rontline aspirant for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba has promised to prioritize stemming the attacks on security agencies by unknown gunmen.

Uba expressed dissatisfaction on what he described as “politics of blackmail” amongst governorship contenders, insisting that campaigns should be ‘issues’ based.

He spoke to reporters at the ongoing 11th Synod of the Anglican diocese of Abuja.

He said: “As a frontline governorship aspirant, I’m worried by the spate of attacks by unknown gunmen on security agencies in Anambra, especially police stations.

“The world over, the police is the primary agency through which government maintains law and order. We say that we are under-policed, yet unknown gunmen are attacking the few policemen we have. This is one issue my administration will tackle to prevent people from resorting to turning Anambra into a lawless state”.

As a former chairman, Senate committee on Interior, Uba said he is aware that the three tiers of government are jointly responsible for the protection of life and property, and challenged the state governments to rise to the challenge

“We operate a federal system. That’s why we have the president, governors and council chairmen. If the president can do everything, then there wouldn’t have be any need to elect governors and council chairmen.

“Just as the governor is in charge of the disbursement of all the monies coming into a state, so also is he responsible for the welfare of the citizens in his system. That’s why I have a watertight strategy to address the issue of unknown gunmen troubling Anambra State,” he stated.

On reports that he secretly married former Abia federal lawmaker , Hon. Nnenna Elendu- Ukeje, Uba dismissed the report as a lie concocted by his political opponents.

“My family and the entire Ukeje family have been close for over 20 years. I was therefore shocked to read that I secretly married Hon. Nnenna Ekendu-Ukeje. The publisher has realized he was misled, called to apologise, and put up a disclaimer.

“My lawyers insist we sue, but I can’t go about suing every Tom, Dick and Harry simply because somebody paid them to do a hatchet job. I know the politician who sponsored the media attack, but this is not what Anambra needs at this time,” he stated.





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Former commissioner of Information of Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, recently petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC) to investigate the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Uche Secondus for allegedly mismanaging the party’s funds. Afegbua who isn’t new to controversies insists in this interview with, KEMI YESUFU, that the leadership of the main opposition party should give account on money raised by the party. The former commissioner also speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the challenges facing the country, saying the current administration is adverse to criticism.

You petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC) to investigate alleged fraud by the national chairman of your party, Mr. Uche Secondus. Have you gotten any response?

It’s one thing to petition EFCC and ICPC, it’s another thing for them to act. As anti-graft agencies, they study a petition sent to them, they will look through the allegations and then assign the case. The ICPC has called to say they’ve received my petition and it is receiving attention. I petitioned the anti-graft agencies because of our national chairman, whom in my estimation has not been transparent. I believe that as members of the party should know how much was raised and the expenditures made. We need know if expenditures made followed due process. It is left for the anti-graft agencies to take action.

As a member of opposition, aren’t you worried about your national chairman being indicted by the anti-graft agencies? His indictment could also mean his removal as chairman…

I even want him leave. As national chairman he hasn’t given the party bite. PDP is a party with structures in all of the LGAs and states of the federation. The party has very strong presence nationally, but we have a national chairman that lacks capacity to contend with topical issues, position the party to earn more respect, position the party to gain the support of the electorate-he hardly talks. He hardly visits radio or television stations to speak on topical issues or express his opinion on the aspirations of the people. I don’t see him taking action to place the party on stronger pedestal to contest for power. I am of the position that instead of tolerating the national chairman’s obvious incompetence, it is better for the party to overhaul and retool itself by easing out the national chairman and all other non-performing persons.

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Education as a Vaccine asked female students to share what it is like, navigating tertiary institutions as adolescent girls and young women. Here are some responses we got.



Generally, it is difficult being a woman. It is even more difficult being one in a world where men feel they can take advantage of you because they have the power to decide your fate.

The zeal for women to become successful has triggered increased interest in female education and with it, another location where men attempt to take advantage of women. Personally, as a female student in the tertiary institution, I always have to double-check the makeup I apply, the type of braids I make, the length of my skirts, the elasticity of my trousers, the color of my outfit. All these, just so my presence does not command attention or cause people to judge me if something happens. As I later learned, none of it matters; even though I dress as basic as possible, lecturers still notice me.



Even if I wanted to, I cannot dress flamboyantly because my course has a strict black and white dress code and an additional necessity for societally approved decency. As a fresher, what could I have been doing to attract the attention of Dr. Bami, a lecturer whose classes I was not even taking? When I finally asked how he knew me, he said, ”I notice”. Notice Kwa! It took the intervention of my parents to stop him from hurting my education after several rounds of embarrassment and harassment within the campus because I turned him down repeatedly.



This got me wondering, what can a young girl actually do? How can one look decent and still get harassed? Why are we caught in a situation of looking at the mirror for hours debating the innocence or guilt of our dressing? These and many more are questions that run through my mind all the time.



It is really difficult finding a balance and coming out of school without a case of harassment from the lecturers. While I have never had issues passing my exams because I am a woman or been deprived of certain roles because of that, I have always stepped out praying that no man looks at me and sees the need for me to be taken advantage of. I should be able to get an education without the crippling fear of getting harassed every time I leave for school.



I should not have to get an education while walking on eggshells. On more than one occasion, I have let marking errors go even when it meant me rewriting a course, all in a bid to avoid visiting a lecturer’s office but how feasible is this plan of mine and how long can I do this for?





-ANONYMOUS.

