Ex Presidential Candidate, Omoyele Sowore shot be Female Police Officer in Abuja
The founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has reportedly been shot by a female police officer in Abuja. He was reportedly shot at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.
Society gazette gathered that he sustained gunshots injuries and has been rushed to hospital for medical treatment.
The development was confirm by a right lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who wrote on Twitter that “the criminal officer is said to be an ACP. I watched Sowore being shot live on Facebook.
“This is what Nigeria has been turned into under Buhari. They’ve declared war on the Civic Space.
“The unanimous position of the Nigerian people is the total overhaul of the present constitution. Nothing else will do. A genuine juncture of remedy will be to revisit the report of the 2014 Constitutional Conference which has been generally applauded for the sweeping breadth of its equity and democratic balance in rectifying the prejudicial and unworkable structures that are on the ground now.”
It was our first Prime Minister Alhaji Tafawa Balewa who once observed that the “Nigerian democracy should be an ethnic commonwealth which should give each constituent a fair place under its umbrella even if they have lost at the polls. “
This succinct wisdom long uttered more than sixty years ago is the very pivot of the present agitation for a more equitable union.
However, the present shadow boxing in the name of constitution review will not meet Balewa’s standard.
And thus, when the Senate Constitutional Review Committee berthed in Lagos the other day, it was without any inkling of democratic seriousness, totally devoid of any sense of fairness, indifferent to the equitable pursuit of justice.
The Lagos public hearing of the constitutional review committee was wrong footed ab initio. There was nothing genuine or sincere about the mode of presentation. There was no attempt to widen the pool of contributions or give the public hearing any semblance of popular input.
The Chairperson of the Lagos hearing, Senator Remi Tinubu, typified the narrow, restrictive nature of the Committee. She was overbearing, uppity, vain, even truculent in her engagement with contributors.
Many people were deliberately denied the openness of democratic contributions. The hearing was stage-managed, anchored in prejudice, framed in puppeteering identification. Alternative views were cast aside, flung into the pits . This is not right . This is not just.
It is obvious that the Committee is not interested in true and thorough representation of the will of the Nigerian people. It appears to be working with a script towards a predetermined end. The contributions were narrow, overtly partisan, one-sided, lacking in plural contributory logic.
This is not acceptable to the Nigerian people. The structures of the present constitution is so biased, so flawed and so mangled with inequities that a mere review will not be sufficient to correct all the glaring wrongs afflicting the Nigerian state.
The unanimous position of the Nigerian people is the total overhaul of the present constitution. Nothing else will do. A genuine juncture of remedy will be to revisit the report of the 2014 Constitutional Conference which has been generally applauded for the sweeping breadth of its equity and democratic balance in rectifying the prejudicial and unworkable structures that are on the ground now.
As a stakeholder in the Nigerian project and as someone who is sworn to the unity of the Nigerian state, I believe that our nation can emerge stronger and better only when all the component units that make up our nation have a sense of belongingness and general accommodation regardless of tribe or sectarian belief, when everyone is treated equally without ethnic bias, when merit is the sole determinant of public positions. This can only be achieved with a people’s constitution. This is indeed what we should work for rather than the charade and the present jamboree that is chaired by Senator Ovie Omo – Agege.
Enough of this false and misleading engagement. Let’s renew our nation through the pursuit of the truth and the resolve on the fairness doctrine. Their-in resides the national salvation.
It is only fit and proper that I should conclude this intervention with another nugget of wisdom from our first Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa when he observed :
“If crooks are allowed to determine the destiny of the people, the people will suffer indefinitely. “
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⁃ Atona Odua of Yorubaland
A famous human right activist popularly known as Onuigbo has reportedly said that Igbos are creating a monster in Nnamdi Kanu.
This statement that was made by ij Onuigbo has been generating different reaction on the internet.
