BUHARI goes hard! Cancels appointments, approvals made by late Kyari

BUHARI goes hard! Cancels appointments, approvals made by late Kyari

All actions performed without his approval stated null, void Audit of official memos, approvals, activities of the workplace in the offing
President Muhammadu Buhari has actually directed his brand-new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari to cancel all visits and approvals the late Chief of staff Abba Kyari personally made without his approval.

President Muhammadu Buhari has actually directed his brand-new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari to cancel all visits and approvals the late Chief of staff Abba Kyari personally made without his approval.

Though no factor was provided for the President’& rsquo; s action, nevertheless, reports showed that no less than 150 memos without President Buhari’ s permission might have been revealed.
According to a source, By this brand-new development, every official action performed by the late COS without governmental approval may have been stated null and void and of no result.”

 Meanwhile the Nigerian Pilot Weekend even more found out that an audit of the late Kyari’ s workplace and all the consultations and main actions he performed without the president’s nod will be examined.
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Xiaomi's CEO Caught Using An iPhone, Fans Are Not Happy

Xiaomi'' s CEO Caught Using An iPhone, Fans Are Not Happy

Xiaomi ' s CEO, Lei Jun, got caught utilizing an iPhone. He shared a post on Weibo using Apple'' s device, which shows up on that specific post. It clearly says that the details was sent from an iPhone.

Xiaomi'' s CEO is using an iPhone, and that doesn ' t sit well with Xiaomi fans

Now, this is not the very first, and most likely not the last time, that a high-ranking executive of a business is using an item from the competitors. He'' s not forbidden to do so, but such practice is frowned upon.

Xiaomi'' s fans are not pleased with this truth, and they made it clear on Weibo. Lei Jun is actually the highest-ranking member of Xiaomi, he'' s Xiaomi ' s CEO, and many individuals believe he shouldn'' t be utilizing an iPhone. iPhones are quite popular in China, so this is not all that surprising. Although Xiaomi does make excellent phones, its officials are complimentary to utilize any phone they want. 

What'' s to state he doesn ' t use several phones at the same time, that'' s not a criminal offense. In any case, Lei Jun erased the post since, but numerous members of the tech community concerned his defense. Pan Jiutang, a Chinese analyst, says that basically every owner/ item supervisor in the tech world tried out an iPhone at some time.

Numerous other CEOs got caught using an iPhone in the past, so this is not really anything new. Fans tend to overreact when something like that happens.
Fans tend to see that as a sign that the company'' s products are unsatisfactory, as even its CEO is using an item from the competitor. Things are not that black and white, though, they never ever are.

Lei Jun did not react to the reaction just yet, and he probably won'' t do it at all Lei Jun did not react to the reaction from fans, and possibilities are he won'' t do it either. There'' s no point in resolving such behavior, as he'' s totally free to utilize whatever phone he likes.

Mr. Jun tends to be quite delighted when it concerns Xiaomi items, and simply due to the fact that he utilizes an iPhone also, doesn'' t mean he doesn ' t love products from his own company.
Mentioning which, Xiaomi has some intriguing plans this year, it appears. The company already announced its flagship handsets, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. More is coming, however.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 is expected to arrive later this year. We don'' t really have much info about it, but it will be a premium phone. It could become the business'' s very first smart device with an under-display electronic camera, even.


A recent rumor suggested that Xiaomi is working on two handsets with curved display screens, both of which will consist of 120Hz displays. The Mi MIX 4 could be among them, but we'' re not exactly sure about the other. All in all, it will be interesting to see what else will Xiaomi reveal by the end of 2020.
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TECNO Spark 5: Specs, Features, and Price in Nigeria

TECNO Spark 5: Specs, Features, and Price in Nigeria

Tecno has released an upgrade to the Spark 4 device — Tecno Spark 5. This entry-level smartphone embodies specifications that are a notch higher than its predecessor in the ‘Spark’ series. As usual, it retains the sleekness which comes with most TECNO smartphones.
This post takes a look at the full specifications of the Spark 5 device. And in relevant places, highlights the upgrade made from the Spark 4.
In case you’re feeling motivated, here’s a comprehensive list of Tecno smartphones you can get in Nigeria as well as their prices.

Tecno Spark 5 Key Specifications

• DISPLAY: 6.6-inch IPS LCD, 720 x 1600 pixels (266 PPI)
• OS: Android 10; HIOS 6.1
• PROCESSOR: Octa-core MediaTek Helio A22 (12 nm)
• RAM: 2GB
• ROM: 32GB Built-in Storage, With Memory Card Support
• REAR CAMERA: 13MP + 2MP + 2MP + QVGA Quad
• FRONT CAMERA: 8MP
• 4G LTE: YES
• Fingerprint Sensor (Rear): YES
• BATTERY: 5000mAh Non-Removable Li-ion

Tecno Spark 5 Display and Design

The Spark 5 comes with a 6.6 inches display which is just a bit larger than the 6.54 inches that accompanied the Spark 4. The design on the rear of the device was retained. However, with a slight rearrangement of the camera and flash positions.
A fingerprint sensor remains present at the strategic location on the rear of the device. That can be easily reached with the index finger.

Software and Processor

This device runs on the Android 10 operating system. Obviously an upgrade from the Android 9.0 (Pie) that came with the TECNO Spark 4.
It also boasts of an Octa-core MediaTek Helio A22 Processor, with a processing speed of 2.0GHz. This seems just okay for an average user of an entry-level device like this one.

Camera

As is recent practice with Transsion Holdings smartphones, the Infinix Spark 5 comes with 3 rear cameras. These cameras are pegged at 13MP, 2MP, and 2MP on resolutions. The Spark 4 device does better in this aspect.
The front of the device has an 8MP camera. Which is pretty much what was available before now.

TECNO Spark 5 RAM and Storage

As its RAM, the Spark 5 device has a 2GB RAM which isn’t very impressive looking from an upgrade perspective. However, lightweight smartphone users might find this very sufficient to use without experience performance lag.
Users have 32GB to store videos, documents, and other files. This comes with an external memory card support.

Battery

Tecno Spark 5 does quite well in this regard with a 5,000 mAh battery capacity. Hence, you can add this to our list of TECNO phones with big batteries. For context, this is higher than the 4000mAh that comes with the Spark 4.