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Why I donated my entire salary to widows, orphans-Rep Ottah Agbo

Before his foray into politics, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Narcotics Drugs, Rep. Francis Ottah-Agbo built a sterling career in journalism and media management working as media adviser to top government functionaries including the legendry Prof. Dora Akunyili and former Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson. In this interview with with Frontline News Online, Agbo who represents Ado/Obadigbo/Opkokwu Federal Constituency of Benue State speaks on his legislative agenda, disclosing why he donated his entire salary to widows and orphans in one day.

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Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Narcotics Drugs, Rep. Francis Ottah-Agbo, has revealed how poor funding and outdated equipment is hampering the operations of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The lawmaker disclosed in an interview with Frontline News Online that NDLEA personnel confront dangerous drug traffickers with guns some of which their models were used during the Nigerian civil war which ended in January 1970.

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No less than 720 Nigerian youths within the country and the Diaspora have commenced month long prayers for the peace and prosperity of Nigeria.


Young Christians drawn from organizations such as the Nigeria Corpers Fellowship, Youth Reformers Network (YRN) and Watchmen and Intercessors Network Nigeria (WINN) are to pray from 1-30 November 2020, for good direction for the county’s leaders and the rise of youths who will form the bedrock of a new breed of effective and corruption-free leaders across the country.


Announcing the month long prayer which young people within and outside the country will be participating at press conference held at the Nehemiah Apostolic Prophetic Centre, Abuja on Wednesday, National Coordinator of YRN, Mr. Izuchukwu Samuel, said Nigerian youth must add prayer to their push for a better nation.


Responding to questions from journalists, Samuel expressed optimism that the 30-day prayer will have impact on Nigeria, even as he said young persons from other faiths, who wish to pray for progress and stability of the country can join- in wherever they are.

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Monday September 28 was a special moment in the life, Miss. Chikezie Favour, a JSS 2 student of Mountain Crest School Owerri, Imo State, as she received a plaque from President Muhammadu Buhari , for winning the Junior Category of the national essay competition organized by the Independent Corrupts Practices Commission (ICPC), as part of events to mark the agency’s 20th anniversary.

12 year old Favour was among awardees presented plaques by the President at the Federal Executive Council Chambers. Other awardees on the day include, Matilda Daniels for the Senior Category of the Essay Writing category, CSP. Francis Osagie Erhabor and Hamza Adamu Buwai for the Public Service Integrity Category, as well as Adeboye Opeyemi who won the music category.

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President of Africa Young Female Advisers Initiative, Abiodun Essiet, has identified targeted investment by government at all levels in sectors that improve the survival and status of women, as critical to their empowerment.

She listed healthcare, education, poverty alleviation and agriculture as sectors through which the Federal Government, states and Local Government administrators are to significantly improve on budetray allocations if Nigeria is to empower women.

Essiet who is Special Adviser to the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Donor Agencies and Civil Society Organizations spoke to journalists on Monday at the opening ceremony of a Partners For West Africa (Nigeria) organized, 3-Day training on Media and Communications, Leadership and Gender Budgeting , for young female Special Advisers to elected government officials in the legislature and executive.

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President of Africa Young Female Advisers Initiative, Abiodun Essiet, has identified targeted investment by government at all levels in sectors that improve the survival and status of women, as critical to their empowerment.

She listed healthcare, education, poverty alleviation and agriculture as sectors through which the Federal Government, states and Local Government administrators are to significantly improve on budetray allocations if Nigeria is to empower women.

Essiet who is Special Adviser to the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Donor Agencies and Civil Society Organizations spoke to journalists on Monday at the opening ceremony of a Partners For West Africa (Nigeria) organized, 3-Day training on Media and Communications, Leadership and Gender Budgeting , for young female Special Advisers to elected government officials in the legislature and executive.

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Forbes’ “Best of Africa” award conferred on business mogul, chairman and director of many topnotch companies, including Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. ‘Hosa, for short) on Friday, September 11, 2020, was very inspirational. It has compelled an obligatory task of reviewing his fascinating trajectory and revisiting the question of his identity.
Long before the current jejune effort, especially by his traducers, to rewrite his story in a series of articles and social media posts, he had consciously defined the shape and texture of his future with the magnitude of his ethical values of integrity, and commitment to ideals-strong enough to ward off the revisionists, like water on the back of a duck.

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A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Gender Strategy Advancement International has described the proposal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to carry out drug tests for single ladies as a prerequisite for marriage as sexist, reckless and dangerous.

The West African Coordinator of the group, Ms. Adaora Onyechere, in a personally signed statement sent to journalists, Monday in Abuja, called on the chairman of the NDLEA, Mohammed Mustapha Abdalla, “to wean himself off patriarchal biases, discriminatory policies and pursue inclusion in what is a generic rather than gender vice”.

“We find the call by the NDLEA to carry out drug tests on single ladies before marriage as sexist, reckless and poorly thought out. It such discriminatory policies that have continued to empower abusers of girls and women in this country,” Onyechere said in the statement.

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First son of former military head of state, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (Retd), Mohammed Babangida is doing great things even though silently. Mohammed through his El-Amin Foundation has helped the less privileged across the country with little fanfare.

Giving the poor and needy outside the spotlight as an individual and through his foundation seems to be the admirable style of the former leader’s son. But as it is famously said a gold fish has no hiding place, as stories of some of Mohammed’s acts of kindness have been shared by beneficiaries. Some of those who benefited from the younger Babangida’s generosity are widows who received bank alerts as COVID-19 support.

