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  John Alechenu, Abuja The last is yet to be heard about the alleged financial scandal rocking the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party. Some party chieftains on Friday renewed calls for the resignation of the National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu. Two chieftains of the party, Senator Olaka Nwogu and Mohammed Jamo, who appeared on the Channels Television political Programme, Politics Today , noted that the the scandal over the suspicious payment of sums ranging from N26-N35 million into the personal accounts of NWC members as housing allowance was sufficient grounds for him to step down. Olaka said, “I’m outraged and embarrassed at this time, my party is not the issue, the National Chairman, is the issue, the NWC is the issue. When Governor Nyesom Wike have his media chat and said the N14bn of the party’s funds is the target, that it is the reason of the dogged determination of Ayu to remain in office. “Now, what is coming out is that some members of the NWC ar...

  Halima Abubakar, a Nollywood actress, has reacted to the legal suit filed against her by Apostle Johnson Suleman. Recall that the duo  have been at loggerhead  after the actress alleged that she was in a romantic relationship with the cleric. She had admitted that she had an affair with the preacher because he told her he was divorced with three children. Halima, who is battling an unknown ailment, also accused him of feeding bloggers negative stories about her. Suleman, in a suit filed by his lawyer, accused Halima of defamation, blackmail and publishing demeaning statements about him. The suit read in part, “It is our brief that you caused to be published malicious, defamatory and demeaning statements about our client in several micro-blog sites, chiefly Gistlover, and your Instagram handle Halima Abubakar, which have wider reach within Nigeria and the world. “These statements, made by you, knowing fully well that they are false, untrue, malicious, defamatory, baseles...

  The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is set to stage a ceremony in an ornate Kremlin hall to announce Russia’s rule over around 15% of Ukraine, the biggest European annexation since World War II. Putin disclosed that the four Ukrainian regions would remain “Russian forever”. The annexation is coming on the heels of referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which the West countries have slammed as illegal. However, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s President, has hit out at the move, saying that Putin wanted a war more than life. UN chief Antonio Guterres also called it a dangerous escalation and a violation of the United Nations charter. It comes as Ukrainian forces partially surround a strategic city in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, a Russian rocket attack killed at least 25 in Zaporizhzhia, while another 50 were wounded.

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  Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  have arrested two siblings: Lateef Afeez Abiodun and Lateef Abdullahi Olalekan alongside twenty-four others,  for suspected  internet- related fraudulent activities in Ibadan, Oyo State. They were arrested Tuesday,  September 27, 2022 at Apete area of Ibadan based on actionable intelligence worked upon by the Commission. The other suspects are: Awotunde Joseph Sunday, Ojekunle Ifakorede Apesinola, Oladepo Kayode Samuel, Emmanuel Michael Blessing, Shittu Hassan Taiwo, Olubanji Michael Remilekan, Bakari Ibrahim Oluwatosin, Nafiu Hassan Ayomide, Shittu Toheeb Ife, Kehinde Abiodun, Ibikunle Lolade Tanimola, Ahmad Sodiq Adekola, Joshua Sowemimo, Adeleke Adegoke Yusuf and Ahmad Ridwan Adeniyi..

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Command, has arrested 26 suspects for internet-related fraudulent activities in Ibadan. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that among those arrested were two siblings alongside 24 others. He said that the suspects were arrested on Tuesday at Apete area of Ibadan, based on actionable intelligence worked upon by the commission. Uwujaren said items recovered from the suspects included a car, laptops and exotic phones. He said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.(NAN)

  Here is a letter of Taofeek Arapaja, a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) returning controversial money paid into his account by the leadership of the party: 29. September, 2022 The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party Wadata Plaza, Abuja. Your Excellency, RETURN OF THIRTY-SIX MILLION NAIRA (N36,000,000.00) HOUSING ALLOWANCE PAID INTO MY ACCOUNT I observed a malicious story reported in the Nations Newspaper of 26th September, 2022; where it was alleged that members of the National Working Committee were offered humongous amount of money to silent us over an allegation of financial misappropriation to the tune of Fifteen Billion Naira (N15,000,000,000.00). This led me to browse through my various alerts, and I discovered a transfer of Thirty-Six Million Naira (N36,000,000.00) from the Party. I have my reservation about this money transferred into my account and for personal reasons wish to return it accordingly. Kindly confi...

  Peter Obi is not the favorite to win the Nigeria election. It's Tinubu. So don't behave like the election is won. Behave like the underdog, so you fight like the underdog to win this election. Don't believe your own hype, there is still a LOT of work to do. https://twitter.com/markessien/status/1575395346364104707?t=3f5rUOvCUoyfrSbed6Sj6A&s=19 17 Likes  2 Shares

