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Oby Ezekwesili has just announced her withdrawal from 2019 presidential race saying she has opted to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019 election. Explaining her action in a series of tweets this morning, she said the action was also prompted by an examination of the country’s electoral environment sequel to the 2019 presidential debate of Saturday, January 19, 2019. See her full statemnt below... Following the reactions of Nigerian citizens at home and abroad to the 2019 Presidential Debate held on Saturday 19 January 2019, and after extensive consultations with leaders from various walks of life across the country over the past few days, I have decided to step down from the presidential race and focus on helping to build a Coalition for a viable alternative to the  # APCPDP  in the 2019 general elections. This coalition for a viable alternative has now more than ever before become

Twitter user, @Mdudemeister has shared an x-rated video of a Gabonese minister performing mouth action on his gay lover. According to him, he claimed the now viral video was first leaked by a gay lover exposing his sexual activities with a politician who he identified as Gabon Economy Minister,  Paulin  Medzang . Go to Twitter to find it. We can't post it here ...

Actress Georgina Onuoha, has kicked against the second term bid of President Buhari. Posting a clip from the president's interactive media session which held last week, Georgina wrote; This is truly sad .. that he doesn’t NO! And he is my president.That in a nation of almost 200 million people of different tribes that are intellectually gifted, these are the kind of men we in put in charge of the governance of our nation. I cry for my country. It is not enough to have PVC.. it is the notion that we have to pick one of the lesser evil speaks volume. Bunch of uneducated, visionless and old cabals that have driven this nation into the gutters. How any sane person, will afford Buhari a vote or let alone a second term will be a betrayal of justice, peace, equality and freedom. A man who spent over 80 percent of his current administration in London receiving treatment! Yet he finds it hard to relinquish power. They are not the problem.. we the people are the problem. We ar

MCG Empire boss and indigene of Akwa Ibom state, MC Galaxy, recently released a new single for the Akwa Ibom gubernatorial candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere.    This single comes just a month after After releasing 2 successful hit singles titled “Ohaa and On Your Marks”. MC Galaxy has also dropped a sizzling visual for this hit single.   The hit tune “Nsima” was directed by Mat Max, produced by Phantom, mixed and mastered by Willis Beats  

ACP Yomi Shogunle, has given women some advise on how to prevent being raped in a series of tweets. He also advised men who have raped a girl more than once to go for medical examination. See his next tweet below

Senator Dino Melaye has beem slammed with a nine-count charge that borders on lying and resisting arrest. The new charges were filed after the senator fulfilled the bail conditions a high court in Abuja granted him on Friday. In the charge sheet, one Silas Omenka was named as a defendant in the suit filed by the police. It is unclear who Omenka is and the role he played during the 8-day siege laid to the Abuja residence of the lawmaker. The siege ended on January 4 when Melaye surrendered to the police. The senator had been accused of culpable assault. The police alleged that in July, his supporters shot one Danjuma Saliu, an officer in Kogi state. Below are the charges: COUNT ONE That you Senator Dino Melaye ‘m’ 45 yrs, representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Eight National Assembly and Silas Omenka ‘m‘ 38 yrs of Opposite Deeper Life Church, Kabayi, Mararaba, Nasarawa State on or about the 28th December 2018 at about 1030hrs, at No. 11 Sangha St

Despite meeting his bail conditions, the police have refused to release Dino Melaye, a senator representing Kogi west. On Friday, a high court in Abuja granted the Melaye bail on health grounds after about two weeks in detention. Yusuf Halilu, the judge, had granted the senator bail on health grounds. The bails conditions included presenting three sureties who reside and have properties in Abuja. The lawmaker met the conditions on Monday.   However, as of 7pm last night, Melaye was still being held in police detention. According to reports, despite the order of the court that had been served to police, they want to arraign him “on fresh charges” on Tuesday.   “His family has not seem him. Despite the above FCT High Court order of Friday and duly served on the Police, having met all bail conditions, the police are holding on to Dino Melaye as we speak now. Instead of obeying the court order above, they have chose to arraign him in court tomorrow on a fresh charges&qu

