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NYSC Reacts To Adeosun’s Certificate Controversy

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NYSC Reacts To Adeosun’s Certificate Controversy
Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s finance minister

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has waded into the controversy of a forged certificate of exemption allegedly used by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.

In a statement on Monday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adeyemi Adenike, NYSC confirmed that the minister applied for an exemption certificate. It also vowed to investigate the source of the purported forged certificate.

The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to the issue of the alleged forgery of an NYSC Exemption Certificate by the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.

“Checking our records, Mrs Adeosun did apply for an Exemption Certificate.

“We shall investigate the origin of the purported Exemption Certificate in question.”

A recent report which went viral had claimed that Mrs Adeosun failed to participate in the mandatory national youth service and supposedly obtained a fake exemption certificate. The one-year service is a compulsory scheme for all Nigerian graduates who have not attained the age of 30.

However, the minister has yet to respond to the allegations.

Channels TV had reported that Mrs Adeosun had served as the Commissioner of Finance in Ogun State between 2011 and 2015, during the first term of Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

She later joined President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet as the Minister of Finance later in 2015.

IGP Commissions Police Mobile Force Squadron In Imo

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IGP Commissions Police Mobile Force Squadron In Imo

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris has Commissioned Police Mobile Force Squadron 64 Ideato Area Command located at Ogboko in Ideato South Local Government, Imo State, Stating that the Command would also serve part of Anambra State that has common boundary with Ideato.

The IGP also inspected the Ultra Modern Police Headquarters that is almost eighty percent completed, also built by the State Government, and equally Commissioned the Police Training College at Nekede in Owerri West Local Government. He inspected too, the Multi-billion naira Prison Complex also built by the government and waiting for Commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr. Idris who was in the State weekend for the South-East Zone Security Summit in Owerri the State Capital used the opportunity to Commission the SQUADRON 64 Command and Police Training College and inspected other Security related projects built by the Governor Rochas Okorocha’s government.

Handing over the Police Mobile Force Squadron 64 Ideato Area Command to the IGP for Commissioning, Governor Okorocha said “this whole unit was built and funded by the Imo State Government and donated officially to the Nigeria Police Force. This Squadron will kick-start development in Ideato as foundation has been laid for the speedy development of the area as no society of man can develop without adequate Security”.

The governor Continued, “The first thing for development is Security and having put it in place, every other thing shall be added. With the establishment of this base, our Eastern Palm University can now be assured of Security. This is the beginning of the development to come”.

He Stated “I am equally glad to announce that because of our relationship with the Nigeria Police in Imo State, we have also built Police Training College at Nekede and a SPU at Umuezela to bring in more Security in this land”.

Commissioning the Squadron 64 Ideato Area Command, the IGP said “I am overwhelmed with what I have seen in Imo. You can feel what is called the spirit of brotherhood. I am very impressed. It is my utmost pleasure to commission all these projects built by the State government and donated to the Nigeria Police,

“Squadron 64 which is been commissioned is created based on our assessment of the requirement of bringing Police Units to states in various parts of the country to bolster security in those regions. This will help for quick response to some of the Security challenges we have from time to time”, he remarked.

He further Stated “I thank the governor for his vision in putting everything in place for the security of his state. I want to express appreciation for the Police Training College in Nekede, Owerri. I enjoin the trainees in the College to take the drillings, hammering, beatings in good faith as this is the only way to lead you to success.

Farmer/Herders Crisis: We Have No Lands For Your Cattle Colonies – South-East Govs To FG

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Farmer/Herders Crisis: We Have No Lands For Your Cattle Colonies – South-East Govs To FG

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Governors of the South-East states rose from a meeting in Enugu on Sunday evening with a decision that no land would be made available for the establishment of cattle ranches in the zone. The meeting, which held at the Enugu State Government House, had the governors of Enugu (Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi), Ebonyi (Dave Umahi)

Governors of the South-East states rose from a meeting in Enugu on Sunday evening with a decision that no land would be made available for the establishment of cattle ranches in the zone.