TECNO Spark 5 Price in Nigeria

The Tecno Spark 5 device sells for at least N48,800 Nigerian Naira. The device is expected to be available for purchase later in May.
Are these specs enough for you to ditch your Spark 4 device and upgrade to the Spark 5? What do you think should have been improved upon? Will you purchase the Tecno Spark 5 when it launches in Nigeria?
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Police in Calabar arrest man for defiling step daughter -

Police in calabar arrest male for defiling his step child -

The Police Command in Cross River, has actually arrested a 48-year-old believed rapist for defiling his nine-year-old step daughter.

The Commissioner of Authorities in the state, Mr Uche Anozia, made the disclosure while consulting with the News Company of Nigeria (NAN), in Calabar on Wednesday.
Anozie stated the event took place at Ekong Fishing Port, Bakassi City Government Area of Cross River, on April 15.

He stated preliminary examinations exposed that the suspect, name withheld, armed himself with a machete, covered the victim’ s mouth with a piece of fabric, and powerfully had illegal carnal understanding of her.

After the ugly event, the suspect threatened the victim and cautioned her not to tell her mother.
Examination however, is still in development, and the suspect will be charged to court accordingly.
I wish to use this medium to restate that the command’  will not relent in its pursuit of proactive policing, during and after this global COVID-19 pandemic,” he stated.

The authorities commissioner advised citizens to continue to provide beneficial details that would help security agents in suppressing criminal offense and guaranteeing a safe and secure and serene state.

Gunmen kidnap Army Captain, 3 others in Ondo, demand N20m ransom

Aremed Men  abduct Army Captain, 3 others in Ondo, need N20m ransom

An Army Captain has been abducted by gunmen thought to be kidnappers along Auga/Akunnu highway in Akoko North-East Local Federal Government of Ondo State.
The Army Captain determined as D. Gana was abducted along with three others.
It was collected that the abducted captain was on transit through the state from Abuja when the gunmen struck.

The Auga/Akunnu highway in Akoko North-East City Government Area of the state has been one of the flashpoints of kidnapping activities within the northern senatorial district of the state.
Suspected ranchers had actually been connected to many highway criminal offenses perpetrated in the location.
The thugs were said to have stopped the automobiles on the highway and dragged them into the bush, leaving the vehicle on the road.
According to a source, the hooligans did not choose any product from the automobile however left the doors of the car open after taking the victims away.

He divulged that the kidnappers had actually contacted the household of the victims, requiring N20m for the release of the 4 victims in their custody.
He, nevertheless, said the Divisional Law enforcement officer, DPO, of Ikare Department, right away deployed guys of the state authorities command from the department to the location, just to fulfill the abandoned vehicle.

It was found out that men of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure of the Nigerian Army activated males to the location to comb the bush to save the victims and capture the culprits.
Verifying the abduction, the Ondo State Cops Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro stated the incident occurred along Auga/Akunnu road around 4am on Tuesday.

He described that the Command had been briefed while the State Cops Commissioner, Undie Adie, had bought detectives from the command to browse the forest in the area for the kidnappers in a bid to save the officer.

Supreme court nullifies Orji Kalu’s conviction, orders retrial

Supreme court nullifies Orji Kalu’ s conviction, orders retrial

The supreme court has actually nullified the conviction of Orji Kalu, former gov of Abia state.
Kalu was founded guilty and imprisoned 12 years for cash laundering by a federal high court in Lagos. His conviction was maintained by the appeal court.
But the pinnacle court nullified his conviction on Friday and ordered a retrial of the accused and his co-defendants.
In the judgment of a panel of seven justices led by Amina Augie, the court held that conviction of Kalu was void as the trial judge, Mohammed Liman, lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case.
It stated Liman, who heard the case, rose to the appeal court at the time of the matter and was no longer a judge of the federal high court, and as such did not have the authority to administer over the trial.
In December, 2019, the judge sentenced Kalu to 12 years in prison for money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion.
The judge likewise purchased that Kalu’s business, Slok Nigeria Limited, be liquidated and its properties forfeited to the federal government.

Kalu stood trial on a 39-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The senator, Slok Nigeria Limited, and Udeh Udeogu, a former director of financing and accounts in Abia were accused of diverting N7.65 billion from the bag of the state government.
He was likewise accused of illegally taking N460 million from Abia’s treasury.

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Almajirai relocating from North TO South East, South South blocked against covid 19 pandemic

South East, South block almajirai moving from North

The Enugu State  government the other day obstructed and reversed 9 bus loads of almajirai following a failed effort to slip them into the state.

Dislodged from the North, as governors in the region moved urgently to consist of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of the pupils looking for brand-new havens in the South have been prevalent.

Security operatives alongside council chairmen and youths stopped about 3 hundred of the pupils around the Enugu-Benue limits, especially at Udenu, Igbo-Eze North and Nsuka Local Federal Government Area.

Abia State had on Tuesday said it intercepted some buses bringing in about 100 almajirai into the state. The Commissioner for Info John Okiyi said the travellers were turned back due to the fact that a governmental order prohibiting inter-state transport was still in force. He added that the state’s Ministry of Homeland Affairs had actually been mobilised to beef up security at the limits.

President Muhammadu Buhari had actually recently enforced a restriction on inter-state journeys to suppress the spread of the coronavirus. The order had also corresponded with the moving of almajirai by numerous Northern states.

A statement by the Enugu State government yesterday disclosed that comparable operations targeted at avoiding seepage and implementing the restriction on inter-state transportation were ongoing at the Enugu-Abia limit and Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.

Mr. Philip Nwazi, who is the new Divisional Law enforcement officer in charge of Udenu City government Council, explained that some upseting vehicles in the area were obstructed and impounded between 11:00 p.m. (Tuesday) and 3:00 a.m. (Wednesday).
Nwazi said some of the intercepted cars had emerged from forests as their chauffeurs tried to beat the constraint order.He stated they were immediately reversed to work as a deterrent to potential violators.

The Chairman of Udenu Council Solomon Onah said the regional administration was fully mobilised and working round the clock to ensure that the limitations by the state and Federal government were adhered to.Also, the Cross River State government the other day apparently turned back 5 truckloads of almajirai and other passengers from the North.
State Security Adviser Alfred Mboto was priced quote as saying:  We got a report from our security and job force teams at the Garkem border town the other day night that trucks bring a large number of children from the north, alleged to be almajirai, were intercepted after an extensive check and have actually been reversed.”