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Member Representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/ Obowo, Federal Constituency of Imo State, Rep. Chike Okafor, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the crisis rocking the ruling, All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okafor in a statement entitled, ‘APC Crisis: Where Are The Leaders Of Our Party?’, stressed the importance of the President intervening , as the party may not survive the different actions taken by members of the National Working Committee of recent.

Recall that on Tuesday the Court of Appeal upheld the suspension of APC former national chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole as a member of the party. In a unanimous judgment of a three-man panel led by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, the Court of Appeal affirmed the earlier March 4, 2020 order of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, suspending Oshiomhole and barring him from continuing to parade himself as the national chairman of the party.

Following Oshimhole’s suspension, Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Victor Giadom, declared himself acting national chairman of the party. Giadom also called for a fresh screening of APC governorship aspirants for the Edo State governorship election.

His actions were swiftly rejected by the National Working Committee, which announced its Deputy National Chairman (South), Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as its acting National Chairman. This announcement again saw Deputy National chairman, Mr. Hillard Eta announcing himself as acting on behalf of Ajimobi who is believed to be treating COVID-19 in a Lagos hospital.

Okafor described happenings in the ruling party in the last 48 hours as highly worrisome, pointing to the need for presidential intervention. He also called on other leaders of the party such as Vice –President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Dr. Ahmed Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and members of the Federal Executive Council to step in to save the party.

The former chairman House Committee on Healthcare Services blamed the crisis rocking the ruling party on the personal interests of some leaders of the party ahead of 2023 polls.

The statement read in part: “In the last few days our great party has become the talking point and of course the byword for all that is wrong in party politics. Whether rightly or wrongly, the incontrovertible truth is that our party is slipping.



“From the President, the Vice President, the Senate President, the Speaker, the Deputy Senate President, the Deputy Speaker, and indeed all members of the 9th National Assembly and the Governors under our party ,APC from across the six geopolitical zones, ministers, the members of the National Executive Council (NEC), NWC and all the ruling organs of our party and indeed to every other category of leader in our great party, it's time to take charge as leaders. It's time to take action”.

According to the lawmaker, failure to solve the problems currently confronting the party may lead to failure in 2023.

“True enough, interests can come in conflict and ambitions can cross paths, yet we all have a meeting point and which is - our party platform. We cannot afford to ruin that platform in pursuit of such interests and ambitions.

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Abdullahi Mohammed Gana was appointed as Commandant General of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in July 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari. His appointment was greeted with celebration at the headquarters of the NSCDC. Five years after, Gana has a sprawling new headquarters, 13 State Commands and the establishment of the Agro-Rangers and mining protection sector units as some of his achievements. In this interview with, KEMI YESUFU, the NSCDC C-G gives insight into his tenure, the challenges he has faced and why he prioritized the training and discipline of his personnel.

When you started your career in the NSCDC, did you envisage your becoming C-G?

I was a banker. I rose to level of a branch manager in Port-Harcourt. My banking career saw me working in places like Onitsha, Jos and Lagos as a manager. In Lagos, I was walking around Kingsway Road Ikoyi, with my cousin and I saw an old man walking with this ‘red neck’ (points to uniform collar). I told my cousin, that I liked the uniform the old man wore. He dismissed my admiration, saying ‘Those people are touts’. I never knew it was destiny calling me. After some years, I just found myself registering as volunteer in the corps before the law to make it part of government was enacted. I never dreamt of being the CG of the NSDC, but God willed it and today I am doing my best to justify the confidence reposed in me.



After 53 years of NDSDC, what would you list as pivotal moments in your history?

Most people are not aware of the International Civil Defence Organisation based in Geneva. The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is the Nigerian chapter of the International Civil Defence Organization. The mandate worldwide for civil defence corps is disaster management, both for man- made and natural disaster. In Nigeria, the civil defence corps was born out of necessity. It was created during the Nigerian civil war in 1967. It was given three mandates. First was it was to cater for injured soldiers from the war front. Second was teaching the civil populace precautionary measures in case of emergencies. Thirdly, it served as a reservoir for the military. This is why the bond between the military and the civil defence is tight. It is like a relationship between a father and child. So, we celebrated the 53rd anniversary of the corps in Nigeria and we look back at how we started as a voluntary origination, outside of government and today the corps is not only part of government, its mandate is wider. In fact, we do all we can to meet up with the expectations of the public, as more people now recognize our contributions to the peace and stability of the country.

In Nigeria, people now realise what civil defence is all about, like some other parts of the world, a good example of such places in RUSSIA. I was in RUSSIA for three weeks. There they have the ministry of Civil Defence, they have the University of Civil Defence. For the three weeks I spent in the country, I didn’t see the police until the day I was leaving. So, everything that has to do with the civil society is done by Civil Defence. We are doing more to enlighten Nigerians on the real roles of the corps, I am sure with time, the recognition of our role will improve. But when you look the corps from 1967 to 2003 when the bill establishing the NSCDC was passed into law, in less than 20 years we have achieved a lot.

From 1967 till date would you say the corps has achieved its mandate?

Looking at it first from our international mandate, you know in Nigeria we have the National Emergency Agency (NEMA). But the NSCDC is the only organization of government that has about 10,000 personnel dedicated to disaster management. We are the only organization that has a directorate for crisis management. We have achieved a lot in terms of our international mandate, especially as we work hand –in-hand with NEMA.