The meeting, which held at the Enugu State Government House, had the governors of Enugu (Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi), Ebonyi (Dave Umahi) in attendance, while Abia and Anambra were represented by the deputy governors. Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was absent and was not represented by his deputy.
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, presented the association’s ‘template on restructuring’ to the governors at the meeting, which ended late on Sunday evening.

Addressing journalists after the parley, the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, Umahi, disclosed that the governors had agreed that ranching would not be allowed in the zone.
Umahi explained that the reports that some South-East states had made land available for the establishment of ranches, based on a request by the Federal Government, were not true.

The Ebonyi State Governor stressed that while the Federal Government had not asked for any land for ranches, the governors would not accede to such a request, should it be made.
“No land in the South-East has been donated for ranching. We have not donated any land; we have not been asked to donate and we are not going to donate.
“Ranching is not approved by the South-East governors in the South-East,” Umahi declared.

The governors, in the same vein, condemned the recent killings in Plateau State, and demanded “justice for Plateau people.” The governors, however, raised the alarm over what they described as challenges posed by the movement of herdsmen in the South-East. They agreed to meet with heads of federal security agencies over the development.

Reading from a communiqué adopted at the meeting, Umahi said, “The South-East Governors Forum commiserates with the Governor of Plateau State and the people of the state for the recent killings.
“We condemn the killings and join other regions to demand justice for the Plateau people. “South-East governors have noticed increased challenges in the movement of herdsmen from one state and region to another with the resultant effect of massive destruction of farmlands with attendant clashes with farmers.
“South-East governors have been spending huge funds in settling farmers whose farms and crops are destroyed – we, therefore, request an emergency meeting in the South-East with federal security chiefs, farmers and herdsmen to stop the movements and prevent clashes.”

Following the presentation by Ohanaeze, the South-East governors restated their demand for restructuring.
“Ndigbo’s Stand on Restructuring of Nigeria was presented to the South-East Governors Forum by the Ohanaeze President, based on the resolutions arising from the Awka enlarged Igbo meeting.
“He (Ohanaeze President) also laid down the template for the governors. The Forum thanked Ohanaeze on a job well done and reiterated its earlier stand that restructuring is the only way forward for Nigeria.
“The Forum also decided that the governors will take a studied look at the template of restructuring and shall make its final stand clear by the next meeting of the Forum,” the communiqué said.

The governors, at the meeting, observed that the ‘dispute’ between the governments of Anambra and Ebonyi states over the recent renaming of Abakiliki Street in Awka, Anambra State, was due to ‘communication gap which is already being closed.’

Evil Lovers killed a nursing mother and sold her baby for N350,000

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Evil Lovers killed a nursing mother and sold her baby for N350,000
Wicked Lovers

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]od uses very strong language when addressing the sin of killing and murder,According to Exodus 23:7″ Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty”. The above Bible quote is at work presently as detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department in Delta State arrested two evil lovers on June 24, 2018, two years after the crime they both committed , the suspects are now facing a murder rap in addition to child trafficking amongst other charges.

The suspects––Chuks Ehiwogwu, 31, his married-and-mother- of-four girlfriend, 25-year-old Blessing Ekwueme, and his ‘murder specialist’ friend, Saturday–– allegedly strangled a woman in March 2016 and threw her corpse inside a soak-away in Ehi- wogwu’s father’s compound at No 13 Dickson Okwuosa Street Asaba, Delta State capital. The deceased’s one-year-old baby was allegedly sold for N350, 000 in Benin City, Edo State.

Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department in Delta State are currently unraveling the grisly crimes perpetrated in 2016 by a ‘criminal couple’ and their killer friend.

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammed Mustafa confided to newsmen that  the suspect, Chuks Ehiwogwu, came to the notice of the police because of the petition from his father in September 2017.

Pa Ndebu Ehiwogwu had reported his son for violent threat and suspicion of criminal activity. Chuks Ehiwogwu had immediately left Asaba for Enugu State but came back nine months later on June 17, 2018, and was arrested by detectives on June 24. The sequence of events that followed––interrogation, confession, investigation and discovery of evidence––led to a dénouement. But for a slip of tongue during a spat with his father, Ehiwogwu’s crime would have remained undiscovered.