 In a circumstance underscoring the desperation to transfer the almajirai from the North, the Benue State’s COVID-19 Action Committee Wednesday night intercepted 14 almajirai who were presumably being smuggled into the state.

Reacting to the movement of almajirai to the South, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, urged governors of the region to boost security at their boundaries to prevent entry by unauthorised individuals.
Deputy National Promotion Secretary Mazi Chucks Ibegbu explained the scenario as an effort to flood some Igbo states with almajirai. He firmly insisted:The Satanic act needs to not be enabled.”
In a declaration, Emma Powerful, spokesman for Igbo group, Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB) said: It is no longer concealed that COVID-19 is currently damaging Kano and other parts of the North. Rather of locking down to stem the spread as was done by all states in the East, Northern leaders opened their borders and enabled the free motion of their individuals, numerous of who have actually become contaminated with the infection. 

Now, they mean to contaminate the rest of us under the guise of transferring almajirai. We won’t permit this evil plot as no almajiri is from the East.”Another Igbo organisation, South East Revival Group (SERG), said:  An overall lockdown of eastern borders is necessary to prevent needless deaths in the area because we are at war with an international pandemic that has continued to declare lives in thousands in nations with advanced health systems and facilities.”

Attending to an interview yesterday, SERG President Chief Willy Ezugwu stated:  There have actually been several reports of inter-state taking a trip from the North. A trailer-load of almajirai was obstructed in Abia State recently while another trailer and some buses filled with the very same almajirai were also intercepted by watchfulness community leaders at Opi in Nsukka two days earlier.

They pass through Kogi and Benue States undetected by security agents. Some security agencies in the region, like in numerous highways in Nigeria, take allurements to allow these buses and trailers to pass, contrary to a Federal government directive.”
He added: It is yet to be identified why these almajirai are trooping into the South East. But we suspect that it is either they are running away the North because of the increasing cases (of COVID-19) or they are being intentionally sent to the South East to contaminate the individuals of the region.”

However reacting to concerns about cops operations as busloads of almajirai pass, Force Public Relations Officer DCP Frank Mba stated:
We have circumstances where a couple of recalcitrant persons have attempted to break the law. But the advantage is that we have constantly overtaken them at the end of the day. The majority of the persons who set out to break the guideline don't drive through the major roads.. They go through uncharted paths. They go through bush paths. But whenever they lastly turn to the major highways, we always detain them.”

He added: We have actually done outstandingly well in our efforts to enforce the restriction on inter-state motion. However, at a few monitored inter-state highways, you will certainly see some lorries moving. The bulk of the automobiles you see plying the inter-state highways are those that fall within the categories of vehicles allowed on those roadways.”

 Mba s assurances came as the Presidential Job Force (PTF) on COVID-19 the other day grumbled about lapses in implementing restrictions targeted at containing the pandemic.
We prompt the numerous commands of the security firms to boost their tracking equipment to guarantee that we do not only achieve the goal of stopping the spread of the infection but likewise prevent the excellent name of the services from being tainted, said PTF chairman and Secretary to the Federal Government of the Federation, Manager Mustapha.

Reports throughout the country show that they (vehicles) continue to conceal guests with the intention of ferrying them throughout state borders and continual transportation of almajirai across state borders is still evident, he included.
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Ghana to receive Madagascar’s coronavirus ‘herbal cure’

Ghana to get Madagascar’s coronavirus  herbal treatment

coronavirus  herbal treatment; Ghana is to receive quantities of Madagascar covid 19 herbal cure

 it's highly advertised Covid-19 treatment Ghana is to get quantities of Madagascar's highly advertised Covid-19 remedy and preventative herbal mixture, the Ghana Health Service has actually revealed.

According to Director of Public Health at the Ghana Helth Service Dr
Badu Sarkodie, Madagascar has made an offer to Ghana worrying the organic service but the FDA will have to evaluate the item. Regarding whether the remedy will be circulated for usage, Dr. Sarkodie stated he might not confirm. Countries like South Africa have begun taking a look at the drug for possible usage.

Dr Sarkodie stated at a Ministry of Details press briefing on Covid-19 on Thursday  I think that an amount may be offered to the nation and we will ensure partnership with FDA. They need to do some assessment and then we take it from there. So, I will not have the ability to say whether it will be utilized” “or not. However I believe they have actually made an offer and we can have a look at it, 

On the other hand, the WHO has dismissed the Madagascar” president's claims that the herbal tonic produced within the nation can cure patients of COVID-19. Other African nations such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which includes the artemisia plant, which is generally utilized to treat malaria.

How to Get 200 Organic Instagram Followers Daily

How to Get 200 Organic Instagram Followers Daily

And, by natural fans I imply real human fans who can respond to your posts, engage with your brand online and eventually will also invest cash on your service or products.
To put it simply, Instagram is a platform where the marketing war cry content is king rings real. Setting up an Instagram account is only the initial step in a mile-long journey. You have to prepare, plan and execute numerous other hard choices to win 200 Instagram followers daily.
Like I said in the beginning, you can get 200 organic Instagram fans every day of 2020 if you do the ideal things on Instagram. Here are a few of those ideal things:

How to Get 200 Organic Instagram Followers Daily

Create an Instagram-specific material strategy
An Instagram material technique resembles the compass to your manage. It defines how your account will be produced, the function for which it will be utilized, the frequency at which it will publish material and so on. It asks hard-hitting questions like:

• What are you going to utilize your Instagram manage for?
• Is it for showcasing newest products or running influencer marketing or to keep your brand active on social media?
• The number of images, live videos, boomerang videos, stories and statuses will it share and in what frequency?

Whatever the objective is, you need to determine the function for which Instagram need to serve you develop a technique that is attuned to it.
When it concerns Instagram, there are numerous types of content that you can have fun with:

• Quotes/Statistics
• Genuine pictures of people
• Stories
• Pre-recorded videos
• Live videos
• Polls
• Stories

• How to Get 200 Organic Instagram Followers Daily

Some of these features, like videos (IGTV), became mainstream recently.
Remember to utilize these material formats in properly. Every piece of material that you are going to post on Instagram must suit your content technique.
Each post needs to have particular aspects that will bring in and also serve your audience. For example, it needs to attend to a particular set of audience, provide a particular kind of details to users and likewise at the best time when their intent is high. That is how engagement and fan count is likewise is increased.
Get attention with stories

Instagram rolled out the  Stories  function in August 2016. Ever since then a minimum of 300 Million users are estimated to be using the function.
Stories enable users to share  moments  of their life rapidly and easily. It is this benefit of sharing that catapulted stories into one of the highlight features of Instagram.