President Buhari has commended human right lawyer, Festus Keyamo, SAN for having earned the “highest place and esteem” in the legal profession through his defence of the rights of ordinary Nigerians. In a message of congratulations to mark Keyamo’s 49th birthday today, signed personally by him, the President thanked the Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for bringing these qualities to bear on the ongoing campaign for elections. In a letter headlined “Happy Birthday, Festus,” President Buhari said: “I write to heartily congratulate you on your 49th birthday, today. The story of your life has always been to speak up for the masses of our country and at critical times in the life of our nation. You have also used law as an instrument to achieve these goals. This has rightly earned you the highest place and esteem in your profession as Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. “As you apply these qualities in helping to CHANGE this nati

A 56-year-old mother of five girls was left heartbroken when her husband suddenly abandoned her after 30 years of marriage, because she had not given him a son to continue his family name. Thembeni Khuboni from KwaMancinza in KZN South Africa, said her husband, Simon, started acting strangely early last year. She soon discovered that he was having an affair with a young lady working in his office. “When I asked him why he did it, he just left our home. I heard that he was living with the girl in Phoenix, Durban. I tried calling him but he wouldn’t answer the phone,” she said. Thembeni said in the middle of 2018, Simon told her he wanted her to give him a son. “I told him I couldn’t. I have five daughters with him and he was happy before. Now suddenly he wants a son. I told him I can’t do that,” she told Daily Sun ZA According to Thembeni,after she told her husband she didn't want a 6th child, he left the house but not before telling her he would find a woman who

Today, EFCC called former Minister of State for Defence,  Senator Musiliu Obanikoro  to testify in the trial of forner Governor of Ekiti State,  Ayodele Fayose  who was accused of money laundering to the tune of N6.9 billion. At Monday’s proceedings, EFCC prosecutor,  Rotimi Jacobs  called the fifth prosecution witness, (Obanikoro), to give his evidence. Leading the witness in his chief evidence, Jacobs asked him “where were you in 2014?” To which the witness told the court that at the time, he was the Minister of State for Defence. The prosecutor then asked the witness to tell the court what he knows in relation to the instant case. Obanikoro then told the court that in June 2014, close to the Ekiti State governorship election, he received a call from Fayose, enquiring from him, if there was any message for him, from the then National Security Adviser, (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki.   The witness said that he had replied that there was none, but had promised to check wit

The Benue House of Assembly has suspended six Local Government Area Chairmen for three months, over alleged misappropriation of public funds and gross misconduct. The House suspended the Chairmen on Monday during plenary in Makurdi. The suspended chairmen were that of Oju LGA, Mr Augustine Okwoche, Makurdi LGA, Mrs Justina Akange Audu, Kwande LGA, Mr Terdoo Kenti and his vice, Mr Aondowaser Andrew.  Others were the chairmen of Agatu LGA, Mrs Comfort Echoda and her vice, Mr Joseph Ngbede, Okpokwu LGA, Mr Francis Oguche and Gboko LGA, Mrs Becky Orpin. The house had received a correspondence from the State Governor, Samuel Ortom, accusing the suspended chairmen of misappropriating local government funds, gross misconduct and abuse of office. The state governor in his correspondence, urged the house to approve the suspension of the accused Chairmen. In its decision, the House unanimously agreed that the chairmen be suspended for three months while they investigate t

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed President Buhari for hauling insults on respected leaders and elder statesmen, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for cautioning against his desperation for self-succession. In a statement released by its national spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said in approving his media aide, Mallam Shehu Garba, to cast aspersions and insult on a former President, President Buhari is setting a very bad example to younger Nigerians by fouling our national values and heritage of our elders. Read the remaining part of the statement below Nigerians were appalled that President Buhari, whose state of health has been accommodated by the nation, would turn around to make baseless and unsubstantiated negative assertions on the health of another leader. President Buhari may have seen how Nigerians have been registering their disappointment on his resort to personal attacks on former President Obasanjo, instead responding to the ger

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, says he remains the police boss in the state despite earlier reports that he has been redeployed. Recall that reports were rife on Sunday January 13th that Imohimi had been redeployed to Abuja to take over as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Explosive Ordinance Unit at the Force Headquarters. He was meant to handover to Kayode Egbetokun today January15th. However at the handover ceremony, Edgal told newsmen that the handover will not proceed as he has gotten an order from above to remain as the Commissioner. “I am sure that you know Mr Kayode Egbetokun, he is an old timer in the command. You all know that our first job is about order and direction. We were about concluding the handing and taking over procedure when we were instructed by our bosses from Abuja to suspend action for now. So, there will be no change of guard for now. Of course, we would keep the press briefed about any development.  But I

The Kano State Police Command is investigating a member representing Wudil/Garko Federal Constituency, Muhammad Ali Wudil, over alleged killing of three people in Rano local government area of the state. Recall that about three persons were killed during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress, APC campaign in Kano South senatorial zone. In a statement on Thursday, the state police spokesperson, Magaji Majiya, said the command had gathered enough evidence against the lawmaker and would soon invite the politician for investigation and subsequent trial. According to him, Mr Ali-Wudil was advised by the command not to attend the political rally due to security reports against him but he refused to accept the advice. He added that the command had evidence that the lawmaker went to the rally with political thugs who are now accused of killing three persons at the event.