Pa Ndebu Ehiwogwu gives a blow-by-blow account: “It is true that I wrote a petition against my son to the Commissioner of Police in September 2017 because he had threatened to kill me and throw me inside the soak-away. The problem started when he wanted to travel to Italy and Libya. He requested for N350, 000. I gave him N200, 000 that he squandered. He came back and requested more money but I refused to give him any. He was so furious he told me he would throw me inside the soak-away just the way he did to others. After then he left Asaba and I didn’t see him again until June 17, 2018. Because I had earlier alerted the police, he was arrested. He was brought back by policemen and they evacuated the soak-away and to my surprise, they discovered human skull, a woman’s bra, and a rotten corpse.

The old man continued, dwelling on the soak-away pit: “In 2016, I saw the soak-away was sealed with new cement and I asked Chuks, why did you put new cement on this pit? He told me it was because cockroaches, ants and rats were coming out from there. I was so happy with what he did. I never knew the truth. That was why I was shocked that my own soak-away had become a place where my son dumped dead human bodies.”

A builder by profession, the 31 year old suspect, who attended Uzoigwe Primary School, Asaba and finished from Asaba Mixed Secondary School in 2007, made a clean breast of his crime when he spoke with Saturday Sun, starting with a chilling statement that “People who crossed my way or offended me, I would throw them inside the soak-away, buy cement and seal it up.”

Continuing, he gave a brief preface to his kind of crime, the modus operandi and his accomplice: “Me and my girlfriend Blessing Ekwueme are involved in the disposing of victims’ bodies inside the soak-away in my father’s compound. We specialized in human trafficking. We sell our victims in Benin and Asaba.”

Ehiwogwu, who hails from Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, lost his mother in 2001. The second of the family’s seven children averred that the discord between him and his father emanated from the misunderstanding that brewed out of his effort to travel to Libya and Italy.

He also gave Saturday Sun the lowdown on the bones recovered from the sewage pit. His story: “In March 2016, my girlfriend Blessing Ekwueme, had a contact with a doctor that needed a child and was willing to buy one. She told me of her friend who had a child, and she brought her and her one-year-old baby boy to my house. I called my friend, whose name is Saturday, to come to the house and in the night he strangled the woman to death. It was Blessing who suggested we should dump the corpse inside the soak-away. We did that. We bought N500 cement and re-sealed the pit. When my father came back home, he noticed the fresh cement on the soak-away and asked for an explanation. I told him it was to stop cockroaches, ants and rats from coming out. Blessing took the one-year-old baby boy to Benin and sold him for N350, 000. We shared the money equally at N115, 000 per person, including my friend Saturday.

“In 2017, I demanded N350, 000 from my father. I wanted to travel to Libya and Italy. He gave me N200, 000. The money was not enough for my expenses so I asked him for more but he quarreled with me and told me he didn’t have any money again. In anger, I threatened my father. I told him I have thrown some people inside the soak-away and I will not hesitate to also throw him there too. I left home and traveled to Enugu State to learn some business. I got married and had two children, one of who died at the age of eight months old. The second child is presently six months old.

“I returned to my father’s house on June 17, 2018. I came home to apologize to him and ask for his forgiveness. Surprisingly, on June 24, policemen suddenly arrived and arrested me and the detectives began to interrogate me for murder. I simply took them to the soak-away in my father’s compound. They evacuated it and found human skulls, a decomposed body and a woman’s bra inside it. So, I confessed everything to them.”

According to Mr Wale Abass, Deputy Commissioner of Police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Asaba, detectives had been on Ehiwogwu’s trail since his father’s petition against him. “We had information then that the suspect had disposed of some innocent people inside the soak-away in his father’s compound, but he absconded. When we heard that he has resurfaced, de- tectives went after him and arrested him. He confessed upon interrogation. We recovered a human skull, a woman’s clothes and underclothing and a carcass from the pit. We then went after the other accomplice who is now in our custody.

