said.

Charly Boy urged Nigerians, especially the youth, to come out and vote for leaders of their choice in all the elections.

Source
http://samgist.com/i-will-lead-protest-if-inec-shifts-elections-again-charly-boy/

Justice Ibrahim Wakil Jauro of the Yobe State High Court, sitting in Damaturu, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 sentenced Mohammed Baba Isah, a manager in Damaturu-based MBC Synergy Limited to six years imprisonment.
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Isah faced a three-count charge preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for offences that border on criminal misappropriation and forgery to the tune of over N16 million (Sixteen Million Naira) only.
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Isah's road to jail began on January 18, 2018 when a complainant brought allegations of criminal misappropriation, parade of counterfeit documents, including secondary school result and possession of forged stamp belonging to some banks against him to the Commission.
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Investigations by the EFCC revealed that the complainant invested the sum of N25million in MBC Synergy Limited, where Isah worked as manager for the purpose of doing telecommunications business, which the convict dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N16,463, 052 (Sixteen million, Four Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand Fifty Two Naira), out of the sum.
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He had pleaded guilty to all the counts on February 13, 2019, when he was arraigned and was convicted by the judge.
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Delivering judgement today, Justice Jauro said: “I hereby sentence you Mohammed Baba Isah on count one to one year in prison for criminal misappropriation with an option of fine in the sum of N100, 000.
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"On count two you are hereby sentenced to two years in prison for forgery and shall pay the sum of N200, 000 as option. “On count three, you are hereby sentenced to three years in prison with an option of fine in the sum of N300, 000”. All sentences are to run concurrently.



Source

http://samgist.com/manager-gets-six-years-for-n16m-fraud/

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has secured the arrest of three suspected human traffickers and rescued fourteen victims of human trafficking.

The suspects, two females- Evelyn Jerry, 27, Stephen Rebecca, 30, and Mr. Richard Patrick, 38, were intercepted in Lokoja, Kogi state.

The fourteen victims, aged between 3 and 13 years, and comprising of 9 females and 5 males, were crammed into an eight-seater Seat Alhambra Sedan.



They were taken from Riyom LGA of Plateau state, and on their way to Ekpoma, Edo State before they were intercepted and rescued.

The suspects, who are from the same town with the victims, confessed that they were taking the children to Ekpoma where they would be distributed to various households, for labour purposes.

They claimed that the parents of the fourteen children gave them consent to take the children and send them to various households for domestic labour.

Source
http://samgist.com/14-victims-of-trafficking-rescued-3-suspects-arrested/

Adamawa (REC) Atiku Doesn't Even Know What I look Like, How Can He Give Me $1m Bribe


Kashim Gaidam, Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has debunked a report claiming that was implicated in a bribery scandal involving Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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“I can state without fear of contradiction that Atiku probably does not know how I look, because I’ve never met him personally, all my life. I was shocked to read what was credited to me by some unscrupulous persons,” he said.



Source
http://samgist.com/adamawa-rec-atiku-doesnt-even-know-what-i-look-like-how-can-he-give-me-1m-bribe/

deceased was said to be coming from Lagos with other passengers when the officers stopped the vehicle and demanded a N5,000 bribe.
In the ensuing altercation, one of the officers shot the passenger, a development that infuriated other passengers.

The passengers reportedly mobilised and prevented the officers from leaving the scene.

They also disarmed them before descending on them, according to an eyewitness who spoke with our correspondent.

However, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has explained how a scuffle involving its personnel at Shagamu interchange, Ijebu Ode, led to the death of a young man it identified as Godwin by accidentally discharged bullet from an officer who was also severely injured.

Customs in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, DC Joseph Attah, said contrary to the reports making the rounds that a returnee Nigerian from eastern part of the country was killed when the vehicle he was travelling along with other passengers was stopped by the agency’s officials and a disagreement over alleged request for bribe led to the killing of the passengers, the statement denied that such incident did not take place.

Source
http://samgist.com/customs-officers-shoot-passenger-dead-over-n5000-bribe/

A former General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Kayode Abiara, has urged Nigerians to see the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly polls as a divine intervention.



Abiara appealed to Nigerians not to blame the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for the postponement but to see it as an act of God to make Nigeria a better country.
The cleric said this while reacting to the postponement of the elections on Saturday.

He said, “Nigerians must thank God almighty for this situation because God owns Nigeria and God is aware of the cancellation of these elections.




Source
http://samgist.com/poll-shift-is-divine-intervention-abiara/

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for today (Saturday) by one week.

Consequently, the commission has rescheduled the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019 while the governorship, State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Council polls earlier fixed for March 2 would now be conducted on Saturday, March 9 2019.

The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who read a five-paragraph statement by 2:50 am on Saturday morning attributed the decision to logistic reasons, but refused to entertain any question.

He said, “The Independent National Electoral Commission met on Friday, February 15, 2019, and reviewed its preparations for the 2019 General Elections scheduled for Saturday, February 16 2019 and Saturday, March 2 2019.



“Following a careful review of the implementation of its logistics and operational plan and the determination to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the commission came to the conclusion that proceeding with the elections as scheduled is no longer feasible.

“Consequently, the commission has decided to reschedule the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23 2019. Furthermore, the Governorship, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections is rescheduled to Saturday, March 9 2019. This will afford the commission the opportunity to address identified challenges in order to maintain the quality of our elections.

“This was a difficult decision for the commission to take, but necessary for the successful delivery of the elections and the consolidation of our democracy.

“The commission will meet key stakeholders to update them on this development at 2pm on Saturday 16 (today) February 2019 at the Abuja International Conference Centre.”


