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NO SIT AT HOME IN SOUTH EAST, IPOB COUNTERS SIMON EKPA'S ORDER

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      The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has ordered its members and residents of the South-East region to ignore the 5-day sit-at-home exercise called by Nnamdi Kanu’s self-acclaimed disciple, Simon Ekpa. IPOB said it did not issue any sit-at-home while reacting to Ekpa’s earlier directive that people should boycott social and commercial activities from 9 to 14 of December. According to the Finland-based IPOB member, the sit-at-home would serve as a protest in Igbo land against the forthcoming general elections next year.       Reacting to the call, a statement by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Tuesday, said, “The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu wish to state unequivocally to the people of Biafra, friends of Biafra, and lovers of Biafra freedom that IPOB leadership did not issue any sit-at-home order on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th or 14th of December 2022.  “IPOB never issued any sit-at-home order on th...

TEENAGERS SOLD THEIR ORGANS TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR FOR N100,000 EACH IN LAGOS

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      Two teenagers, residing at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State, sōld their organs to a medical doctor in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last two months for N200,000 without the consent of their parents.  The teenagers, 17-year-old Precious Ikechukwu, daughter of a Pentecostal Bishop in Lagos, and her father’s secretary, 19-year-old Theresa Obam, allegedly connived with an adult member of the church, Mrs. Adeleke Blessing, and went to a medical doctor at Redwood Specialist Hospital, Abeokuta, where their organs were sold for N100,000 each.       The bubble reportedly burst in September 12, 2022, when Precious, the daughter of the bishop and Founder of Living Word Anointed Gospel Mission, located at Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, started vomiting and she was taken to hospital by her father, Ikechukwu Umeayo, and the doctor requested for medical test which later revealed that her åňůš and přïvåte pařť were damaged. It was gathered that the sick girl, who became unconscious...

18-YEAR-OLD JAYLEN SMITH ELECTED MAYOR OF US COMMUNITY

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      An 18-year-old, Jaylen Smith, has been elected the mayor of Earle Arkansas in the United States of America. Smith, who just graduated from high school, won the election with 218 votes, compared to his competitor, Nemi Matthews Sr's 139 and he's being touted as the youngest Black mayor in the US by the American media. Announcing his victory on Facebook, Smith said, "Citizens of Earle, Arkansas, it’s official!! I am your newly elected Mayor of Earle, Arkansas…  “It’s Time to Build a Better Chapter of Earle, Arkansas.” I would like to thank all my supporters for stepping up getting people to the polls. I am truly grateful for you all." Earle Arkansas has a population of under 2,000 people and is situated about 30 miles northwest of Memphis. In an interview with FOX13 revealed his goals for his town, saying, "First, I want to improve public safety here. Secondly, tear down abandoned houses… transportation here for the community, bring a grocery store here....

WEEP NOT FOR TINUBU BUT FOR NIGERIA - DELE MOMODU

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#TinubuAtChathamHouse WEEP NOT FOR TINUBU, BUT NIGERIA. ~Dele Momodu. "Call it what you will, what happened at CHATHAM HOUSE LONDON yesterday was a complete charade. The BOLA TINUBU handlers fumbled, and bungled it big time. They showcased him like a packaged invalid. It would have been better to present him as a brilliant politician and administrator, warts and all, who's capable of independent thoughts. No man is perfect. His gaffes would have been more pardonable and acceptable...  He was expected to sell his own vision and mission...  But what we saw yesterday was a theatre of the absurd.  It brought back memories of our great President ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA and how he mysteriously disappeared from radar and some of his aides governed by proxy.  I was one of those who led the ENOUGH-IS-ENOUGH protest against the YAR'ADUA cabal in Abuja in 2010. What was unacceptable then is even more unacceptable now with benefits of hindsight.  Our country should be pl...

BREAKING: NIGERIAN POP STAR D'BANJ ARRESTED, DETAINED OVER N- POWER FRAUD

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      The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has arrested and detained Oladapo Oyebanji, more known by his stage name, D’banj, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report. The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, sources familiar with the matter said. D’banj, insiders said, had dodged summons for weeks, claiming to be overseas for scheduled concerts each time he was invited to appear for interrogation over fraud allegation.       The pop star, a wealthy Nigerian celebrity, is accused of fraudulently diverting hundreds of naira earmarked by the Nigerian government for N-Power project, an empowerment programme set up by the Nigerian government in 2016 to address youth unemployment and increase social development. Investigators allege that D’banj colluded with some compromised government offi...