How did you instill discipline within your rank and file?

The watchword of every uniformed organization is discipline. This is achieved through training. We place premium on training and retraining our men. We a product of the Nigerian military, ninety-five percent of our training is handled by the military. Even our recent training of ‘Agro-Rangers’ done in Katsina State was handled by the military.

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COVID-19 : NSCDC personnel have orders to handle public with civility-C-G, Abdullahi Muhammadu

Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, on Thursday appealed to the public to cooperate fully with security personnel on duty to enforce the Covid-19 lockdown as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari and some state governors.

Muhammadu who gave a pass mark to personnel of the NCDC on duty across the country, told Frontline News Online in an exclusive interview on Thursday in Abuja, that the eleven thousand personnel from the NSCDC sent out to play the role of enforcement of rules during the lockdown were given orders to treat anyone they encounter with civility.

He said: “We met with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and the role assigned to us is that of enforcement. In carrying out this assignment, I cautioned those sent out to be civil with the public. In fact, I didn’t send any armed personnel out for the enforcement of the COVID-19 lockdown. I instructed that no one on COVID-19 lockdown enforcement should carry arms and this instruction is fully obeyed.

“We are all over the country for this assignment. Initially, I deployed 9,500 personnel. But we soon realised the need to add more personnel to achieve the aims of the Federal Government to stop the transmission of the virus through an effective lockdown. So I sent out an additional number of two thousand NSCDC personnel. As I speak with you we have over eleven thousand personnel enforcing the lockdown”.

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Presidential candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) for the 2019 election, Mr. Tope Fasua, speaks about a better Nigeria with passion. His campaign dubbed the revolution of ideas saw him traversing 33 states.

While many backed the COVID-19 lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari and governors in affected states, Fasua, an economist and businessman, strongly advocated for a reopening of economy, saying Nigerians many of whom operate in the informal should return to work to keep the country afloat.

In this interview with KEMI YESUFU, he speaks on the way out of the many challenges Nigeria’s faces, advising that the Federal Government invest in a foundation of human capital development. Fasua an author of six books also believes the global COVID-19 lockdown, which saw oil prices crash to an unprecedented low, leaving Nigeria’s economy in dire straits presents an opportunity for the actual restructuring the country needs.



You canvassed the reopening of the economy after weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. Do you stand by your call, seeing the chaos that followed the first two to three days of the reopening, as well as the number of new cases of the disease on a daily basis?

I don’t know what will happen to change my position. But for now, I stand by it. The chaos that followed last Monday and Tuesday should have told us that what we did was right. Imagine the thousands of people that besieged the banks. A lot of them were at the bank to collect the little money they had, some were at the banks to get their ATM. All the while they were at home in agony. What kills more than loneliness and agony? We heard of one or two people slumping at the bank.

People fail to see the connection between economy, finance and health. But there is a very strong connection. Many people could have developed different ailments stuck at home. Many people hadn’t seen their loved ones for weeks. You saw a lot of people walking through Asaba and Onitsha to meet their loved ones because the Niger Bridge was shut for days. So, I stand by my advocacy of opening the economy, not because I believe the economy is more important than health. But also because as documented, in that interregnum where people were locked down in their houses things happened that weren’t documented. One, a lot people were afraid of visiting hospitals, out of the fear of COVID-19 and the inability to move. Therefore, they didn’t take care of their health. Globally, we heard of the increase in domestic violence, child abuse or people dying of other diseases in their homes. The reopening of the economy came as a huge relief for many. I saw the mama put with people around them selling their food down the road. Where were people like them during the lockdown? We saw the people at the banks; you then ask who did government give the palliatives? How was the money meant for palliatives spent?

Your answer focused more on the human aspect of the COVID-19 lockdown. As an economist, I thought you would be more concerned about the dire straits Nigeria has found itself in. We have crashed oil prices; the Federal Government has taken huge loans, as well as resorting to the taking from the rainy day fund managed by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority…..

It’s still all about the human factor. Like I said earlier, we fail to see the link between economics, finance and health. Aside from this, the issues you raised are part of my concerns. The skies are falling. We have the scenario where crude oil price fell. This is the only thing that Nigeria sells. Not only was the price of crude oil down, our government agencies went to sleep for weeks. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) knows people won’t pay tax this year. Where will they get the money from? FIRS was sending out tweets for people to pay their taxes in advance. But they can see that they are going to miss their target by a mile this year. So, the model of shutdown wasn’t well thought out globally. I have heard it said that this (pandemic) is a war. Do you sleep through a war? Who are those fighting on our behalf? Now the question is, how does Nigeria get out of this? We have a scenario where the current situation is still being treated like a partisan issue. There is no broad based coalition of people with ideas on what we can do. No matter how they want to do it, my message is that we have to be equitable. Whatever we have to share, we need to think of the estimated 200 million people in Nigeria. We should focus on the most vulnerable. This is not the time for frivolities as they are used to. The idea may be that the little that is available, a couple of people would sit on it and just to behave like they used to. The result is that you will zombify the people and then precipitate some kind of asymmetric and spontaneous violence, which we have never seen in these parts. Our people are not violent. But nobody should push them.

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Veteran Nollywood actress Barbara Odoh has a new gig. The ageless beauty has released a gospel album.

She told Frontline News Online, that her music is an expression of her love for God and the joy she experiences in worshiping him.

