Day: May 17, 2021

Group wants Jonathan to contest for 2023 presidential election

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A group of Nigerians under the aegis of Youths Earnestly Demand For Goodluck E. Jonathan (YED4GEJ 2023) has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidential election. The Chairman of the group, Prince Teddy Omiloli, and the Director Operations, Comrade Douye Daniel, in a statement yesterday, said the group was willing to fund Jonathan’s campaign if he agreed to contest. The group explained that Jonathan saw the need to restructure Nigeria while in power and called for a national conference in 2014, but was not allowed to implement…

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Bala Hadiza orchestrated my removal from NPA’s board -Binta Garba

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Former member of the Board of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Binta Masi Garba, said she was removed for questioning the operations of the agency by the suspended MD, Bala Hadiza In a statement credited to Garba, she said: ‘’I was appointed into the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) sometime in March 2020. In January 2021, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe and I were removed from the board and our removal was clearly orchestrated by the leadership of NPA. ‘’Before my removal, I was not comfortable with the way the board…

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Lagos pastor in police net for defiling teenager

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Prophet Wisdom Okoronkwo of Fountain of Liberation Church has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in the Ikotun area, Lagos. The teenage girl was living with the pastor on the instructions of her mother, Mrs. Chinyere who is a member of the church. The pastor, however took advantage of the situation to defile the victim. The girl later reported the incident to her uncle, and the case was taken to Esther Child Rights, a non-governmental organisation based in Ikotun. The…

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