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2023: Atiku Meets Mark Over PDP Chairmanship Position, See Details

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has met with a former Senate President, David Mark.

Naija News reports that both PDP chieftains met on Monday night to discuss the chairmanship position of the party zoned to the North by its NEC.

A source in Atiku’s camp told The Nation that the former vice president met Mark to deliberate on the unity and progress of the party ahead of the national convention.

He added that Atiku also informed Mark about the chairmanship aspiration of his former Director-General of his campaign, former Senate President, Dr Iyorchia Ayu.

He, however, claimed that Atiku does not want to take sides, considering the fact that the two aspirants are his friends.

The source said: “The two leaders met for the sake of unity and progress of the party. The ex-Vice President does not want to take sides. I think he is looking at the larger picture of 2023.

“We are all concerned about the politics of the national chairman, we do not want the party destabilized under any guise.

“Maybe the ex-VP is trying to see how the party can manage the micro-zoning in the North to keep the zone intact for the next elections.”

Also reacting, a member of the National Working Committee of the PDP said Atiku’s visit to Mark was a tactical endorsement of the former Senate President.

He said: “We have heard of the talks between Atiku and Mark. I see Atiku’s visit to Mark as a tactical endorsement of the former President of the Senate.

“I think we are beginning to have a direction of where the chairmanship ticket will go.”

This news medium reports that Ayu and Mark are from Benue State and are both former Presidents of the Senate.

Other PDP stalwarts contesting for the chairmanship position include former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, former Governors Ibrahim Dankwambo, Ahmed Makarfi, Ibrahim Shema, and Babangida Aliyu.

2023 Elections: Shiekh Gumi sends crucial message to INEC

Popular Islamic preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has praised the decision by the Nigerian Senate which now allows the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically.

He subsequently urged INEC to “immediately, with the collaboration of NGOs embark on a voter’s awareness campaign, which should include the rural areas”.

In a post on his known Facebook page, Gumi stated that the news about e-transmission — which could come into effect in the 2023 elections — will reduce rigging.

Furthermore, Gumi said the E-transmission of election results will limit mediocrity among those governing Nigerians.

According to Gumi, “Since 1999 when the khaki returned to the barracks, we’ve not heard the better good news for Nigerians as this singular act of making it legal to transmit elections results electronically. Though, it remains the funding and implementation which are yet to be seen.

“Nonetheless, this will in no way immeasurable reduce the rigging and votes manipulation, the only way bad politicians have been able to hold the nation for a long time at its jugular veins. Money politics, mediocrity, and political blackmailing will all vanish or nearly so by making every vote genuinely counted. This is a big plus for our Senate and the democracy that gives Nigerians free will to choose and repel leaders they so wish.

“INEC has to immediately with the collaboration of NGOs embark on a voter’s awareness campaign, which should include the rural areas. With satellite internet technology perfected and available, no inch of Nigeria soil should be out of reach of the election.

“There are a lot of technical issues, involved, but nothing is insurmountable looking at the experience of countries like India with almost 800 million voters.

“We have been advocating this since early 2015 when we had a conference in Gamji hall Kaduna attended by representatives of INEC, PDP and APC under the auspices of ‘MY CHOICE MY PRIDE FOUNDATION’. Notably, Engr. Buba Galadima made a speech on behalf on the APC. It was memorable and We are glad that some semblance to free and fair elections is on the horizon now as we may say good riddance to bad governance.”

Free Nnamdi Kanu Before You Talk Of Dialogue – IPOB Lawyer Tells FG

The special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has called for the immediate release of his client.
Kanu has been in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody since his arrest and extradition to Nigeria from Kenya.

The IPOB leader is being tried by the Nigerian Government for treasonable felony, arms stockpiling and other charges levelled against him.

But in a post via his Twitter page on Tuesday, Ejimakor asked the federal government to release his client first before talking about planning to dialogue with him.

The IPOB lawyer added that “it is unnatural to negotiate with a man in chains”, asking the government to “stop resisting every effort being made to release his client from detention”.