With songs like, ‘I Will Still Be Joyful’, ‘Comforted In You’ and the title track, ‘Who Am I’, the actress is making a claim in the country’s gospel music scene.

Speaking on why she released an album, during the Coronavirus lockdown, Barbara, who many still remember for her role in the Nollywood classic, Glamour Girls, expressed confidence that her songs will inspire many at this difficult period.

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In a surprise move, Peter Esele, a known ally of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has called for his removal.

Esele who was the National President of the Trade Union Congress at the same time Oshiomhole head the National Labour Congress, said the APC has retrogressed under its current National Chairman.

He also expressed disappointment over the statements made by the APC national chairman of recent.

Esele in a Facebook post shared on Saturday asked his friend to resign honorably. Recall that the former TUC president vied for the APC governorship ticket, with Oshiomhole throwing his weight behind Governor Godwin Obaseki.

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Valentine’s Day 2020 will remain evergreen in the memory of founder of Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation (FAFH), Engr. Funmilayo Waheed. In her usual selfless manner, the young philanthropist in the company of her husband, Professor Waheed Adekojo, hosted beneficiaries of her foundation, many of whom came from different parts of the country to Lagos.


Professor Waheed Adekojo was on hand to support his wife, Funmilayo at Friday’s event
To make it a happy event for beneficiaries, the amicable host asked that her guests, majority of who are students, to come with their partners. Some took up the generous offer, while others preferred to come alone.

Before Friday’s joyful gathering, many had read or heard about Engr. Waheed’s heart of gold. Amazingly, some of those who’ve benefited from FAHF hardly had the chance to meet her in person and so when the FAHF Foundation Valentine Hangout was announced, they jumped at the opportunity of seeing their benefactor in person.

Predictably a couple of beneficiaries got emotional, with some shedding tears of joy, when narrating how FAHF came to their rescue.

They came from all parts of Nigeria, the South-East, the North as well as the South-South. The South West, especially Ogun people were not left out.

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) sent in a powerful delegation to honour Engr. Waheed as their matron. Their chronicle of her achievements for them had to be cut short by the Masters of Ceremony as they continued to reel out her interventions on behalf students at every level, from primary to secondary and tertiary who ordinarily would have dropped out of school.



In her welcome address, Engineer Funmilayo Ayinke Waheed who looked dashing with her red pant suit attire went down memory lane to explain why she started the Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation. She also gave details of how far she had gone with videos of interventions carried out for widows as well as single mothers in Ogun State towards the end of the year. She further revealed that the Foundation caters for students at different level of their education. To the joy of her guests, the FAHF said she is happy with the way Nigerians have responded to her show of love.



She also had a word for those who were hearing of her activities for the first time telling them that the reason they were asked to fill forms at the point of entry into the venue of the event was to collect their data, know how her Foundation can assist.



Read more @: Valentine’s Day 2020 will remain evergreen in the memory of founder of Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation (FAFH), Engr. Funmilayo Waheed. In her usual selfless manner, the young philanthropist in the company of her husband, Professor Waheed Adekojo, hosted beneficiaries of her foundation, many of whom came from different parts of the country to Lagos.


Professor Waheed Adekojo was on hand to support his wife, Funmilayo at Friday’s event
To make it a happy event for beneficiaries, the amicable host asked that her guests, majority of who are students, to come with their partners. Some took up the generous offer, while others preferred to come alone.

Before Friday’s joyful gathering, many had read or heard about Engr. Waheed’s heart of gold. Amazingly, some of those who’ve benefited from FAHF hardly had the chance to meet her in person and so when the FAHF Foundation Valentine Hangout was announced, they jumped at the opportunity of seeing their benefactor in person.

Predictably a couple of beneficiaries got emotional, with some shedding tears of joy, when narrating how FAHF came to their rescue.

They came from all parts of Nigeria, the South-East, the North as well as the South-South. The South West, especially Ogun people were not left out.

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) sent in a powerful delegation to honour Engr. Waheed as their matron. Their chronicle of her achievements for them had to be cut short by the Masters of Ceremony as they continued to reel out her interventions on behalf students at every level, from primary to secondary and tertiary who ordinarily would have dropped out of school.



In her welcome address, Engineer Funmilayo Ayinke Waheed who looked dashing with her red pant suit attire went down memory lane to explain why she started the Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation. She also gave details of how far she had gone with videos of interventions carried out for widows as well as single mothers in Ogun State towards the end of the year. She further revealed that the Foundation caters for students at different level of their education. To the joy of her guests, the FAHF said she is happy with the way Nigerians have responded to her show of love.



She also had a word for those who were hearing of her activities for the first time telling them that the reason they were asked to fill forms at the point of entry into the venue of the event was to collect their data, know how her Foundation can assist.



Read more @: Valentine’s Day 2020 will remain evergreen in the memory of founder of Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation (FAFH), Engr. Funmilayo Waheed. In her usual selfless manner, the young philanthropist in the company of her husband, Professor Waheed Adekojo, hosted beneficiaries of her foundation, many of whom came from different parts of the country to Lagos.


Professor Waheed Adekojo was on hand to support his wife, Funmilayo at Friday’s event
To make it a happy event for beneficiaries, the amicable host asked that her guests, majority of who are students, to come with their partners. Some took up the generous offer, while others preferred to come alone.

Before Friday’s joyful gathering, many had read or heard about Engr. Waheed’s heart of gold. Amazingly, some of those who’ve benefited from FAHF hardly had the chance to meet her in person and so when the FAHF Foundation Valentine Hangout was announced, they jumped at the opportunity of seeing their benefactor in person.