According to a recent report that was made by Sahara reporters, ij Onuigbo said Nnamdi Kanu has turned into a terrorist and he is shedding the blood of Igbo youths.
More reports from Sahara reporters also made it known that ij Onuigbo said that it is illegal, and wrong for Nnamdi Kanu to order closure of schools, airports, markets, and asked people to only go to church gatherings and march back to their homes or be killed if found otherwise on the streets.
A 23-year-old Nigerian footballer, Theophilus Ugwu, has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for smuggling six kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia into the country.
Ugwu who was convicted by the People’s Court of the Western Province of Tay Ninh on Thursday, was arrested on March 8, 2020, while transporting 12 bags of narcotic substances from neighbouring Cambodia.
According to court reports, Ugwu was charged with “illegal trafficking of narcotic substances,” a crime punishable by death in the country.
In an interview with journalists, Ugwu said he came from Nigeria to Cambodia in February of 2020 with the dreams of playing professional football.
He added that in March, he became acquainted with another African who promised to help him play for a famous Cambodian club.
He said he was contacted to deliver a package from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and was promised the sum of $1000 when he delivered the bag successfully though he did not know the bag contained drugs.
Beautician, Afua Baawuah aka Cece Bentil has revealed that she began dating married men at the age of thirteen, stating that her father ‘spoilt’ her.
Speaking on SVTV Africa with DJ Nyaami, Ama indicated that even though she experienced life at a young age, her father worshipped her because he always wanted a girl.
“My father wanted a girl so badly so I was his favourite. He did everything for me even though he didn’t have much. So I liked that lifestyle and it influenced the kind of men I dated.
“I would not say they (married men) spoilt me with money but my dad showed me, thought me a lot and exposed me to a good lifestyle,” she said.
She added that even though the men are married, she did not see any problem or had any issues with their families.
“I was very comfortable dating the married men because I won’t harm or confront his family until there is a reason to. I tell them to let their wives know that we are dating else I might visit her one day,” she revealed.
Strange things are happening in the world around us many would say it’s end time some would say it’s the devil at work and it’s not a new thing.
There has been talks about lots of mystery around the world, from multiple ghost sightings to child holding the scripture(s) at birth and all.
The latest which was discovered according to crowd24ng reporter is a house where cries is being heard at night.
The house is situated at Gbaremu area in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
It was reported that strange voices of human cryings are being heard in the building at midnight.
There has been lots of rumors surrounding genesis the house.
Some people said, the owner who is now late did money rituals while some said the land was snatched.
This strange occurrence has always made tenant who wish to purchase the property to flee and run for their dear life, after staying for about a month or two in the building.
In the street of America, two ladies had engaged in a fight in an argument over a man. The pictures and video which were shared on social media show two black American women fight dirty and physical.
It was learned that the fight started as a result of a misunderstanding between the two ladies over the same man who they fell in love with at the shopping mall.
This is not only ridiculous but disgraceful. People should learn decorum and self-control in public. This is an avoidable mistake on the side of the ladies. As a lady, how can you engage in a fight over a man you both newly met at a shopping mall the same day? The man has gone and the two are killing themselves over him. Lessons should be learned. Respect and self-dignity are supposed to be the watchword.
This fight began seriously between the two ladies without anybody knowing the born of contention. Some ladies tried to settle the issue but no way.
That is what happens when there is no self-discipline. There are many lessons to learn from here. Respect and high self-esteem can make one of them walk away at the heat of the argument. This is not limited to ladies, men also engage in such shame and displays and even more bloody at times.
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has reacted to the gruesome murder of Mr. Ahmed Gulak, a former political adviser to former president, Goodluck Jonathan.
It was earlier reported that Gulak was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ngor-Okpala LGA of Imo state on Saturday evening. Akeredolu described the killing as ‘senseless’.
