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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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INEC Urges Registered Voters To Participate In Saturday’s Mock Accreditation

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged registered voters in the 436 designated Polling Units (PUs) nationwide to participate in the Saturday mock accreditation with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu   ,  made the call when he received a delegation of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), led by its President, Mr Anthony Banbury, in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu also urged registered voters yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to use the opportunity of the extension of the deadline to collect their cards. Yakubu said the commission was committed to free, fair and credible elections, adding that the will of Nigerians would prevail during the exercise. “One of the things that we have decided to do is to ensure that we test run the device by conducting a mock accreditation exercise. “We have announced that this exercise is going to happen on Saturday, Feb. 4, meaning it is going to happen t
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BREAKING: Banks Will Still Accept Old Notes After Deadline – Emefiele Tells Reps

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The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele has said that Nigerians with old notes can still deposit them at commercial banks even after the February 10 deadline. Emefiele declared this on Tuesday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee. It would be recalled that the lawmakers had accused Emefiele of breaching section 20 of the CBN act. According to the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, the CBN Act mandates commercial banks to accept old notes. “After the expiration date, such naira notes changed will no longer be legal tender but it also says that even five months, three months, or two months after, even in June, all the old notes presented to the bank shall be redeemed by the bank,” Mr Gbajabiamila had said in a speech on Thursday. While speaking at the hearing, Emefiele said he is in agreement with the parliament on section 20. “Section 20 says even after the old currency has lost its legal tender status that we are mandated to collect that money.
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Ebubeagu operative allegedly kills colleague over N1000 during APC rally in Ebonyi

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  An unidentified operative of Ebubeagu security outfit, has allegedly been shot dead by a colleague, one Ajasm Aja, N1000 from a campaign rally that took place at Isu community in Onicha LGA headquarters of Ebonyi State. It was gathered that Aja was shot dead by his colleague resulting from a controversy that trailed the sharing formula of money given to them during the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign rally. It was gathered that the late Aja and his assailant were part of the Ebubeagu team drafted to Isu community to provide security at the APC governorship rally in the area. According to a source, after the rally, it was further learnt that the team was directed to bring and secure the party's flags for subsequent rallies when an altercation ensued between the deceased and his trigger-happy colleague over an amount of money, which each, was to get over N1000. As the altercation raged, it was said that Aja rushed for his pump action riffle for aim; but his opponent swiftl
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Court Set For Judgment In Suit Seeking Buhari’s Removal From Office Monday

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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja is set to deliver a landmark judgment on Monday, January 30 in a suit seeking the removal of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from office over alleged illegalities in the 2019 presidential election. The judgment billed to be delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo would also resolve a request seeking to stop the conduct of the 2023 presidential election scheduled for February 25. A notice for the judgment delivery just sighted on Friday by journalists at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja indicated that the verdict would be handed down by 9 am by Justice Ekwo. The notice was directly served on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation for President Buhari. The PUNCH reported that Rivers State-born presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Chief Ambrose    Owuru, had instituted legal action against Buhari and the
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BREAKING: CBN Extends Deadline For Use Of Old Naira Notes

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  The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Sunday extended the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, who spoke to journalists on Sunday morning 29th of January, said he had the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari for the extension. In a press statement issued on Sunday, Emefiele said the new deadline is now February 10, 2023. However, Nigerians will still be able to deposit their old notes directly with the CBN until February 17, 2023 described as “grace period”. Nigerians had been complaining about the inability to swap their old notes for the new designs as the January 31 deadline loomed. Although banks are working through the weekend to swap the notes, there are widespread complaints about scarcity, with people in the rural areas the most hit. The CBN previously said it would not extend the deadline. However, Emefiele said on Sunday that as a result of measures put in place to ease the scarcity, President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval
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Death Toll From Nigerian Air Force’s Accidental Bombing In Nasarawa State Rises To 56

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  The death toll from Nigerian Air force accidental bomb discharge that killed a group of herders on Tuesday night in Nasarawa State has risen to 56, sources have confirmed. The bomb explosion took place in Rukubi, a village on the border between Nasarawa and Benue States. According to Governor Abdullahi Sule, on Thursday after a meeting with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore led by its National President, Alhaji Abubakar Bello-Bodejo, in Government House, Lafia while briefing newsmen said there were over 40 casualties. “We now have approximately 40 people that were killed,” he had said. He explained that the rumour earlier was that the air force carried out the bombing, but stated that there was no air force plane that flew above the area. The governor stated that rather, it was a drone that flew above the area and dropped the bomb. The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria had earlier alleged that the explosion was caused by a military jet. However, the spoke
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"Eating endangered species into extinction" - Reactions as hunters, locals kill chimpanzee and use meat to make pepper soup in Bayelsa community (video)