Instagram stories stay noticeable to users just for 24 hr, beyond which they vanish. However, the average time spent by users consuming stories is about 28 minutes. That is a big margin compared to traditional TV marketing and even YouTube ads where the content is less than a couple of minutes.
99Firms’ Infographic describes the various purposes for which businesses utilize Instagram stories:

Even huge brands like Mercedes Benz, Asos, Ticket.com are leveraging storytelling through Instagram to engage with their consumers.

Needless to state, releasing more of Instagram stories can keep your followers glued to your account as well as win brand-new ones.

How to Get 200 Organic Instagram Followers Daily

Welcome the IGTV Movement

Instagram TELEVISION a.k.a IGTV was launched on June 20th, 2018. The feature would give users the facility to view long-form videos in vertical format from severe Instagram material developers. Considering that its launch, IGTV has actually acquired momentum in user attention.
IGTV allows Instagram accounts to stream as much as 15 minutes of video. However, the ideal length to gain optimum engagement is 2 to three-minute videos. Likewise, use 5-8 hashtags to make the videos more noticeable to users. IGTV videos do not need 11 hashtags like images.
To make IGTV a follower-building device attempt these tips:

• Broadcast consistently
• Use genuine individual or activities in the video
• Take the audience behind the scene of your organisation
• Rope in influencers
• Usage hashtags and elements

Hashtags –-- Use them wise
Hashtags are like tiny magnets that attract the audience to your posts. They work by adding a  symbol as a prefix to every word. These words are typically used terms that users use to denote their activities, status, emotions and so on.
Without hashtags, your posts are likely to drown in the tsunami of other Instagram posts. According to Buffer, Instagram posts with at least 11 hashtags get the maximum interaction.
So, make sure that you do some research to discover the best hashtags that pertain to your brand and the post to heighten its interaction.
Because you will be utilizing hashtags extensively, it would be smart to have a database of hashtags prepared so that you can conserve time with each specific post.

Fortunately, Instagram makes it easy to find the best hashtags that you can use to your benefit. Tap on the magnifying glass button used for each and simply enter words/phrases connected to your business/brand.
For example, when you key in  beach a list of associated hashtags will expand. You can select from there and include them to your posts.
Alternatively, you can also use hashtag generator tools like Ritetag, Hashtagify, All Hashtag, and so on. Have a style of your own Seth God in in his very popular book  The Purple Cow  says,  In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is failing. In a hectic marketplace, not standing apart is the same as being unnoticeable.

Instagram is basically a big crowded market. It gets lots of user-generated material which typically is better than some branded campaign efforts. So staying appropriate and noticeable  to your audience implies you need to be a purple cow. Your posts and your profile as a whole must stick out from the crowd. That calls for the requirement to create a style of your own.
Some brand names that are eliminating it on Instagram with their distinct style consist of Starbucks, Nike, Red Bull, and (surprise surprise) NASA!
.?.!! The Starbucks Instagram page makes you desire a coffee right now.
Nike makes wise usage of sports imagery and storytelling to keep its audience high on adrenaline and sporting action.
Red Bull’s Instagram page can press you to the edge of your seat with videos of daredevils carrying out gravity-defying stunts.

The Next Advance

If there was one hurdle that every Instagram influencer and brand name has gone through –-- it is getting more followers. There is clear magic formula that can open the floodgates of Instagram followers. It is done meticulously like a surgical treatment. Each image, each video, each story, each poll makes its own contribution to increasing the number of followers.
With numerous components included, it is not possible to earn fans instantly. You need to start with a method that combines all these components.

 Use popular features like stories and videos to give your account optimum momentum. Don’ t forget to give your account an unique touch with special imagery and material.
If you get those elements right, getting 200 natural Instagram fans on a day-to-day basis is not any tough job.

DSS reportedly accuses Sowore of doing business with Boko Haram

DSS reportedly accuses Sowore of doing business with Boko Haram

#RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore has been questioned over his purported ties to Boko Haram, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other outlawed groups. This is according to a Premium Times story.

According to sources who spoke to Premium Times and who are familiar with the detention of the Sahara Reporters publisher, terrorism allegations dominated the grilling session with Sowore by the Department of State Security (DSS).

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had taken over the case against activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore. [Guardian]

“Agents have been asking him to tell them about his relationship with Boko Haram, Islamic Movement of Nigeria and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra,” Premium Times quoted a source as saying. “He has continued to deny any relationship with all these groups.”

Recall that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja, had on Thursday, December 5, 2019, directed the secret police to release Sowore within 24 hours.

Ojukwu also fined the DSS the sum of N100,000 for not serving the defence

counsel with the additional proof of evidence in the ongoing trial of Sowore and Olawale Bakare, on time.

Bakare was also arrested over the planned protests.

Following the 24-hour release order, the DSS set Sowore free.

Prior to his release, Sowore was in the custody of the secret police since his arrest on August 3.

He was arrested for calling for nationwide protests, tagged RevolutionNow, against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

The DSS accused the activist of plotting with foreign interests to overthrow the Buhari led government that was re-elected in February of 2019. Sowore was a presidential candidate in the election.

Despite court orders to release Sowore, the DSS has failed to obey, throwing up numerous excuses.

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How Nigerian lawmakers squandered billions of naira meant for constituency projects

How Nigerian lawmakers squandered billions of naira meant for constituency projects

• Nigerian lawmakers used sharp practices such as duplication of contracts, in connivance with executing agencies, to pocket billions of naira meant for constituency projects, a new report by ICPC revealed.
• The report uncovered billions of naira included in the 2019 budget but not allocated to any specific project or sector.
• It tracked 424 projects between 2015 to 2018 in the zonal intervention projects covering 12 states and the federal capital territory. 

A new report has uncovered how Nigerian lawmakers used sharp practices such as duplication of contracts, in connivance with executing agencies, to pocket billions of naira meant for constituency projects.

The report, conducted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), uncovered billions of naira included in the 2019 budget but not allocated to any specific project or sector.

The report conducted by Constituency Projects Tracking Group (CPTG) also detailed some recommendations of the ICPC in the fight against corruption.

