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Buhari’s ‘technical stopover’ in London violation of Constitution – PDP

  President Buhari. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Presidency to come clear on reasons for President Muhammadu Buhari’s “technical stopover” in London. The party, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said the presidency should end what they described as official secrecy as the president is not a private citizen, therefore his activities must be fully disclosed. The President, who left Abuja on Saturday on an official working visit to the United States of…

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Police arraign Dino Melaye in Lokoja on stretcher

  Melaye being brought out on stretcher from an ambulance for arraignment. Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court. The senator, who is allegedly battling with some health complications, came into the court yard in an ambulance. It will be recalled that Melaye was also arraigned on Wednesday by the Police at a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for allegedly attempting to escape from lawful custody and also threatening…

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Obasanjo ‘more convinced’ Buhari won’t get second term

  Ex-President Obasanjo. Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria, has refuted the claim that he is in support of President Mohammed Buhari’s second term bid. Instead, he said he had become “more convinced” of Buhari’s unworthiness of a second term, based on his showing at Monday’s press briefing with US President Donald Trump. Everything is fair, including telling libellous lies – Obasanjo says about alleged support for Buhari’s second a term bid. In a statement on Wednesday, the…

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Kidnapped Ekiti PDP chieftain regains freedom

Kayode Oni. The kidnapped financial secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Oni has regained his freedom. Oni was said to have been kidnapped between  Efon- Erio Ekiti  Highway while returning to Aramoko Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area at about 4.30pm last Saturday. He was said to be returning from Efon Local Government where he went to conduct the PDP Local government congress before he was abducted. The spokesman for the PDP…

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Police raid hideout of suspected cultists, arrest 25

IGP, Idris. The police Command in Enugu State have reiterated its readiness not to rest on its oars in the campaign and onslaught against cultism and other vices amongst youth in the state for a safe and secured environment. To this end,the operatives of the Anti cultism Unit of the Enugu State Police Command through intelligence information have raided Obeagu Amechi Awkunanaw bush where youth numbering about 25 in number were arrested for cult related activities. The suspected cult…

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Expert tasks states to amend outdated financial laws to improve IGR

  Mr. Ikechukwu Nweje (left) delivering his address at the retreat in Enugu… on Wednesday. Task team leader of State and Local Governance Reform (SLOGOR), and a World Bank financial expert, Mr Ikechukwu Nweje has urged state governments to amend outdated financial laws to improve their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and financial governance. Nweje made the call at a retreat organised for the six SLOGOR states participating in the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms in Enugu on Wednesday. The…

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Bizarre: Fayose raises alarm over influx of N5bn cash for Ekiti APC guber primary

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose has raised alarm over the influx of questionable funds into the state for the Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election, saying genuine lovers of democracy should be worried that over N5 billion cash will be going into mere primary election of a political party that claimed to be fighting corruption. The governor, who alleged that some of the APC governorship aspirants had earmarked N1 million each to buy 2,000 delegates and…

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Real Madrid survive Bayern scare, qualify for Champions League final

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid clash on Tuesday night. Real Madrid are within touching distance of a third consecutive Champions League triumph after Karim Benzema scored twice to eliminate Bayern Munich on Tuesday and book their place in the final. Bayern, who trailed 2-1 following last week’s opening leg in Germany, looked capable of inflicting this season’s latest European comeback when Joshua Kimmich scored early and James Rodriguez levelled shortly after the hour. But Benzema’s double in between, the…

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Ohakim says bomb attack at president of Ohanaeze’s home, is on Igbo nation

Ex-governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim. Immediate past governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim has condemned the recent bombing of the ancestral home of the President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, in Ukehe, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, describing it as an attack on Igbo nation. In a statement on Monday, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Collins Ughalaa, the former governor, warned that the lion’s tail should not be touched. The statement reads:…

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2018 Workers’ Day: Okorocha gives automatic promotion to all categories of workers in Imo

  Governor Okorocha on May Day celebration in Owerri, Imo State capital… on Tuesday. As a moral booster, Governor Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday directed automatic promotion from a grade level to the next one applicable to all categories of civil servants in the state civil service.  The governor who made the heart cheering news open during the festival marking the day at Heroes’ Square in Owerri, assured the workers of paying any minimum wage that the Federal Government will…

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