“The news of the death of an APC chieftain and former Special Adviser on Political Matters in the last Administration, Ahmed Gulak, in Owerri, Imo State, this morning, is very shocking and disturbing. The details of the tragic incident remain sketchy. A press statement credited to the Imo State Police Command claimed that some bandits were responsible for the gruesome murder of a man who was a visitor to the State. This is unacceptable.”
“This is one murder too many. It is senseless and wicked. The perpetrators of this heinous act are enemies of this country. This contrivance is meant to mislead, confuse and destroy. It bears the unmistakable, despicable imprints of fifth columnists bent on setting the country on the path of conflagration. These criminals must not be allowed to succeed.”
“We want to use this medium to express our solidarity with our brother Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. We admonish him and other Governors in the South Eastern States to brace up, and confront the current security challenge to put an end to the bloodbath in the land.The enemies of the people always employ the weapon of fear to create disaffection in the polity.”
He added that the killing was calculated at instigating Nigerians against each other.
“This cowardly act is calculated to instigate Nigerians against each other, particularly Northerners, against the Igbo living outside the South East. We must confront the enemies of the people with a view to neutralizing them. This is definitely not the time for political correctness. Banditry should not be allowed to subvert the legitimacy of the current Government at all levels.”
“We call on all security agencies to collaborate with a view to unveiling the criminal elements sponsoring and undertaking terrorist acts. they must be punished, severely.”
Tompolo gives Buhari’ 7 days ultimatum to inaugurate NDDC board
EX-MILITANT leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to inaugurate the substantive Board of the Niger – Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Tompolo, Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw nation, in a statement, said: “I wish to call on Mr. President, members of the National Assembly and security agencies to work towards the constitution of the substantive board of the NDDC, within a few days, to avert a total breakdown of law and order that will equally affect crude oil exploration and exploitation activities in the region.
His words: “I hereby proclaim a seven- day ultimatum starting the date of this publication to inaugurate the substantive board of the Commission.”
“Senator Akpabio’s temporal reprieve from the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) protest is a child’s play compare to what is to come in a few days. He is about to be awakened to the rage of the Niger Delta region,” he warned.
The ex-militant leader, who had remain silent in the creeks of Delta state after Federal High Court, Lagos, dismissed the charges against him, stated: “I have watched and observed with keen interest the circumstances surrounding the constitution of the NDDC board for some time now. I would have continued to keep watching and observing, but for love of the region and the country.”
“The continuous running of NDDC by a sole administrator at the instance of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Akpabio, is undemocratic and anti-development, hence unacceptable to the people of the region. The people of the region are averse to a one man show in a commission that is supposed to attend to the developmental needs of nine states, namely, Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. It will likely set the region on fire, sooner than later.
“The Act establishing the Commission provided among other things that it will be administered by a Board comprising of a Chairman, Managing Director, Executive Directors and Commissioners who will be drawn from the nine states that made up the region.
“However, this provision has been blatantly undermined by Senator Godswill Akpabio and his co-travelers in the Presidency. There is no provision for either Interim Management Committee or Sole Administration in the Act that establishes NDDC.
“Common sense will tell you that the so called forensic audit that has been used by Senator Akpabio to strangle the commission and it could still be best conducted with a substantive board that brings all representatives from the nine states and other parts of the country,” he added.
Bukola Saraki has sent his heartfelt prayers to spare parts traders and other victims of today’s fire incident at the Alapeju section of Ladipo market in Mushin, Lagos State.
In a post on his official social media page a couple of minutes ago, the former Nigeria Senate President said his heartfelt prayers are with the spare parts traders, the families of everyone whose livelihood has been affected, and all those who were injured in today’s fire incident in a section of the Ladipo market.
He called on the three tiers of government in Nigeria to come up with new policies and safety measures to ensure we curb disasters like this that impoverish hardworking Nigerians.
The former Nigeria Senator hope that all those who were affected by today’s fire incident will be able to bounce back expeditiously. He urged all Nigerians to work together to tackle the threat pose by incidents like this to our communities and our local economy.