CBN LIMITS CASH WITHDRAWAL TO N20,000 PER DAY AT POS AND N100,000 PER WEEK FROM BANKS.

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       The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has limited weekly cash withdrawals over the counter to N100,000 for individuals and N500,000 for organisations regardless of their size.    Withdrawal at POS terminals has also been limited to N20,000 per day. The directive will take effect from January 9, 2023.   The directive comes as the CBN prepares to effect a change of naira notes in circulation starting next week, precisely on December 15.    The directive is contained in a December 6 memo classified as Confidential titled: “NAIRA REDESIGN POLICY-REVISED CASH WITHDRAWAL LIMITS.”   Signed by Haruna Mustafa, Director of Banking Supervision, the memo reads:         “Further to the launch of the redesigned Naira notes by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 and in line with the Cash- less policy of the CBN, all deposit money banks (DMBS) and other financial institutions (OFIs) ar...

MY EX- HUSBAND REFUSES TO SUPPORT, VISIT HIS SON - ACTRESS YVONNE JEGEDE

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      Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has opened up on her relationship with ex-husband, actor, Olakunle Fawole, popularly known as Abounce. In a chat with fellow actress Mercy Johnson, Jegede claimed Olakunle has refused to visit or support their son Xavier.       Speaking of her failed marriage, the actress said: “First of all, I dey fear. How I wan tell people say I no wan do again, marriage wey never even reach two years, say I no want. I don see the future say the future no dey so na to reverse comot for there”. When Mercy asked if the estranged couple still communicate with each other, Yvonne said: “We don’t talk. He doesn’t come around, he doesn’t call, he doesn’t do nothing. I don’t know what it is that could cause a friendship… because apart from the marriage, we had a good, very solid friendship. I think I still look at that friendship and believe this thing wey we dey experience now, we no suppose to, at least that friendship wey we get supposed ...

DISREGARD SIX DAYS SIT-AT-HOME RUMORS, MAZI NNAMFI KANU SENDS CRICIAL MESSAGE TO BIAFRANS THROUGH HIS LAWYER

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      The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has urged Biafrans to disregard rumors stating that there will be a six days sit at home in Biafra land.  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu said this via his legal team overhead by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Monday, during a routine visit at the solitary confinement where he's being held illegally.  There have been rumors by some faceless individuals stating that there will be a six days sit home in Biafra land during the Christmas season.        Debunking the rumors, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu clearly stated that any person who obeys or enforces any unsanctioned sit-at-home instructions which are being declared and imposed by some criminal elements who have been paid huge sums of money by some faceless persons to blackmail and consequently destroy him and his IPOB movement should count himself or herself as his Number 1 enemy and our peace-loving people.  Referring to the rumor mongers ...

ORGANIZE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES THROUGH YOUR OWN MEDIA OUTLETS AND STOP HIDING - FISAYO TELLS TINUBU

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      Award winning investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo has challenged Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prompt his own media channels to organize a town hall of all Presidential candidates if he is uncomfortable attending those organized by others.        Soyombo on his Facebook post states that Asiwaju Tinubu owns both prints and electronic media outlets, all of which are capable either solely or jointly to host such avenue for all candidates to address the voting public about their programs.  “His not attend It's not normal for anyone aspiring to the highest office in the land to not want to sit in a live debate to interact with Nigerians.       “I hope Tinubu's media houses TheNation and TVC solve this quagmire for us by organising a live debate to be attended by their principal. “By doing that, they will be rendering a huge service to the nation, worthy of a Nigeria...

APC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, ENUGU, TO ESTABLISH 30,000 HECTARES OF FARM SETTLEMENTS IN THREE SENSORIAL ZONES

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      Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Chief Uche Nnaji has decried the dearth of commercial agriculture in the state. Nnaji while speaking on the issue, said an agrarian people like ndi Enugu should be one of the leaders in agriculture in the country. He therefore stated that his administration would promote Green Revolution in the state by earmarking 10,000 hectares of land in each senatorial district of the state and use government resources to prepare the ground and allocate same to young people and other farmers to cultivate with the provision of financial support and improved seedlings and machinery, to produce for local consumption and export.       The gubernatorial hopeful was speaking at the Enugu Chamber of Commerce Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) House, while presenting his programme to the Enugu Business Community under the aegis of (ECCIMA) and the Enugu Coalition for Business and Professional Associ...