The other accomplice, Blessing Ekwueme, who was arrested on June 27 in Enugu State, told newsmen, “Chuks is my boyfriend.”

She gave a succinct overview of their heinous deed. “It was him and his friend, Saturday, that threw the woman I brought to them into the soak-away. I was the one who took her one- year-old boy to Benin and sold him for N350, 000 and we all shared the money equally.”

Continuing, she said: “But Chuks and I quarrelled after the incident because he insisted he wanted to marry me, whereas I am married with four children. We both went our separate ways. I was surprised when policemen came to my house and arrested me on June 27, 2018, for a crime we committed in 2016. I have confessed and expressed my cooperation to take the policemen to Benin to the person to whom I sold the baby boy.”

According to Commissioner of Police Mustafa, no one connected with the crime will be spared. The suspects will soon be charged to court once the investigation is concluded, he said.

 

WAEC/GCE: Registration extended to July 27, 2018

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WAEC/GCE: Registration extended to July 27, 2018

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he West Africa Examination Council, (WAEC) has said recently that the WAEC/CGE registration deadline has been extended to July 27, 2018 for its Nov-Dec edition exams.This was made known through a document made available to newsmen from the public affairs office of the council.
Intending candidates who have not registered for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates (Second Series) can now do so before the registration window closes again as the registration for the exam costs N13,950 only.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has extended the registration period for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates (Second Series) to July 27, 2018.
The examination, more popularly known as General Certificate Examination, GCE is officially known as November/December WASSCE and will hold between August and October.
According to the Council’s Head of Public Affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu, intending candidates can obtain their registration pins from WAEC Zonal and Branch offices, and accredited agents nationwide. Registration pins and scratch cards are also available at the following banks: Zenith Bank, First Bank, Sterling Bank, Diamond Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, FCMB, Skye Bank, UBA, EcoBank, Fidelity Bank, Heritage Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Unity Bank,Union Bank, Access Bank,Standard Chartered Bank, and WEMA Bank.

WAEC Releases 2018 April/May WASSCE Results

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WAEC Releases 2018 April/May WASSCE Results

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]HE West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Wednesday, in Lagos, released the April/May West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, results for this year. Announcing the result in Lagos at the WAEC Training and Testing Centre (WTTC), Ogba, Mr Olu Adenipekun, WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO) said a total of 786,016 candidates of the 1,572,396 that wrote the examination had five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics.
He said they recorded a 49.98 percent pass rate in the number of candidates that obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

According to Adenipekun, “Statistics of the result showed that a total of 1,213,244 candidates representing 76.84 percent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and or Mathematics. “858,424 candidates representing 54.59 percent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language but without Mathematics.”
“We, therefore, wish to plead with candidates to take this examination seriously,’’ he said.
He also said cases of exam malpractice were recorded but the candidates involved were fewer than that of last year and that their cases were under investigation after which they would know their fate as regards their results, either to be released or cancelled.

Adenipekun, however, said the performance of candidates this year compared with those of last three years was fluctuated. He urged all education stakeholders, especially governments, schools, students and parents to give more attention to the education need of the children.He, however, said candidates could now start checking their results on the council’s website, given at www.waecdirect.org.

 

Court slams kidnappers of Delta Speaker wife with 21 years imprisonment after Seven years

