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Saraki leads Kwara Governor, S-Africa High Commissioner to PDP

Aug 1, 2018 topnews

Dr. Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, yesterday announced his decision to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He left with the mainstream of his political family in Kwara State, including Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, the two other senators from the state, members of the House of Representatives, all but one of the members of the State House of Assembly. Resolutions to take this action were taken during a meeting of the political family in Saraki’s GRA, Ilorin residence yesterday. Also yesterday, the country’s…

4 policemen sentenced to death for killing okadaman

Aug 1, 2018 topnews

Four policemen have been sentenced to death by hanging for killing a commercial motorcycle operator in 2016 on Goodluck Jonathan Boulevard, Akwa Ibom State. The four convicted policemen are, Inspectors Moses Akpaete, Idoko Sampson, Corporals Enobong Udo and Godwin Nnanna. They had since been dismissed from the force as they last served at the ‘C’ Division of the Akwa Ibom Police Command. The trial judge, Justice Ifiok Ukana, found the officers guilty of conspiracy in the murder of one Felix Akpan of Ibiakpan in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of…

Grandma arrested for selling granddaughter for 200,000 naira

Aug 1, 2018 topnews

Ekaette Obot, a grandmother, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly stealing and selling her granddaughter for N200,000. Obot claimed she sold the child to free her daughter, Blessing Okon (18) of burden. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, said in Uyo on Tuesday that Obot, who is also pregnant, told the police that as soon as she was delivered of the baby, she would sell it. He said, “This is the mother to this lady. As soon as her daughter gave birth…

Ekiti Handover: Probing Fayose Won’t Be Fayemi’s Priority – APC Chieftain

Aug 1, 2018 topnews

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, has declared that the incoming government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi won’t make probing the outgoing governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, its priority as is being envisaged. In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, Osinkolu said although Fayemi would look into financial books of the state under the PDP-led government, he won’t be vindictive as is being suggested in some quarters. He spoke in response to a statement credited to the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public…

Saraki Dumps APC For PDP (PICS)

Aug 1, 2018 topnews

I am excited by the new efforts, which seeks to build the reborn PDP on the core principles of promoting democratic values; internal democracy; accountability; inclusion and national competitiveness; genuine commitment to restructuring and devolution of powers… What we have all agreed is that a deep commitment to these ideals were not only a demonstration of our patriotism but also a matter of enlightened self-interest. What the experience of the last three years have taught us is that the most important task that we face as a country is how…

Ekiti PDP Gubernatorial Candidate’s Frustration.

Jul 31, 2018 topnews

The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the recently held governorship election in Ekiti State, has voiced out his frustration about the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) inability to oblige him with the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of the July 14, 2018, poll. Drawing from the statement of the gubernatorial candidate who posited that he had requested and paid for the Certified True Copies of the results, both at the state branch of INEC and the national headquarters,…

Gtbank Ogun Principals Cup: Alamuwa, Muslim schools win

Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018 topnews

This year’s GTBank Ogun State Principals Cup Season Six has seen Alamuwa Grammar School, Ado Odo, Ota and Muslim High School, Isolu emerge winners in the boys and girls’ categories at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State. In the boys’ category, favourite, Pakoto High School, Ifo lost 4-5 on penalties to Alamuwa School after the match had ended 1-1 in regulation time. The game, which was evenly matched, saw both teams creating chances with Alamuwa missing several scoring opportunities before Ojurogbe Afeez put the underdogs ahead to lead his…

Fire outbreak at Access Bank branch

Jul 30, 2018 topnews

The Adekunle Ajasin University branch of Access Bank Plc has been consumed by fire which broke on Monday at the University campus in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. The fire, which started in the early hours on Monday was said to have destroyed some offices and the section of the Automated Teller Machine of the bank. It was also gathered that an undisclosed amount of money kept inside the ATMs was destroyed in the inferno. A source disclosed that the cause of the fire could be connected to power surge. An…

Police arrests five persons for kidney fraud

Jul 30, 2018 topnews

Five men have been arrested by police in Nepal on Monday for luring poor people to hospitals in India to have their kidneys removed and sold. Deputy superintendent of police in Chitwan, Prabhu Dhakal disclosed that three of the five men, who are in their late 20s and early 40s were arrested in Chitwan district in south-central Nepal and one each in the capital Kathmandu and neighbouring Rasuwa district. The local police in Chitwan were spurred into action after a potential victim, who was taken to India for transplant, escaped…

Ortom served impeachment notice by APC lawmakers

Jul 30, 2018 topnews

Governor Samuel Ortom has been served an impeachment notice by some lawmakers of the Benue State House of Assembly on Monday. The lawmakers who served the impeachment notice on the state governor are the eight All Progressives Congress members of the House. The spokesperson for the eight lawmakers told journalists that the House has commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor Ortom on the allegations of diversion of state funds and abuse of office. Share on: WhatsApp