THREE YOUNG VIRGINS INITIATED INTO WOMANHOOD IN RIVERS COMMUNITY

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            The people of Ogu kingdom in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State celebrated the annual Iria festival, an ancient ceremony aimed at welcoming young female v!rg!ns into womanhood.  During the ceremony held on Saturday, December 3, 2022, the young girls were given certificates by the elders and chiefs of the town for passing through a test. According to Niger Delta Insider, to pass through the test, the girls must first be v!rg!ns which will be confirmed by women of the town.           The young girls are then kept in a room where they will be fed and also groomed before the ceremony.  After passing through this process, the qualified girls are given certificates showing that they are now adults ready for marriage.  This ceremony is said to date back to the 17th century.

MY PAST CRIMINAL RECORDS ARE STILL AFFECTING ME - ANTHONY JOSHUA

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Anthony Joshua laments effects of criminal past Boxer, Anthony Joshua, has revealed that his past criminal records are still affecting him. Joshua said this in a series of videos shared on his Snapchat on Saturday as he recounted his experience at an American airport. He said,  "You can't run away from your past, everytime I step into the US, they call me into the US customs or border protection. Luckily, some things on my criminal record aren't too severe and they don't stop me from actually entering the US.  "But every time I enter the US, they call me in for questioning and it's tedious and it's time-consuming. So young kids I'm just saying, while you may be coming up, whatever you may be doing, even if it's getting into a fight outside the club because you're drunk. Anything on your criminal record can cause you problem when trying to travel to the USA, so keep your record clean. Stay clean, stay out of trouble." Credit: Sn...

THE OBIDIENTS: A PACT WITH NIGERIA OR A DEAL WITH LUCIFER - FEMI FANI KAYODE

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      Obidients have accused leaders of their own party of being involved in forgery.  Obidients have expelled the DG of their own Presidential Campaign Council due to allegations of fraud and misappropriation of funds. Obidients have treated most of their leaders that are not from the East with contempt.  Obidients are the biggest and most vicious trolls on social media and their official spokesmen often refer to those that oppose them in the most unprintable terms referring to our candidates as devils, monkeys, demons and Nebuchadnezzar.  Obidient presidential candidate Peter Obi is embroiled in allegations of drug deals in Malaysia and has been proved to have secret, shady and hidden bank accounts with millions of dollars tucked away in far away Panama.        Obidient Vice Presidential  candidate, the shady Mauritanian refugee, Dati Ahmed, is a murderous, sociopathic, homophobic and homicidal maniac who is devoid of the liberal ...

ATIKU'S WOES MULTIPLY AS WIKE'S MEN TIGHTEN GRIP ON RIVERS

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      The chances of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar securing votes in Rivers State are growing slimmer. It was gathered that Atiku is distraught by the fact that party leaders who pitched tent with him against Governor Nyesom Wike, are not pulling their weight as expected. These include former governor Celestine Omehia, as well as other leaders like Austine Opara, Lee Maeba, and Farah Dagogo. It was learnt that Wike had grown stronger by developing unique strategies to tighten his grip on the party and take all state structures beyond the reach of Atiku and his men. His continuous campaign for inclusiveness in the national leadership structure of the party and his portrayal of Atiku; the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu; Atiku’s running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa and other Atiku’s men as betrayers, liars, haters of Rivers and divisive leaders, had been received by many Rivers residents across the political divide.   ...

ANAMBRA STATE PLANS 24-HOURS POWER SUPPLY FOR MAJOR CITIES

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      Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State said his administration is working with private providers to guaranty 24 hours electricity in major cities in the state over the next 30 months. Soludo said this on Friday during a ceremony to present appointment letters to the newly recruited five thousand teachers for primary and secondary schools in the State.       While reeling out some of his achievement is office so far, the governor said, “In barely eight months in office, we have been vigorously and simultaneously implementing the five pillars of our peoples manifesto. We are fighting criminals and touts head on and they are on the run, security law and order are getting better by the day.       “Anambra is now a construction site with 230 kilometres of quality and strategic road constructions ongoing together with bridges and flyovers; we have launched regenerative agricultural revolution as well as reinventing the palm oil and coconut...