  The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kolo Yusuf has tasked senior police personnel on professionalism in the discharge of their duty. He warned that any police officer fraternizing with bandits would not go unpublished. The State police boss directed total compliance to the Inspector-General of Police’s order on exclusion of quasi-security outfits from campaigns and rallies and other political processes. Yusuf gave the directive when he held a meeting with the Area Commanders, DPOs, Tactical Commanders and other police officers during an extensive lecture and interactive session ahead of 2023 general elections in the State. During the lecture, the commissioner told his men to ensure that all quasi-security outfits established by various State governments and local communities operating under different nomenclatures were banned from partaking in any electioneering campaign. He said the outfits had no legal roles under the Electoral Act. On the social media policy of the I...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked   bribery allegations   against the National Working Committee (NWC) members. At least six of 19 members of the NWC have returned funds paid into their accounts after alleged approval by the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The amounts range from N28.8million to N36million, depending on the recipient’s position. Letters of the refund are in the public domain. Those who have refunded include Taofeek Arapaja, Deputy National Chairman South; Stella Effah-Attoe, National Woman Leader; Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman, South-South. Others are Alli Odefa, National Vice Chairman, South-East, Olasoji Adagunobi-Oluwatukesi, National Vice Chairman, South-West; Setonji Koshoedo, Deputy National Secretary. In a statement Thursday night, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba said the funds were not inducements. The spokesman alleged there were “strange and unfounded motives to the Housing Allowance duly approved and paid t...

  Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials have retrieved a baby in a dumpster in a street in Ikoyi. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin announced that the newborn was found on Thursday. The LAWMA staff went to the Ikoyi police division at about 10 o’clock in the morning to file a report on the discovery. Hundeyin said they were going about their routine duty of moving wastes when they saw the baby wrapped in a polythene bag. A police team led by the Divisional Crime Officer rushed to the scene and rushed the baby to Military Hospital, 81 Division, Dodan Barracks Ikoyi. The infant received medical treatment and has been moved to a Motherless Baby Home In the metropolis. Hundeyin assured the baby was doing fine, and confirmed that the police had commenced an investigation. The spokesman added that “infanticide is a crime and punishable”. The act contravenes Section 327A of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria.

  The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has lamented that northern Nigeria has been neglected and isolated politically, economically and socially since the advent of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in 2015. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the spokesperson of the group, while speaking in Kaduna on Thursday at a sensitization and awareness conference organised by the Kaduna State chapter of the Coalition, noted that the region had been abandoned to a critical security situation with its women widowed, children orphaned, youths maimed and killed and people displaced in thousands. He regretted that the once potent and progressive North is currently begging not only for food, but for a place in the nation’s future social and political arrangement. He added that the bulk of the northerners were left jobless, homeless, helpless and hopeless, saying that the politicians and leaders they elected had prospered with nothing to celebrate for the struggling families all across the reg...

  The confusion over who is the authentic Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom North West has died down with the release of candidates’ list by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Commission, in compliance with a court order, listed Senator Godswil Akpabio as the APC candidate. DAILY POST recalls that it was a smooth sail for a former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udom Ekpoudom, until the immediate past minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Akpabio came into the picture. The retired DIG had in a primary election held on May 22, clinched the Senatorial District ticket of the APC. The exercise was conducted across the 108 wards in the 10 Local Government Areas of the State. The exercise was monitored by the electoral umpire, INEC and was conducted by a factional chairman, Augustine Ekanem whom the Appeal Court later removed as the party chairman and made Stephen Ntukepo, the substantive chairman of the party. Also, Ste...

  Amidst weighty allegations of corruption hovering around his office, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Iyorchia Ayu is expected back to Nigeria today, Friday. However, unlike when he departed the country to Europe with fanfare, that may not be said of his return trip as he is coming back to face a court of public opinion, with his colleagues in the National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP making shocking revelations. Barely one week ago, Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike in what appears to be blowing the lead, had accused Ayu of engaging in corrupt practices. However, not many took Wike’s allegations seriously, considering his long drawn war with the chairman ever since the party conducted its presidential primary election, which Wike lost to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Wike, answering questions from journalists, alleged that Ayu received N1 billion from one of the presidential hopefuls in the party. He went further to say that Ayu is corrupt, an...

  …We didn’t author it, says APC NWC By Omei za Ajayi, Abuja There is confusion within the ranks of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, following a protest letter purportedly written by its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu to its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, regarding the composition of its Presidential Campaign Council. Hours after the letter was leaked, spokesman of the party, Barr. Felix Morka issued a statement on Thursday morning denouncing that it was authored by Senator Adamu. “That letter is the position of the NWC. Whatever is happening now is an attempt at a recant”, he said.  Tinubu’s aide who pleaded anonymity had earlier told Vanguard that his principal would not react to the letter as published in the media. “No letter was sent to Asiwaju. So, how do we react to a leaked letter that was never sent”?, he had queried. Describing the letter as a “draft”, Morka said it did not emanate from the chairman. He said; “Our attention ha...

 

  Artis Leon Ivey Jr., known professionally as Coolio, has died at the age of 59. According to BBC, the US rapper, who is also know for the iconic hit, Gangsta’s Paradise in 1995, was reportedly found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a friend’s house in Los Angeles The exact cause of his death on Wednesday has not yet been revealed, but his longtime manager, Jarez Posey, who first reported the news, said that paramedics believed the artist may have had a cardiac arrest. Coolio, won a Grammy for ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’, which was part of the soundtrack for the movie ‘Dangerous Minds’ starring Michelle Pfeiffer. With his career spanning over four decades, Coolio recorded eight studio albums and won an American Music Award and three MTV Video Music Awards. Coolio’s sudden death has shocked some US musical icons, such as Snoop Dogg, MC Hammer and Ice Cube when they shared griefs about his passing away. MC Hammer described Coolio as, “one of the nicest dudes I’ve known”. Snoop Dogg re...