Predictably a couple of beneficiaries got emotional, with some shedding tears of joy, when narrating how FAHF came to their rescue.

They came from all parts of Nigeria, the South-East, the North as well as the South-South. The South West, especially Ogun people were not left out.

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) sent in a powerful delegation to honour Engr. Waheed as their matron. Their chronicle of her achievements for them had to be cut short by the Masters of Ceremony as they continued to reel out her interventions on behalf students at every level, from primary to secondary and tertiary who ordinarily would have dropped out of school.



In her welcome address, Engineer Funmilayo Ayinke Waheed who looked dashing with her red pant suit attire went down memory lane to explain why she started the Funmi Ayinke Humanity Foundation. She also gave details of how far she had gone with videos of interventions carried out for widows as well as single mothers in Ogun State towards the end of the year. She further revealed that the Foundation caters for students at different level of their education. To the joy of her guests, the FAHF said she is happy with the way Nigerians have responded to her show of love.



She also had a word for those who were hearing of her activities for the first time telling them that the reason they were asked to fill forms at the point of entry into the venue of the event was to collect their data, know how her Foundation can assist.

Read more @ : http://frontlinenews.com.ng/valentines-day-of-encomiums-for-fumilayo-waheed-as-students-shower-philanthropist-with-thanks/

‘Nothing wey Emeka Ihedioha no go see for Supreme Court’, for some has replaced the jocular, ‘Nothing wey Musa, no go see for gate’ antidote Nigerians use in explaining astonishing happenings. It is somewhat ironic that Emeka Ihedioha, who naturally isn’t associated with jokes and street banter, an individual often accused of walking with a chip on his shoulder and being a little too serious, now is the subject of street and online banter. Beyond the protests held in different parts of the country, the banter around Ihedioha shows how much of a topical issue his ouster at the Supreme Court has become.

On Tuesday January 14, the Supreme Court gave a ruling on the Senator Hope Uzodinma Vs Hon. Emeka Ihedioha case in respect of the Imo gubernatorial election held on March 9 2019. The Supreme Court delivered a verdict which surprised a whole lot of people. Many had taken it for granted that Ihedioha who enjoyed a popular mandate with his victory celebrated on the streets in Owerri, having triumphed at the elections petition tribunal and the Court of Appeal would have his election upheld by the apex court. The reverse was the case as the seven-man panel of the Supreme Court set aside the judgments of both courts and declared Sen. Uzodinma, who was a distant fourth in the March 2019 election as governor.


Imo State governor, Sen. Hope Uzodima
I heard of the Supreme Court ruling just 30 minutes after it was delivered. My mother, who comes from Imo State called from her village to confirm, if rumors that Uzodinma had been declared governor by the Supreme Court was true. I returned my mother’s call after a call to a colleague who covered proceedings at the apex court. He confirmed that Ihedioha had been removed as governor and replaced with Uzodinma. My mother told me her village was in mourning and after many conversations with other relatives, even weeks after the shocking verdict, it is safe to say Ndi Imo may continue to mourn unless the Supreme Court takes another look at its ruling on their state.

So, yes, I am not out to give an impartial, academic opinion on the Supreme Court ruling on the Imo governorship election. I am an interested party, an individual who is strongly connected to Imo, as many steeped in Igbo culture and tradition know that an individual enjoys full rights of a citizen in his/her mother’s village. My mother being an Imo indigene automatically qualifies me as an indigene. I therefore reiterate that my intervention is as commonsensical, as it is partially titled in a push for the prosperity, happiness and welfare of Ndi Imo.

I stand with the overwhelming majority of Imolites, who stoutly reject Uzodinma ‘s leadership as they didn’t vote him in, and support Ihedioha’s audacious return to Supreme Court. The former governor is asking in a motion on notice filled at the Supreme Court, that the court set aside as a nullity the judgment it delivered on January 14. The summary of Ihedioha’s motion urging the Supreme Court to set aside its ruling is that it was fraudulently obtained by Uzodinma.

Read more: http://frontlinenews.com.ng/the-expediency-of-emeka-ihediohas-return-to-supreme-court/

….Asks IGP to rein-in Kwara Commissioner of Police

----- Six live ammunition shells casings, nine teargas canisters found in the minister’s home after demolition 




Minister of State for Transport, Sen. Gbemi Saraki has described the demolition of her late father’s property in Ilorin, known as ‘Ile Arugbo’ by the Kwara State government as illegal.

The minister in a personally signed statement sent out Friday night, further described the demolition sanctioned by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazak as borne out of envy.

Sen. Saraki accused AbdulRazak of taking laws into hands by demolishing her father’s property, which she said her family used solely for humanitarian service.

She expressed shock that the Kwara State Government could unleash violence on old people living in the property. This is as she disclosed that she was not consulted on plans to demolish the said property by the governor, whom she said she has always accorded respect.

The statement read in part: “I condemn in totality the actions taken on Thursday 2nd January 2020 by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, especially unleashing terror and mayhem on innocent defenseless aged women simply exercising their right to peacefully protest.




“I call upon the Inspector General of Police to call the State Commissioner of Police to order — using security agencies and live ammunition to settle political and personal scores is NOT what the Buhari Administration is about.




“We must stand up against vindictive politics, driven by envy, motivated by jealousy and practiced without integrity”.