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Court slams kidnappers of Delta Speaker wife with 21 years imprisonment after Seven years
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]idnappers of the wife of the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Mrs. Tobore Oborevwori in May 2011 has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Asaba High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro.
The convicts, Innocent Kpaladjo a.k.a, Iyetech, 35, Ejiro Omorere, 36 and Festus Okoro, 28 were arraigned in May 2011 on a four count charge of conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping, demanding with menace and armed robbery, offences punishable under Sections 516 (a), 364, 406 of the Criminal Code Law Cap. C 21 Vol.1, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria 2006 and section 1 (2a) of the Robbery and firearms ( Special Provisions) Act Cap. R 11.
The three accused persons had pleaded not guilty to the four counts charge.
According to the prosecution witness, Mrs. Tobore Oborevwori who identified one of her captors as her husband’s driver, testified at the court that on  May 8, 2011 at about 1.00pm while driving along Osubi road after visiting a widow, noticed a gold coloured Toyota Camry car following her and suddenly ambushed her car.
She said two men carrying fire arms came out of the camry in a commando style be ordering her to enter theor car. Mrs. Oborevwori told the court that she was immediately blindfolded before she was taken to an  unknown destination.
According to her, she was later chained hands and legs in a toilet alongside another female victim. She also stated that the culprits dispossessed her of her Toyota Camry car with Registration No. DT 688 ASB, her BlackBerry touch phone and other personal effects.
The Principal witness stated that after 48 hours of incommunicado, the accused persons used her phone to contact her pastor demanding for a cash some of #50 million as a ransom.
The Department of State Security DSS, was later informed and used their calls to track one of the culprit at a Hotel close to the Afiesere junction in Ughelli and arrested him. His arrest later led to the rescue of the victim on May 13,  2011 at Okpare- Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.
Justice Marshal Umukoro in his ruling, stated that having thoroughly weighed the evidences adduced by both prosecution and defence counsel on the scale of Justice, he was convinced that the prosecution has established the ingredients of conspiracy, kidnap, demanding by menace
and robbery, and accordingly found the three accused persons guilty of the four counts charge.
The convicts however broke down in tears and pleaded for mercy, but the Chief Judge reminded pains, trauma and hurt the victim and her families went through and ask if it were to be their mother  or relatives that was kidnapped, how would they feel.
He described the second accused person, who was a driver to the husband of the victim as a traitor and the court also ordered the re-arrest of one Mr. Rotimi Oyewole who received and bought the robbed Toyota Camry with registration No. DT 688 ASB to face trial and also ordered the arrest of  one Oghenemano Isiah who earlier jumped bail.

Igbos Have The Right To Lay Claim To The Rulership Of The Country – Buhari

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Igbos Have The Right To Lay Claim To The Rulership Of The Country – Buhari

…As APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Says President Buhari Does Not Need To Change His Name To Win Votes

…Governor Rochas Okorocha Says President Buhari Has Shown Enough Love For Igbos

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the South-East people and the Igbos in particular have the right to lay claim to the rulership of this Country since they are part and parcel of the Country, adding that when the time to make such claim arises, they would support them.

The President who spoke through the Secretary to the Government of the federation, Mr. Boss Gida Mustapha at the South-East APC mega rally tagged South-East APC Rally for Buhari at the Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 said President Buhari is a true lover of Igbo people.

His words “In 2015, Igbos played bad Politics like Owelle rightly acknowledged and that Igbo people are not good starters, but when they start, they have the capacity to overtake. I assure you that the Igbo nation are ready to overtake other parts of this country in 2019,

“The election in 2019, for the Igbo nation, is an election that will determine or mar your chances. I want to appeal to you that this is not about party but about the Igbo nation, and I’m calling on the Igbo nation and brothers in the diaspora and in this land to have a paradigm shift and think seriously about their nation and position in this country,

“I have had opportunity to speak to Igbo leaders and I told them this, that the Presidency of Nigeria has always been negotiated and you can only negotiate on the basis of strength. If you’re weak, then you don’t have a chance and your position of strength will be determined by the votes you give to Buhari in 2019.

“You’re important people in this nation. You control industries, you control trade and commence. You control every facet of our entrepreneurship. I appeal to you and I urge you to bring the skills you have built in the past to bear on your political arena so that you can navigate your way to the presidency of this country through your votes for President Muhammadu Buhari,

“The choice is that of the Igbo nation. What happens in 2019 will determine the future of this country. I appeal to you, please stop listening to the stories that are being peddled. Buhari is an honest man, that cuts the entire African continent. Buhari is not a selfish man. He is not a tribalistic man, he is a man that has a vision for a true Nigeria,

“Never in the history of this country do we have the SGF and Head of Service from the same religion. But because of his dire desire to move this country forward he accommodated that. Nigeria is not a Banana republic, Nigeria is a serious country, and President Buhari is the only man that can fix this nation” he concluded.