“When a man is in detention and you wish to negotiate with him, the first step you take is to stop resisting every effort being made to release him from detention.

“That’s how they negotiated with Mandela, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. It’s unnatural to negotiate with a man in chains,” he wrote.

Recall that Ejimakor had condemned the extradition of his client from Kenya to Nigeria and his continuous detention in DSS custody.

He had said, “it is fundamentally wrong for the Nigerian State to levy a lethal military attack on Nnamdi Kanu at his home in Abia State while he was free on bond and having failed to kill him, to then pursue him to Kenya and abduct him without due process of law.

“The abduction, the torture that followed and the unlawful imprisonment in Kenya, plus his consequent expulsion from Kenya to Nigeria, are manifestly unconstitutional and amount to infringement of his fundamental rights. There’s an unbroken chain of notorious violations that started in Afara-Ukwu, Abia State in late 2017 and culminated in Kenya in June 2021.

“It is trite that when a state forcibly takes a fugitive suspect from a foreign country to its territory without giving the person the benefit of the extradition process, it amounts to an act of extraordinary rendition that, without more, triggers insurmountable legal barriers to prosecution.

“Under applicable laws, a renditioned fugitive is entitled to a body of remedies known as collectively reparations, which includes restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.

“Nigeria needs to tread with caution and a keen reference to history as it ramps up on this overly aggressive treason trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. When an alpha patriot like Kanu gets so upset with the system that he begins to seek solutions in separation or self-determination, you talk to him; you don’t subject him to trials and tribulations.”

MAUREEN BADEJO SUFFERS ANOTHER HISTORIC DEFEAT AS SHE LOSES APPEAL AGAINST MFM IN THE UK

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Proverbs 13:3. This has become the story of Maureen Badejo the hustler, who chose to battle with the very battle axe of God.

Some time ago, this woman started blogging iniquitously about the mountain of fire and miracles ministries and the general overseer of the ministry; this spurred my interest to investigate the matter because the ministry and the person in question represent uprightness and righteous living in the body of Christ.

One thing I didn’t want to let happen was for this woman to mislead young believers as well as pollute the minds of the general public with her sore thoughts, for this reason, I went into proper investigations to unveil the truth knowing the kind of person Maureen Badejo truly is.

This I did with previous articles, debunking her FALLACIOUS COCK AND BULL STORIES, FABRICATED LIES and all sort of ACTS PUT UP IN HER SHOWS PROPAGATED THROUGH HER FACEBOOK YOUTUBE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS about Mountain of fire and Miracle ministries MFM and the General overseer Dr.DK Olukoya, all in the bid to generate views and make money.

Though through investigations we found out that she was been furnished with outrageous fabricated stories by a group of rogue pastors that were disciplined or rather sent out of the ministry for bad behaviour or gross misconduct, and were looking for ways to get back at the ministry as well as the general overseer.

Unfortunately for her, MFM and the General Overseer sued Maureen Badejo for libel and defamation of character.
A JUDGEMENT WAS GIVEN IN THE HIGH COURT QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION IN ENGLAND which found her GUILTY FOR DEFAMATION AND LIBEL AND GRANTED PERPETUAL INJUNCTION AGAINST HER, this she APPEALED

Typically, when a proper appeal is filed, the Court hears arguments from Counsels on both sides and after a studied consideration of those arguments, makes a decision either to allow the appeal or to dismiss it.

IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES, HOWEVER, WHEN AN APPEAL IS MANIFESTLY PUERILE AND UN-MERITORIOUS THE APPEAL COURT HAS THE POWER TO SUMMARILY DISMISS IT WITHOUT WASTING TIME TO LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS. THIS IS THE FATE THAT RECENTLY BEFELL MAUREEN BADEJO’S HAPLESS APPEAL yesterday the 12 of October 2021 THIS IS THE MOST RECENT TWIST IN HER COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Let me remind you that when the Nigeria court gave her judgment, she called it kangaroo judgment and all sort, Had it been that it was the Court in Nigeria that exercised her power in this manner, it is almost certain that Maureen would have battered their character and name in her characteristic categorization of the Judiciary in Nigeria as fantastically corrupt and not capable enough to express justice with due diligence. We dare her to make similar gutter utterances over the United Kingdom Judiciary.
FEMI OYEWALE, We will always stand for the truth

BREAKING! Gunmen Attack Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano During Campaign

Gunmen suspected to be militants of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) held the convoy of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State hostage on Tuesday.

