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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has reacted to the controversies trailing the nomination of Senator Godswill Akpabio as Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Igbere TV reports that Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), had said that President Buhari was wrong to have nominated Akpabio over alleged corruption charges against the former governor.

President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted a list of 43 ministerial nominees, which was read at the Senate plenary on Tuesday.

Reacting to the comments by PACAC boss, the APC in a statement sent to Igbere TV by the Publicity Secretary, Nkereuwem Enyongekere, said Senator Akpabio had no case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

While admitting that a case was initiated against the former Akwa Ibom governor, the party, however, noted that the petitioner had withdrawn the case due to lack of merit.

Full Statement,

“We are surprised by the statement credited to Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) that the President should not have nominated Senator Akpabio as Minister because he has a case with the EFCC.

“The APC in Akwa Ibom state wishes to state categorically that Senator Akpabio does not have any case with the EFCC or any other anti graft agency.

“It is true that a petition was filed against the Senator at the EFCC by an Abuja-based lawyer soon after Senator Akpabio left office as our state Governor in 20I5. These cases were thoroughly investigated by the agency. The Petitioner then withdrew the Petition when he could not substantiate his allegations and the EFCC could not establish the veracity of the allegations in the petition. In that case, we note that Prof. Sagay was patently wrong in his assertion about the nomination of Senator Akpabio.

“APC in Akwa Ibom state wishes to once again congratulate Senator Akpabio on this well deserved nomination and thank the President for choosing a capable and consummate politician and leader as his minister.”

http://igberetvnews.com/847948/ministerial-nominee-apc-reacts-to-prof-sagays-comments-against-akpabio/

Cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44, OAM4J

Nollywood Actress, Genevieve Nnaji has set the Internet ablaze following a photo of herself she posted on Instagram, Igbere TV reports.

Igbere TV reports that the Nollywood star had uploaded a rare photo of herself in Bikini, sending the tongues of her followers wagging.

Even her colleagues in the industry could not help it but gush over the photo.

Jennifer’s Diary Producer, Funke Akindele, while reacting to the photo, wrote; “Funke just left the Instagram”.

Similarly, Rita Dominic commented, “Chineke mee”.

Popular comedian, Craze Clown, wrote; “We are crying.”

Jackie Appiah wrote; “Wow Hot!”

Yvonne Nelson left a short comment; “Damn.”

“Break the damn internet, gurl...am here for it”, commented Ini Edo.

Uche Jumbo wrote; “I am leaving IG today for you since you're looking for who to kill.”

On his part, Ricard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), wrote; “Game Over!”.

Checks by Igbere TV on Friday shows that the post has attracted almost 300,000 likes and 15,000 comments in less than 24 hours.

See reactions below...

http://igberetvnews.com/847175/nollywood-actress-genevieve-sets-internet-ablaze-over-rare-bikini-photo/

Cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44, OAM4J

seborrhic:
Why in a hurry to bury him?
There are times when justice an truth finding must supercede any Islamic rite.
A forensic autopsy should have been done to unravel the truth of who killed him.
It could be the police,it could be he died from a health issue,that the crisis precipitated,not necessarily from a bullet wound.
This is part of why we are not progressing as a people:no evidence based facts.

Igbere TV has obtained some pictures of Precious Owolabi, the Channels TV reporter who was shot in the Abuja Shiites-Police clash, Monday.

Some online platforms have reported the late reporter to be a lady. But investigation by Igbere TV, Monday night, showed the reporter to be a male — even though he goes by the name PRECIOUS as first name.

The death of Precious Owolabi was announced during the 10pm news bulletin of Channels TV. Even the presenter who made the announcement could not hold back her tears over the death of such a promising young man.

Igbere TV gathered that the late reporter was an intern at Channels TV and a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, until his death.

Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the TV station for sending an “intern” to cover a violent scene instead of the usual trained professional journalists.

Others have, however, suggested that journalists covering such scenes should be kitted with the necessary tools such as bullet proof, helmet against such reoccurrences.

Late Precious Owolabi was aged 23, and reportedly graduated from a federal university in the South West.

We all at Igbere TV use this medium to send our heartfelt condolence to management and staff of Channels TV and the NYSC over the death of the youngster.

http://igberetvnews.com/837555/breaking-police-dep-commissioner-killed-shiites-protest-photo/

Cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44, OAM4J

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari considers proscription of Shiite IMN in Nigeria


President Muhammadu Buhari is considering the proscription of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from security and administration sources.