National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said President Buhari will not have to change his name to win votes or break grounds at the Niger Bridge to win votes, adding that he will win by doing the right things and obeying his consciences as a man of integrity.

He added “Everything they said was impossible, Buhari has demonstrated that they are possible; For the first time we have seen military generals been brought on trial in advancing the anti-corruption crusade of his administration. Truth is bitter, those who are writing letters now, governed as absolute ruler for 3 years and came back for another 8 years, what did he do for the second Niger Bridge? His only dream was to take us back to Mugabe where there is no tenure ending. We thank a great Igbo man, a great Comrade Chief Ken Nnanami”.

He continued “Okorocha is a great asset to APC in the South East. I am a believer that in matters of politics, it is not like matters in the bible where we are told that we may believe without seeing. In politics you rather see before you believe. I have come and have seen people, energetic youths and intelligent women and men under the rain to show support for President Buhari. With this rally, I am assuring that our opponents who had banked on the South-East won’t sleep tonight”.

“Rochas, you have shown who owns the land, for so long we have been having the problems of People Deceiving People (PDP) when they come to the South East, the answer Azikiwe, but doing what Azikiwe did becomes a problem for them. The South East had everything going for them in terms of positions in government the President of the Senate, SGF, Finance Minister, CBN Governor etc but still they couldn’t construct or reconstruct the second Niger Bridge” he stated.

Governor Rochas Okorocha said “Igbos love President Buhari. What he is doing in Igboland has touched the Igbos. Let him know we love him. I have brought the emerging new leaders of Igboland who have come to take their rightful place and they will deliver in 2019. These might not be the usual faces you know in Politics. We are celebrating excellence. In 2015, Igbo people played bad Politics, because the Igbos never believed in Buhari but in 2019 Igbos will vote massively for Mr. President,

“To create the wrong impression that there is no APC in the South-East some of our leaders have begun to negotiate away APC and certain positions by saying vote for Mr. President and APC, and vote for another Candidate for another position in another party. This is unacceptable. There is no half support for APC. If you are supporting Mr. President, you must also support governorship and other candidates of APC. I have risen to my responsibility. Those who are aspiring for governorship and other positions should go ahead” he said.

Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Gandunje in his speech stated “This crowd here is wonderful. This crowd is from God. There are even more people outside than those inside. I am in Kano because of the crowd. I am impressed by this crowd I have seen here. I have seen a lot of development in the State. I have seen a new Owerri. Imo governor is a man of integrity. He has made Imo the heart of APC in the South-East. With this crowd the South-East has made U-turn in Politics, to be at the centre”.

Former Governor of Borno State and former National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Modu Sheriff said,        “I have seen that Igbos are happy with Buhari. If I didn’t come to Owerri, I would not have been happy. People of Imo State have impressed Nigerians. It took 2 hours to get to the Stadium from Government House. The permutation of Nigeria will change in 2019. Igbos will vote for Buhari”.

Chief Timi Sylva former governor of Bayelsa State said “I know for a fact that the South-East did some magics in 2015. The zone delivered eight million votes to PDP in 2011, and in 2015 the votes were reduced to two million and in 2019, 8 million votes will be delivered to APC in the South-East and further reduce the votes of PDP to ten votes. The present administration has done well for the nation. Those complaining are those who enjoyed the profligacy of the past. The majority of Nigerians are with APC and President Muhammadu Buhari”.

Some other APC dignitaries at the event are, Deputy National Chairman of APC, Adeniyi Otumba Adebayo, National Legal Adviser of APC, Mr. Babatunde Ogala, National Organizing Secretary, Barr. Emma Ibediro, National Auditor, Chief George Moughalu, Senator Andy Ubah, Senator Emma Anosike, Senator Emmanuel Agboti, Senator Uche Ekwunife, Senator Chris Emenike and a host of others.