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Environmentalists, tourists and residents have reacted over the killing of chimpanzees in the Edumanom Forest Reserve, in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Photos of hunters boasting of killing and selling chimpanzees to interested locals who eventually used them for pepper soup surfaced on facebook.  One Ebiowei recently shared photos of ''Chimpanzee meat pepper soup'' which he washed down with yoghurt.  "Gunned down by a hunter in the forest today at Nembe, Bayelsa state. A good meal." he captioned the post.  Reacting to the development, environmentalists raised the alarm and expressed worries that if the federal and state government fail to do more to protect these endangered species, they may be hunted and eaten into extinction. Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, the Project Officer of Environmental Right Actions (ERA) Niger Delta Resource Centre in the state, Morris Alagoa, described the hunting of Chimpanzees in the Edumanom Forest Reserve a
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Priest who 'died' from Heart Attack Claims He Went To Hell And Saw Demons Singing Rihanna's Umbrella To Torture People (video)

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  An American priest who claims he temporarily died during a heart attack in 2016 and went to Hell, has disclosed that demons were singing Rihanna's song as they tortured him.  Michigan pastor, Gerald Johnson said Rihanna's hit song 'Umbrella'  echoed through the gates of Hell during his bizarre visit to purgatory. Johnson said 'my spirit left my physical body' when he suffered the heart attack seven years ago. Despite living his life as a man of God, he said he was stunned when he was denied entry into Heaven and instead plummeted down to hell. Johnson took to TikTok to explain his 2016 journey into the abyss which he said he 'wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.'  'I thought I was going upward, because I thought that I had done so much good in this lifetime and helped so many people and made so many decisions that were Godly decisions,' he said. 'But as opposed to me going up, I went down. I went literally into the center of the Earth. That
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Benue Police Confirm Arrest Of Woman Who Allegedly Beat Her 10-Year-Old Stepson To Death Over Piece Of Meat

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  The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a mother of two, Mrs. Charity Upev for allegedly beating her 10-year-old stepson, Fanen, to death over a missing piece of meat. The incident happened on Monday, January 23, 2023, along the popular Abu King Shuluwa Way near the international market, behind Deeper life camp in Makurdi, the state capital.  It was gathered that the suspect was apprehended after her neighbours reported the issue to the ‘E Division’ of the State Police Command. A source in the neighbourhood who craved anonymity disclosed that the death of the deceased almost sparked angry protest by youths of the area who had wanted to vent their anger on the suspect but for the quick intervention of the police who arrested her. "The woman was said to have beaten the boy Sunday morning for allegedly picking a piece of meat from her pot of soup, but much later in the evening the boy started vomiting what was suspected to be blood," the source told Vanguard
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Zamfara police arrest 8 suspected bandits, recovers firearms, others.

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Eight suspects have been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command over banditry-related offences, criminal conspiracy, robbery and fraud. The police spokesman, S P Mohammed Shehu while communicating to newsmen at the State Police headquarters in Gusau said 15 locally fabricated firearms were also recovered from the suspects. ”One hundred and forty-six rounds of AK47 ammunitions, dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp and the sum of one million Naira were also recovered. Shehu said the onslaught against bandits has resulted in the arrest of over two hundred and fifty suspects and recovery of arms and ammunition, such as AK 47, AK 49, Rocket launchers, RPGs, GPMGs, Lar and other high calibre of sophisticated rifles. He added that the onslaught has drastically reduced the rate of crimes in the state against the high rate of crimes that were hitherto worrisome. According to him, Police recovered ten abandoned fabricated AK47 rifles and three fabricated Revolver pistols along Munhaye
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US announces visa ban on Nigerians undermining democracy

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  The United States government has announced a visa ban on Nigerians accused of undermining democracy, noting that this was part of the action to advance democracy and tackle corruption in Nigeria.   US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 25, said while the names of the those affected by the ban won't be revealed, it is however, part of the action to advance democracy and tackle corruption in Nigeria. Blinken also said some family members of those barred from the US may also be subjected to the same restriction. The statement read;  ”We are committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world. Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian election. ‘’Under Section 212(a)(3)C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, these individuals will be found ineligible for visas to the United States under a policy to restri
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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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