Recall that Frontline News Online reported that Gbemi's home which about 400 meters away from ‘Ile Arugbo’ felt the impact of the forceful demolition carried out with support from the police. Sources say six live ammunition shells casings and nine teargas canisters where found in the minister’s private resident following demolition.

Read more @ http://frontlinenews.com.ng/gbemi-saraki-slams-gov-abdulrazak-says-demolition-of-fathers-property-done-out-of-envy/

On Sunday November 24, the artiste born Kennedy Chukuwma Aja hosted the official presentation of his collabo with Afro Pop star, Davido, titled ‘I’m blessed’. The uplifting single is a follow up to earlier chart climbers ‘Melanin’ and “Bigger Than’, which features dancehall maestro, Patoranking.

The event held at upscale hangout, Spices, gave Notrace and his record label the opportunity to review the progress made in the last one year. It also witnessed members of the media speak on the discography of the artiste.

Following the unveiling of the lively video of ‘I’m Blessed’, Entertainment Editor of Leadership newspaper, Anthony Ada Abraham, DJ Scot of Brilla FM, Cool FM On-Air-Personality, Mr. Gee and another colleague from Hot FM, Joey took turns to speak on the new release, with accolades showered on Notrace. The consensus was that “I’m Blessed” will be well received by millions of music lovers, especially with 2020 around the corner.
Read more @: http://frontlinenews.com.ng/notrace-scores-im-blessed-collabo-with-davido/

Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Army, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas has stated the commitment of the House to re-positioning the army.

Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the committee on Wednesday, the lawmaker assured that with the cooperation of the Senate Committee on Army, the National Assembly will ensure the reposition of the Army.



Namdas, a former spokesman of the House also announced plans to train members of his committee and a tour of formations across the country in order for members to effectively contribute to the Army meeting the expectations of the citizenry, especially with the security challenges in some parts of the country.

Read more @: http://frontlinenews.com.ng/reps-committed-to-re-positioning-army-namdas/

Democracy thrives successfully and gloriously once the operators of the State and the System allow for the supremacy of the Constitution of the Land as well as other obligatory Legislative Enactments. And a State and System driven in the most adorable tenets of Constitutionalism must experience an impartial and independent Judiciary with Judges regarded as incorruptible and responsible .
This characteristic of DEMOCRACY elicits greatest confidence in the pronouncements of the Courts once disputes and disputations and grievances are laid for ultimate resolution and determination either amongst the Agencies of Government or the individual Members of the State and / or the different Organs of Government, especially the Executive and the Legislatve. All these conditions and characteristics help boundlessly in sustaining and deepening the Democratic Experience in a State. And the Hon. Chike Okafor explored, re-engineered freshest confidence in the Courts as well as the fledgling Democracy in Nigeria.

Another glorious revelation in the political travails of the Hon. Chike Okafor as sordid and awkward as they appeared or seemed were that the God factor, together with the factors of grace and mercy and compassions flowing therefrom, conditions the affairs of men either negatively or positively. It is indisputably aposite to emphasize that the Holy Scriptures described travails, trials and temptations as tests and measures of faith in the authority of JEHOVAH. Like Job as recorded in the Holy Bible, the Hon. Chike Okafor surrendered unconditionally to the final position of JEHOVAH in his political travails.

Just as Daniel and the three Jewish brothers in the stories of the Holy Bible, Okafor in exceptional show of faith and dedication and commitment declared, ” except I’m not serving a living God “. And soothingly and inspiringly at the right time and moment, JEHOVAH manifested in indescribable proportions in the restoration and revalidation and inauguration of the glories of the Hon. Chike Okafor. This notoriously settles the contention on the evidential and existential truthfulness of the God factor and the recorded apostolic grace and compassions, an encouragement to all Believers to hold unto JEHOVAH in their travails, trials and temptations.
For purposes of a reminder and refresher, the Hon. Chike Okafor was successfully declared upon victory at the primary election of the APC as the Candidate of his Political Party for the Ehime Mbano / Ihitte Uboma / Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State alias the Okigwe South Federal Constituency, with a much more resounding endorsement in victories and glories in the main election, defeating the Candidates of the other Political Parties. And as Statutorily required and mandated, the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) issued the said winner with a Certificate of Return preparatory to his eventual inauguration as a Member of the Ninth Assembly of the House of Representatives, Abuja Nigeria.

Read more @:http://frontlinenews.com.ng/re-revalidation-and-inauguration-of-hon-chike-okafor-by-temple-okonji/
Distraughtfully, the dream of immediate inauguration was shattered through ” Judicial Pronouncements ” considered bizzare, thoroughly unconscionable through irreconcilable political abracadabra. Dissatisfied with the pronouncements of the Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, per Kawuu J, including the umbrage and uproar against the sore development, both the APC as a Political Party and the Hon. Chike Okafor approached the Court of Appeal , Abuja Division, challenging in all fronts, all the issues forming the basis of the judgement and other pronouncements of the Court below. And in August 07 , 2019 , the shameful political and judicial twists and drama were favourably resolved and determined through a unanimous Judgement of the Court of Appeal. Specifically, the Court of Appeal made Orders for the restoration of the Candidacy, revalidation of the electoral victory and mandate, re – issuance of the invalidated Certificate of Return, and for immediate inauguration as a Member of the House of Representatives. And the case, including every dispute or disputation in the circumstance, closed in finality!

The member representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal constituency of Imo State, Rep. Chike Okafor, on Tuesday assured his constituents of effective representation.