Wale Oluwo, the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral resources, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) with immediate effect. Oluwo resigned from the APC shortly after also resigning from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s cabinet. In a letter to the Lagos State Chairman of the APC, dated December 3, he explained that he was quitting the party because of its “integrity-deficient” state governorship primary, and the use of an arm of government to blackmail the Executive. “My decision to resign is not unconnected with the events of the last few weeks, which have created a heavy moral burden for me. Ihave found it rather difficult to come to terms or rationalize the party's conduct of the October 2018 primary elections, which were largely characterized by massive voter disenfranchisement, intimidation, violence, undue influence and non-compliance with all known principles of democracy,” he said. “In the particular case of the gubernatorial

Protesters under the auspices, Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations (FONGON), today staged a protest at the US embassy in Abuja, demanding that the US government must not issue visa to former Vice President and PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The protesters arrived the US embassy at about 12 noon, carrying different placards with inscriptions such as ''U.S.A stay clear of Nigeria's internal politics'', 'why now after 14 years' and many others. The Federal government has since expressed displeasure at reports that the US might give Atiku visa soon. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at a press briefing in Abuja last week, said the US would only be signally an endorsement of Atiku's presidential bid if they grant him visa now. See more photos of the protesting Nigerians below

( Centred) Emir of Keffi, HRH Dr Shehu Chindo Yamusa lll, (Right of the Emir) Prof. Raphael Heffron (Professor in Global Energy Law & Sustainability, CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Mhari MacDonald ( Marketing & Communications Manager),University of Dundee, ( Back Left of the Emir ) Prof. Peter McEleavy (Associate Dean International),University of Dundee flanked by Alumni members and Keffi High Chiefs. Staff from a leading Scottish university were treated to a royal welcome as they met with two esteemed Nigerian graduates. Representatives from the University of Dundee met with His Royal Highness, the Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Chindo Yamusa III, and His Royal Highness, the Emir of Bakura, Alhaji Bello Muhammad Sani, both of whom are graduates of Dundee, as part of continuing engagement with the University’s extensive graduate community in the country. The Emir of Keffi graduated from the University in 2004, receiving a Master of Law LLM Degree, while the Emir of Bakura

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Buhari that Nigerians are no longer interested in 'fake promises and false performance claims' now that elections are around the corner. The PDP says the attempt by the Buhari-led government to lure the South-East geo-political zones into supporting his second term fell like a pack of cards as the people have resolved not to follow any leader who can not deliver on his promises. Recall that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, yesterday told the South East region that the only way to acqualize their dream of occupying the presidency in 2023, is to vote enmass for President Buhari in 2019. Read  here. PDP in its statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, said APC has become jittery since the South East have expressed their support for the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Read part of the statement below The party said President Buhari and the APC have been jitt

Two more members of the House of Representatives have officially announced their exit from the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaker of the House of Reprsentatives, Yakubu Dogara, read letters from Ahmed Abu (Niger State) and Stephen Olemija (Ondo State) announcing their decison to defect from APC to the Social Democratic Party and the Action Alliance, respectively. The lawmakers attributed their defection to the conduct and outcome of the APC primaries in their respective states.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the opening session of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) at the UNESCO headquaters in Paris, on November 12, 2018. – Fifty-one states, including all EU members, have pledged their support for a new international agreement to set standards on cyberweapons and the use of the internet, the French government said on November 12. China, Russia and the United States did not sign the pledge, reflecting their resistance to setting standards for cyberweapons which are at the cutting edge of modern warfare. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) The world is not moving fast enough to curb global warming and needs immediate action to address the issue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an online climate change conference Thursday. Guterres issued the call to arms ahead of next month’s COP24 climate talks in the southern Polish city of Katowice, which will attempt to revive a global climate deal reached in Par