E-X-P-O-S-E-D: DETAILS OF AMOUNT BUHARI PAID 9 OIL-PRODUCING STATES BTW 2021 & 2022 AS 13% DERIVATIVES ACCRUAL SINCE 1999

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      According to the figures, under the 13 per cent derivation fund on withdrawal from ECA without deducting derivation from 2004 to 2019, Abia State received N4.8 billion with outstanding sum of N2.8 billion, Akwa-Ibom received N128 billion with outstanding sum of N77 billion, Bayelsa with N92.2bn, leaving an outstanding of N55 billion. Cross River got a refund N1.3 billion with a balance N792 million, Delta State received N110 billion, leaving a balance of N66.2 billion, Edo State received N11.3billion, with a balance of N6.8billion, Imo State, N5.5 billion, with an outstanding sum of N3.3 billion, Ondo State, N19.4 billion with an outstanding sum of N11.7bn while Rivers State was paid 103.6 billion, with an outstanding balance of N62.3 billion. On the 13 per cent derivation fund on deductions made by NNPC without payment of derivation, the nine oil producing States were paid in three instalments this year, with the remaining 17 instalments outstanding. Under this cat...

AISHA BUHARI WITHDRAWS CASE AGAINST FINAL YEAR STUDENT

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By Alao Abiodun       Wife of the President Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the case against a final-year student of Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Mohammed . Muhammad, who hails from Azare in Bauchi state, was arrested by the police over a tweet that appeared to mock Mrs. Buhari. He was arrested at his varsity on November 18. His arrest elicited mixed reactions with the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) apologising to Mrs. Buhari over the tweet. The tweet, which was posted on June 8, reads: “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi.”       Muhammad’s tweet, accompanied by a photo of Aisha, loosely translates as “Mama has eaten poor people’s money and is now full”. He had been arraigned before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, where he pleaded not guilty and was remanded at Suleja prison in Niger State. Aminu was charged with Cybercrime, Cybersquatting, Computer Related Forgery, Conspiracy and Criminal Breac...

2023: DOGARA GROUP ADOPTS ATIKU, PDP

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      The Northern Leaders Consultative Forum (NLCF) chaired by ex-Speaker Yakubu Dogara has adopted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate ahead of next year’s election. The group, at a meeting in Abuja on Friday, considered and adopted the recommendations contained in a report of the Northern Leaders Technical Criteria Committee (NLTCC) chaired by Kumalia Mohammed, with Mela Nunge (SAN) as Secretary. Presenting the report to the meeting, ex-Kogi Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba said the NLTCC was set up to critically analyse the chances of the four leading political parties and recommend which to be supported. The parties analysed, Achuba said, are the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).       The report, while recommending the choice of the PDP, said from all indications, the PDP “seems to be above board in every criterion as postulate...

FINAL YEAR STUDENT STABBED TO DEATH BY HIS FRIEND OVER GIRLFRIEND IN BAUCHI STATE

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      A 25-year-old final year student of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere, Bauchi State, Usman Mani Tiffi has been murd£red by his friend identified as Kamal Gumau,25, a fellow final-year student of the same school. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the incident occurred at about 11 am on Monday, 28th November 2022 in one of the lodges called MD Burra on Lagos Street following an altercation over who is the real boyfriend of a fellow female student. The late Usman until his d£ath was a Biochemistry student who was to graduate on Friday, 9th December 2022 when he was expected to have written the final paper of his academic pursuit. An eyewitness account by one of the students who pleaded anonymity said that the suspect is known to be a drug addict.  "On the fateful date, there was a heated argument between the two friends over who is the real boyfriend of a female student as the two of them are laying claim to her," the witness narrated.   ...

KANYE WEST HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY KIN KARDASHIAN $200K PER MONTH IN CHILD SUPPORT

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      The rapper and reality TV star will share joint custody of their four children, and neither will pay the other spousal support, according to documents filed in Los Angeles superior court. The former couple will equally split the expenses for the kids’ private security and private school, including college, according to the settlement proposal.  The two parties should consult with each other on major decisions about their children's welfare, the documents state.       The New York Post reports that Kanye, who now goes by Ye, is expected to pay $200k a month in child support because the children will spend the majority of their time with Kardashian. They will also each pay their own debts, the settlement said. The two had a prenuptial agreement and kept their property largely separate. The couple began dating in 2012 and had their first child in 2013. West proposed later that year using the giant screen at the empty waterfront ballpark of the San F...

BABA AHMED SLAMS TINUBU FOR REFUSING TO MENTION OBI'S NAME

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        Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has lashed out at the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for dismissing Obi and saying he would not mention his name  Baba-Ahmed also accused the APC of anchoring its campaign strategy against Obi on spreading false information across the polity. He said this on Thursday at a Labour Party press conference held in Abuja.           Baba-Ahmed said, “Earlier attempts to discredit the Obi’s candidacy through fabricated allegations of demolition of mosques, internal deportation of northerners, issuance of ID cards to northerners, and ethnic hostilities were all conclusively proven to be false and without basis.   “As if those were not enough, just a few days ago, the presidential candidate of the APC speaking in Delta State, and referring to our presidential candidate, said that it was a disgrace to ...

