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PDP suspends ex-Abia Reps member, Abonta for alleged anti-party activities

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The quick past part who addressed Ukwa East and Ukwa West Government Voting demographic, Hon Uzoma Nkem Abonta, under the foundation of the People groups Progressive alliance (PDP), has been suspended from the party. This was spread the word for newsmen in Akwete today, Wednesday 28, in a proclamation by the PDP Ward Director and Secretary of the party in Akwete-Ohandu Ward. A portion of the reasons they claimed include: hostile to party exercises, factionalization of the party in the ward, proudly exposing the party to a few court suits with no response to the PDP inside system of resolving clashes and debates, his arrangement as the Representative Chief General of the All Reformists Fantastic Collusion (APGA) in the 2023 general political race and his public acknowledgment of the said arrangement, his refusal to surrender the bike given to the Ward Director by Congressperson Enyinnaya Abaribe, his conspicuous refusal to pay the party duty for quite a while at this point, and his open
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Young Woman Allegedly Stoned To Death In Calabar

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  The body of a young woman was discovered at the popular Eleven-Eleven roundabout in Calabar   She was found early on Friday, September 30.   It is believed she was stoned to death because injuries were visible all over her body and stones were beside the body.   Sympathisers gathered around the lifeless body as they tried to identify her.   Some policemen in a pickup van arrived at the scene at about 8 a.m.
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Nigerian Man Dies In Turkey 5 Months After His Wedding

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A 35-year-old Nigerian man, Celestine Isele, who died five months after his wedding was laid to rest on Wednesday, September, 28, 2022 in Turkey.    Celestine and his wife, Gloria, got married in Imo State on April 23, 2022. He returned to Turkey after the wedding and died second week of September.     
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The Regime Is Not A Perfect One - Aisha Buhari Apologises To Nigerians Over Insecurity And Hardship

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The first Lady of Federal Republic of NIgeria, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has expressed regret to Nigerians over the security challenges and hardship being experienced in the country.    She made the apology on Friday, September 30, at the 62nd Independence Day Special Juma’at Prayer and Public Lecture with the theme “Shura: The Islamic Foundation of True Democracy” which was held at the National Mosque Conference Hall, Abuja. According to her, the devaluation of the naira, continuous drop in the foreign exchange rate has affected the economy and caused a lot of hardship and difficulties in terms of education, health and other day-to-day activities of Nigerians.    She however, lauded the military and other security agencies for their continued onslaught on terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and wished them more success.   "Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, as you may be aware that this government is making its exit and perhaps witnessing the last anniversary of
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2023 Presidency: Tinubu Sick? APC Chieftain Opens Up on Main Reason Jagaban Is In UK

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A claim that the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is sick has been debunked. During an interview on Friday, September 30, a chieftain of the APC, Ayo Oyalowo, said Tinubu is in the United Kingdom to rest. Oyalowo, during an Arise TV interview on Friday, disclosed that Tinubu has not been having enough rest since preparations for the ruling party's campaigns started, hence the need to leave Nigeria to take a break from work.  In the interview monitored by Daily Trust, Oyalowo said:  “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in London. He cannot rest in Lagos, they will not let him rest.  He came to Abuja most of the time, and they will still not let him rest.  "This man has been working for an average of 20 hours in 24 hours in each day. So reasonable people thought he should leave the country because people will not let him rest since the campaign is coming soon.  “The invitation for the peace accord came after Tinubu left the countr
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No Protest Is Allowed At Lekki Tollgate – Lagos Police

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  The Lagos state police command has warned against any form at Lekki Toll Gate.    In a statement released on Friday September 30 by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command stated that while it is not averse to the peoples’ right to freedom of assembly and association, and expression, it would equally live up to its mandate of ensuring that no person or group of persons infringe on the fundamental human rights of others, especially the rights to freedom of movement and right to dignity of human persons, especially under the guise of rally or procession.   The statement read;    “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally whatsoever will be allowed at the Lekki Toll gate on October 1, 2022. “This emphasis has become necessary to enlighten Nigerians that might be misled into converging at the toll gate. A court of competent jurisdiction has ruled that no person is allowed to converge at the Lekki Toll gate for whatever reason. “In
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. Anambra Gov. Charles Soludo Bans Transport Unions, Agberos From Motor Parks

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  Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has banned tricycle and shuttle bus unions in the state. The governor also sacked touts operating in motor parks in the state. This was released by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu,  in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Thursday.  There was a heavy protest on Thursday and Friday last week by tricycle and bus operators in Awka, who had complained about the N15,000 and N20,000 monthly tax imposed on them by the government. But the state government in its reaction to the protest said the union and touts masquerading as revenue agents were misleading and overtaxing the operators. Part of the release read: “In order to forestall breakdown of law and order, the state government hereby suspends all tricycle and shuttle bus unions in the state with immediate effect for six months. “This is pending further investigations and possible harmonization of the unions which shall have a leadership known to, and recognized by, the St
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PHEDC confirms electrocution of staff while trying to disconnect power lines in Calabar