The first phase tracked 424 projects within three years (2015–2018) in the zonal intervention projects between June and August 2019, covering 12 states and the federal capital territory.

The states are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Kano, Kogi, Lagos, Osun, and Sokoto.

Constituency project is a response to the yearning of constituents on development initiatives and the presence of government in different communities. According to a study, since inception in Nigeria, there have been misconceptions, misinterpretations, and judgment of the administration of the funds by lawmakers.

Here are highlights of the report:

• The report revealed wide disproportionality between appropriations for constituency projects and core-mandate projects of some implementing agencies evident in Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) and Border Community Development Agency (BCDA).
• The size, number and types of Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP) domiciled in SMEDAN and BCDA, for instance, have turned them into conduits for, and means of abuse of constituency projects and therefore vulnerable to corruption.
• Lawmakers turned constituency projects are also turned to capacity building and empowerment projects which entails training, supplies, and distribution of varieties of such implements and tools as motorcycles, tricycles, sewing machines, grinding machines, etc to constituents, to empower them to own and operate their businesses. At times, it also includes cash grants. The report revealed that these have become a convenient conduit for embezzling public funds by sponsoring legislators and the executing agency as they are difficult to track and verify due to their “soft” nature.

On recommendation, the ICPC report called for a review of the statutory mandate of SMEDAN and BCDA on project types. It recommended that a robust sensitisation on concept, funding, and implementation of projects to local communities.

It also advised the government not to accept new projects in certain constituencies if there are existing uncompleted or underfunded projects.

Allen Onyema: Nnamdi Kanu reveals what he will do to Northern leaders

Allen Onyema: Nnamdi Kanu reveals what he will do to Northern leaders

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has threatened to expose corrupt leaders in the north.

 
Kanu, in a broadcast on Radio Biafra, claimed he would come forward with concrete, verifiable evidence if any further action is taken against the Chairman of Air Peace Airline, Chief Allen Onyema.

According to him, it was a show of hypocrisy, for people from the South East and South-South to be slammed with corruption allegations, as if all the leaders in the north were saints.
“I said I am waiting for them to do something to Allen Onyema, then we will remind the world the number of corrupt people you have in the north and in Yoruba land and then everybody will be investigated.

“And you know IPOB, once we start, we don’t stop until something comes out of it.
“You think that the reputation of Nigeria is bad. We will make it worse. Let them try it,” Kanu said.
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SHOCKING: UNILORIN Expels 13 Students For Misconduct

SHOCKING: UNILORIN Expels 13 Students For Misconduct

The University of Ilorin has expelled 13 students of the institution for various acts of misconduct.
Registrar of the institution, Dr Olufolake Oyeyemi, disclosed in a statement released to newsmen.
He said the affected students were found guilty of various acts of misconduct such as examination malpractices or illegal associations.

She gave the names of the affected students as Lawal Ibrahim, Department of Geography; Ayanda Isaac, Department of Computer Science; Ajayi Monsuru, Department of Arts and Social Sciences; Ijagbemi Samuel, Department of Mass Communication; and Issa Namadu, Department of Computer Science.

Others are Odeku Oluwaseun, Department of Physics; Olayiwola Yusuf, Department of Mathematics; Ademola Iyabo,Amusan Kemi and Issa Ahmed, all of the Faculty of Education.
Also on the list are Ibrahim Ayobami, Statistics Department; Akanbi Adeyinka, Home Economics and Ikotun Felix, Department of Mechanical engineering.

Dr Oyeyemi said the affected students have been advised to stay away from the campus in their own interest.
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The Senate is Suspending the Public Hearing for the Social Media Bill until 2020

The Senate is Suspending the Public Hearing for the Social Media Bill until 2020

That’s right, the senate is suspending further legislative action on the Social Media Bill until 2020.
Punch reports that the suspension was made by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matter, the 14-member panel expressing mixed feelings toward the bill that has received wide criticism from the populace.
“We have to be careful so as not to be on the wrong side of history,” a member of the committee shared. The member revealed that they have decided to consult “widely” before moving forward with the bill.
Stakeholders are being identified, the member also shared, and will be invited to air their opinions on the bill. Members of the public will also be invited.

We have agreed, tentatively, to fix the public hearing for January. We have to be careful so as not to be on the wrong side of history. We are already identifying the various stakeholders who have spoken on the issue as individuals, groups or institutions. We will send letters of invitations to them.
We will also do a media publication inviting members of the public to the public hearing with their written submissions so that we would capture all their views. We need to ensure that the media and the civil society groups who are in the forefront of the agitation against the bill, come around to defend their position.
It is when this is done that we will be able to convince Nigerians that we have done the right thing.

Anambra lawmaker empowers constituents with 26 vehicles, 90 bags of rice

Anambra lawmaker empowers constituents with 26 vehicles, 90 bags of rice

Barely six months in office as a lawmaker representing Anambra East/West Federal Constituency at the Green Chamber of the National Assembly Abuja, Hon. Chinedu Benjamin Obidigwe has presented 26 brand new vehicles and 90 bags of rice to some members of his constituency.
The vehicles – 10 Serena cars and 16 mini-bus – popularly know as shuttle were presented over the weekend in Otuacha stadium, in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state to the beneficiaries under the first phase of the lawmaker’s Constituency Support Scheme.

Obidigwe who brief journalists shortly after the presentation said the twenty-six brand new vehicles presented to his constituents in the first phase of the empowerment programme was designed to empower beneficiaries to start taxi business with Uber and Taxify.
He said the beneficiaries of the first phase of the programme across the wards that build up the constituency emerged through a thorough selection process
According to him, the empowerment was a redemption of his electoral promise to make an impact on the lives of members of his constituency despite being a first timer in the House of Representative.

He noted that leadership was about making Godly impacts on the lives of the people, saying the programme was a way of giving back to his constituents and connecting with them at any giving time.

He said what I am doing today is what I have always done to make the people of this constituency happy in respective of political affiliation, even before I was elected as a Federal lawmaker.
“So, I am happy seeing how happy the beneficiaries are feeling the impact of democracy under my watch” he added.
The lawmaker said he would continue to serve the people to justify the mandate given to him to represent them in Abuja.

He advised the beneficiaries to make good use of the vehicles for the upliftment of their lives and those of their family members.
He equally appeals to those who missed out in the programme to exercise patience as they could still benefit from his subsequent ones.

