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PDP Update: Wike, Ortom, other persons punished for anti-party activities

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PDP Update: Wike, Ortom, other persons punished for anti-party activities

The five disgruntled governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have claimed that they are not concerned with being punished for alleged anti-party activities.
The party is reportedly focused on making sure that Atiku Abubakar wins the presidential election on Saturday, according to the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.
Ologungaba stated that the G 5—five governors who have endorsed other presidential candidates—are of less concern to the party than their actions.
However, he opted not to say what disciplinary measures the party would implement as a result of some G-5 governors publicly endorsing other presidential candidates.

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He said, “Our next action is to focus on the election. The issues before us are very important. We are focusing on what is important to us as a party. These are issues of serious concern for us and Nigerians, issues of insecurity, poverty, and human development. As we speak we have about 100m Nigerians living in poverty.

“So as a party, we are focused on the election because we want to rescue Nigeria from the misrule of the APC and we are following through with that.”

Remember how the G-5 governors—Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Samuel Ortom of Benue, and Seyi Makinde of Oyo—insisted that the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, resign from his position and allow a southerner to replace him in order to balance the power.
Additionally, the governors resigned from the PDP Presidential Campaign Council and made the decision not to back the party’s nominee for president.

While Ayu refused to resign, Atiku has consistently rejected governors’ requests to pressure the national chairman to step down. The governors have since set up camp with their preferred presidential candidates after several failed peace efforts.

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While Ortom has since endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Wike is said to have urged his supporters to support Bola Tinubu of the APC. Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi have not yet publicly endorsed Atiku or Obi, while Makinde is leaning in Tinubu’s direction.

Explosion rocks Atiku’s supporter media house in Rivers

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Explosion rocks Atiku’s supporter media house in Rivers

In Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, an explosion believed to have been caused by dynamite rocked a building housing two media outlets on Tuesday night.
According to information obtained that, Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives and ardent supporter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, owns the two media companies.

Igwe confirmed the attack on the facility in a statement to reporters on Wednesday. He also mentioned that the explosion severely damaged the facility’s generator house.

The federal lawmaker continued by saying that he had reported the explosion to the police, and that a police unit had gone to the scene of the incident.

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He said: “We have informed the Police, some detachment of the police came and the DPO called to inform me today some bomb experts are coming for further investigations.”

Magnus Abe Escapes Assassination As Hoodlums Attack SDP Campaign Train In Rivers State
Recall that the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, escaped assassination attempt after unknown gunmen attacked his campaign train at Akinima community in Ahoada-West local government area of the State.
Members of the campaign train could be seen running frantically for cover as the gunmen struck in a brief video.
Prior to traveling to Akinima, Senator Abe and his team were reportedly attacked with numerous gunshot wounds while visiting Ubeta and other nearby communities.

When asked about the assassination attempt, Abe had confirmed it, saying: “We went there and they went and used two vehicles to block the road so that we cannot get there.

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Nigeria is a democracy, so we all have the freedom to go to the populace and express our ideas. The populace ought to be content with you after seven years of your rule.
“If people are not happy with you it is because you are not doing well. Now, you are sending people’s children to come and block other politicians from talking to the people.”

New matchday for Chelsea vs Liverpool confirmed

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New matchday for Chelsea vs Liverpool confirmed

The English Premier League has set Tuesday, April 4, 2023, as the date for Chelsea and Liverpool’s unfinished match.
The new fixtures state that the game will take place at Stamford Bridge and that it will start at 8 p.m. BST.

It was recalled that the match had originally been slated to take place in September 2022 but was postponed as a result of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.

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Then, more than three games, including Chelsea vs. Liverpool, were canceled. Following the development, the Premier League released a statement explaining that it had been forced to postpone the remaining games until further notice after extensive consultation with clubs, the police, neighborhood Safety Advisory Groups, and other relevant authorities.

It was understood that this season has been tough for both Liverpool and Chelsea. While the Reds are currently sitting 8th on the league chat with 35 points, the Blues resides in 10th position with 31 points.
Real Madrid, a Spanish professional football team, recently defeated Liverpool in a UEFA Champions League game at the Anfield Stadium.
Madrid triumphed over their opponents 2-5 in the round of 16 first-leg match, sending them home happy.

Madrid defeated Liverpool in the last five years’ two UEFA Champions League championship games (2018 and 2022).

In front of their home supporters on Tuesday night, Real Madrid thrashed Liverpool once more thanks to goals from Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr.

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Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah scored the game’s first goals for Liverpool, but the Spanish team answered back with five goals of their own before the 90th minute.

Presidential election: APC reveals reason for Jagaban Army

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Presidential election: APC reveals reason for Jagaban Army

The All Progressives Congress, or APC, has made the motivation behind the Jagaban Army public ahead of the February 25 presidential election.

Dayo Israel, the APC National Youth Leader, stated during an interview with Arise Television on Thursday that Tinubu had accomplished enough for Nigeria to elect him as president.