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  The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), has confirmed the electrocution of one of its members of staff in Calabar.   As luck would have it, the PHED staff survived.   The PHEDC staff was carrying out electrical works at Army Junction, on the Muritala Mohammed highway in Calabar, when he was electrocuted.   In a video trending online people gathered at the foot of the electric pole to watch the electrocuted officer who was motionless at the top of the pole.  Officials are then seen positioning two ladders which two electrical staff climbed to get to the injured official and carry him down.    Mr Collins Igwe, Regional Manager, PHEDC,  said the staff was taken to the Navy hospital for treatment.   He was revived at the hospital and has now been discharged.   A friend of the electrocuted electrical staff gave an update on Facebook. He said he has spoken to his friend and he sounds "strong" following his discharge from the hospital.  
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Update: Kidnappers told me they killed my son after paying ransom twice - Bauchi lawmaker (video)

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  Mustapha Bala Ali, son of Bala Ali Lukshi, a member representing Dass Local Government in the Bauchi State has been murdered after collecting ransom twice.   According to a source the kidnappers abducted Mustapha in Dass, and demanded millions of naira for his release. The lawmaker told Labari Daga Bauchi on Tuesday, that after paying ransom, the kidnappers told him where he will find his son.   "After reaching there, we could not find anyone. We were making phone calls with those people. They collected the money they asked me to bring, but later told me that I submitted the money late and I needed to add more," the lawmaker said although he did not reveal the amount paid.   "I was one day late ahead of their deadline because the money was not complete then. They threatened to kill the boy. At that point, I added another money for them as they requested,"  he said.   “The last time we spoke was eight days ago, and from then they were not specific in all their conv
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Update: Security operatives rescue 2-week-old baby stolen from Bauchi hospital, arrest suspect

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Security agents have rescued the 14 days old twin baby stolen from the maternity ward of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi State.    LIB  reported  that the baby, Ibrahim Mohammed, was stolen on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, by a woman who posed as a hospital staff.    According to the management of ATBUTH the baby was recovered on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.  Handing over the child to the mother, chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the ATBUTH, Dr Haruna Liman, said that the infant was stolen from the mother eight days after delivery.    "The baby was stolen on 21st September, 2022 by 4:30 pm from the mother who is receiving treatment in the hospital. The baby boy was rescued today being 27th of September around 1:00 am in good health and sound. We appreciate Allah and the effort put by the Internal security of the hospital, Department of Security Services (DSS) Police and other security agencies in recovering the baby," he said
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"I am The Ordained Homosexual That God Loves" - Gay British-Nigerian Cleric, Jide Macaulay Celebrates Second Anniversary To Anglican Priesthood

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The British-Nigerian homosexual cleric, Jide Macaulay, has celebrated his second anniversary as an Anglican priest.  The cleric, who expressed himself as the "ordained homosexual that God loves" took to Instagram on Monday, September 26, to share his ''gruelling journey to priesthood; the trials, media attack, emotional, psychological abuse, racism and homophobia he faced for many years.''   "Today, I celebrate with thanksgiving my second anniversary to Anglican priesthood," he wrote.   Too often we wait on God in expectation. We are forced to wait for our own safety and forced to wait because there is danger and harmful elements in the way. We are forced to wait for our own maturity.   Some things are settled by God a long time ago, we must learn to wait. I learnt to wait on God even at times when I doubted and was mad at God.   I have so much faith in God who never changes their mind in matters concerning me.   When I was ordained deacon in 2013, I
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DSS arrests soldier allegedly supplying weapons to bandits

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  Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) have arrested a soldier attached to the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment in Tungan-Maje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for allegedly hiring out and selling guns to kidnappers. The suspect was apprehended last week following an operation carried out around Dankogi Park in Zuba in cooperation with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria in the area. The Security Operatives in the area told Daily Trust that DSS operatives from Gwagwalada office sought the assistance of the local security group in Zuba to arrest the suspect after he was accused of supplying arms by a suspected kidnapper in the security agency's custody. He said;     “It was learnt that the suspect, in the first deal, had allegedly hired out a gun for a kidnap operation for N300,000. “Then in the second instance, they contacted him for another deal and he demanded N200,000 which the kidnappers allegedly paid, but he failed to produce the gun.  “So they contacte
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Woman confesses to lying against man who was jailed for 20 years for rape