Obidigwe, use the occasion to enjoined his supporters to be faithful to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as the party was committed to delivering the dividends of democracy to not only in Anambra state but to the entire Southeast geopolitical zone.
On the forthcoming 2021 governorship election in the state, the lawmaker urged members of the party to begin mobilization ahead of time.

One of the beneficiaries of the scheme, Mr Nnamdi Okeli, thanked the lawmaker for the vehicle, saying the lawmaker had demonstrated true leadership with his kind gesture.
He said he was overwhelmed by the vehicle empowerment and promised to put it into good use for the sake of others.
“I thank him for this demonstration of service to the people and I pray God should continue to guide him to do more,” he said.
A community leader, Chief Alex Onunkwue, described the representation of Hon. Obidigwe, as the best so far since the inception of democracy and urged the lawmaker to continue with the good work.
“I want to commend Hon. Obidigwe for this great initiative and I want to express my appreciation and assure him that the people of Anambra East/West constituency are behind him,” Mr Peter, Aguleri youth leader, testify.
He also urged those who did not benefit at the programme not to feel bad as the lawmaker had promised to reach out to more people in a subsequent outing.

Top government functionaries who attended the event include; APGA National Chairman, Chief Victor Oye, NASS member, representing Oyi/Ayemelum Federal Constituency, Hon. Vincent, the Traditional Ruler of Umueri, Igwe Ben Emeka, among others.
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10 Former Governors Who May Suffer Orji Uzor Kalu’s Fate

10 Former Governors Who May Suffer Orji Uzor Kalu’s Fate

In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU and TOBI AWORINDE report that the list of former governors going to jail may extend in the coming months.

The conviction of former Governor Orji Kalu of Abia State for fraud to the tune of N7.6bn has boosted the morale of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies, especially that of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Kalu’s case, which lasted in court for 12 years, came to a dramatic end a few days ago with Justice Mohammed Idris sentencing him to 12 years in prison.

Legal luminaries opine that the case was able to move on without hindrances from 2015 to 2019 because of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act that was signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

In a nutshell, the ACJA makes it difficult for parties in a criminal case to unnecessarily delay the court proceedings as was done through preliminary objections and interlocutory appeals in the past.

Since the signing of the ACJA into law, four former governors have been convicted in the last four years. They include: Bala Ngilari of Adamawa State, whose conviction was later upturned by the Court of Appeal; former Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State; ex-Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Kalu.

There is, however, a long list of former governors who may end up behind bars.

Sule Lamido

Lamido, who was governor of Jigawa state from 2007 to 2015, is currently standing trial with two of his sons – Aminu and Mustapha – before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged N1.35bn fraud.

According to the EFCC, N1, 356,223,854.28 and N583, 785, 81.14, were transferred from the state government’s account to Lamido’s personal account on December 11, 2012 and December 18, 2009 respectively. Other such payments include, N206, 463,210.14 and N6288, 947.17 made on February 6, 2013.

The commission said on April 18, 2008, two cheques to the tune of N14, 079,595 and N10, 377,310 respectively were transferred in favour of a company, Speeds International in which Lamido is signatory. The exhibits have been tendered in court.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has adjourned the matter till February 18, 19 and 20, 2020, for continuation of trial.

Murtala Nyako

Nyako was Governor of Adamawa State from 2007 until his impeachment in 2014. He is also a former Chief of Naval Staff and ex-military administrator of Niger State.

Married to Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nyako and eight others, including his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, are facing 37 counts of criminal conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and money laundering preferred against them by the EFCC

Five companies that allegedly served as conduit for the alleged diversion of the funds were equally charged.

They are facing trial before Justice Okon Abang for alleged money laundering to the tune of N29bn.

The EFCC had on November 5, 2019, called its last witness, Mr. Kobis, who testified via a video link from London.

Ayodele Fayose

Fayose was governor of Ekiti State from 2003 until his impeachment in 2006. He subsequently came under investigation by the EFCC and was charged before a Federal High Court for allegedly diverting N860m meant for poultry projects.

While the matter was still ongoing, Fayose again won election as the governor in 2014 which conferred on him immunity from prosecution.

However, on the day his tenure ended on October 16, 2018, he was again arrested by the EFCC for allegedly receiving N6.9bn from a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, during the run-up to the 2014 governorship election.

The sum was said to have emanated from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).

The EFCC arraigned Fayose and his companies before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on 11 counts bordering on money laundering and stealing to the tune of N6.9bn.

Saminu Turaki

Turaki was Governor of Jigawa State from 1999 to 2007. The EFCC accused the former governor of fraud to the tune of N36bn and levelled 32 charges against him before a Dutse, Jigawa State Division of the Federal High Court, in 2011.

He was, however, re-arraigned alongside three companies before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in 2017.

Jonah Jang

Jang, who is a former Governor of Plateau State and ex-senator, is facing trial for alleged fraud to the tune of N6.3bn.

The former governor is standing trial before Justice Daniel Longji of Plateau State High Court alongside a former cashier in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Yusuf Pam.

The EFCC slammed 12 counts bordering on misappropriation of funds.

At the last hearing on November 4, 2019, an EFCC witness, Musa Sunday, narrated to the court how a cashier at the Plateau State Government House delivered the sum of N750m to Jang while he was governor.

Babangida Aliyu

Aliyu was governor of Niger State from 2007 to 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Aliyu, who preferred to be called the ‘chief servant’ of Niger State during his time as governor, is facing trial for alleged N2bn fraud.

The former governor is being prosecuted before Justice Mikailu Abdullahi of a Niger State High Court by the EFCC along with his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, and the Chairman of the PDP in Niger State, Tanko Beji, on seven counts bordering on criminal breach of trust.

The case last came up on November 7, 2019.

Gabriel Suswam

Suswam was Governor of Benue State from 2007 to 2015. The former governor is standing trial alongside his Commissioner for Finance, Omadachi Oklobi; on N3.1bn money laundering charges.

Suswam, who is now the senator representing Benue North East, and his co-defendant, are facing nine counts before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The former governor was first arraigned in 2015 before Justice Ahmed Mohammed in the same Abuja division of the court but Justice Mohammed withdrew from the case in July 2019 following a Sahara Reporter’s story accusing him of unethical practices in respect of the case.

Suswam and his ex-commissioner were subsequently re-arraigned before Justice Abang on September 30, 2019. Trial began on October 29.

