Court restrains 11 from participating in PDP convention
The Edo State High court sitting in Benin City has restrained the National Vice Chairman (South-South) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih and the State Secretary of the party, Hilary Otsu from participating in the forthcoming convention of the party scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2021. Justice Joy Okeaya-Inneh gave the interim injunction, yesterday, in a motion ex-parte filed by Chief Idehen Manfred Ekundayo, Mr. Stanley Iduoze and Odior Omadimhe (Claimants) in the suit marked B/218/os/2021. The court listed Hon. Samuel Saiki, Vincent Ekpomhoriri Umoru, Leslie Ebozoje, David Okoh Aigbodion (also known as Arizona) and Abdulkareem Kassim
Convention: PDP group accuses Adoke’s screening committee of scandal, double standard
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the umbrella of Southwest PDP Liberation Vanguard has accused the party's committee charged with the screening of candidates for the forthcoming national convention of the party of scandal and double standard. The group, in a statement signed by Ayodele Olatunde and Christopher Oluwagbenga, said on Saturday that most of the reasons and excuses given by the party's screening committee to disqualify Eddy Olafeso, Professor Adewale Oladipo, Oke Muo-Aroh and Akintan Oludaisi from participating in elections into party offices were illogical, unreasonable, scandalous and full of double standard and deceit. In a
FG raises fresh allegations against Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said yesterday that the Federal Government had found that the major financier of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho is a member of the National Assembly. Malami, who was silent on the identity of the federal lawmaker, said a report by a committee constituted by the Federal Government also revealed that Igboho allegedly received funding from a firm, Abbai Bako and Sons, allegedly being probed for terrorism financing activities. “It will be recalled that Abbal Bako & Sons and its promoter, Abdullahi Umar Usman,
How FG Should Use Super Tucano Aircraft – US Speaks On Terms Of Agreement
The United States Government says the Federal Government is expected to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft only in the northern part of the country where Boko Haram terrorists have engaged the Nigerian state in a decade-long insurgency killing thousands and displacing millions. This, therefore, precludes the possibility of the Federal Government deploying the security equipment in the South-East despite the designation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organisation and the setting up of the armed Eastern Security Network by IPOB. The South-East has been the epicentre of a secessionist agitation threatening to break up the
Congresses: PDP, APC Murder Democracy In Nigeria
In this piece, JOHN ALECHENU takes a look at the recently concluded congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and posits that Nigerians need a change of attitude to make appreciable progress in politics. THE All Progressives Congress came to power on the mantra of ‘change’. Before being entrusted with power in 2015, the party promised, among other things, to change the way politics was being played in the country. Perhaps, to demonstrate that it meant business, it held a presidential primary widely adjudged to be transparent by friends and foes alike. A former
End SARS: Lagos govt suspends LNSC officers for brutalizing Uber driver
Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) has sanctioned two officers involved in the unlawful treatment of Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, during the End SARS protest. DAILY POST reported how Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC) personnel and police officers brutalized Clement on Wednesday despite identifying himself. The operatives and supervising officers went through an orderly room trial after they were charged with disreputable conduct Their action was contempt of the rules contained in the LNSA Handbook Articles E (ii) & (iii), O (iv) and N (x). The two officers directly involved in the assault were de-kitted and suspended for 2
Uche Secondus moves to stop PDP convention
Former National chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has asked the party to stop making any moves towards the conduct of its National Convention scheduled for October 30 and 31, 2021 or any other date, pending the hearing and final determination of his appeal to the effect. In a letter addressed to the party (6th respondent in his appeal) by his counsel, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), the embattled former PDP national chairman said he is, in an appeal numbered, CA/PH/341/2021: PRINCE UCHE I SECONDUS V IBEAWUCHI E. ALEX & ORS, asking the court to restrain the party
I’m under pressure from politicians to beg Presidency – Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has alleged that some politicians are pressurizing him to beg the Presidency. Igboho said some politicians have been “pressurizing” him and his wife to sign documents they could use to beg the presidency on his behalf. Speaking through his counsel, Yomi Alliyu, the agitator said any document claiming he authorized any politician was fake. In a statement signed by Alliyu, Igboho said he was being pressured by politicians who were unconcerned about his incarceration in Benin Republic. The statement reads: “We have been reliably informed that some politicians are pressuring our client and his
Despite telecom shutdown, Zamfara bandits contact kidnapped corpers’ families for N4m ransom
Bandits in Zamfara State have evaded the telecommunication blackout in many parts of the state to reach out to families of two graduates abducted en route to the National Youth Service orientation camp in Kebbi State. The kidnappers reportedly demanded N2m ransom for each of the victims, Jennifer Iorliam and Joseph Aondona, and two other commuters kidnapped along with them. City Round learnt that the victims boarded a bus from Benue State to Sokoto State on Tuesday before they were intercepted around Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The driver of the bus and some passengers were said
NCC alerts Telecoms consumers on new Malware
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerian telecoms consumers of the existence of new, high-risk malware called Flubot. According to the information from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), Flubot “targets androids with fake security updates and app installations.” The ngCERT affirmed that Flubot “impersonates android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on targeted applications” and its goal transcends stealing personal data and credit card details or online banking credentials. In a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ike Adinde, NCC explained that FluBot is circulated through Short Message Service (SMS) and