The incident happened as the attackers disrupted the campaign rally of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at Odata Secondary School in Ihiala Local Government Area of the State.

“The governor’s convoy was held for about one hour, while there were gunshots all over,” a resident told Daily Trust.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that there was attack in Ihiala.

In a statement, Ikenga said operatives of Anambra Police Command repelled the attack at Odata.

According to him, exhibits recovered from the attackers were One AK 47 rifle, Two Magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition, One lexus 350 jeep, one Rav 4 jeep, one Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Corolla.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the hoodlums started shooting sporadically when they arrived Odata Secondary School but security operatives took control.

He said that normalcy has been restored in the area and operations is ongoing for possible arrest of the fleeing gang members.

Reacting to the attack, the Anambra state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr. C.Don Adunuba, said a combined team of policemen and soldiers repelled the attack.

According to him, gunmen came on various motorcycles and in three vehicles, namely, a Toyota Lexus 350 ES with registration number EKY 765 EX, Toyota RAV4 with number JJJ 434FP and a Ford van whose number could not ascertained at the time of this report because it caught fire during the exchange of bullets between the gunmen and security forces.

He said the gunmen, unable to withstand the superior fire power of the security operatives ran into the premises of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, which is directly opposite the campaign ground.

“If the gunmen had not run into the hospital which is a very delicate place to shoot any person, the security men would have gunned all of them down them,” he said.

He said the Anambra State Police Command has requested the people in the area to help look out for people with gunshots and report them.

He also asked hospitals and other health facilities in both Ihiala Local Government Area and neighbouring communities in Imo State to report persons with gunshot injuries.

Meanwhile, Obiano has commended police officers and soldiers who repelled the attack.

Speaking to journalists at Atani in Ogbaru LGA where he led a large crowd of APGA faithful to welcome the APGA governorship candidate in the forthcoming election, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Obiano described the response of the security men as professional and patriotic.

In the same vein, Soludo, who lost three policemen guarding him when he was attacked on March 31 in his hometown of Isuofia, Aguata local Government Area, while addressing the youth, lauded the security forces for bravery.

“These security men and women in Anambra State lay down their lives for us and they do their best because of the encouragement they receive from the security-conscious state government, among other factors.”

“We expect more professional exhibition as days go by and the election date approaches.” (Daily Trust)

‘Save Us From This Physical Situation’ – Rep Member Cries Out To Speaker Over Faulty AC In Chamber

The House of Representatives was on Tuesday forced to rush its sitting due to the unconducive situation in the chamber caused by faulty air-conditioners.

The faulty AC caused unbearable heat, forcing the lawmakers to cry out for adjournment of the sitting to allow for repairs.

The call was made by Honourable Haruna Dederi (APC-Kano), who raised a Point of Order, pleading with the House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila to adjourn plenary.

He said “Sir, Order 7 of the rules of this House has given you powers to absolutely control whatever goes on here to preserve decorum.

“To preserve the atmosphere within which we should operate. We are suffocating because the place is extremely hot.

“In my opinion Sir, we could have a way of either adjourning the business of the day or give time so that the air conditioners can be out in proper shape.

“Whatever thing that you can do to save us from this physical situation in which we live”.

The Speaker in his response, agreed with the lawmaker that the heat is becoming unbearable but requested that the day’s legislative business that needs urgent attention should be quickly attended to before plenary is adjourned.

“It is a good point and it is something I just confirmed with the deputy speaker.