Gbenga Daniel

A former governor of Ogun State, Daniel is currently standing trial for alleged fraud to the tune of N200m before Justice Olarenwaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Daniel, who was governor from 2003 to 2011, was arraigned in October 2011 on 16 counts bordering on stealing and misappropriation of funds.

In 2012, a key EFCC witness, Adeluola Babatunde, a Business Manager with Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), told the court that Daniel wanted to kill him and he had been sending threat messages to him, an allegation which the court ordered the police to investigate.

Daniel had his no case submission dismissed by the judge on May 17, 2019 with the judge asking him to open his defence.

Adebayo Alao-Akala

Alao-Akala, a former Governor of Oyo State, is also facing corruption charges for alleged N11.5bn fraud before Justice Olalekan Owolabi of a state High Court sitting in Ibadan.

The former governor was first arraigned before Justice Moshood Abass on October 11, 2011.

He is standing trial along with his then Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hosea Agboola, and an Ibadan-based businessman, Femi Babalola for 11 counts preferred against them by the EFCC.

The charge against them borders on “conspiracy, awarding contract without budgetary provision, obtaining by false pretence, acquiring property with money derived from an illegal act and concealing the ownership of such property”.

Alao-Akala is alleged to have awarded a road contract worth about N8.5bn between 2007 and 2009 without budgetary provision, to Pentagon Engineering Services, a company traced to Babalola.

The said contract was executed on behalf of the 33 local governments in the state.

Ikedi Ohakim

Ohakim, who was Governor of Imo State from 2007 to 2011, is standing trial before Justice Babatunde Quadri of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

He was first arraigned on July 8, 2015 before Justice Adeniyi Ademola. However, with the compulsory retirement of Justice Ademola, by the National Judicial Council, the case started de novo before Justice Quadri.

The EFCC slammed three charges against Ohakim, accusing him of purchasing a parcel of land at 60 Kwame Nkrumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja, with $2.2m in contravention of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.

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The truth is that if there should be total transparency, there's no Governor, NASS, House of Assembly, public office holder, elected. appointed or career driven in the past or in the present that wouldn't have a serious case to answer if close attention is payed to their finances and incomes.

Meanwhile why are non of the past Senate Presidents not there. You will pity the people of Benue if you go to David Mark's Constituency.
Where's Saraki's name, where are the names of Ike Ekweremmadu, Theodore Orji and others too numerous to mention.
These men must be held accountable for all the constituency project money they have been collecting for more than 10years.

EXPOSED! How Some APC Governors Tried Kicking Out Oshiomhole

EXPOSED! How Some APC Governors Tried Kicking Out Oshiomhole

 

Some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly told him of their resolve to get the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, sacked.

However, it took the intervention of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to kill their plot when he saw that the quartet wanted to use the other governors to get Buhari’s backing for Oshiomhole’s removal.
A source told The Nation that the governors see Oshiomhole as an obstacle to one of them running for the 2023 presidency.
”It is all about 2023. They want a pliant person as chairman, someone they can manipulate. That is why they want Oshiomhole out”, he told a stunned President Buhari, adding: ”They want to hijack the APC for selfish reason.”

Pro-Oshiomhole governors at the meeting were, Babagana Zulum, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Gboyega Oyetola (Osun).
At the meeting with Buhari, Governor El-Rufai reportedly told the president that APC governors have resolved that Oshiomhole should go because he is not running the party well.
Zulum countered: ”Who are the APC governors with you? Where and when did we meet to agree that the national chairman should resign?” he asked El-Rufai.

A source privy to the meeting said Governor Zulum told Buhari that El-Rufai and his collaborators had a sinister motive.
“Mr President, you see all these governors seeking the removal of Oshiomhole are doing so because they are aspiring to be President in 2023. This is why they are calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it. Must we destroy the party because of presidential ambition? I think we should be careful.

“I believe our National Chairman is a fair and equitable leader. I have never met him, yet he allowed due process in the party which made me to emerge as the governorship candidate of the APC in Borno State. He knew me during the presidential campaign in our state. He has never asked me for a favour,” Zulum was quoted as saying.

It was gathered that the anti-Oshiomhole governors are reportedly plotting on how to get 120 members of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) to their side.
They are reportedly planning to replace the former Edo State governor with Ex-governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State or a former aspirant for APC chairman, Mr Sam Jaja.

A party source told the Nation:-
“I think they are peddling Yari, the choice might be Jaja eventually. They know Yari loves ego-boosting and he has a lot to spend. If Yari is their ultimate choice, they will meet their match in President Buhari, who believes the ex-Zamfara governor must account for his tenure in the state. Buhari has refused to stop the investigation of Yari despite the entreaties of some of these anti-Oshiomhole governors.

“It also does not add up for the President to come from the North-West and the party chairman from the same zone. Yari is just a smokescreen.
“If they are able to convince Jaja to replace Oshiomhole, they must be running the errand of a third force.
“Some of these governors, their allies and foot soldiers are so petty to the extent that they are deploying huge cash to remove Oshiomhole. Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, who is having a running battle with Oshiomhole, is said to be one of those funding the project.

They have offered some NEC members as much as N500,000 and even infiltrated the National Working Committee ( NWC) of the APC by dangling N10million to N20million to the members. Those offered the huge cash were from both North-Central and South-West.

“A member of the NEC said he was offered N100,000 but he will collect the balance after the removal of Oshiomhole.”
Naija News reports that Adams Oshiomhole has been under fire from some members of the ruling party, with a national vice-chairman of the party calling for his resignation.

Oshiomhole has also been at loggerhead with the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, who is also reportedly working to get the national chairman sacked.
Recall that a chieftain of the APC, Senator Kabiru Marafa, had raised alarm over plots to take of over the affairs of the party by some APC governors.

According to him, the governors want to make President Muhammadu Buhari politically irrelevant before 2023.
Marafa said: “The fight is not against Oshiomole, it is actually against the president himself. It is only that they don’t have the guts to say it now, but they will when the time is ripe.

“It is evident that the plot to unseat Comrade Adams Oshiomole by a gang of President Buhari’s adversaries has thickened. This plot is merely aimed at hijacking the party structures and handing it over to Yari – who till now is the arrowhead of all the people that harbour a lot of bitterness against the president.