Source

http://samgist.com/inec-reschedules-presidential-nass-elections/

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering postponing Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections,
Multiple sources close to the electoral commission said the postponement being considered is due to some logistics challenges being faced by the commission in many states.
The electoral body is facing difficulty distributing sensitive electoral materials to some states of the federation, an official said.
A formal announcement is expected on Friday night, our sources said.
It is unclear at this time what the new election date would be.
“There will definitely be a postponement but we are yet to take a decision on the new date,” an official said.

Another official said the commission is considering fixing the elections for Sunday.
Our sources said INEC commissioners are currently locked in a meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
Some of the states where the logistic challenges are said to occur include Niger and Ekiti.
The News Agency of Nigeria where the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Niger State said ballot papers for two of the state’s three senatorial districts were missing as of Friday evening.
EKITI LAMENTS
In Ekiti, the former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, accused INEC of deliberately hoarding materials for the presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections in some states to frustrate the PDP.
Mr Fayose said he was aware that ballot papers and result sheets for presidential and senatorial elections were not in Ekiti State as at 9 p.m. on Friday, adding that only materials for the House of Representatives were distributed.
According to his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Mr Fayose said similar situations already reported in Oyo, Taraba, Edo, Niger, Ogun, Rivers and other states.

The INEC Commissioner in charge of publicity, Festus Okoye, did not answer or return multiple calls
INEC had scheduled the national elections for Saturday while the governorship and state assemblies elections are scheduled for March 2.


Source
http://samgist.com/inec-shift-saturday-election/

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Friday, February 15 advised Compliance officers of banks to report suspicious transactions to the EFCC as the general elections commence. The Acting Chairman stated this during a meeting with compliance officers of various banks in Benin City, Edo State.

Magu who was represented by Mailafia Yakubu, Benin Zonal Head of the Commission said based on information at the disposal of the Commission, politicians may want to use banks for illicit transactions before, during and after the elections. “Once the transaction is above the stipulated treashold, you have a duty to report to us. We want to warn you not to be used by politicians. So be circumspect, ” he said.



The acting chairman also warned the bank officials to desist from disclosing information to suspects wanted by the Commission who operates accounts with them.
He explains: “there were times that the Commission requested banks to place no debit on some accounts; instead of doing that, you call the suspects and say come and withdraw your money because the EFCC want to PND your account. We want to tell you that we are watching you. You have to stop it or face prosecution, ” he stated.

It will be recalled that the Commission had on Thursday, February 14, 2019 similarly warned operators of Bureau De Change in the city of antics of politicians who may want to engage in vote buying through illicit transactions.

Source

http://samgist.com/magu-warns-banks-against-suspicious-transactions/

Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi, on Friday, stated that two persons have been arrested for allegedly planting explosives at Idembia bridge in Ezza South LGA of the state. .

The Governor, who made this known while briefing newsmen at the State Executive Council chambers in Abakaliki, warned that security operatives were on red alert to ensure a hitch-free elections in the State. .

According to him, “From available information, these miscreants are plotting to plant explosives in hotels, flyovers. We will examine the information. Explosives were being planted at Idembia bridge. Two suspects have been arrested. .



Army has taken over the case. Two aspirants of a particular political party in Ezza north were arrested for carrying guns. In Ikwo, some were caught shooting guns. This is a case of terrorism. .

Security agencies have been very neutral. Anyone that causes violence, irrespective of political parties or goes into thuggery, must be arrested, detained and charged to court. This election will come and go and Ebonyi will remain. .

Ebonyians should be peaceful and come out and vote. You must not inflict injuries on people before you win. A House of assembly Candidate of a particular party came to quarry site to buy explosives. The matter was reported and the suspect has been declared wanted,” the governor concluded.


Source


http://samgist.com/two-terrorists-arrested-for-planting-explosives-on-ebonyi-bridge/

Three persons may have been killed in the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, during an attack by Boko Haram insurgents.

The governor was travelling to Gamboru-Ngala on political campaign when his large convoy ran into an ambush between Dikwa and Gamboru on Tuesday evening.

Sources said there was an exchange of gunfire and three persons believed to be party supporters who had joined his convoy on the campaign were killed.



Though there was no official confirmation, the Deputy Governor, Usman Durkwa, told our correspondent on Wednesday afternoon that he heard a rumour of the attack but due to bad mobile network along the axis, he had yet to get in touch with his principal.

He equally revealed that he was at that moment waiting to welcome the team back to Maiduguri.

Also responding to journalists’ query, the spokesman for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Isa Ado, said no information of such attack was received from their formation around the area.



Source

http://samgist.com/three-persons-killed-by-boko-haram-in-shettimas-convoy/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office yesterday arrested14 suspected internet fraudsters believed to be undergraduates. They were arrested in Awa area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The suspects are: Igberase Hope Odianosen, Afolabi Wasiu, Odeneye Eniola, Olajide Timilehin and Ogunnowu Samson. Others include: Olaniyi John, Ogunyale Elijah, Mohammed Ogungbe, Alaga Sherif, Soyombo Omogbolahan Ridwan, Adedoye Odeko, Shonibare Kayode, Akindunjoye Solomon and Dalamu Kofoworola.

They were arrested at their residence following series of intelligence reports on their alleged involvements in cyber crimes.

Items recovered from them at the point of arrest included: two Highland cars, over 100 SIM cards of different GSM networks, laptops, telephones, international passports, fetish objects and several documents containing false pretenses.

They will be charged to court as soon, as investigation is completed.

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