“I think what we would do is, read your titles and go to your prayers, we put the question to debates and we try and run through this as quickly as we can because we have a couple of matters under consideration for committee of the whole, which I think we should quickly address.

“We take this one and go straight to consideration of reports, so we can leave here,” Gbajabiamila said.

Source: Naijanews

(VIDEO) Ifeanyi Ubah Begins Campaign In Lagos, One Month To Anambra Election

The Foremost candidate of YPP in the Forthcoming anambra election, Ifeanyi Ubah has Launched his campaign in lagos

In a video sighted by Newslensng which has been making Rounds on social media, a large number of his supporters were seen trooping out and chanting his name. A big banner carrying his picture was seen placed around a long vehicle as various victory songs was been sang.

However, the reason behind his action to take his campaign to lagos is still unclear but Newslensng believe his choice could be based on the security challenges being faced in Anambra

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2021 BBNaija winner, Whitemoney hospitalized in Lagos

Winner of the 2021 Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality TV show, WhiteMoney, has been hospitalized.

WhiteMoney was hospitalized on Tuesday morning.

Although the cause of his illness was not revealed, he was sighted on drips.

Alongside an Instagram video of the 29-year old receiving treatment was a caption that read, ”Good morning, break in transmission. We will be back shortly.”

BBNaija finalists have been going for media rounds since their exit from the house. His tight schedule may be responsible for his breakdown.

WhiteMoney emerged winner of the ‘Shine ya Eye edition’ ahead of Liquorose, Pere, Cross, Angel and Emmanuel on the final day of the show.

He walked away with N30million in cash and prizes adding up to N60million.

Senate Directs PDP, APC, APGA, Others To Use Direct Primary Mode

The Senate on Tuesday approved that all political parties must use the direct primary mode in picking candidates.
The Nigeria senate approved four clauses in the electoral act amendment bill.

Recall that former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had noted that while Nigerians are concerned about the absence of electronic transmission of results in the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act, there is another potential problem in the Act that may clog the nation’s electoral process.

While identifying this problem in the proposed law as the provision which makes direct primaries compulsory for parties, he urged members of the National Assembly to save the country from the trouble that will be caused by the proposal to make direct primaries compulsory.

Saraki, who stated this in a statement issued yesterday by his spokesman, Yusuph Olaniyonu, observed that many of the political parties lack the necessary infrastructure to successfully conduct direct primaries at all levels, while the attempt would lead to litigations that might jeopardize the general election.

The former Senate President, who urged federal lawmakers not to create a new problem in a bid to solve another, said the direct primaries option will also put pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), whose officials must monitor all the primary elections.

Suspected Cultists Hack Prophet, His Father To Death In Akwa Ibom

A group of youths suspected to be members of the Iceland Confraternity have hacked to death one Prophet Kufre Obonukut in Akwa Ibom State.

It was gathered that the said clergyman was killed alongside his father, Chief Ephraim Jacob Obonukut.

Though the reason for the suspected cultists’ action is yet to be known, there were, however, insinuations that the killing of the two might not be unconnected with the fact that Prophet Kufre who was the founder of Last Bus Stop Church (LBC), Ikot Ibekwe, was an object of envy by some Church founders in the area.

The prophet was accused of luring members from other churches to his church through miracles.

Kurfe and his father were both murdered during the last weekend in their home in Ikot Ibekwe, a community in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.

A family source who reportedly confirmed the incident to Nigerian Tribune said the cultists came to kill Prophet Kufre, and when he raised the alarm, his father was pressured to go up to save his child.

“Unfortunately, the criminals turned and also attacked hit the father on his head and other parts of his body with a machete,” the source said.

“It is very sad to miss a father and a son at the same time. At the moment, the mother is bedridden. The prophet had been buried while the father is to be buried later because of his chieftaincy status,” the family source expressed.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the incident said an investigation is an ongoing to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the attack.

He said: “Discreet investigations are ongoing to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the incident,” he assured, urging members of the civil society to volunteer intelligence to security agents wit to apprehend culprits, whom he said are still at large.”

Source: Naijanews