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A Zimbabwean woman has confessed to lying against a man who has been in prison for eight years, serving a 20-year rape sentence.    Simbarashe Chadiwa was handed a 20-year sentence for the rape of a 10-year old minor. The “victim” now 18, came out clean after a string of misfortunes befell her and her family.    She said;    “That man never raped me but I was under so much pressure that I ended up wrongly implicating him. “That action has been haunting me daily such that I can no longer live with the fact that there is someone out there who is suffering for a crime that he never committed in the first place. A lot of misfortunes are also happening at our home, which makes me suspect it has to do with the grief on the part of Simbarashe, hence my decision to come clean.”    The lady further revealed that the passing of her mother who recently died of a mysterious ailment triggered her confession. She added that a witch doctor told her to do the right thing.   Brother of the serving inma
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Bandits Threaten To Kill Mother, Her Newborn Baby And Two Sisters If Family Fails To Pay N50m Ransom In 48hrs

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The bandits who kidnapped Zainab Yusuf Mohammed and her two sisters in Kaduna State have threatened to kill them including her newborn baby if their family fails to pay N50m ransom in two days. Zainab,who was abducted with her two sisters at their family house in Lema community in Mando area of Kaduna, opposite the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on July 17, 2022, while taking care of their sick mother, gave birth in the kidnappers' den. The family of the captives disclosed that they have been able to raise N6.5m out of the ransom demanded. The victim’s brother, Kabir Yusuf, while speaking with journalists in Kaduna on Sunday, September 25, on behalf of the family, appealed to the government and good-spirited Nigerians to come to their aid.   “We have only been able to raise N6.5m, which was rejected by the bandits. I begged my sister’s abductors and told them we have sold everything we have to raise N6.5m, but, they (bandits) rejected it," he said.   "My sisters lamented
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My Job Was To Lead Gang Members To Victims’ Houses; I got N1.5m, $10,000 – Arrested Kidnap Kingpin Ikechukwu Ewa Says

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  John Ikechukwu Ewa, aka ‘John Lion’ the suspected kidnap gangster, who was cavalcaded by the Bayelsa state police command today, September 26, has shared details of his involvement in the crime.  He was apprehended by the operatives of Operation Puff Adder in Abuja and then transferred to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, where he was cavalcaded. Cavalcading the suspect and his abettor before newsmen today September 26, the state Commissioner of Police, said that on December 8, one Akeeb Oladele Olushola ‘m’ 48, a Manager of a new generation Bank, was kidnaped at his residence at Old Commissioners Quarters Opolo. He was released on the 12th December after paying a ransom of Eighty (N80) Million Naira. He said similarly, Danjuma Omeje, 41, a Manager of a new generation Bank in Yenagoa was kidnaped at his residence at Okaka, Yenagoa, on  30th June 2022. He was later released on 14th July 2022 after paying a ransom of 60 million naira - thirty (N30) Million Naira cash and US Dollar eq
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BREAKING: Lawyer asks Appeal Court to stop Tinubu’s inauguration

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  A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as Nigeria’s new President on May 29, 2023, has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The fresh suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 is instituted by a Presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election and constitutional lawyer, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru and his political party, Hope Democratic Party (HDP). Owuru, who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982, is praying the Court of Appeal in Abuja to prohibit President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from inaugurating the 2023 President-elect on May 29. The politician, who participated in the 2019 presidential poll on the platform of Hope Democratic Party (HDP) wants Buhari, the AGF and the INEC stopped from taking any further steps on the 2023 presidential election that produced Tinubu as winner. Owuru, who claimed to be adjudged constitutional winner of
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Petrol subsidy is pushing Nigeria to bankruptcy - Sanusi warns

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  Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has warned against petrol subsidy which he said is having a negative impact on the nation’s economy. Speaking at a book presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, May 9, Sanusi said it amounts to “stupidity” for the Federal Government to  continue  subsidy payments when it is clear that it is pushing the nation into ”bankruptcy.” The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria who called on the incoming government of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to stop the policy, added that those in support of subsidy must realise that “cheap fuel” is not more beneficial to the poor than education,   healthcare and power.  He said;  “In  2011, we tried to explain that it’s bad economics; for every $1 billion Nigeria spends on fuel subsidy, it is $1 billion out of education, $1 billion out of healthcare, $1 billion out of power, $1billion out of infrastructure. “What you (people in support of subsidy) are saying is that for the poor people in this nation, cheap fuel is more im
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BREAKING: Gate Collapses On Female Athlete At Opening Of 7th Nigerian Youth Games In Delta State

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The pandemonium followed the sudden collapse of a gate to the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on a middle-aged woman said to be one of the athletes. There was turmoi l  on Saturday immediately after the commencement of the opening ceremony of the 7th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The bedlam followed the sudden collapse of a gate to the main bowl of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on a middle-aged woman said to be one of the athletes. The victim, SaharaReporters gathered was immediately rushed in an ambulance to a yet-to-be-disclosed medical facility within the capital city. According to eyewitness accounts, the condition of the victim could not be handled by medical personnel at the clinic stationed at the stadium for the ongoing National Youth games. Last week before the commencement of the National Youths Games in Asaba, the state capital, some Delta State athletes camped for the National Youth Games (NYG) had protested against what they
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