Okafor, who was sworn-in on the first day of plenary, following the resumption of the House from its annual vacation also reiterated his commitment to defending the interests of his people.

“For my constituency, I told them I am going to be a strong voice and this is the major reason they voted for me overwhelmingly to come to 9th Assembly. To my constituents, I say, the strong voice is back. And I will continue to speak for ‘Okigwe South’, he said.

Read more @: http://frontlinenews.com.ng/rep-chike-okafor-assures-constituents-of-effective-representation/

.Says governor correcting years of misgovernance under Okorocha

Deputy Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Niger-Delta, Hon. Henry Nwawuba, has called for patience and support for Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State, as he had little option but to commence his tenure with correcting, what he described as years of bad governance under the immediate past governor of the state, Senator. Rochas Okorocha.


Deputy Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Niger-Delta, Hon. Henry Nwawuba
The lawmaker, representing Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State in a chat with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said rather than be criticized for inaugurating committees to look into past interventions and areas of contention in the state, Ihedioha should be commended for seeking holistic solutions to intricate problems he inherited from the Okorocha Administration, which held sway for eight years.

Nwawuba further argued that the Ihedioha Administration in Imo State has not only discarded the old ways of conducting business which was characterized by a lack of transparency and accountability, it is also charting a new course with interventions such as the introduction of Treasury Single Account policy (TSA) and the payment of counterpart funding for the N13.5 billion Rural Access and Mobility (RAMP) Project backed by the World Bank.

Read more @: https://frontlinenews.com.ng/nwawuba-commends-governor-on-n13-5b-road-world-bank-road-project-tsa/

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has restored the certificate of return issued to Chike Okafor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a member representing Ehimembano/Ihiteuboma/Obowo Federal constituency of Imo State at the House of Representatives.

In a unanimous judgment on Wednesday, the appellant court set aside the April 29 order made by Justice Bello Kawau of the Kubwa division of the FCT High court directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to Emeka Nwajuba as a member representing the federal constituency.

The three-man panel of the appellate court comprising Justice Adamu Jauro, Stephen Adah and Justice Wilson Akomolafe equally set aside the May 10, 2019 ruling of the trial court that it was functus officio to set aside his order of April 29, 2019 and the entire proceedings in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/423/2018.

Justice Adamu Jauro who delivered the lead judgment accordingly allowed the appeals filed by Chike Okafor and the APC for being meritorious.

Okafor and his political party had in separate appeals challenged the decision of the trial court which had barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from accepting or listing the candidate of the APC in the rescheduled National Assembly election.

Read more @: https://frontlinenews.com.ng/court-of-appeal-restores-chike-okafor-as-house-of-reps-member/

Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chike Okafor, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for picking, the member representing, Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo, Federal Constituency, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba, as the ministerial nominee for Imo State.

Okafor in a statement shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday, described Nwajiuba’s nomination as a blessing to the people of Imo State, most especially those from the Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo, Federal Constituency.


Former chairman House Committee on Healthcare Services Hon. Chike Okafor
The former lawmaker alongside his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently in the Court of Appeal, seeking to nullify the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which produced Nwajiuba of the Accord Party, as the member representing, Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, he however stressed the need for people from his constituency and state to support the ministerial nominee picked from Imo.

READ MORE @:https://frontlinenews.com.ng/okafor-hails-nwajiubas-nomination-as-minister-but/

Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chike Okafor, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for picking, the member representing, Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo, Federal Constituency, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba, as the ministerial nominee for Imo State.

Okafor in a statement shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday, described Nwajiuba’s nomination as a blessing to the people of Imo State, most especially those from the Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo, Federal Constituency.


Former chairman House Committee on Healthcare Services Hon. Chike Okafor
The former lawmaker alongside his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently in the Court of Appeal, seeking to nullify the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which produced Nwajiuba of the Accord Party, as the member representing, Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, he however stressed the need for people from his constituency and state to support the ministerial nominee picked from Imo.


Read more @: https://frontlinenews.com.ng/okafor-hails-nwajiubas-nomination-as-minister-but/

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved judgment in the appeal brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Hon. Chike Okafor, seeking to nullify the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which produced Emeka Nwajiuba of the Accord Party, as a member of representing Ehimembano/Ihiteuboma/Obowo Federal constituency of Imo State.



The three-man panel of the appellate court, namely: Justice Adamu Jauro, Stephen Adah and Justice Wison Akomolafe arrived at the decision after rejecting moves by Barr. Kingdom Okere, counsel for Emeka Nwajiuba, to terminate the appeal.

@:https://frontlinenews.com.ng/appeal-court-reserves-judgment-in-appeal-seeking-to-sack-emeka-nwajiuba-from-house/

It was a night of classy fun when multi-talented entertainer, Notrace, hosted the Abuja premiere of the video for his new single ‘Bigger Than’.

‘Bigger Than’ a banging track featuring rave act, Patoranking is a follow up to Notrace’s hit single ‘Melanin’.

‘Bigger Than’, just like ‘Melanin’ celebrates the unique features of the African woman.

Recall that Notrace, real name Kennedy Chukuwma Aja signed a N90 million record deal with Abuja showbiz leader, Dream Soul Entertainment late in 2018. It therefore comes as no surprise that he has within a short while secured collaborations with stars like Patoranking, Runtown and Davido.

Read more @:https://frontlinenews.com.ng/notrace-drops-bigger-than-collabo-with-patoranking/