Court sack NFF President Amaju Pinnick

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Court sack NFF President Amaju Pinnick
Mr Amaju Pinnick

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development has directed the Nigeria Football Federation, a parastatal under it to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on April 27, 2018, which restored the orders of the Federal High Court, setting aside the purported election into the Executive Committee of the NFF held on September 30, 2014.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung said in a statement that the directive followed a written notification signed for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice requesting the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports to ensure compliance.
The notification states thus;
‘I have been directed to notify you of the Orders dated June 5th 2018 made by Honorable Justice M. H. Kurya sitting at the Federal High Court Jos in respect of the above mentioned suit between Yahaya Adama Vs Alhaji Aminu Maigari which states that the election of the NFF held on August 26, 2014 under the leadership of Amb Chris Giwa be given recognition pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed in this case and that the purported ban of the Executive Committee elected on August 26, 2014 from football activities of the NFF is unconstitutional, null and void.
‘It is trite law that court orders are sacrosanct and any acts of disobedience to it constitutes threat to the rule of law. Consequent upon the above, you are hereby advised to comply with the orders of court made therein which for now, is the valid and binding order of court, in the absence of any other subsisting order or judgment to the contrary’.
Consequently, Barrister Dalung has however directed the parties involved to comply with the court order.
“This is a court order and not from Dalung. I will not want to go to Kuje prison because of disobedience of court orders. Therefore, I hereby comply with the court orders of June 5th 2018, while Mr Amaju Pinnick and others are also directed to comply with same.”
The order compels the defendants, including the Minister of Youth and Sports, their servants, agents and privies howsoever, the Inspector General of Police and all law enforcement agencies to forthwith enforce the orders made by the court on 19th September 2014 and 23rd October 2014 and give recognition to the General Assembly Meeting and election of the NFF held on 26th August 2014 under the leadership of Amb Chris Giwa pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice filed in this case.

Okon Iyanam Former Glo executive director-shot-dead

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Okon Iyanam Former Glo executive director-shot-dead
Okon Iyanam
Former Glo Executive Director

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] former Executive Director, Marketing Communication of Globacom, Okon Iyanam, was on Wednesday 27th ,June 2018 fatally shot by yet unidentified gunmen.One of his closet friend, however, told this online newspaper that the theatre art graduate of the University of Calabar was shot at his guesthouse in Mowe, Ogun State.The assailants were said to have woken him up from sleep before killing him.

Okonpapa had just recently opened his new Heritage Hotels and Resorts in Mowe, Ogun State where he spent most of his time trying to stabilize the management and sales techniques. He reported a successful ongoing venture. While a birthday party was going on in the hotel, some men, suspected to be either armed robbers or hired assassins crashed into the place at about 12.30am with sporadic gun shots. They asked for the owner. When he was eventually identified, he was shot at close range in the neck region. He stood no chance. He died instantly. The Police first Responders then deposited his body in a Morgue.

Okonpapa graduated from the University of Calabar in 1986. He started his career with UAC Foods immediately after his NYSC in 1987. Thereafter, he worked across almost all sectors of the economy. He worked with Akwa Ibom State Government owned Peacock Paints, serving as the Marketing Manager in Lagos; 33 Export Lager Beer, serving as the Area Manager, Makurdi; Glo GSM Network as pioneer Marketing Manager but later elevated to the position of Chief Operating Officer and eventually left Glo as Executive Director, Sales and Marketing. He, at some point also served as the Chief Marketing Officer, V-Mobile. Okon retired to consulting and later, farming in Mowe and Katsina. The Heritage Hotel was his latest and now last venture.

He was interested in the Governorship of Akwa Ibom State and first used the platform of the PDP. When this was not possible, he bought the gubernatorial ticket under the platform of the Accord Party. He was a consummate Marketer and Social Commentator. He loved the Internet and used it effectively as a vehicle for the propagation of his ideas on wide strata of subjects. He was aged 52.
We shall all miss him.

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