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Okorocha Orders Protesting Grandmothers Be Detained And Charged For Treason The protesting grandmothers who had hit the streets of Owerri, the capital of Imo State recently to protest the continued detention of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra [IPOB], Prince Nnamdi Kanu were arrested by the security forces and detained in police custody. On Monday, the detained grandmothers were presented to court. They were presented AT THE Magistrate court in Owerri where the magistrate declined jurisdiction to grant them bail because they were supposedly charged with offences beyond her jurisdiction, offence of conspiracy to commit treasonable felony under section 41 c of the Criminal code, as such ordered them to be remanded in prison custody pending advice from DPP IMO State. Report says the prosecutor withdrew two counts charges bothering on belonging to (IPOB) proscribed organization. This was following argument presented by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor on the pending appeal in r

Senate President Bukola Saraki has alleged that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is only supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election with the hope of succeeding the President in 2023. Saraki made the allegation in a statement on Monday in response to an open letter written by Tinubu on Sunday. Tinubu in his letter, released late on Sunday, had said the Senate President dumped the APC because of his presidential ambition and selfish quest for power rather than good governance. But in a statement titled, ‘The Tinubu Rhetoric- My Response’, the Senate President said when Tinubu was appointed the head of the APC’s reconciliation committee, he (Tinubu) reached out to him and admitted that he was also not satisfied with Buhari’s performance but he would remain in the party so that he (Tinubu) could emerge President in 2023. Saraki said Tinubu told him that he would support Buhari even if the President was on a stretcher. Saraki added

Motorists and commuters were stranded for over four hours on Friday following the collapse of a bridge in Dangana in the Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. The people condemned the government for abandoning the structure which had reportedly gulped millions of naira. Findings show that the bridge contract was awarded in January, 2017 at the cost of N470m by the state government to ease the suffering of motorists and commuters in the community. Northern City News gathered on Sunday that the project contractor, Soject Nigeria Limited, abandoned the site following the failure of the government to pay the balance of N77m. A driver, Adamu Lapai, told newsmen that the government was playing politics with the bridge, noting that the failure to complete the facility was causing untold hardship to the people. “Government is extremely insensitive to the plight and the suffering of the people. If government had paid the contractor the balance of the contract sum as at last ye

Six pupils (one male and five females) who are alleged to be witches and wizard, have revealed how they were initiated into witchcraft in Danjuma area of Akure, Ondo state capital. The oldest pupil identified as Idayat, revealed she initiated her sister and the four others into witchcraft to journalist Omo Edema. According to the kid, an elderly female neighbour in their previous house initiated her into witchcraft. “I can’t remember the year I was initiated into witchcraft, but can remember I joined them in the house we were living before at Idole, Akure. One day a little girl like me then came to me and said I should accompany her somewhere which I obliged. She took me to an elderly woman where they gave me biscuit and groundnuts. I ate them there. Immediately I finished eating those things, they commanded me to go and begin to bring people’s glories to them”, Idayat said. On how many glories she has taken to their coven, the pupil confessed that it has been that of he

Tiwa Savage has finally spoken out concerning her relationship with fellow singer, Wizkid The two were spotted a few months ago in several pictures together and they even performed a few shows together on stage. This led to speculations that there is more between the stars. Tiwa Savage has however dismissed the rumors that there is a romantic affair between them when she spoke to Soundcity radio 98.5. “I heard all sorts of stories about Wizkid and I, but I chose to ignore them. At a point, people said I was dating Humblesmith; later they mentioned another (artiste?). How long will I continue to debunk these rumours. I have been in the music industry for quite a while and I have grown a thick skin, so certain rumours or insinuations don’t get to me again.” She also refused to be drawn into commenting on her failed marriage with Teebillz saying that it was too sensitive a topic to talk about on Air. “Marriage is a very sensitive matter that I would not want to delve

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday promised that his administration would jail more looters who caused the nation’s economic woes.Buhari made the promise in an interview he granted shortly after he returned to the country from London, United Kingdom where he spent his 10-day working vacation. Related image When asked what Nigerians should expect from him on resumption, the President said, “Most Nigerians are expecting that we are going to jail more of the thieves that brought economic problem to the country. I think that is being expected of me and I will do it.” Buhari who also fielded questions on the recent defection of politicians, especially that of Godswill Akpabio from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, said it was part of the beauty of democracy. He said under democracy, individuals have the choice of identifying with political parties of thAhead of the 2019 general elections, the President also urged politicians to sensitise their

Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday reacted to a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Media Organisation, were the later cautioned and urged him to reconvene the Senate to attend to urgent national issues. The organisation accused Saraki of postponing the resumption of the Senate, despite the ongoing issue in the country, especially the INEC budget and approval for foreign loans tied to several critical infrastructures. Recall also that the organisation through its chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke opined that Saraki is the one laying siege on the whole country by using his position to undermine the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. But reacting on the issue, Saraki through his special assistant on new media, Olu Onemola said that the organisation’s statement was a careful and deliberate example of conscientious ignorance on full display. Read the full statement below: “It is necessary to begin this response to the Buhari

The Lagos state government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily closed for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 in order to carry out Investigative Maintenance Test on the bridge. This was made known in a statement on the state government’s Facebook page. The statement said: The State’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ade Akinsanya , who disclosed this in a statement at the weekend, said the decision was taken after due consultation with the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. The four-day closure, according to Akinsanya, will enable the contractors assess the true state of the bridge after which works would commence by the end of the year or early in 2019. Recall that the Federal Government had earlier announced plans to shut the bridge in July, but had to shelve the decision after due consultation with the State Government and wide deliberations with other stakeholders who expressed conc