The proscription, which is likely to come in form of an executive order, is expected to be made public between tonight and tomorrow, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
An emergency meeting of security chiefs held at the State House late Monday afternoon, and the conclusion was that the IMN will be declared an illegal organisation in Nigeria.

It is a direct response to the protests that turned violent Monday when members of Shiite IMN took over the streets of central Abuja, the Nigerian capital.
The demonstration was billed as just another instalment of relentless agitation for the release of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, a foremost Nigerian Shiite cleric who was taken into custody four years ago.

It, however, ended with casualties, including the death of a deputy police commissioner. The IMN said 11 of its members were killed during the violence.
Presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, did not immediately return requests for comments about the president’s consideration of a Shiite proscription on Monday night.

Mr El-Zakzaky was arrested following an invasion of his residence in Zaria, northern Nigeria, between December 12-14, 2015.

The official death toll of the invasion, which was carried out by Nigerian soldiers in the dead of the night, was 347 for Shi’a adherents. The IMN said the official death toll was grossly downplayed and insisted more than 1,000 of its members were killed in that single attack.

The military said the protesters had attempted to block the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, from the free passage on a highway that runs through the Shi’a headquarters in Zaria in the evening of December 12, 2015, and soldiers had no choice but to open fire when the Shiites became unruly.

The IMN strongly disputed the military’s account, saying its members were peaceful during the encounter.

They also questioned why the Nigerian Army deployed heavily armed soldiers, bulldozers and excavators to demolish both the headquarters and Mr El-Zakzaky’s residence in an operation that lasted two days.
A panel of enquiry constituted by the Kaduna State Government indicted Nigerian Army officers for the massacre, and also recommended the prosecution of some IMN leaders for various offences.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai accepted the conclusions of the judicial panel, but partially implemented its recommendations by proscribing the Shiite movement in Kaduna State.

No action was taken against the military officers indicted by the panel.
A separate investigation into the violence has been ongoing at the United Nations, with preliminary findings revealing that the Nigerian government has questions to answer.

Mr El-Zakzaky and his members have instituted several court cases against the government for his detention, and an order for his release had been handed down by a federal court.

However, the government has been reluctant to obey the order, citing national security and the cleric’s safety.
A few days ago on July 10, federal lawmakers also passed a resolution for the Buhari administration to honour court orders and release the cleric. They expressed fears that Nigeria’s security crisis could get even more complicated if IMN members become radicalised over the prolonged incarceration of their leader and deadly confrontations with security forces.
The cleric was taken away from the public’s view, alongside his wife, Zeenah, who was arrested with him on December 14, 2015.

He was only allowed a brief appearance before television cameras at the headquarters of the State Security Service in Abuja, where he had been detained for the most of his incarceration.

A few months ago, the cleric was transferred to Kaduna and arraigned on criminal charges. But widespread protests for his release continued almost every other day since his arrest.

The protesters have encountered deadly response from Nigerian security forces, which had led to hundreds of deaths.

In October 2018, dozens of Shiites were killed when Nigerian soldiers responded to a procession with live ammunition.
Security agencies, however, denied using disproportionate force, saying the Shiites were the aggressors and they would not be allowed to take over the Nigerian capital and unleash violence on citizens.
Groundwork laid

The Buhari administration has long categorised IMN as a violent group and encourages the use of force to suppress its agitations.

“This proscription will put an end to the madness of Shiites in Nigeria,” one of the official sources who confirmed the discussion on the executive order for proscription told PREMIUM TIMES Monday night.
Another source said Mr Buhari would cite the Terrorism Prevention Act to ban the Shiite movement in Nigeria. The law was introduced under President Goodluck Jonathan to proscribe Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation and intensify the crackdown on its members.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the police have concluded that they might not be able to contain Shiite protesters in Abuja any longer. But the administration had now become reluctant to deploy soldiers to crush protests in downtown Abuja because of its negative perception.
Sources said Mr Buhari sympathised with the situation the police have found themselves on the Shiite crisis but was also concerned about what Nigerians would say should he proscribe yet another group for its antagonistic tactics.

“The judgement is called for,” a source said. “But the presidency is probably concerned that people will say: so why not Fulani Herdsmen, too?”
Our sources spoke under anonymity because they were not authorised to disclose the development before a formal announcement by the administration.