AISHA BUHARI FRACTURED HER LEG WHILE TRYING TO PHYSICALLY ASSAULT NIGERIAN STUDENT ARRESTED OVER TWEET POST

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      The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, sustained injury while physically abusing a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, who was arrested over a Twitter post. This was confirmed by the publisher of Daily Nigerian, Ja’afar Ja’afar, who noted that Mrs Buhari while attempting to throw a kick on the student, slipped and fractured her leg. had on November 21 reported that the wife of the President was rushed to an Abuja hospital after suffering a leg fracture.       Meanwhile, while giving an update, Ja’afar said, “From my findings, it was not SSS but plain-clothed policemen who arrested & tortured a final-year student @aminullahie and another lady named Zainab Kassim (a former social media aide to First Lady). The operation was engineered and executed by Aisha Buhari’s ADC Usman Shugaba. The tweet, which was posted in Hausa reads: “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi.” The tweet, which was accompanied by a photograph ...

PRINCE NED NWOKE DARES GOV WIKE TO DENY OIL BUNKERING BUSINESS IN RIVERS STATE

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      According to Prince Ned Nwoko, Governor Wike, the emperor of Rivers State, is allegedly one of the oil thieves, sabotaging our economy through oil bunkering.  According to Prince Nwoko, the oil bunkering business is the business, financing Wike’s vast  political empire and his lavish lifestyle.  Prince Nwoko went further to dare  Emperor Wike to deny this as he claims that Wike’s oil bunkering business is a public knowledge.  Let’s hear Ned as he continues:       Rivers state received a whopping share of over 60 billion Naira from the Paris Club refunds to states, thanks to the sterner stuff of Prince Ned Nwoko who took the Federal government to Courts on behalf of the states and local governments and  won, over the arbitrary deductions. We have infallible evidence that Wike not only collected the huge funds but squandered the proceeds through phantom projects and frivolous travels around the world in crude obscene ego tr...

SENATOR BASSEY REPRESENTING AKWA IBOM NORTH EAST JAILED 42- YEARS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING

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      Albert Bassey, senator representing Akwa Ibom North East at the National Assembly was today, December 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced to 42 years imprisonment by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. The court found him guilty of six-count of money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Senator Bassey was prosecuted by the anti-graft agency on allegation of receiving vehicle valued at N204 million as bribe from companies linked to one Olajide Omokore, a contractor who executed a N3billion contract for the Government of Akwa Ibom State whilst Senator Bassey was Commissioner for finance and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Coordinating Committee       The offence contravenes Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and is punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act. One of the charges against the senator reads, “That you, ...

I WILL CONQUER THE OCEAN IN BAYELSA AS I DID IN LAGOS - TINUBU

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      The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday promised to build primary and secondary drainage canals that would protect Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State from flood if he is voted into office as president of Nigeria. Tinubu stated this in Yenagoa during the Bayelsa State APC Presidential Campaign Council rally at the Ox-Bow Lake Pavilion, Swali, Yenagoa. He said if elected, he would proffer permanent solutions to issues of flooding across Bayelsa, just the way he did in Lagos, as well as reclaimed lands the Atlantic Ocean have washed away in all coastal communities of the state.       Speaking further he said “today I bring great news to Bayelsa, and that news is that hope and salvation is here, prosperity is here, that employment is back, that happiness is here, that high prices of good are gone. No matter how much they try to frustrate this news, we will bring it to you. “Where we are is Bayelsa, on...

RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT DONATES INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE CENTRE TO POLICE

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      Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has handed over to the Nigeria Police the Intelligence and Surveillance Centre that was built by his administration with the sole aim of boosting efforts of the security agencies in crime fighting in the State. Governor Wike made the hand over on Monday at the inauguration of the Intelligence and Surveillance Centre in Ogbum-Nu-Abali community, Port Harcourt. The inauguration was performed by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. The governor said the Centre is fitted with the latest technology and it will help in improving crime fighting capability of police officers and make the State safer. He noted the need to creating more conducive climate for people in the State to go about their various endeavours and encourage the business community to operate their investment with greater sense of security. “Let me say clearly, this is our own contribution to making sure we have peace, fight insecurity, and that those...