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He clarified that the APC’s national youth wing supporters are referred to as the “Jagaban Army.”

He rejected the idea that the term “Jagaban Army” implies violence.

“We adopted the word ‘Jagaban Army’ because we are an army of young people, in other words, a battalion of young people. Of course, the battalion is synonymous with the nickname of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, BAT. We adopted the phrase ARMY because, in the election, canvassers are called foot soldiers, so if you are foot soldiers, you are an army.

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“Jagaban Army is not like a military organization or anything of such but a combination of foot-soldiers of the APC supporters for Asiwaju,” he said.

2023: Reject monetary inducement – NYSC urges corps members

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2023: Reject monetary inducement – NYSC urges corps members

Members of the National Youth Service Corps, or NYSC, who will be on election duty have been advised to complete their assignments carefully.

The warning was given by Mrs. Blessing Iruma, the NYSC coordinator for Anambra, during a one-day pre-election sensitization program for the program’s staff and corps members on Wednesday in Amawbia, Awka South LGA.

Iruma advised them to carry out their duties in accordance with the Electoral Act’s regulations and in accordance with the general election training they received. He also advised them to take care not to obstruct a free, fair, and credible election.

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Give the country a free, fair, and credible election by avoiding partisan politics.

“There are dangers in taking bribes from politicians; tread with caution and work conscientiously.

“Do not fall for their Greek gifts, be discerning because all that glitters is not gold, and stay away from partisan politics,” she said.

Additionally, Mrs. Uche Enemchukwu, a representative of the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, stated that the election was taking place at a crucial time in the history of the country.

Corps members were admonished by Enemchukwu to carry out their responsibilities with the utmost sense of responsibility.

She said, “Nigerians have a great deal of faith in the NYSC Corps members, so you must refrain from anything that would betray the faith.

“You are recent graduates serving as corps members; as such, you ought to be impartial, devoted, patriotic, and responsible.

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“The reason they trusted you is because they know they can always find you whenever they look for you; you can’t hide and you can be tracked.”

Police officers with heavy weapons storm INEC office in Lagos

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Police officers with heavy weapons storm INEC office in Lagos

A police detachment of about 30 has arrived at the INEC headquarters office in Lagos with just two days until the presidential and federal parliamentary elections to increase security in the area.

The operatives arrived at the INEC office on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. with their weapons and belongings while INEC was busy loading trucks with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for distribution to different local government areas in Lagos.

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When the police arrived for election duty, they immediately started chanting various songs.

The Central Bank of Nigeria delivered sensitive materials for Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections to INEC in Lagos on Wednesday.

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Additionally, the commission had started distributing the materials to Lagos’ 20 local government areas. The presidential and federal parliamentary elections will be held on Saturday.

FG orders verification of NSITF workers’ NYSC certificates

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FG orders verification of NSITF workers’ NYSC certificates

Yesterday, the federal government gave the newly appointed management board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) instructions to start screening the National Youth Service Corps certificates being displayed by all fund employees and determining their legitimacy right away.
During the board’s inauguration at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated that the decision had become necessary to repair the commission’s damaged reputation due to the immediate Managing Director of the fund.

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Remember that the police invited the former NSITF boss, Micheal Akabogu, with the discharge certificate number: A030544, after receiving a criminal complaint against him. Akabogu is accused of forging his NYSC Discharge Certificate.
The NYSC denied Akabogu’s discharged certificate in a letter of response to the police with reference number: NYSC/CCD/VER/10/S.1/VOL/07.
President Muhammadu Buhari fired Akabogu as a result of the development.
Speaking about the situation during the inauguration, Ngige said that the fund and the entire ministry of labor and employment could not afford to receive negative press once more due to the situations that could have been avoided, particularly among workers.
“To maintain, safeguard, and advance a very viable and flourishing organization, I have four major tasks before the new Management Board of the NSITF.
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“To screen and vet the academic and NYSC Certificates of National Service (CNS) of ALL staff in the Fund. To ensure the full implementation of the NSITF Restructuring Report.
“To ensure the swift completion of E-NSITF Phase I and Phase II to enable maximum collection of Contributions from the Public and Private Sectors and inch into the Informal sector of the Economy.”

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In response to the accusation, the board chairman, Emmanuel Nwosu, stated that he and his team would stop at nothing to remove anyone from the system who had fake academic credentials in order to improve the fund’s reputation.
The fund’s new managing director, Mrs. Maureen Allagoa, promised to take all reasonable measures to ensure accountability in the fund, which has reportedly been lacking in the past.

In Enugu, Chukwu, Senatorial candidate for LP, shot dead, burnt inside his vehicle

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In Enugu, Chukwu, Senatorial candidate for LP, shot dead, burnt inside his vehicle

With the reported assassination of Oyibo Chukwu, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for the Enugu East Senatorial Zone election on Saturday, it is regrettable that Enugu has returned to its old ways of violent political killings.