If gazetted, the IMN will be the second organisation to be proscribed by Mr Buhari, who assumed office in May 2015 and was declared the winner of a second term this March. The government had declared the separatist Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) a violent group in 2017 and proscribed its activities across Nigeria.

It was not immediately clear how the IMN would respond to its proscription if announced.
A spokesperson for the movement said a decision would be taken after official announcement by the administration

Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Umar Bellel, has been buried according to Islamic rites, Igbere TV reports.

Igbere TV reports that DCP Bellel was killed in today's Shiites protest in the nation's capital.

Umar Bellel was Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations at the FCT police command, in Abuja.

Igbere TV reports that members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shiites, on Monday, stormed the streets of Abuja in a violent protest.

The group is protesting the continued detention of their spiritual leader, El-Zazaky, by the federal government.

The victim, Igbere TV learnt, is a father of one. We were able to obtain a photo of himself and his only child, a girl.

DCP Bellel was killed by Shiite protesters while trying to prevent destruction of properties at the federal secretariat and three arms zone, Abuja.

Earlier a funeral prayer was held at the National Mosque, Abuja, in honour of the fallen police officer.

He was reportedly buried at the National Cemetery, Abuja.

Three other officers are still lying in critical condition at the National hospital, Abuja, as at press time.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the refusal of the Supreme Court to revisit its earlier ruling on Zamfara State election, Igbere TV reports.

The party said the Court’s decision was good for democracy.

In a statement sent to Igbere TV, the PDP mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) for asking the court to “review and reverse its lawful and well-founded judgment."

Igbere TV reports that the Supreme Court had previously voided the participation of the APC and its candidates in Zamfara State in the last general elections.

The PDP says by the latest decision, “the Court has once again saved our nation from a huge constitutional crisis that could have devastated our constitutional democracy and corporate existence as a nation.”

The PDP described the demand by the APC to the Supreme Court as “blasphemous”, a “blackmail” as well as a “measured landmine” set by APC leaders in their desperation to ambush and destroy the integrity of the apex court.

“The motive of the APC leaders is to ultimately sequester the institution of the judiciary and foist a totalitarian order on our polity.

“It is also instructive to note that by asking the Supreme Court to embark on a journey to nowhere, the APC clearly sought to subvert our democratic system and surreptitiously force on Nigerians, a system that is completely alien to our constitutional democracy and outside the confines and dictates of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

“APC’s demand is a direct threat to our democracy, peace and stability of our nation and shows its unwillingness, as a party, to abide by the rule of law.

“It also exposes APC’s penchant for sowing crisis in our nation; a situation that should be condemned by all", the statement read.

The PDP, therefore, urged Nigerians, institutions of democracy, as well as security agencies to be “cautious” of the APC “as it has shown that it is not committed to the unity and stability of our dear nation.”

http://igberetvnews.com/837177/just-in-pdp-reacts-to-supreme-courts-refusal-to-revisit-zamfara-election/

frankomale1:
Thanks CG for correcting the wrong assumptions on the cause of the incident. Please people suicide is never an option

THE crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly degenerated into a violent confrontation Tuesday evening as 15 Iawmakers-elect, including Mr. Seidu Oshiomhole (Etsako West 11), the younger brother of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were attacked by some suspected hoodlums.

Some of the lawmakers were said to have sustained serious injuries were rushed to the hospital for treatment where they are still recuperating at the time of filing this report.

The 15 lawmakers who are loyal to the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were not invited to the Monday night inauguration of the Assembly where 9 members met to elect Mr. Frank Okiye (Esan North East 1) as Speaker.

During the violent assault, the elected legislators who vowed to resist the emergence of Okiye, a Governor Godwin Obaseki loyalist, were severely beaten up by the goons who inflicted bodily harm on them.


According to an aide of one of the lawmakers who would not want his name in print, the attack which happened at a hotel in downtown Benin during a meeting by the lawmakers-elect saw both hotel staff and guests run for safety.

A close police source who was not authorised to speak on the issue said that a former deputy speaker, Mr. Victor Tiger Edoror led his colleagues to the police headquarters in Benin to make a report of the assault.
Some of Edoror’s aides who accompanied him to the State Criminal Investigative Department were seen talking in low tone yesternight as he wrote a statement.

Efforts to reach the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. DanMallam Mohammed proved abortive as his mobile phone was engaged as of the time of filing this report.

iamJ:
Op abeg please don't just put 1 picture of daddy bubu

At least 4 pictures, we love the man too much, we want to see more pictures of him