EX- GUSAU UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLOR SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FRAUD

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      Magaji Garba, former vice chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by an Abuja court. Garba was found guilty of a five-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and forgery on Thursday. SPY NIGERIA learnt that Garba was arraigned by the EFCC on October 12, 2021, for allegedly extorting money from the contractor who was to build a N3 billion perimeter wall fencing of the university. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) issued a statement that Garba’s “offence is contrary to section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006”. Garba was convicted by Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Garki, Abuja. Credit: Spynigeria.ng

2023 ELECTION: RIVERS WILL SOON DECIDE WHICH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO VOTE -WIKE

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      Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has informed that the decision on the presidential candidate to vote in the 2023 general election in the State will   soon be made known.  He said when the decision will be taken, Rivers electorate, who have enjoyed good governance under his watch and already desirous to reciprocate the gesture, will be told which presidential candidate to vote.       Governor Wike made the position known while inaugurating the Rukpokwu-Rumuapu-Izo-Ogbodo Igwuruta Link Road, which took place in Rumuapu community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Tuesday. The governor said, for what his administration has done in terms of performance and provision of critical infrastructure, Rivers people are already home with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He then charged the electorate to cast their votes only for PDP gubernatorial candidate as well National Assembly to State Assembly candidates. “Then the other one (...

BREAKING: COURT ORDERS ARREST AND DETENTION OF EX- MINISTER UCHE OGAH

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      A  magistrate court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia state capital, has issued a bench warrant on former minister of state for mines and steels, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, according to multiple reports.  The court ordered the Abia police commissioner to arrest and detain Ogah for failing to appear before it to answer a question of alleged forgery brought before it by Ogah's political party, the All Progressives congress (APC). Abia APC had dragged Ogah to court over the document he used to obtain a court victory declaring him the party's governorship flag bearer for the upcoming 2023 guber poll. Ogah, APC's lawyers argued in court, forged the signatures of the party's state chairman and secretary and presented it before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. That court, on November 11, declared Ogah as the duly elected governorship candidate of the APC in Abia.       The judgement invalidated the candidacy of Ikechi Emenike who w...

COURT ORDERS THE ARREST AND REMAND IN PRISON OF CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, FARUK

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Court orders the arrest and remand in prison of Chief of Army Staff,  Faruk Yahaya, one other        The High Court in Minna, Niger State, has issued a warrant of arrest for the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya, for alleged contempt of court.  The state’s chief judge, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who gave the order, also issued a warrant of arrest for the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji. DailyPost reports that Abdulmalik stated that the order followed the hearing of a case brought before the court, pursuant to Order 42, Rule 10 of the Niger State High Court Civil Procedure 2018.       Justice Abdulmalik declared: “The order is commuting the Chief of Army Staff, General Faruk Yahaya and the Commandant Training and Doctrine Command Minna, Major General Stevenson Olugbenga Olabanji, to be kept in Minna Correctional Custody for contentions of the order of this court on 12 October 2...

37 YEARS OLD MICHAEL JONATHAN NUMA, FROM BAYELSA STATE BECOMES THE YOUNGEST SAN IN NIGERIA.

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      37 Years old Michael Jonathan Numa, from Bayelsa State was on Monday elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), making him the youngest SAN in Nigeria. Michael Numa schooled at the Delta State University were he obtained the Bachelor of Law In 2008, he was called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2010.        In 2013, Michael obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Business Law from the prestigious Queen Mary University of London  He also completed the International Comparative Arbitration course at Queen Mary University.  In 2018, Michael concluded a certificate program on U.S. Business Law from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Michael Numa is the Managing Partner of M.J Numa & Partners LLP. Niger Delta Insider

27-year-old Yahoo boy arrested for allegedly beating his undergraduate girlfriend to death in Ogun

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      A 27-year-old suspected Yahoo boy, Obeta John, was on Tuesday, November 29th, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly k!lling his girlfriend, one Idowu Buhari, an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was arrested following a distress call received at Ode -Remo divisional headquarters, that the suspect, who resides at No 3, Mojubade compound, Eredu Ishara, locked himself and his girlfriend inside his room and had started b€ating the girl and hitting her head against the wall, and all efforts made to persuade him to open the door proved abortive. ''Upon the distress call, the DPO Ode-remo division, CSP Fasogbon Olayemi quickly led his men to the scene where they met the victim in the pool of her blood after forcing the door opened.  The victim was quickly rushed to State Hospital Ishara,but was pronounced d€ad...