“The Governors in concert with their cronies, within and outside the party, are doing everything possible to hijack the party structures to ensure that the president and his sympathisers are edged out of power equation in 2023.”
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Edo APC crisis: Why I won’t allow Obaseki creates new political structures ― Oshiomhole

Edo APC crisis: Why I won’t allow Obaseki creates new political structures ― Oshiomhole

National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has given the reason for the ongoing power tussle between him and the Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole.

A rally organised to welcome an erstwhile chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Pastor Ize Iyamu into the APC in Edo state was almost aborted at the weekend in Benin city.
Speaking in a television programme, the APC chairman said Governor Obaseki’s move to create an alternative power bloc in Edo state by deliberately stripping existing party leaders of their enormous influence in the APC Edo state chapter was the genesis of the cold war between him and the Edo state governor.
Comrade Oshiomhole claimed that efforts to convince Governor Obaseki to continue to manage all shades of characters in the party has since been rebuffed by the latter.

He said: ”A political party is like a forest, in that forest you have many animals. The politician is the guy who goes into this forest, knowing fully well that all the dangerous animals are there but he is going for the antelope or the grass cutter which he wants to use to feed his family. He goes there get his antelope or grass cutter home and feast without being crashed.

“So the minimum requirement of political leadership is to be able to deal with all kinds of characters, use them to get what you want. And I said to him, you have to manage these people because for me as long as they deliver their units on the day of the election you have to manage them. In my first term election when I don’t know the politicians too well, I won Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba Okhai, we were only rigged out in Ovia and Orhiomwon in 2007.
“It is those Benin votes and the small we got from Edo North that we used to defend my mandate in court. Look at the way they humiliated Ogbemudia’s daughter for refusing to abuse me, the woman only said I cannot abuse Comrade rather as a mother I will join hands to settle the dispute between you people. But they said they don’t want settlement they want to crush. Three days later they crushed the woman by suspending her as chairman of Egor Local Government.

“ So it is a pity that they don’t know the difference between internal contestation and internal mechanism for resolving them and fighting the opposition. Killing is out of the kind of politics we practise, maiming is out of it. Now I told him Mr governor, with all the reservation people, were raising, talking about history, we convinced them to support you and it worked for you and you got elected, even if the margin of defeat was not as much as my own, but they worked for you.

“Then why do you now want to distort the system by creating a so-called new political structure, is there a structural defect? He said he will retire all the politicians but I said to him will you retire somebody you did not hire. Most of these politicians I met them in the business.
I have to go to their houses to convince them I want their support and when they give me that support I work hard to appreciate them. So if this is being foolish I want to remain foolish. As long as they work for me and Edo remain the only state in the South-South that we have APC.
“The only thing I invested in defeating PDP in Edo state is my integrity and my capacity to persuade and mobilize. Politics is a leveller, people who are detained by their ego can’t make it in politics. And I do not know any political party where you don’t have disagreement but as leaders, all you need to do is to call them and explain yourself. If it happens they are right and you are wrong, you apologize.

The APC national chairman who dismissed the claim that he taught Governor Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shuaibu how to frustrate political godfathers further argued that the duo of Governor Obaseki and his deputy, Honourable Shuaibu have no political base having lost their polling booths in last general elections.
“I have read them on several occasions saying that I taught them all they are doing today. This is laughable because I never thought them how to lose elections. As we speak today, the governor (Obaseki) lost his ward, Local Government and senatorial district in the last Presidential election. As we speak, the governor is being represented by the PDP in his Federal constituency and senatorial district. These in my view were early morning signals about the need to change tactics., stop threatening people, saying you will crush, who are you crushing?

“But I won my entire senatorial district for Mr President and I am being represented by an APC senator and House of Representatives. Then his Deputy Philip, in Jattu where he comes from, in his polling booth where he and his family voted, Philip Shaibu lost. He lost his booth during his own governorship election in which he was standing as Deputy governorship candidate. So if he learnt from me, he should have learnt well because I never lost an election in my village.

“There is nobody in my village who can work against me because when I go home I relate to them, I am an ordinary man. You see when you have power and you don’t use it you are even more powerful. And you must know when to talk tough and when to talk softly. When I am in my village I am just like an ordinary man. I argue and play with my people. The only man that was doing PDP in my village, the youths said how can he be doing PDP but I said no, you have to persuade him to join us.

“And today that young man is one of my PAs. So he (Philip) is one of my very poor students, Kakhi is not a lesson and fighters must be tactful and strategic. No sensible man will fight people who vote for them. Those they are fighting now, some of them delivered 95 per cent of the votes in their units while they lost their own areas.”
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PHOTO: Did Orji Kalu go and beg Abba Kyari in this photo as claimed?

PHOTO: Did Orji Kalu go and beg Abba Kyari in this photo as claimed?

 
A picture of Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, kneeling down alongside Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, is circulating online.
In a message shared on social media particularly on Whatsapp, Kalu, who was recently convicted of fraud, was said to be begging Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, to be pardoned of his crime.
The plea is said to be in connection with a recent fraud conviction for N7.1 billion which he committed during his time as governor.

The message in circulation claims that Kalu, who currently represents Abia north at the senate, was begging to not go to jail — “but it didn’t work”.

IS THIS TRUE ? Orji Kalu assisted by foreign affairs minister and others kneeling down before chief of staff, Abba kyari to assist a day before judgment...? pic.twitter.com/MNH9DGHyux December 14, 2019

However, TheCable reports that the claim is not true.
Orji Kalu and Geoffrey Onyeama on their knees
TheCable reports that the picture was taken on November 24, inside Kalu’s compound in Abia state.
Onyeama had joined others at the former governor’s house to celebrate the Christ the King feast, an annual celebration by the Catholic church.
A video of the celebration also showed those in attendance while a priest officiated the ceremony.
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Pastor bathes in church, asks church members to drink his bath water and they did (video)

Pastor bathes in church, asks church members to drink his bath water and they did (video)

 

A viral video of a pastor bathing in church and serving his church members his bath water to drink has sparked up mixed reactions on social media.
The Ghanaian pastor was spotted in his boxers taking a dip in a barrel filled with water in the church. However shortly after speaking to his church members, they were spotted lining up to drink from a cup filled with his bath water.
Local news platforms reported that the Pastor told his members that God instructed him to pull off the act. According to him, anyone who drinks from his bath water will get more blessings.
Though the time the incident occurred was not immediately available, the name of the church was however given as 'Endtime Church Of Nation'.
Here is the video below;

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