When Enugu entered the democratic realm of the current regime, it had already established a reputation as the center of political killings in Nigeria thanks to the assassinations of some well-known figures, including:

Victor Nwankwo, the younger brother of Arthur Nwankwo, the creator of the Eastern Mandate Union (EMU), and Chimere Ikoku, a former vice chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as well as Sunday Ugwu, the older brother of Nwabueze Ugwu, a lawyer and assemblyman.

In Chukwu’s case, the veteran politician was reportedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen, who waylaid the vehicle he was travelling in with some party stalwarts within the Amechi Awkunanaw axis of Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The old time politician is one of those favoured to win Saturday’s election in which former governor of the State, Chimaroke Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party and Ada Ogbu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are also contesting.

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The Advocate, an Enugu-based online newspaper, quoted a source, who does not want to be named as saying that Chukwu and his driver were assassinated, adding: “Our candidate is dead! He was killed inside his campaign vehicle; a Sienna bus. We finished campaign in parts of Nkanu West and he was heading home before the assailants attacked him and killed him.
Identities of the victims were yet to be ascertained but Labour party leaders who spoke to our reporter said the Senate candidate’s phones were not connecting.

The persons responsible for this arsonic acts still remain unknown.

Similarly, , the driver of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, House of Representatives candidate for Enugu South and North constituency, Hon Offor Chukwuegbo was killed along same axis by gunmen reportedly shouting “No election in Biafra land”

The campaign vehicle belonging to Chukwuegbo that he was driving was also set ablaze in the incident.

It was learnt that Barr Chukwu was billed to be hosted for a reception by his Amurri community on Thursday by 2.00pm.

Sources stated that the Hilux vehicle bearing the gunmen had overtaken his branded Sienna bus at the Amaechi axis and opened fire severally at it. It ignited in the process and burnt the entire occupants in it.

Younger brother of the candidate, Lucky Chukwu said last night ” the story is terrible. I cannot say more than this for now, but this is bad”. He was said to be returning home after a campaign tour”

Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the state, Chijioke Edeoga however confirmed the story, saying that ” the entire occupants of the sienna car were burnt to ashes”.

” This is a devastating blow for us. I was with the candidate on Tuesday and we were planning how to attend the reception by his community. It is unfortunate that this can happen”, Edeoga said.

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Chukwuegbo added that the shooters may have attacked him first before allegedly coming across the Labour Party candidate after confirming the death of his driver.

However, he continued, those who attacked the Labour Party candidate rode a Hilux car, whereas those who attacked his driver rode a tricycle.

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“I must inform you that, based on what I heard, nobody managed to escape the Labour party’s Vienna bus. It’s possible that my driver was attacked before the Labour Party in Amechi Awkunanaw’s well-known Eke Otu market.

EFCC moves against vote buyers, deploys operatives to states, FCT

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EFCC moves against vote buyers, deploys operatives to states, FCT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has sent agents to the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory in advance of Saturday’s general elections to fight vote-buying.

The anti-graft agency has released incident reporting hotlines for the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT in addition to the teams deployed throughout the nation.
The move was made to ensure the integrity of the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections, according to Wilson Uwujaren, head of media and publicity for the EFCC.

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Uwujaren said executive chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, charged the operatives to be conscious of the interest of the nation and to exhibit a high sense of professionalism in the discharge of their duties.

“You are out on a national assignment and I expect you to conduct yourselves responsibly in line with our core values of professionalism, integrity and courage. You have a responsibility to ensure that this election is devoid of financial malpractices, especially inducement of voters. The attention of the world is focused on Nigeria and we must do what is necessary to ensure that we have credible, free and fair elections”.

The Commission also exhorted the public to use these hotlines to report any instances of vote buying or selling as well as any other proof of financial misconduct intended to skew the results of an election.

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“Users of the EFCC financial crimes reporting app, Eagle Eye, which can be downloaded from the Google Play or Apple store, can also report anyone attempting to buy or sell votes.

The public may also contact the Commission by email at info@efcc.gov.ng or through our official social media account, @officialefcc.

Breaking: Naira wrap: Supreme Court fixes March 3 for judgment

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Breaking: Naira wrap: Supreme Court fixes March 3 for judgment

The Federal Government was sued over the contentious Naira re-design policy, and the Supreme Court wrapped up the hearing on that case on Wednesday. The court set a decision date of March 3 for that date.

After hearing arguments in support of and against the lawsuit filed by some States of the Federation, Justice John Inyang Okoro set the date.

The states, led by Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara, are asking the Supreme Court to nullify and set aside the policy because it is putting innocent Nigerians through hardship.

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The states demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive be revoked on the grounds that he had usurped the authority of the Central Bank of Nigeria, or CBN.

Abdulhakeem Mustapha, a legal stalwart, presented the case for the states.

Details to come…

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